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  2. Jacques Thollot - In Extenso

    in New Releases

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    According to Jean-Jacques Birgé (see link below in French, picture from there) who was involved in the record, Nato is to release in the fall an album of unreleased tracks featuring Jacques Thollot and one taken from the concert given at the Java after his passing. Very excited to see this!

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    Even if you don't read French, you can have a look at the musicians involved here:

    https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jean-jacques-birge/blog/100717/thollot-extenso

  5. Hey Kids, Have You Heard The News? MOSAIC's IN TROUBLE!!!

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

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    6 hours ago, BFrank said:

    I think the discussion here was that "old people" are the only ones going to see jazz. 

    I'm not saying that younger fans are going to see the older musicians. I don't see them at those shows, either. But I think there IS a new generation of jazz or jazz-influenced artists out there who are appealing to younger audiences.

    I would say the situation is mixed here in Paris. I'm 31 and have been going on a regular basis to jazz related concerts for five years, much less regularly before where I used to see more live rock. Some very commited older jazz fans always get the front seats and rarely miss a single concert for big names in free improvisation. But there is also generally a group of 20-30 year old people that come later and stands or sits behind, who might be less knowledgeable about the music's history but who enjoy it just as much. Some of them are musicians, others come also to hang out. The prices are more than reasonable for younger audiences, generally from 5 to 15 euros per concert. At one time, groups like Sonic Youth had an influence in bringing a part of their audience to jazz and there came a lot of dedicated fans out of that stream. I agree though that the conservative aspect of some jazz halls and current traditions can have a repelling effect, it is also the most visible part for people who have only a vague idea of the dynamics of the music. I started going to concerts when I discovered places like the Instants chavirés and stopped thinking that jazz was at the rue des Lombards to give a parisian example.

  6. Hey Kids, Have You Heard The News? MOSAIC's IN TROUBLE!!!

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

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    20 hours ago, medjuck said:

    Washington has a pretty busy schedule.  http://www.kamasiwashington.com/   Also he had an installation at the Whitney Biennial.  My son thought it was the best thing there.  Had no idea that he was a well known musician and was surprised that I'd heard of him.  (The installation did have music as part of it.  Not sure if it has anything to do with his new record. )  

    I went to the Whitney Biennal during my visit to NYC in May and confirm it was some of his new music. One can read about it here:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/arts/music/kamasi-washington-whitney-biennial-harmony-of-difference.html

    It was fun to have a dark room with jazz being played in the midst of what was mainly visual art.

  16. Jan Garbarek

    in Artists

    Posted · Edited by OliverM

    Afric Pepperbird is recommended!

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    2 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

    The best one is naturally the most impossible to find: Til Vigdis. Hope someone reissues it.

    1967!!!

  21. Travelling to New York

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by OliverM

    On 18/05/2017 at 7:59 PM, clifford_thornton said:

    This exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum looks cool -- hope to get over there soon:

    https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/we_wanted_a_revolution

    and a +1 for the NYC Jazz Record, which has been keeping my words in print for some reason or another for quite a few years now...

    Thanks! Unfortunately didn't go to Brooklyn this time, we stayed only one night and that was in Queens, Elmhurst to be precise, and loved the neigbourhood especially the great food.

    As for NYC Jazz Record, your series of interviews there has been great. I still read it even from here in France, even though going through the actual paper in parks or the subway was nice!

    We went to the movies on the first day of the Vision festival, the 5:30 schedule with documentaries on Cooper-Moore and longer one on Charles Gayle and the Sound Unity Festival. Less people there than I would have expected but we were in good company, Henry Grimes came to the screening!

    Another highlight from the rest of the trip was the fantastic top floor of the Washington National Art Gallery: the Rothko and Barnett Newman rooms. Great works in abundance that are not very common to see in Europe.

     

    Thank you all for the advice, I am keeping the references for further visits.

     

     

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