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  1. Creative Improvisers Ensemble, Jan. 14, Kingston NY

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted

    From Michael Bisio:

     

    It’s our first show of the year!

    Creative Improvisers Ensemble

    at Handbell Studio, Kingston NY

    Sunday Jan 14 3-5pm

     

    In honor of Karl Berger, Peter Apfelbaum leads the Creative Music Studio Improvisers Orchestra featuring vocalist Ingrid Sertso. Audience is invited to the open rehearsal from 3-4pm, performance to follow from 4-5pm.

     

    Peter Apfelbaum - conductor, tenor sax, piano
    Ingrid Sertso - voice and poetry
    Chuck Ver Straeten - voice
    Bill Horberg - flutes
    Steve Gorn - bansuri, clarinet
    gabby fluke-mogul - violin
    Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
    Chris Pasin - trumpet
    Kim Brooks - trombone
    Lee Odom - alto sax, clarinet
    Jessica Jones - tenor sax
    Tony Jones - tenor sax
    Bill Ylitalo - baritone sax, piccolo
    Julia Haines - harp
    Stuart Leigh - guitar
    Mike Gassmann - guitar
    Brittany Anjou - vibraphone, piano
    Michael Bisio - bass
    Ken Filiano - bass
    Tani Tabbal - drums
    Joakim Lartey - percussion

    Billy Martin - percussion

    Marianne Osiel - oboe, english horn

  2. Whatever happened to Cassandra Wilson?

    in Artists

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

    Sorey easily sold out 150 capacity Cafe Oto for two separate performances on the same day recently, one piano solo the other in duet with pianist Pat Thomas.  I'm actually surprised they're not performimg in a larger venue, with the cachet of that album crossing over to a number of audiences and I'd see that selling well in London let alone home turf.  Either way, I'd love to be one of the 200

    I don't know the dynamics or economics of Brooklyn concert booking, but I'd think the Sorey event might have considered bigger venues. Roulette, only about a mile away, holds 400. The nearby Brooklyn Academy of Music spaces (whatever they call the main theater, plus whatever they now call the Majestic) are probably too large.

    In my day (80s-early 90s), the Gowanus neighborhood where Sorey is appearing was far from appetizing. Not really dangerous, but bleak and scary...nervous trip by subway/foot and in those days taxis didn't want to go from Manhattan to Bklyn. Brooklyn has really gentrified since then.

  3. Whatever happened to Cassandra Wilson?

    in Artists

    Posted

    28 minutes ago, JSngry said:

    Well of course it is. But is it good marketing fluff, that's the question... 

    The show in question is sold out, so the authors can argue it's good fluff.

    I looked up the venue out of curiosity (years ago I lived not far from there in Brooklyn - which has changed a great deal since then 🙂). Quoted capacity of the "Sound Room" is 200. Seems like a pretty good turnout for such a concert. Way more than I'd expect avant-garde classical, for instance, to draw.

  5. Whatever happened to Cassandra Wilson?

    in Artists

    Posted

    15 minutes ago, JSngry said:

    It says that "Tyshawn’s ensemble includes highly acclaimed young musicians... " 

    Mark Shim just turned 50. Matt Brewer is 40. Sullivan Fortner is 37.

    Please advise. 

    Their press agent mostly works for classical music-related groups?

  8. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

    I've had an eye out for that album for a while.  Still haven't found it at a price I'm willing to pay.  As with many Japan-only releases, after-market prices are HIGH (especially when you factor in shipping from JP).  But I'm sure that I'll get 'round to it eventually.  ;) 


    That [Blue Manhattan] is a very good '70s Al Haig album*, and I'm partial to that vintage Haig (though iirc Allen Lowe would differ) with those sidemen. I managed to acquire the 2006 Japanese reissue (blue cover) just after it was released for a reasonable price. 

    *Invitation is my favorite, but Blue Manhattan is #2 of those I've heard.

  9. Why are there so few mono versions on CD of 1950-60s albums?

    in Audio Talk

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    I've no problem with mono. If a session was originally recorded in mono, I'd rather hear it that way than in fake stereo.

    But in practice I wind up going with what's available at reasonable price.

    21 hours ago, Stonewall15 said:

    Good question. Releasing two versions would not be economic so the most popular version was released.

    Most likely.

  13. BFT 237 Reveal

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    Thanks, John. Always enjoy your customary December BFTs.

    Given the hint, I should have spent some time sleuthing #3, and regret not thinking of Allen. But I don't like to sleuth early in the month, and in late Dec. I got busy with other things and forgot about the issue. But I'm glad I didn't waste time investigating #10, because it would surely have gotten nowhere.

  16. Mary Halvorson - Cloudward

    in New Releases

    Posted

    5 hours ago, JSngry said:

    Where is the line between "composed" and "overcomposed"?

    In classical music, some seem to think that "total serialism" (e.g. Milton Babbitt) and "New Complexity" (e.g. Brian Ferneyhough) fall into the "overcomposed" category. But there are musicians who enjoy playing that stuff, and the composers named have their fans.

    [Disclosure: I kind of enjoy Babbitt's music but have little time for New Complexity]

  19. Phil Ranelin - Live in Los Angeles: 1978-1981

    in New Releases

    Posted

    1 hour ago, felser said:

    Two concerns holding me back from jumping on the CD set yet (though I may well get there soon enough).  First is sound quality questions (i.e. " The audio was restored from decades old cassette tapes which have never been heard until now.") - I don't see any audio samples on the site.  Second is like half the set being taken up with 'Bye Bye Blackbird', 'St. Thomas', and 'Just The Way You Are', though the other selections look great.

    No problem rolling the dice on sound quality, but I hear you on tune selection and lack of audio samples.

    However, I'm a Ranelin / Tribe fanboy, and a recording of that vintage incl. Tribe material...preordered the moment I saw it on the DG site.

  24. Which jazz book are you reading right now?

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

    Posted

    21 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

    Balliett's such a talented author that I always enjoy his writing -- even when I disagree with his musical point of view.  He sometimes says downright silly things, like calling Max Roach's drumming "ugly."  But I suppose you've got to take the bad with the good and the good with the bad.  And the good definitely outweighs the bad, IMO.

    My 2 cents.

     

    I read that long ago. Balliett's a very good writer (for instance, I recall an excellent passage about Mingus), but I didn't agree with some of his opinions. I found his extreme dislike of hard bop kind of amusing...in that vein I also recall a brief rant about JR Montrose's ugly playing. No longer own the book, donated it to a library as part of downsizing.

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