Joe G

The notes in the Bjork tune are D, D flat, and C. Half steps, in other words. Cool sounding tune, BTW. Microtones in western pop music are extremely rare. Or maybe that should read intentional microtonal melodies are extremely rare. Most of the time, it's simply people who can't really sing or play their instruments in tune, or like you say, there's just some push/pull going on that stretches the tuning, sometimes in a pleasing way. Also there are different tuning systems, as you probably are aware, so that the equal tempered major 3rd is 14 cents* sharp of the major 3rd in just intonation. (Check out Miles' solo on Freddie Freeloader: his minor seventh on the four chord is quite a bit flat from the piano's minor seventh. But it's still "in tune", because he's playing the seventh partial of the overtone series, whereas the piano is playing the equal tempered minor seventh. Sorry if that went over anyone's head. ) (this is where 7/4 says, there he goes again... nevertheless... ) From the book Harmonic Experience: ... for example, the quarter tone that sits right in-between E and E flat. Some jazz musicians have delved into quartertonal and microtonal music, like Brad Shepik (in his Balkan jazz ensembles), and I heard one Tribal Tech record where Scott Kinsey played a solo using microtones programmed into his keyboard. W.A. Mathieu recommends Easley Blackwood's CD Microtonal Compositions as an example of the potential of equal temperments from thirteen to twenty-four tones per octave. I'm not sure if Harmolodics belongs in this discussion. Actually, I'm not even sure what Harmolodics is! (I've heard the term, but who among us can explain it???) *cent: a unit of measurement that equals 1/100th of a semitone, and 1/1200th of an octave, in equal temperment only.

Cheers!

Paul, do you ever use ground turkey instead of beef? I prefer that both on taste, and for the fact that it's less greasy. Greazy: good Greasy: bad

Back up for more comfort food ideas. I went to a nearby farmers market, where they had all the fall produce in, including lots of pumpkins. I was thinking, "Pumpkin Pie, mmmmm......" Got some good Michigan apples, too. Found this recipe today in a magazine for minestrone soup. Looks pretty good: Ingredients: 2 quarts water 4 cloves garlic 2 carrots 3 large potatoes 4 cups chopped kale 2 cups canned beans (eg., borlotti, white, kidney, garbanzo) 1 large onion 2 stalks celery 2 cups pasta olive oil 1/2 cup of your favorite grated cheese Dice garlic, carrots, potatoes; chop onion and celery. Drizzle olive oil in pot; add vegetables and a pinch of salt and pepper. Saute 10 minutes. Add water and beans. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, simmer for 1 hour. Five minutes before serving, return to boil, add pasta. Sprinkle grated cheese onto bowl of soup and eat with crunchy bread.

Arno is a treat to hang out with as well. He's got plenty of stories, having been on the scene since the 40's. He was telling me that his roomate in NYC was friends with one Charlie Parker, and that Bird used to come up to the aparment they shared to play chess! Arno's recent cds come highly recommended. There's at least one recent thread if you care to search for it.

Since You've Been Gone (Bootsy)

Couple of MIA members in that thread (not talking about Mnytime!).

Didn't he mean to write "that is not what Bb by itself means"?

How was the show?

That's exactly what I think.

Well, that's the nice thing about original compositions: it's all homemade changes!

You ever hear that tape of the Troggs in the studio; where they're cursing each other out relentlessly?

Overheard at a Pow-wow: "It's still a free country: the Americans haven't paid us for it yet!"

Vic came to Michigan for a couple of dates earlier this year. Our very own randissimo backed him up on those, and I caught the show in Ann Arbor. Talk about having a command of the instrument!!! The guy is something else. And I heard references to pretty much all of the history of jazz guitar, right up to the present, in his playing throughout the night.

I haven't heard this album, but Vic Juris is incredible!

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My question is, was that music something from the traditional repertoire? It sounded pretty cool, whatever it was.

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What we really need, Jim, is an animated Arno Marsh smilely. You know the gesture I'm talking about!

why do you hate america?

Note to B3-er: It's working! whatever happened to those t-shirts? I don't know. I'll get on Jim's case about it.

Note to B3-er: It's working!

Coolness!

Yer a good one Paul. I'm keepin' my eye on you.

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