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That is such an awesome honour As they said - you guys take the cake!

I just saw this at my local CD store for $14CDN for 4 CDs. There was an earlier thread about the Quadromania label which apparantly has no liner notes. This is 50+ year royalty stuff. Out of curiosity, would anyone know where this material is taken from? The web reveals little.

Page 3 baby!

My mouth is watering just thinking about this (and to think I almost posted in the Scarlett J thread!) Strub's Pickles

My border collie burps like a man after his meal. It sounds very human to those who've not heard him do it before.

It sounds more like a pipe dream than spam. But who among us really knows the healing power of smooth jazz?

From Lance's site: It's finally here! "The Things That Make Us Happy" is available online at CDBaby. It's Lance's third independent release and it contains many soothing melodies that you will enjoy. The recording was an ambitious project and another thank you goes to David Starck for putting so much hard work into the album. It wouldn't have been possible without him. Lance is currently sponsoring a benefit for a charitable cause and he could use your help. Recently one of his relatives was diagnosed with cancer. But fortunately it was detected early enough and after one operation he is on his way to making a full recovery. Lance has decided to donate one third of the profits from "The Things That Make Us Happy" to the National Foundation for Cancer Research. The goal is to be able to hand them a $40,000 check by June 1st, 2006. It's an ambitious mark but with your support it can definitely be achieved. Let family and friends know about this campaign and thank you in advance for your support! (I think the post title just turned some of us off!)

UP paging Allen Lowe - just want to know how your recording session with Matt went

Getting back to this finally! The concert was held in a small room - actually an artist-run loft/space used by Arraymusic - Canada's premiere new music ensemble. Maybe 60 people at the most. I was able to grab a chair about 6 feet from the front of the piano facing Matt. I am not familiar with the new solo work "One" so I had no expectations, other than what I've heard from his association with Ware and on his other discs. He played for about 1 hour straight, mostly with his eyes closed. Wow - what a physical player, he hunched his shoulders, did lots of hand crossings, pounding of his left arm on the bass end of the piano, and even stuck his hand into the strings and plucked a few harmonics for good measure. He also used both the sustain and the "una corda" pedals quite frequently, to good effect. The piano moved a few inches by the end of the recital. At one point I thought he'd come close to destroying it - quite a thunderous sound from that Steinway. He did not stop to distinguish when a tune ended or began, as would his disc if you listened. It was one long flow. The only time he had a discernable melody was when he started to riff on "Summertime" at the 1/2 way mark. No doubt - it was difficult listening. Many who attended seemed to squirm a bit for the first 1/2 which was like hyper-avant garde classical piano. But the second 1/2 fell into more of a Cecil improv vein - though it is not accurate to say he sounded anything like Cecil. Still - quite cathartic once complete. Shipp really has focus and did not get lazy with his ideas. Must be difficult to avoid cliché or unconscious riffs. I took some photos - but I certainly am not a good photographer - I also did not want to ruin his attention so I was a little shaky. I did speak to him afterwards. I used Allen's name as an ice breaker. We talked for 10 minutes about a whole bunch of stuff and he had some funny anecdotes. My only loss was that I spent my last $ on the ticket and didn’t have $15 to buy his disc there and then. (But will do so on CD Universe to support the Big O of course!)

From WIRED http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,703...l?tw=wn_index_5 By Rachel Metz A California library has created an online audio time machine by archiving some of the oldest sounds ever recorded. A few mouse clicks give way to the jubilant sounds of Billy Murray singing "Alexander's Ragtime Band" or Ada Jones warbling "Whistle and I'll Wait for You." Some pieces, like "Negro Recollections," serve as reminders of America's deeply racist past. Curators at the University of California at Santa Barbara's Donald C. Davidson Library have digitized 6,000 late 19th-century and early 20th-century wax and plastic cylinder recordings -- precursors to the flat record. The audio, which includes ragtime hits, vaudeville routines and presidential speeches, encapsulates history with crackles and hisses, but archivists say preserving the sounds now is vital because the cylinders are deteriorating. "The major record companies have been neglecting this aspect of music for the better part of 90 years," said David Seubert, director of the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project. Since the site went up in November, audiophiles have downloaded 700,000 recordings, much to Seubert's surprise. The collection excites audio experts and cylinder fans, who now have free access to the works anytime, anywhere. People are burning them onto CDs, using them on internet radio stations and possibly remixing them, he said. All recordings on the site are in the public domain, Seubert said, and cleaned-up MP3 versions hold a Creative Commons license. In the cylinder's heyday, people would slip a nickel in an arcade machine to listen to a song, said Mark Ballora, a music technology assistant professor at Penn State University. "Essentially, we've got one of these arcades again, but it doesn't cost us a nickel as long as we have a computer," he said. "And they probably didn't have 6,000 available in these old arcades; there were probably a few dozen." But creating quality digital copies of cylinder recordings wasn't possible until recently, said Noah Pollaczek, a UCSB library audio technician. In the past, technicians had to play the cylinders on phonographs, and cylinders running at different speeds each required a different phonograph. Users wound them up, and a needle hit the cylinder's recorded grooves, amplifying the music through a horn. Holding a microphone up to the horn didn't make a high-quality recording. So a few years ago, French cylinder collector Henri Chamoux invented the Archeophone, which can play cylinders of various sizes and speeds and transfer the sound to a computer through a patch bay. The Archeophone encodes cylinder music as scratchy-sounding WAV files that users can stream or download as original recordings or cleaned-up MP3 versions. Peter Dilg collects cylinders and runs Baldwin, New York-based Wizard Record Company, which creates new cylinder recordings. He's thrilled about the project. "Our American culture is on those records," he said. "Not just our culture, but other cultures. It's the very beginning of home entertainment, as far as music in somebody's living room." Here's the link to the archive

