Leeway

Winnie Mandela Man Ray Mandrake the Magician

I grouped Iyer and Lehman, and maybe that was unfair to each, but i do tend to consider them together. Both started on a wave of hype, especially Iyer, probably because he' so articulate (like Shipp, but without the tendency to gut punch you like Shipp, although that's what I like about Shipp). In other words, Iyer talks a good game. I heard him on some Mahanthappa CDs, and his playing left me cold. But my doubts were resolved (at least for now) when I saw him perform with Wadada Leo Smith in DC. Iyer was dreadful. To be fair, so was John Lindberg on bass, a musician I really like. So maybe something else was going on. Compared to Shipp...well, let's not go there. Iyer needs to walk the walk, not just talk it. As for Lehman, he seems to aiming to take over the mantle of Braxton, without ever having deeply absorbed the multifarious influences and experiences, musical and social, of Braxton. Lehman strikes me as a very clever grad student who can mimic the master. Look at his official bio. It's deep with academic credentials. AndI think therein lies his problem. His music is like a dissertation in the making. To be fair to both these musicians, they are relatively young. In time, something good might grow, especially in the case of Lehman. Once the hype settles down, and they play more in the major leagues, are challenged and instructed and inspired by those who have been in it a while. they may yet make the case for their music.

Could you please explain to me the difference between the two or post some photos? Thanks! Oh - Leeway read my mind! You're lucky I'm not talking about what else I found You're right, not a very good pic. Hard to find even pics of ripe dew! This is a bit better I think: The problem is that wholesalers and supermarkets ship long before they are ripe. The only solution is to let them sit on the counter for a few days until you get some give when pushing the ends. Don't know why, but if you put them (or any fruit like peaches, nectarines, etc) in a paper bag (not plastic) it will accelerate the ripening process. Works pretty well.

Nice one! Saw that band on this DVD: I'll have to keep an eye out for that DVD. Spinning now: "THE FLAM." Frank Lowe, Joseph Bowie, Leo Smith, Alex Blake, Charles Bobo Shaw. Black Saint LP. 1975.

Melancholy Baby Baby Face Nelson Nelson Eddy Half-Nelson Frankie Half-pint Jaxon Roy Hogshead Rickie Nelson Frankie Nelson Nelson Mandela

Melancholy Baby Baby Face Nelson Nelson Eddy

The Quartet is Siegfried Kessler (p), Cameron Brown (b), Clifford Jarvis (d), and Shepp of course. Oct 18, 1977. IMPRO Music label.

Little Willie (Leaps) Marmaduke Quasimodo (What makes you think I'm listening to KWCR?) Semiramis Harold Ramis Egon Spengler Egon Ronay Egon Toast Max Bacon Francis Bacon Egon Schiele Max Schmeling

Little Willie (Leaps) Marmaduke Quasimodo (What makes you think I'm listening to KWCR?) Semiramis Harold Ramis Egon Spengler

I love cantaloupes (I think that is the correct spelling, at least in these parts), but I love honeydew even more. Best of these melons I ever had was years ago from an Amish stand near Lebanon, PA. The fragrance was remarkable; something you hardly ever get from supermarket melons. How to tell if a melon is ripe: press in on both ends If there is a supple "give" to the melon, it's ripe (should also have some of that fragrance). If too soft, it's over-ripe. No give at all means it is not ripe.

A feel about Lehman the same way I feel about Vijay Iyer, a little too theoretical and stiff for my taste.

It sounds pretty close to Muzak, or at least "smooth" jazz, which I think is the market it is intended for. I don't hear any great technical facility either. Just my two cents.

Dan Blocker Hoss Cartwright Frank Lloyd Wright

Eugene Goosens Gandy Goose Mahatma Gandhi (rhymes with Napoleon Brandy) Mahatma Rice Rice Crispies Jerry Rice

Madame Zajj (she was cool) Carribbee Joe Duke John Wayne (the Duke, you know) Wayne Newton Fig Newton

Not sure how this works but I'll try: Red Cross Swiss Maid Maid Marion Marion McPartland Jimmy McPartland Jimmy McHugh Jimmy Dean Dean Martin Steve Martin

The new ROVA-Zorn LP, "THE RECEIVING SURFACES." Intense.

Not sure how this works but I'll try: Red Cross Swiss Maid Maid Marion

Us over-50s have to stick together. Happy Birthday dude

Thanks for clearing that up Chuck. Sorry about the pants That's an amazing collection/assortment of percussion instruments. That it was got together in the first place, and recorded so well, is fantastic. In that photo is the heart of the AACM, and a staggering group of musician-composers.

Looks like another one is folding up as well. From the Signal to Noise website: NEWS FROM STN-HQ! The summer 2011 issue of Signal to Noise will be our last as a quarterly publication. We'll take a brief hiatus before returning with our first annual edition in May of 2012, just ahead of the summer festival season. By consolidating our resources into a single blockbuster issue each year, we look forward to continuing our work for a long time to come. We're no longer offering subscriptions but we'll continue to sell individual issues here at the website and through our pre-existing network of chain and indy stores. Thank you for your support over these past 14 years! Not a good thing. It was really the only hard copy music magazine I made a point of reading (there are a few excellent online publications). The yearly issue should be nice, but it is not the same as the quarterly coverage.

I've been alternating today between Morton Feldman and Roscoe Mitchell. Listening to "L-R-G," it occurred to me that Morton and Roscoe would have understood each other's music. In the liner notes to the album, Roscoe talks about "sound worlds" and "sound collages" how he adapts and uses them (I'm simplifying Roscoe's thoughts of course). In one of Feldman's essays, he talks about his discovery "that sound in itself can be a totally plastic phenomenon, suggesting its own shape, design, and poetic metaphor..." Some parts of "L-R-G" and "S II Examples" would not be out of place in Feldman's music, and vice versa. I would not push that parallel too far, but there do seem to be some interesting parallels. I really like this picture of the "L-R-G" recording session; it's particularly cool in the gatefold LP version. Is that Chuck standing to the back in the blue shirt and white pants?

The Roscoe release is exciting news indeed. An unexpected treat following so closely on the heels of the "Old/Quartet" sessions. I have the Von Freeman on LP. Have to give that a spin soon.

Nessa LP (of course):