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  2. Best opera DVD I've seen no far -- Ariadne auf Naxos

    in Classical Discussion

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    It's in black and white, Austrian TV broadcast, but the sound is good and the performances and production are ideal. Reri Grist is Zerbinetta, likewise Juranic as The Composer, and Thomas as Bacchus sings his f------ brains out, which is what the role demands. And the work itself probably is the acme of the Strauss-Hofmannstahl collaboration, which is saying something. And Bohm and Vienna Philarmonic!

    this one here, I assume:

    http://arthaus-musik.com/dvd/musik/oper/media/details/ariadne_auf_naxos-2.html

     

    not sure what to think of Grist after playing this:

    not easy to understand a word (sound quality or lack thereof might be to blame, Strauss, too), somewhat thick accent - but the voice somehow gets me the wrong way ...

    the recording, if it's the one you're talking about, has been on DVD at least twice it seems (I found 2004 and 2014 editions listed on Amazon).

    btw, it's Jurinac, and she was great indeed

    http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/23/sena-jurinac-obituary

  4. Overlooked Saxophonists

    in Artists

    Posted

    Maybe, but as with Niehaus  (I know you love his music!), when do you ever read about him.  It would really help indeed to have some kind of definition when such threads are started, so we all could at least try and be on the same page.

     

     

    And funnily the Dutch  (I think?) seem not to underrate anyone ;)

  7. Universal Japan May 20 releases

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    Not sure if this is the right thread, but "Mingus Three", the 1957 trio album with Hampton Hawes and Dannie Richmond nowadays belongs to Universal, I assume (Jubilee > Blue Note > EMI > Universal, whatever, why don't the majors just merge into one and then find new majors on Pluto to gulp and grow even fatter? but free markets is good, fersure) ... so, cdjapan just sends me one of their hourly updates, and it says Mingus Three + 8, and I wonder what that means ... would of course be amazing if those were alternates, outtakes, whatever, but I guess the explanation is of some other nature?

    link: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/OTCD-4829?utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-genre&utm_campaign=Jazz-20150730-genre-OTCD-4829

  19. Miles Davis: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4

    in New Releases

    Posted

    Not sure, sorry if I'm asking in a dumb way, but: Keystone Korner is not mentioned by Losin nor in the excerpts you quote from Miles' autobiography (guess I need to buy it ... have read it many moons ago from the library) - so, would you be in for more early 1969 tapes and some ot those might be from Keystone Korner, or would those be other dates?

    As for 1969, I keep repeating that I think (fairly) early is over-represented by comparison in the 1969 bootleg set, and I'd really like to get more of the late gigs by the band, but that would mean European concerts again.

    I guess though it would be cool to get more US club dates, as the atmosphere must indeed have been rather different (not sure that necessarily means the music is better, but I guess: different).

  21. Miles Davis: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4

    in New Releases

    Posted

    Losin mentions some gigs around those IASW and BB dates - entries for Feb 25 and Aug 21 1969:

    The Quintet resumed its busy schedule of live dates in the spring: Club Baron, New York (January 25-February 16); Duffy's Backstage, Rochester (February 25-March 2); Cellar Door, Washington (March 10-15); Village Gate, New York (April 25-26, May 23-24, and July 29-August 10); Spectrum, Philadelphia (May 11); Plugged Nickel Club, Chicago (June 4-14); Blue Coronet Club, Brooklyn (June 21-29); Morgan State Jazz Festival, Baltimore (June 22); Newport Festival (July 5); Central Park, New York (July 7); Memorial Auditorium, Dallas (July 18); Juan-les-Pins Festival, Antibes (July 25-26); Rutgers University Stadium, New Brunswick (July 27); Sheraton Park Hotel, French Lick (French Lick Jazz Festival) (July 31); The Spectrum, Philadelphia (August 15); Grant Park Theater, Chicago (August 22); Crosley Field, Cincinnati (Ohio Jazz Festival) (August 23).

    The Davis Quintet maintained a busy touring schedule during this time: Rutgers University Stadium, New Brunswick (July 27); Village Gate (July 29-August 10); Sheraton Park Hotel, French Lick (French Lick Jazz Festival) (July 31); The Spectrum, Philadelphia (August 15); Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis (August 16); Grant Park Theater, Chicago (August 22); Crosley Field, Cincinnati (Ohio Jazz Festival) (August 23); Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles (September 9-21).

    in October/November, the well-documented tour with the "lost quintet" took place.

    Obviously, there would be much more than those european tours, but if that's the stuff they can get and release - fine with me.

