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I know it's not the same, but Vijay Iyer will be at Pizza on the Plaza this upcoming Friday. I hope to make that show. I am a bit surprised that Hill would tour the Netherlands and France and not come to London. Maybe another date will be added.
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Having just listened to the BBC 3 World Music Awards (probably still on their website if you hurry), I went to see how many of the artists are available on emusic. Certainly a fair number of the African artists. They have several by Toumani Diabate. They have a few albums by Ali Farka Toure, including the classic Talking Timbuktu with Ry Cooder, but not the brand new Toure and Toumani CD In The Heart Of The Moon. They have several by Amadou and Mariam (though again not the most recent killer album). And perhaps most intriguing they have two albums by Konono No. 1 -- wild wild stuff. It looks like I've already got my quota for next month filled! But it's all good.
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Not an accurate statement. Probably a badly inform one. I'll stick up for Brad. The non-piano solo albums I've heard and boring and self-indulgent. I particularly disliked the ones by Lacy.
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Verve's CEO
ejp626 replied to montg's topic in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...
I suppose as a percentage, the amount of "new" jazz I buy is fairly low, but I think I must buy at least one new CD a month (maybe 2 if I include eMusic downloads). Now I don't know if it "counts" if the artists themselves have been around the block more than a few times, and most of the new recordings have been by Andrew Hill, Moncur, Roswell Rudd, Sonny Rollins, Von Freeman, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner and so on. The newest artists I have invested in are Vijay Iyer, Polar Bear/Acoustic Ladyland/FIRE and of course Organissimo. So I don't really see myself as part of the problem of not supporting new artists, though I am sure I could spend more on new artists (if the wife allowed it). I agree it is a shame that a guy in his position is so negative about the prospects of jazz sales. At some point, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. -
My feeling is that the average person, and probably the average jazz listener who is not an acolyte of Sonny Rollins, is going to be very disappointed by this album. That doesn't mean it has no merit or doesn't fill a particular niche. I think one or one and a half stars for this CD is appropriate given the target market of AMG. Curiously, AMG has in the past given quite high ratings to solo ventures by Steve Lacey (which I didn't enjoy either), so I don't think there is a particular bias against solo recordings system-wide.
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one soundcard is fine with xp and total recorder. i use a $20 soundblaster live This is my set-up as well. I think my version of TotalRecorder is fairly old, so I save files as .wav files (I usually do need to edit them anyway to put in appropriate breaks), then convert to mp3 afterwards.
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According to the Blue Note Europe website, these are the current Andrew Hill tour dates. It looks like I might be able to make the Amsterdam date, since I will be in the Netherlands that Thurs. and Friday. I'll try to verify he is there. Tour Dates 29/04/2006 TBC - Andrew Hill 5tet Belfast IRELAND 30/04/2006 Europa Jazz Festival - Andrew Hill 5tet Le Mans FRANCE 15/05/2006 TBC - Andrew Hill Quintet Vincenza ITALY 19/05/2006 Bimhuis - Andrew Hill 5tet Amsterdam HOLLAND 20/05/2006 Lantaren - Andrew Hill 5tet Rotterdam HOLLAND 25/05/2006 Nattjazz Festival - Andrew Hill 5tet Bergen NORWAY
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for those who missed out the cheap Universal Mosaics
ejp626 replied to tjobbe's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
While the focus is rightly on the jazz selection, I have been purchasing a select number of classical box sets from zweitausend.de, mostly from Brilliant Classics, for about half the price I've seen elsewhere. Brilliant Classics is a very good budget label that makes sets like the complete symphonies of Shostakovich or the Complete String Quartets of Dvorak. Some are recordings by lesser known artists and some are simply clever licensing from the major labels. The Shostakovich symphonies in particular is a great deal. One series I'm starting to get into is the Historic Russian Archives. One set is 10 CDs of classic recordings by Rostopovich for 18 Euros! I'll probably get the others in this Russian Archives series pretty soon. -
Well, I have this album (in storage) and think it is awful. I can't imagine listening to it a second time. I'll give it away some day to a Rollins' completist.
