Larry Kart Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 I recall that in the liner notes to his Blue Note 12-inch LP, Herbie Nichols speaks affectionately of Heitor Villa-Lobos piano music, particuarly his Rudepoema. Today I was listening to a fine ASV Villa-Lobos CD by pianist Alma Petchersky, available cheap from Berkshire (it includes Rudepoema), and found some Nichols pre-echoes in several of the pieces from the sequence Cirandas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Noted. I have a list going for a nice stack of new music after this week's paycheck. This sounds like a good buy. Larry, can you recommend me a couple of items from the Nessa catalog as well? Hopefully not too off-topic and thanks for the recommendation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 can you recommend me a couple of items from the Nessa catalog as well? I'm not Larry, so I hope you don't mind the recommendations: I would highly recommend all of these: Von Freeman - Serenade & Blues (absolutely beautiful. One of my favorite albums on Nessa) Von Freeman - Have No Fear Fred Anderson - The Missing Link Air - Air Time Also, the Art Ensemble box is a limited edition, and somewhat close to being out of print, if I remember correctly. Great music and a truly historic set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Larry B! What's up! Thanks John. Actually, I have all of those except the Vons. I've heard a Von record at a friend's house and really felt it, so I'll be taking your advice. And now back to our regularly scheduled programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 if you want to get a little more "out" I also really enjoy Wadada Leo Smith's Procession of the Great Ancestry and Roscoe Mitchell's LRG/The Maze/S II Examples. I would definitely recommend the two Von discs to you first, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 I bought the first recording I saw of "Rudepoema" after reading Herbie's notes 40 years ago. David Bean on a budget Victrola, IIRC. What became of him? Time for a Google I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Got those too John! Chuck's always good for a blind pick. Usually, I'll order a couple and have him pick a couple. Works out well! Thanks Chuck. I'm looking forward to hearing this recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted March 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 There was (is) a great Rudepoema by Nelson Freire (1974 Teldec LP, reissued in Europe in 2003 on Warner) but Petchersky on ASV is close behind and the price at Berkshire ($5.99 I think) is right. Terrific recording job too. At one point Berkshire had three albums of her Villa-Lobos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 The Freire was on a 1987 Teldec CD as well - a very good recording. I have the Cirandas and Cirandinhas by Roberto Szidon on French Le Chant du Monde, which I can recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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