Greetings,
In the latest issue of Perfect Sound Forever
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http://www.perfectsoundforever.com>, you'll find (among other things):
MILES DAVIS
His late live period
"He seemed so short. And darkdarker than I
realized from photographs in magazines and on
album covers, with chiseled features and solemn
eyes. Because a battery-charged microphone was
clipped to the bell of his trumpet, he was,
unlike the rest of his seven-piece band, free to
wander. Seldom facing the audience, he moved from
one side of the stage to the other..."
CHRISTOS HATZIS
Composer goes throat singing
"The quick guttural inhaling/exhaling songs of
two competing singers meet and match in their
games, one following the other like quick birds
racing in flight, and end not on a note of
triumph, but with the mutual release of laughter.
Greek-Canadian composer Christos Hatzis has
written several works exploring the interaction
of this atavistic style with modern Western
music and recording techniques."
HUGH HOPPER TRIBUTE
"Hugh Hopper departed this world on June 7, 2009,
victim of leukemia, as curiously his previous
collaborator, keyboardist Alan Gowen had, almost
three decades ago. Hopper was, on his own, a
revolutionary bassist and composer who found
early exposure in the 1960's but never gained the
exposure he really deserved during his lifetime.
He still, however, managed to put out an impressive body of work."
MORGAN POWELL
Trombonist/composer- interview
"Despite having been thought the jazz trombone
phenom of his generation, however, even in his
teens, Powell was turning down invitations to
join the big bands, Stan Kenton's included.
Rather, he earned his master's in composition at
North Texas State University, absorbing the canon
of modernism under the tutelage of Samuel Adler."
We're always looking for good writers and/or
ideas so let us know if you have anything to share.
See you online,
Jason
Perfect Sound Forever- online music magazine
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