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Well, I was with somebody who I thought was a soulmate or very close, but in the end it just didn't work out and it set me back a lot. A few years after that, I met my wife. We dated for about 15 months, then moved in together and were engaged after a year and married another 18 months or so after that. In many ways it is great, but there are some profound differences between us that are almost impossible to bridge. We moved to New York where I had a great job. She decided after 6 months she didn't like it and stopped trying to make it work and more or less suffered through another 18 months before we moved back to Chicago. That was the closest I've come to divorce, but I decided I was better off with her, even though it meant leaving New York (one of my favorite places in the US) and a good job. If my wife was my "soul mate" in all aspects, then she would have loved New York as much as I do. England isn't working out either, though I share many of her opinions about this place, and so we'll get another year of experience under our belts then return to the US, probably to Chicago. Basically, it comes down to the fact she can't be happy anywhere other than Chicago, and I feel very tied down by this, since it limits my options too much. It was the kind of thing she didn't know about herself until we had lived a few places, so I don't know that I would say I "settled" for less than I should have, but I certainly made a decision on less than complete information. In economic terms, I was satisficing rather than trying for the ideal partner (utility maximization). On the positive side, we generally complement each other's strengths and we have a terrific little boy. But it isn't as easy as some people seem to have it. Perhaps I should strengthen my feelings about New York. My entire life I've wanted to live in New York. I lived there for three years and loved it, then went to grad school in Chicago where I met my wife. I never made any secret about my plans to return and was very glad to be back when I finished school. Then she found out she hated it. So it really seems to me a significant sacrifice not to be able to live there, but that was the decision I had to make.
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I've seen the squarish shape. There's a company that makes business cards in that format, if you want to put some multi-media show about your company on a card. Can't remember what they cost.
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Sports / Finance: Tiger Woods' New $38 Million Crib
ejp626 replied to Soulstation1's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
So how can a lender calculate at the start the full cost of the mortgage, as Dan said? MG Variable rate mortgages are possible but fairly uncommon in the US. Most people do have fixed rate mortgages. Since the rates are all pretty much the same across the board, there is less room for interest rate abritrage (as in the UK). Refinancing loans is certainly possible but interest rates have to drop a lot to make it worthwhile. Thus, it doesn't seem to be nearly the sport it is in the UK where many people refinance every few years (what a waste of resources). -
2006: The Tax Man Wants All Your $$$$$
ejp626 replied to Soulstation1's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Taxes were incredibly unbearable this year. I moved countries (never a good idea when it comes to taxes -- moving states is bad enough) and the information I had turned out to be incorrect. The US does tax foreign income until you've lived in the other country for 12 months. While you can offset foreign taxes, that didn't really help that much. I had nearly all of the key documents, but there were a handful that hadn't shown up, so I had to file for an extension. Oh, and I sold my home, and since part of it was a rental property, each portion has completely different tax treatment and different tax forms. It appears I will have to file roughly twenty pages of tax forms and supporting material. Then in another few months, I have to file with the UK, since my situation is too complicated for them to calculate independently. -
Sports / Finance: Tiger Woods' New $38 Million Crib
ejp626 replied to Soulstation1's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Well, you don't really have the right to sell it for an amount that will not pay off the mortgage. In a scenario like that, there would be some intervention on their part. If there has been a collapse in the housing market, there's not that much they can do, but if you are trying out some strange tax avoidance scheme, they would definitely take action. Still, given U.S. tax law, it generally makes sense to take out a reasonable sized mortgage. However, in Tiger's case, he is such a high earner, that the deductions on schedule A (and even the standard deduction) will have been squeezed down to nothing and the AMT will then come into play. In such a case, he would probably be better off paying mostly cash. In addition, he should find a way to claim part of the property as business-related (surely there's a driving range) and thus take the depreciation on that to offset his other income. -
Thanks, GM, for more gas guzzlers
ejp626 replied to Jim Alfredson's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Yes, but there are other articles discussing how these tax-credits are running out, and that new buyers of hybrids won't have access to them. -
If anyone gets a straight answer on the dates Andrew is there vs Sam Rivers, I'd be very interested. I can probably make one of those dates.
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BBC Jazz Legends The current show is an hour discussion with Roswell Rudd with plenty of cuts from his recent work. The focus is on Malicool, his recent CD (which I downloaded from emusic recently). He also talks a bit about working with Herbie Nichols. This would be a good opportunity to see if you like it. The show will be available until Friday late afternoon (London time). (Sorry not to have posted earlier.) Eric
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It's a pretty good list, though too heavy on the White Stripes, which was his last major discovery Peel 45s. His son says that the White Stripes would have most likely been thinned out given a bit more time. There actually was a Channel 4 documentary about this, which I didn't see. I doubt it could be recreated, given licensing rights. I am a bit inspired by the list to look into some of the R & B on the list, including Eddie & Ernie, whom I have never heard of previously. They appear on a few good compilations, including one called The Birth of Soul, vol. 2.
