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  1. Anyone else think this woman is extremely unfunny?

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by Pete C

    I find these kind of "success stories" very depressing.

    If you get depressed by other people's success you need to either:

    a) Stop seeking "success" as in fame or monetary reward (you're already a success in the most important sense)

    b) Take up Zen Buddhism or something like it*

    or

    C) all of the above

    I used to want to be famous, and got pissed off at undeserved "success." Now I don't want to be famous and I don't give a shit about anybody else's success (except to be happy when friends and those I admire achieve it).

    *I'm not a Buddhist, but one might call me a Zen atheist.

  8. Miles Davis Storyville 2CD

    in New Releases

    Posted · Edited by Pete C

    I believe there's an old thread on the subject of the Paris concert. Some people in the audience were definitely annoyed, but as I recall it one board member (who might even have been present that night) could attest there was also whistling from excitement.

    I'm pretty sure the noise was a combination of warring factions.

    FWIW, from Wikipedia:

    During this period, critics were fiercely divided in their estimation of Coltrane, who had radically altered his style. Audiences, too, were perplexed; in France he was famously booed during his final tour with Davis.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane

  10. Miles Davis Storyville 2CD

    in New Releases

    Posted · Edited by Pete C

    Got both of these, needless to say they're good.

    The Misc disc has the entire Newport "comeback" set (the famed "Round Midnight" was also released in the meantime by Sony/Legacy on the Legacy Edition of "Round About Midnight"), two rare tracks of the junkie-less band when Bobby Jaspar held the sax chair (while Coltrane, Red and Philly were out)... the Zurich set is somewhat more mellow than the Paris and Stockholm concerts of the same tour, and I think that makes it so enjoyable (although it's a bit less good than those, I think... I just love the super-charged atmosphere of the Paris set).

    Yeah, I have those two too. Some of you may remember that Horst Jankowski had a cheesy mid-'60s instrumental hit, "A Walk in the Black Forest." I was not previously aware of the Jazz Unlimited/Storyville connection. Of course, some of credit for the super-charged atmosphere of the Paris set can go to the warring Parisians in the house.

  13. How do you say Simon Nabatov?

    in Artists

    Posted

    Can I assume his first name is pronounced SEE-mone.

    Stresses on Russian names can be confusing. For example, a common last name is Ivanov. But there are actually two different last names spelled this way: I-VAN-ov and I-van-OV.

    Guys, I don't know where you get this sort of information from. i-VA-nov is not impossible theoretically, but would be a very unusual last name in Russia.

    John gets it straight from the source.

  17. Suggest Me Some Brazil

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Chico Buarque rarely performs, especially since he became a novelist too, and I don't remember him ever coming to NYC since I was aware of him. But I was lucky to catch him in London, at the Albert Hall in 1999. He was part of a big benefit show for Brazilian street kids that featured Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Chico, Gal Costa, Elza Soares and Virginia Rodrigues, along with 2 London-based samba groups and Georgie Fame! And the night before I saw John Hurt do Krapp's Last Tape.

    Amazingly, this Telegraph review of the concert doesn't even mention Chico:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4718941/Sultry-and-satisfying.html

  23. Suggest Me Some Brazil

    in Recommendations

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    Anything new?

    (Am just downloading 'Publico' to try Adriana Calcanhotto out).

    I think that's the best choice. Some beautiful songs.

    I've been a voracious listener of Brazilian music for 30 years, and am studying Portuguese in preparation for a November trip to Brazil.

    In the last 8 years I've been getting a lot into the post-Ben funk from some of the Trama Records artists, and artists in the same circle, like Wilson Simoninha, Max de Castro, Paula Lima, Toni Garrido. And Seu Jorge is probably one of the hottest guys in Brazil and internationally these days. I also love Maria Rita's albums--she's doing a Mother's Day free concert in Rio of her mother's (Elis Regina) repertoire.

    I think a lot of the Brazilian funk artists as well as singers like Joyce show up at the Jazz Cafe in London from time to time.

    Anybody in the UK should know about this year's Back2Black festival:

    http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=13328

  24. Suggest Me Some Brazil

    in Recommendations

    Posted · Edited by Pete C

    Can anyone point me in the right direction for a starting point for Chico Buarque...? I know they have some albums together as well. I heard some stuff recently that was just gorgeous but don't know where to dive in.

    Thanks.

    I'd say there are two essential Chico Buarque albums to start with, though there are many more good ones. Construcao, which is one of his most adventurous, and Meus Caros Amigos, which has a number of his best known songs, great melodies (but unfortunately is hard to find). Also check out the Lumiar songbooks for lots of great singers doing his material.

    I'm not as big on Lobo, so no suggestions, though Chico & he did several projects together.

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    Well, just realized that I was responding to a 4-year-old query.

    Has Alaide Costa been mentioned? I put her in the same class as Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, Amalia Rodrigues & Cesaria Evora, if you know what I mean...

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