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  1. From a Downtown Music Gallery email. DEREK BAILEY 1930-2005 On December 25th, avant/jazz/guitar legend Derek Bailey passed away at the age of 75. He suffered what was at first diagnosed as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome for the past few years and eventually succumbed to motor neuron disease. He was living in Barcelona, Spain for the past few years, but was back in London when he flew from this world. Derek Bailey was perhaps the most influential and adventurous experimental guitarist to come from England, evolving out of the trad-jazz scene of the fifties into the avant/jazz scene in '60s London. By the late sixties he was a member of the Joseph Holbrooke Trio (w/ Evan Parker & Gavin Bryars), Spontaneous Music Ensemble (w/ John Stevens & Trevor Watts) and Music Improvisation Company [with Parker, Hugh Davies, and Jamie Muir], which later became the amorphous Company under his leadership. These groups were at the birth and center of the British free-jazz scene. Derek Bailey and Evan Parker started their own record label called Incus in the early seventies, one of the first artist-run outfits. Although Derek and Evan had long since parted ways, the Incus label continued with 60+ releases, many of which are now sadly unavailable. Derek's playing was absolutely unique and idiosyncratic - nobody sounded quite like him. His style was constantly evolving and, when playing electric, he developed a distinctive way of using feedback. Although he played with the best members of the British free/jazz scene, he also forged relationships with a number of European players like Han Bennink & Peter Brotzmann, Japanese free players like Kaoru Abe, Toshinori Kondo and Motoharu Yoshizawa, as well as American improvisers like Anthony Braxton, George Lewis and John Zorn. Derek organized an annual festival called Company Week in the 80's & 90's, which brought together a unique group of international improvisers from varied backgrounds. What set Derek apart is that he was always 'game' to play with just about any "interesting" player, no matter where they were coming from. Due to his friendship with John Zorn, Derek had performed and recorded with an unlikely cast of characters: The Ruins, Haino Keiji, Jamaaladeen Tacuma & Calvin Weston, Tony Williams & Bill Laswell, et al. Over the past decade, Derek & Zorn organized a few Company festivals at Tonic, again putting together unrelated musicians for their first time. At the last of these festivals a few years back, Derek brought the members of IST (Simon H. Fell, Mark Wastell & Rhodri Davies), as well as the veteran tapdancing legend Will Gaines. Although Derek enjoyed playing with other avant guitarists (Eugene Chadbourne, Henry Kaiser, Fred Frith, Noel Akchote & even Pat Metheny), he has played more duos with drummers than any other combination. Check out this list: Tony Oxley, Louis Moholo. Han Bennink, John Stevens, Eddie Prevost, Cyro Baptista, Gregg Bendian, Susie Ibarra, Jamie Muir, Ingar Zach, Shoji Hano & Michael Welch. Other amazing duos would include Cecil Taylor, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker and Joelle Leandre. Almost exactly four years ago, Derek Bailey played a solo acoustic guitar concert at our old store on 5th Street. It was one of the proudest moments for me in the near 15-year history of DMG. It was captured on video and released on DVD by our pal Robert O'Hare and it makes me smile whenever I view it. Derek told a story at that performance about working in a record/musical instrument store that was pretty hilarious. He had such a dry yet gentle wit. Morever, his playing will always be a constant source of inspiration to adventurous musicians and listeners the world over. He will be sorely missed. - BLG Derek would have turned 76 this coming January 29th
  2. The Complete CBS Recordings of Eddie Condon (#152) LP hits the last chance list.
  3. Perhaps this is more appropriate for the Funny Rat thread, but for those interested (from Downtown Music Gallery): SECONDLY...We are now taking PRE-ORDER RESERVATIONS [separate emails from regular orders, PLEASE] for JOHN ZORN, DAVE DOUGLAS, MIKE PATTON, BILL LASWELL, ROB BURGER, BEN PEROWSKY - The Stone: Issue 1 (Tzadik 0002; USA) Introduction*Interlude (Patton)*Part One*Interlude (Douglas/Zorn)* Part Two*Interlude (Laswell)*Coda Weaving beautiful and evocative tapestries of sound, this unprecedented meeting of diverse musical masters is much more than the sum of its parts. All players contribute generously from their respective musical worlds, finding common ground in this striking musical suite. At times moody, at times intense and exciting, fans of Zorn, Patton, Douglas and Laswell will all be thrilled by the empathy and passion present in this astonishing collaboration-the perfect release to benefit the downtown's new home in the East Village. Limited Edition CD $25 THIS SPECIAL EDITION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY & TZADIK.COM [which is administered by DMG] YOU WILL NOT FIND THIS ON ANY OTHER RETAIL WEBSITE, NOR ANY OTHER RETAIL STORE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL THE NEWSGROUPS, BULLETIN BOARDS, FAN SITES, BLOGS et al! ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS CD [100% of $25 per CD] WILL GO DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT 'THE STONE' PERFORMANCE SPACE. ONLY WITH YOUR HELP CAN WE KEEP THE STONE ALIVE! Shipping Date is sometime in December 2005 but we feel we can GUARANTEE that they WILL DEFINITELY SHIP BEFORE X-MAS 2005, if not sooner [Orders placed for other merchandise prior to this being released will ship separately, in most cases]
  4. I sent an email when I saw it also. Should be interesting to see if it changes.
  5. Craig23

    Tortoise

    I agree with Chalupa. While I like Tortoise recordings, I was very bored with them live. I saw them a few years ago, and I thought the show would never end. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood. Music like Tortoise is tough for me to take live. I appreciate the songwriting (especially the earlier material that some have mentioned), but, for me, it doesn't translate well live. Incidentally, I saw them with Nobukazu Takemura who, like Tortoise, has interesting recordings, but the live show leaves a lot to be desired (it is only so long that I can watch a guy in front of his laptop).
  6. Don't know if this was already mentioned in this thread, but Amazon is selling the Farlow set new for $56.49. This isn't through a third party seller, but through Amazon itself. They say they've discounted the set 10% from $62.99. Its just $6 more than Caiman so I think it must be the European version. Either way, for those of you who didn't jump on the Caiman price this is another option.
  7. Isn't the JJ Johnson set still in print for less strait from Mosaic. The seller also says its been out of print for "for a time now" Doesn't seem fair.
  8. I got an email from Hat Hut three years ago saying that News for Lulu and More News For Lulu were hopefully going to be released within the year. Of course, now it is about two years late. Still wouldn't pay $80 dollars for one (or both) of them. Still have a copy of the email: >Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 14:41:14 +0100 >These two recordings will come back as a two CD-set >hopefully this year. >Our website will give the advance information about and >others too. > >Best regards, >-- >Werner X. Uehlinger
  9. Sorry, don't have anything to add - but just wanted to ask you to please post the day and time of the interview once you know when it is going to be....Also, will an audio stream be available to listen to on the internet?
  10. Previous (short) discussion that didn't really go anywhere.
  11. Ugh, when I talked with Mosaic 3 days ago they said they had about 100 O'Day sets left. I guess if you are going to order it, you'd better do it soon since the amount they have left depends on who you speak with.
  12. for those interested: by 2 get one free (for those priced 9.99 to 13.99) at JazzLoft.com
  13. Just placed my order for the Kid Ory and O'Day sets. Was told there are about 150 Kid Ory sets left and about 100 O'Day sets left as of noon Pacific time.
  14. I had nearly 500 movies in my Netflix queue yesterday. I logged on their site this morning to find only 155 movies in the queue. Anyone else having this problem?
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