clifford_thornton

Yes, jazz and improvisation has certainly opened my ears to where I appreciate other genres more (or in a different way, let's say) than before.

No, Aric/chewy is not a typical dude, but that's why he's great! Frequent board users aren't going to represent the "middle-of-the-road" in society, rather the outliers. Thank god for that. I can't speak on the maleness of message-board phenomena; it's true, and I'm not sure why. One idea: I don't think men may need as much face-to-face interaction as women do in order to form/maintain social bonds. Beyond that, it's a sociologist's guess.

Yes, but since Organissimo aren't doing the very same thing, it did not have an effect on the board content or the survival of the board community.

I figured you'd enjoy it, HG. If they ever produce Seconds From Near Disaster, this will be the pilot episode, no pun intended. Yeah, that was a pretty amazing save. I would NOT want to have been in that plane, even though it all turned out fine. And Dan, I have taken to watching reruns of that show, fear-of-flying be damned!

I really got into jazz around 19 or 20. I'm 31 now. My dad was a jazz pianist; I didn't care much for the "cocktail" piano mood-music he was often into, so found my own path starting with Coltrane. Prior to diving headlong into jazz and improvised music, I was into prog-rock and post-punk. I was looking for something more challenging both emotionally and aesthetically. There you go.

I've mentioned this elsewhere, but I've really had it with genres. I used to keep my collection organized by genre, but I've dropped all such distinctions and let everything co-mingle. So, in answer to your last question, I don't think I would have a problem with a reunited Zeppelin recording for Blue Note... There's a record store here in town that refuses to seperate the CDs by genre. So you have to go from A-Z of every conceivable kind of music to "browse." There's a reason there are genres, because it's a practical application. Play me a record, and I could tell you a genre it belongs in. I don't care what people want to pretend. There ain't nuthin' new under the sun. No matter how genre-bending an album might be it still fits somwhere. Music is music at it's heart.... But Paleaaase, when I want to find something, give me a reference point. Blue Note is one of the greatest and only pure jazz labels in history. EMI is so big they could put any artist on any imprint...why does it matter to them. I think it just damages the brand, to put it in marketing terms which is, like it or not, what we're REALLY talking about here. It's not music to these people, it's product. Just curious - do they file classical CDs mixed in with everything else by composer, by performer, or ? It sounds like browsing there could be fun, assuming that I had a lot of time to spend. He's talking about Waterloo, and they do separate classical, blues and "ethnic" music. Jazz, rock, and pop CDs are all mixed together though. Oddly, I guess, the vinyl IS separated entirely by genre, though there's not much to begin with.

Diggin' the WDR/NDR TV style psychedelic backgrounds...

Yes, since replying to the thread some time ago, I've picked up SART, Afric Pepperbird and Triptykon. Big up's for Garbarek's earlier recordings, at least.

That pejorative attitude might be why some people have trouble with the culture around jazz, and don't investigate it deeply. I don't consider myself a musician, but I certainly have an adept knowledge of the history and aesthetics of a significant amount of the music, the personalities of some of its participants, and enough so that many of my reviews and articles are praised by the artists for not only "getting it" but being able to put it into words. I'm sure there are a number of other non-musician writers/connoisseurs of the music who could weigh in here.

Bait taken, asshole statement.

Looks Lonehill/Fresh Sound-y. However, it's nice that the material is collected. Frank Butler is awesome. And he's from Kansas - doubly awesome!

Yeah, nice program for sure. Thanks.

Supposedly the "other" Byard on Dogtown will also be reissued - you know, the one that nobody's ever seen. I've seen him play, too, and it's always been good. I don't have the Palm LPs, which are probably pretty cool, but haven't been as impressed with either the Philly Jazz, Vortex, or Bellows.

Alan Sondheim - guitar(s), alto saxophone, clarinet, ch'in/zither, piano, tabla...

Well, if that's the direction we're going: Han Bennink - drums, piano, clarinet/saxophones, violin, trombone, bagpipes, anything & everything...

I don't know whether Byard has really made the record he has (or had) in him, but the Dogtown comes close.

That's an LP I've been looking for. Glad to see it's gonna be reissued.

Right, he paved the way but seemed to have a difficult time himself with the instrument. But he was young and, had he had the opportunity to mature, who knows?

I have the Lancaster - wasn't cheap!

Lawrence Marable Over $1700 with four days to go and reserve not met!

Yeah, funny enough I don't think I've paid more than $20-$30 for an Ayler LP!

Happy Happy Birthday! wonder what BN82 is gettin' ya'...

Buy it...

Bangers, mash, and Dick Heckstall-Smith!