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aerobics a "more important cultural result"??? a mind-boggling thought of universal importance, I confess...

Chuck, I like your definition. But how about adding the time factor? "organized sounds in time"?

Have you heard his solo FMP disc, "Portrait", David? I think that one's excellent!

That sums it up quite nicely. But let me just repeat one thing: Moreau is so absolutely gorgeous in that film!

3sat, Saturday February 11, 2006, 02:55-04:00 (actually Sunday a.m. but the website lists the after midnight programme still in the previous day's entry): Tomasz Stanko Quartet Jazz Baltica 2005 Mit Tomasz Stanko (Trompete), Marcin Wasilewski (Klavier), Slawomir Kurkiewicz (Bass) und Michal Miskiewicz (Schlagzeug) Erstausstrahlung Der polnische Trompeter Tomasz Stanko kann mit Fug und Recht als eine Leitfigur des europäischen Jazz bezeichnet werden, als einer, der dem amerikanischen Einfluss früh eigenständige Idiome entgegenzusetzen vermochte. Im Quintett seines Mentors Krzysztof Komeda fand Stanko bereits in den 1960er Jahren zu einer lyrischen Sprache, in der sich die Schwermut der Volksmusik seiner Heimat mit freien, von Coleman, Ayler und Mingus beeinflussten Strukturen kreuzte. Gefühl für das Wesentliche Mehr als 40 Jahre nach seiner ersten Band "Jazz Darings" zeichnet Stankos Spiel heute ein untrügliches Gefühl für das Wesentliche aus. Den dunklen, poetischen und intensiven Trompetenton intoniert der 63-Jährige so traumwandlerisch sicher, dass er ihn spielend zwischen melancholisch-kontemplativen und dramatisch-expressiven Stimmungen changieren lassen kann. Während Stanko in den 1990er Jahren mit diversen Aufnahmen sein internationales Renommee weiter ausbaute, formierte er 1994 ein Quartett mit jungen Talenten aus Polen. Acht Jahre lang reifte dieses Trio um den Pianisten Marcin Wasilewski an seiner Seite, bis sie zusammen mit der CD "Soul of Things" ein erstes Ausrufezeichen setzten. Jazz Baltica 2005 Beim JazzBaltica Festival 2005 spielte die Formation unter anderem Stücke ihres aktuellen Albums "Suspended Night". Diese Einspielung wurde in Polen mit Gold ausgezeichnet und ließ den "Guardian" sogar Vergleiche zu Miles Davis' legendärem "Kind of Blue"-Album ziehen. ***** I'll try and get it recorded for me... saw another Stanko tv broadcast (from Polish tv, I think) that was fantastic, so this comes recommended, for anybody within reach of 3sat.

I thought you'd chime in Hans! ***** Quick follow up on my Ayler order: here's what I pay for: - 004 Brötz - 017/018 Gahnold - 032 Wallin - 048/049 Feza seems I'll get two free items... and seems they will not be titles that I have already (033 Ayler, 036-040 Lyons, 050/151 Dynamic Duo). Great service from Jan Ström, I must add! I didn't get any mail initially because my online-order never arrived.

Happy birthday!

Too young an age to go... and it seems his playing on thelate 2005 Soft Machine tour was terrific!

Norm Coleman is a Republican. I suspect most of the staffers on both sides of the aisle know about Wikipedia. While on the one hand, it is hard to imagine senior members of Congress knowing about blogs or Wikipedia, the one thing these guys care about is their public image. Many of them hire staff to track how they are represented in the media, and I imagine that has been extended to the Web. And funny enough the recent article I read (in the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung") had plenty of examples of Republicans manipulating Democrats' entries, too... I guess USA Today just sees what's convenient with its own position?

I own this one:

Is this new news in the US? Was in the newspapers last week, or even the week before, over here. Now let's start working on Allen's biography, everybody!

Sad news! I'll play the Pacific and Atlantic albums, too. Very nice music! (on a side-note: Hi Garth! Nice to see you again here, but don't just show up with sad news, willya!)

Tapas are fast food, too, don't forget that! I have eaten maybe 10 times at a Mc in my life so far and don't intend to go there more often than that in years to come...

Yes, and you still miss the lenghty obit worth reading (by David Toop, if memory serves me right)

Happy birthday!

nepotism? It's been 6 hours and no reply. I guess I'll write an email to ask, then! And maybe I add that disc with Dyani to my order...

I didn't hear back yet - how long did it take them to write you?

Well, you lucky old man *have* Santana in the first place...I just got one cut on a sampler

No, but the Wallin looks good to me, and I wanted the Feza and Brötz anyway... won't order more for now, I'm afraid!

Just ordered three items: - Brötz Nefertiti - Wallin - Mongezi Feza but I didn't see anything about the sale while ordering... I just had to put in the amount of money (54€) myself... I wonder... will they send me a PayPal invitation to pay this minus 25% now? How does that work? I don't like sales where things are not put any clearer. As for the OOP stuff: anyone wants to pass on his copy of the Noah Howard? I would have liked to hear that one! Oh, and THANKS, brownie! I would indeed have missed this sale!

I got to play it again, myself... here are the photos that disappeared above: http://www.nga.ch/sits/Willisau%20JF/Willi...0wjf%202004.htm

Not sure if the news has arrived in the english-speaking part of cyber world yet: This is the Willisau recording of the Schweizer-Anderson-Drake trio from August 2004. 45 minutes of it were on Swiss Radio (and I shared those some time ago on dime - take that off of your trade-lists now, willya!). Quite a good set, in my opinion! The CD is called "Willisau & Taktlos" - I am not sure if the trio appeared at Taktlos, but I think not, since the Willisau concert was the first meeting of Schweizer and Anderson, as far as I know. Thus the Taktlos part may be from the Schweizer-Drake duo set a few years back (also on the radio, and pretty great!). It will be out somewhen in 2006, but I don't know yet, when exactly. Intakt has usually got 6 releases per year, and three others (George Lewis - mentioned elsewhere on Big-O -, Trio 3, and Saadet Türköz) are up on their site as upcoming, too, so it could take a while till this will be out. Those photos EKE posted above (they have vanished now, it seems) were shot at this very concert, btw.

Playing disc 1 now! Finally got it! All ten fingers typing, none hiding in tedious or other places...

Well, I really don't know much about cars, but this one looks like what I remember we had, 25-20 years ago or so. It had an open roof (not cabriolet, just the whole roof could be rolled back) - maybe that helps to find out? I cannot get hold of the nickname that car had (something like jumbolino, but not exactly that... it was italian, for sure).