Wow, great article and listening session More cowbell !

We leave on Sunday until Wednesday! But here's the Weather forecast And the current conditions at Bristol right now? Temp: 57°F :eye:

I know this title was mentioned on other threads recently. Not sure if someone posted the youtube link. Apologies in advance if it has been done. Jammin' the Blues - Gjon Mili edit: maybe not. I see it was posted to youtube yesterday - March 07, 2006

Very sad news. I saw him perform with Ry Cooder after Talking Timbuktu. His music is always uplifting and profound. ___________________ BBC News Online Ali Farka Toure, known as the "Bluesman of Africa", was one of the continent's best known musicians. Outside his home country of Mali, he was seen as blending African music with the blues of the southern United States and he collaborated with US stars Ry Cooder and John Lee Hooker. Although he generally performed in a cowboy hat, he always insisted that the music he played only had local influences and that blues was a traditional African sound. His first instrument was the traditional Malian string instrument, the gurkel, but he later switched to the guitar. The haunting music he played though, stayed the same - conjuring up the slow movements of the River Niger as it sweeps through the Sahara desert near his home town of Niafunke. Bleak environment Unlike many African music stars, he rejected the call of the bright lights of Paris, London or New York. Indeed, late in his career, he became mayor of Niafunke in a bid to use some of his wealth and international connections for the good of his people. He was born in 1939 in the historic town of Timbuktu on the edge of the desert and did his best to bring together the various communities who inhabit this bleak environment. While the Tuareg and the Songhai people were at war in the 1990s, Toure sang in both their languages, as well as Fulani - another language of northern Mali. However, his appeal was largely limited to northern Mali and western blues fans. Younger residents of southern Mali and the capital, Bamako, are more likely to appreciate the latest US rap releases than his most famous albums, Talking Timbuktu and In the Heart of the Moon, which won Toure his two Grammy awards, respectively in 1994 and just weeks before his death.

This sounds interesting for you New Yorkers Mid-Century Jazz Pianists: A Tribute to Teddy Wilson, Erroll Garner and Bill Evans - Dick Hyman, piano Barry Harris, piano Ted Rosenthal, piano Jon Weber, piano Nicki Parrott, bass Kenny Washington, drums http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=T-TC5DH02

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I'm only into it 3 minutes and I have goosebumps!

(From Thirsty Ear site) Matthew Shipp upcoming tour dates to support his solo album ONE. March 3 - Montreal, Canada March 4 - Toronto, Canada March 5 - Toronto, Canada March 6 - New York City, NY March 23 - Buffalo, NY March 25 - Wilmington , DL April 1 - New York City April 6 - New York City - Symphony Space April 18 - 30 - Italian tour May 19 - New Mexico - Outpost Festival June 18 - New York City - Vision Festival clifford thornton - Did you catch the Austin gig in Feb?

I really dig the 2nd half of this Atlantic 2-fer ("Another Monday Date") which is all solo. Mostly his own compositions. Chuck - the Porter and Gershwin sets sound intriguing. Is the Porter one hard to find as well? If I had to desert island pick one solo pianist - it would be Earl Hines.

Matthew Shipp is playing 2 dates in Toronto this weekend, both of them solo piano. I've never seen him live so I am really excited. I can't make the Saturday one but I am going to catch the Sunday matinee at a different and much smaller venue (80 people max). It is actually the same room where I spent a weekend taking the Barry Harris Jazz workshop - same Steinway piano. So I'll probably get to chat with him. From what I hear/have read he's quite an articulate man. Also it's only $11

The bad typing, sympathetic plea, and brotherly jazz love paen flagged me right away. The website looks like nothing special: Welcome to DigitalRuckus.com the fastest growing site on the web for the "Road Warrior". DigitalRuckus.com is a place for connections, whether your are a musician or nightclub looking for a free and simple way to connect with other artists & fans or a travelling professional looking to keep intouch with new friends. DigitalRuckus.com is the perfect place to interact with like minded individuals, find local live music, and tapping into your local nightlife. When you mix a fun community atmosphere with a growing suite of tools to help you connect it's immposible not to make some noise. Also it says he's a Libra - the only inanimate sign of the zodiac

It's online for those who like to view JPEGs.

Forget the men's hockey! GOLD!

Gimme that!

OK, then a variation? With extra or no slide grease? Left hand slides, right holds? WWED? (What would Eno do?)