Funny Rat

[Chuck Nessa]

nothing here yet in Brooklyn.

so, what's new?

[Guest Chaney]

Did anybody get their Ictus set yet? Distributor said it was to be mailed a week ago USPS Priority from Calif. I think, nothing here yet in Brooklyn.

The Ictus box set has once again been delayed.

New release date: May 20th

[Alexander Hawkins]

Where is Brooklyn?

[Matthew]

Bill Shoemaker reviews the Ictus box in the latest Point of Departure:

Imagine you have lost your main source of income, a bad shoulder prevents you from finding new work, and an earthquake has destroyed your home. In the face of all this, starting a record label devoted to improvised music would be, to put it mildly, counter intuitive. However, Italian percussionist Andrea Centazzo did just that in 1976, creating Ictus, “the creative label for creative music.” Within a half dozen years, Ictus became one of the bolder artist-operated labels in a halcyon era for such enterprises. Early Ictus LPs found Centazzo performing in Italy with established figures like Derek Bailey, Alvin Curran, Steve Lacy and Evan Parker. Centazzo also ventured to the US as early as ‘78, showing remarkable prescience by recording with a wide swath of emerging artists including Eugene Chadbourne, Rova Saxophone Quartet and John Zorn....

http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD5MoreMoments2.html

This set looks really tempting, it's time I got back into this kind of jazz. Boy, decisions, decisions.......

Edit: Let me restate that -- I need to back to this kind of music.

Edited May 11, 2006 by Matthew

[Guest Chaney]

Matthew: Jazz Loft offered the set at a pre-order price of $99 but has since raised the price to $129. If you'd really like to get the set, you might e-mail Alan at Jazz Loft asking if you could get it at the $99 price, as we're all still waiting for it.

[Matthew]

Matthew: Jazz Loft offered the set at a pre-order price of $99 but has since raised the price to $129. If you'd really like to get the set, you might e-mail Alan at Jazz Loft asking if you could get it at the $99 price, as we're all still waiting for it.

Thanks for the tip, I emailed today and the return email said the offices are closed until the 20th. So we'll see what happens.

[Д.Д.]

Tomorrow I cought about 3 seconds of Brötzmann/Nilssen-Lovoe duo live. Walked into the club just to hear the last extatic taragoto squeak and see all smiling Messrs. Brötzmann and Nilssen-Love bowing to thunderous applause. Had been looking forward to this concert so much, but well, it's hard to get away early enough from the dinner with 50 custoemrs that you are hosting yourself.

But , anyway.

Today will catch Frode Gjerstad duo with Bugge Wesseltoft duo / Veryan Weston Trio - but this is no match to Brötzmann/Nilssen-Love duo (I actually never heard them together, but I think Nilssen-Love should bring out the best in Herr Brötzmann).

Ubu: Brötzmann's Tentet will play on May 21st in Zürich. I am actually flying back from my traveling on May 21st - I might change a ticket to fly to Zürich.

[couw]

Ubu: Brötzmann's Tentet will play on May 21st in Zürich. I am actually flying back from my traveling on May 21st - I might change a ticket to fly to Zürich.

Ubu should be sober by then

[Guest Chaney]

Today will catch Frode Gjerstad duo with Bugge Wesseltoft duo / Veryan Weston Trio - but this is no match to Brötzmann/Nilssen-Love duo (I actually never heard them together, but I think Nilssen-Love should bring out the best in Herr Brötzmann).

Lucky!

I envy you as I've really been enjoying Frode, especially some of his work (reissued?) on Loose Torque.

Be sure to give us your opinion of the show.

Edited May 13, 2006 by Chaney

[king ubu]

Ubu: Brötzmann's Tentet will play on May 21st in Zürich. I am actually flying back from my traveling on May 21st - I might change a ticket to fly to Zürich.

Ubu should be sober by then

Don't think I can make it as by midnight, latest, I'll have to be back in the army for the last week...

[Guest Chaney]

Rod: Where did you order your set from?

Pretty obvious by now that Jazz Loft is the cause of the delay in my not getting my set and not Ictus.

[Guest Chaney]

Thanks Rod.

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Not at all Funny Rat but still good news: Gil Evans: New Bottle Old Wine and Great Jazz Standards are being reissued on one disk as The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions, available June 06, 2006.

Some guy I know ( ) just sold his single CDs on eBay, with NBOW fetching $36 and GJS $16.

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FREE MUSIC: Insubordinations

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Justifiable homicide: Frank Sinatra Murders The Pop Classics

Edited May 17, 2006 by Chaney

[Matthew]

Rod: Where did you order your set from?

Pretty obvious by now that Jazz Loft is the cause of the delay in my not getting my set and not Ictus.

.... And they'll feel so bad about it that they'll give me the pre-order price, right? Of course!

[Guest Chaney]

Speaking of Loose Torque, would anyone have a copy of Late For Lunch they wouldn't mind parting with? From what I hear, seems the disk was pulled, at the request of guitarist Steve Topping. Now that it's unavailable, I must have it! I'll not be denied!

[John B]

Thanks to Chuck Nessa's sale on Okka Disk titles I've been exploring more of Georg Grawe's work. Right now I'm listening to Georg Grawe, Frank Gratkowski, Kent Kessler, Hamid Drake - Melodie & Rhythmus, and am very impressed. This is an excellent album. Very different than what I usually expect from Hamid Drake. Much less "funky" and more supportive. I haven't been focusing on Kessler, but Grawe and Gratkowski are both in top form. Very impressive.

Up next is Evan Parker / Georg Grawe - Unity Variations.