  22. Miles Davis: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4

    in New Releases

    Posted

    Losin mentions some gigs around those IASW and BB dates - entries for Feb 25 and Aug 21 1969:

    The Quintet resumed its busy schedule of live dates in the spring: Club Baron, New York (January 25-February 16); Duffy's Backstage, Rochester (February 25-March 2); Cellar Door, Washington (March 10-15); Village Gate, New York (April 25-26, May 23-24, and July 29-August 10); Spectrum, Philadelphia (May 11); Plugged Nickel Club, Chicago (June 4-14); Blue Coronet Club, Brooklyn (June 21-29); Morgan State Jazz Festival, Baltimore (June 22); Newport Festival (July 5); Central Park, New York (July 7); Memorial Auditorium, Dallas (July 18); Juan-les-Pins Festival, Antibes (July 25-26); Rutgers University Stadium, New Brunswick (July 27); Sheraton Park Hotel, French Lick (French Lick Jazz Festival) (July 31); The Spectrum, Philadelphia (August 15); Grant Park Theater, Chicago (August 22); Crosley Field, Cincinnati (Ohio Jazz Festival) (August 23).

    The Davis Quintet maintained a busy touring schedule during this time: Rutgers University Stadium, New Brunswick (July 27); Village Gate (July 29-August 10); Sheraton Park Hotel, French Lick (French Lick Jazz Festival) (July 31); The Spectrum, Philadelphia (August 15); Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis (August 16); Grant Park Theater, Chicago (August 22); Crosley Field, Cincinnati (Ohio Jazz Festival) (August 23); Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles (September 9-21).

    in October/November, the well-documented tour with the "lost quintet" took place.

    Obviously, there would be much more than those european tours, but if that's the stuff they can get and release - fine with me.

  23. Miles Davis: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4

    in New Releases

    Posted

    Yeah, okay ... first spin of the first two discs today, the set having finally arrived a day or two ago (what's the point of pre-ordering months ahead if it doesn't get delivered on or shortly after release date?) - anyway, the 1955 set was a pleasant surprise today, though I still don't think it's all that great. The old "Miscellaneous Miles" disc from Jazz Unlimited (that was recycled, together with the same Storyville sublabel's inferior version of the 1960 Zurich concert on the two disc set mentioned above) certainly didn't sound as good - and I'm still convinced those were bootlegs (as for Zurich 1960, get the TCB release, which is sourced from Swiss radio's original tapes as well and sounds gorgeous - even to this non-audiophile a clear improval of the JU release).

    I can see all the rants and stuff, I think I contributed some, myself ... but, and it's a big BUT (the good but): having the 1966 and 1967 Newport sets on official CD is terrific! And how did that line go? He who not dig this is a dumbass donkey moron - or some such. These two sets are amazing and at the budget price, they alone should be worth getting this set.

    The Dietikon concert was indeed re-aired some years ago (but I think it was in the late 90s, rather than in 2004 - or maybe it was aired twice, who knows). Anyway, I taped it back then and was pretty much hooked (except for Gary Bartz who only seemed to fit in half ot the time).

    My main BUT (the bad but now, but it needn't happen) concerning this release is: I really hope it will not cross out entire sets dedicated to both the 1971 and the 1973 tours. I'd be all over either of these, that's for sure! And if they want to do one for 1975 as well, all the better! They could also do another 1969 one, but only dedicated to the fall tour this time (I assume that will not happen, but I still feel that the lost quintet one, while fine, is a somewhat odd compilation of stuff, giving too much room for that spring/summer gig in France, and then adding a set with only acoustic piano ... there's enough good music from the European tour or October/November to fill an entire four disc set, but well ...

  24. The band on Bennie Green's "Walking Down"

    in Artists

    Posted

    That Dixon album on Master Jazz is indeed pretty good - recently picked it up:

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    Since Jim forgot to mention it: Lloyd Mayers is on "Griff and Lock", one of the finest albums by the Johnny Griffin/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis team. He also shows up on albums by Joe Newman (At Count Basie's), Etta Jones (From the Heart) and Lock's "Afro Jaws".

  25. African Music

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    I could have had ... but I usually opt for the jazz concerts and have thus missed several potentially great African musicians, not just this year (but I did catch Tony Allen a few years ago). Coming up in the first days of October are Hindi Zahra and Bassekou Kouyaté ... within two days, so I might miss out on one (or both, as again there's too much going on at the same time - another two days before there's Bebel Gilberto ... and few days later Natacha Atlas - and then probably nothing until late November).

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