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Either you haven't heard or are deliberately repressing Monuments, which is a righteous stinker. I am certainly sorry to hear this. One of the last of the greats. He led or co-led many of my favorite BN sessions. Very sorry not to have seen him live, but I came to jazz only fairly recently when he wasn't really touring (or at least not where I was living).
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I was listening to the Andy Kershaw show, which has its roots in John Peel's approach, though more world music oriented, and he played an odd track off this new compilation of John Peel's favorite 78s (probably belongs here rather than re-issues). He had just about finished it up at the time of his death, and his wife Sheila wrote the liner notes. It's just coming out April 3. The Dusty Groove write-up is below with CD Universe info below that. This looks like something I will pick up. Various -- John Peel & Sheila -- The Pig's Big 78s -- The Best Of John Peel's Vintage Record Collection . . . CD . . . $16.99 Trikont (Germany), 1910s-1950s Condition: New Copy Temporarily Out Of Stock: Hit the 'Send Request' button to receive an email notice if the item comes back in. A half century's bounty of rare, strange and wonderful recordings -- from the personal collection of the world's greatest and most sadly departed DJ -- the legendary John Peel and his wife Sheila (aka The Pig)! The Pig's Big 78s features tracks from as early as the 1908 (!!!) to as late as the mid 50s -- strange novelty records from the times, proto rhythm & blues, jazz, hillbilly and wholly unique exotica -- wonderful recordings in the truest sense of the word -- most of which we'd have never heard in our lives without the John Peel show! 24 tracks in all: "Pass! Shoot!! Goal!!!" by Albert Whelan, "Blue Tango" by Ray Martin & His Orchestra, "Jail House Blues" by Lightnin' Hopkins, "Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula" by George Lewis & His New Orleans Music, "John, John Put Your Trousers On" by Mr Billy Williams, "Cast Iron Arm" by Peanuts Wilson, "Maybe" by Jack White & His Band, "Riff And Harmonica Jump" by Sonny Terry and much more! CD Universe link Track listing from CD Universe 1. A Brief Introduction 2. The Jovial Huntsman (Inc. John Peel) 3. Pass! Shoot!! Goal!!! 4. Blue Tango 5. Bradford 6. Jail House Blues 7. 1950 For Naming The Artists 8. Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula 9. John, John, Put Your Trousers On 10. Tom Hark 11. Gotta Feelin' For You 12. Unknown (Cantonese) 13. Cast Iron Arm 14. The Charleston 15. Impressions (Part 1 & 2) 16. (There Ought To Be) A Moonlight Saving Time 17. A Day’s Broadcasting (Part 1) 18. Maybe 19. Sleep 20. The Yodelling Whistler 21. My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies 22. On A Steamer Coming Over 23. Riff And Harmonica Jump
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So, when are you going to get the J.J. Johnson Mosaic set?
ejp626 replied to Daniel A's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
I was a bit on the fence but bought it when it moved to Running Low. It was probably sal who said I couldn't live without it. -
Thanks, GM, for more gas guzzlers
ejp626 replied to Jim Alfredson's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
And new construction would probably include asbestos if it was still allowed because it was such a cheap and efficient insulator, but as a society we agreed that it was too harmful. I think we're well past the point where we can simply allow people to buy SUVs with such shitty gas mileage. Whether that means command and control legislation to force improvements in fuel economy, or doubling or tripling of the gas tax, I'm for it. Obviously it won't happen in the U.S., much to our shame. Our grandchildren will forever curse us as the worst generation to walk the planet, since we knew global warming was a problem but were too greedy to do anything about it. -
Thanks, GM, for more gas guzzlers
ejp626 replied to Jim Alfredson's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
I can't speak for Jim, but I used a push mover, which was human powered. -
Definitely thinner on certain musicians than I would like, though I usually have at least one or two CDs by the various giants of jazz . I suppose the only major gaps are Fletcher Henderson and Woody Herman.
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Minneapolis/St. Paul suggestions for upcoming trip...
ejp626 replied to Rooster_Ties's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
If it has reopened, the Walker Arts Center is terrific.