Edited May 15, 2006 by John B

[P.L.M]

Thanks to Chuck Nessa's sale on Okka Disk titles I've been exploring more of Georg Grawe's work. Right now I'm listening to Georg Grawe, Frank Gratkowski, Kent Kessler, Hamid Drake - Melodie & Rhythmus, and am very impressed. This is an excellent album. Very different than what I usually expect from Hamid Drake. Much less "funky" and more supportive. I haven't been focusing on Kessler, but Grawe and Gratkowski are both in top form. Very impressive.

Up next is Evan Parker / Georg Grawe - Unity Variations.

Not much difficult to be please here, as this is the best record of GEORG GRAEWE.

If you have liked the rythm section, try the trio of GRAEWE/ KESSLER/ DRAKE on FMR. Title is FOR TRIO (16 FANTASIESTÜCKE). It's a little marvel, closed to the masterpiece of the piano/ bass/ drums format of this century so far, I'm speaking of the VERYAN WESTON/ JOHN EDWARDS/ MARK SANDERS TRIO (GATEWAY TO VIENNA, a double on EMANEM).

[Guest Chaney]

The ___ who had begun his career as a useful ___ of the ___ court later became the ___ of ___ and the ___ of ___.

Debut from Brooklyn based trio featuring Jaime Fennelly (electronics), Chris Forsyth (guitar), and Fritz Welch (drums & amplified percussion).

"a very beautiful album of full-bodied and resistant electro-acoustics rather than the evanescent and whispered school like we otherwise often hear. Their choices are always original and personal. An album not to be missed." (8 out of 10) BLOW UP, Italy

released 4/03

On Evolving Ear but, sadly, OOP.

Edited May 19, 2006 by Chaney

[Д.Д.]

Today will catch Frode Gjerstad duo with Bugge Wesseltoft duo / Veryan Weston Trio - but this is no match to Brötzmann/Nilssen-Love duo (I actually never heard them together, but I think Nilssen-Love should bring out the best in Herr Brötzmann).

Lucky!

I envy you as I've really been enjoying Frode, especially some of his work (reissued?) on Loose Torque.

Be sure to give us your opinion of the show.

Gjerstad and Wesseltoft was very much so-so. I am not too convinced by Gjerstad's talents, in general. He was playing clarinet, baritone, alto and bass clarinet. Very breathy, weak and not at all nuanced sound (very much the same on all instuments - slightly more forceful and diverse on alto) and monotone repetetive figures. Wesseltoft is a typical mainstreampiano player trying to do the out thing on an off night, so there were all the regular tricks of playing on the piano strings, and of course with some electronics. Not interesting, in short.

BUT, then came the Veryan Weston trio, and it was stunnig. The trio includes Marc Sanders on drums and John Edwards on bass, and they played a very energetic, aggressive, inventive and highly interactive free jazz. The level of interaction is unbelievable... I wouldn't even call it interaction, it's complete synchronicity - somehow all three (particualrly Sanders and Weston) sound very much alike in their ideas and approach. The energy level was at overdrive from the first second and didn't let go for a moment all through the set, and I definitely agree with P.L.M. in that this is some of the best modern piano trio music - I am getting all I can find by them (two releases on EMANEM, as I see) asap.

Paal Nilssen-Love was in the audience (which consisted of probably 12 people), and was seemingly in awe of Sanders' playing.

I chatted a bit with Sanders and Edwards after the concert, and Sanders noted that when he was approached to play this gig he imidiately proposed this trio as this is his favorite formation - and this is saying something.

[P.L.M]

I chatted a bit with Sanders and Edwards after the concert, and Sanders noted that when he was approached to play this gig he imidiately proposed this trio as this is his favorite formation - and this is saying something.

You should have speak with VERYAN WESTON too. It's one of the most charming person I've ever met. Great sense of (an english) humour and extremely modeste, also. Always singing the praise of other.

[Д.Д.]

Shall we do a listening session Monday, May 22nd evening - around midnight CET (6PM EST)?

[Steve Reynolds]

Mark Sanders is my favorite drummer alive

I was fortunate to see his only U.S. performance ever in 2001 with Evan Parker, Tim Berne and Drew Gress.

12 people?

the world of music listeners has no ears for true greatness

[Д.Д.]

Mark Sanders is my favorite drummer alive

This got me thinking who my favorite living drummers are - so here is the top-whatever in no particular order:

Mark Sanders

Paal Nilssen-Love

Michael Wertmüller

Michel Lambert

John McLellean

Daniel Humair

Tony Oxley

Paul Lovens

Raymond Strid

Paul Lytton

Jeff Arnal

Ramon Lopez

Vladimir Tarasov

Martin Blume

Edited May 22, 2006 by Д.Д.

[jon abbey]

Martin Brandlmayr

Burkhard Beins

Tim Barnes

Sean Meehan

[Guest Chaney]

Shall we do a listening session Monday, May 22nd evening - around midnight CET (6PM EST)?

Unfortunately, I have to visit an elderly client Monday after work so I won't be around at that time.

[John B]

If you have liked the rythm section, try the trio of GRAEWE/ KESSLER/ DRAKE on FMR. Title is FOR TRIO (16 FANTASIESTÜCKE). It's a little marvel, closed to the masterpiece of the piano/ bass/ drums format of this century so far, I'm speaking of the VERYAN WESTON/ JOHN EDWARDS/ MARK SANDERS TRIO (GATEWAY TO VIENNA, a double on EMANEM).

I'll have to buy the disc on FMR soon. It seems like it would be something I will really enjoy. The Weston disc on Emanem looks interesting, to.

Right now I am listening to Evan Parker & Georg Gräwe - Unity Variations. Another excellent release. So far I prefer Melodie und Rhythmus, but they are both very, very good releases.

Does anyone know of a good source for FMR discs in the U.S.? My usual sources seem to be coming up empty.

Edited May 22, 2006 by John B