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RE: Naked City 2003
by Andreas Dietz 13 Jan '03

13 Jan '03

I wonÂ´t believe this until itÂ´s over and someone attended and swears he hadnÂ´t suffered a delusion after misuse of something unhealthy... -:) Andreas np: Vladimir Tarasov - Baltic Art Orchestra > > Yes, apparantly its now official: Naked City will play in the > > original line > > up at the Warsaw Jazz Festival later this year. Either Patton or Eye on > > vocals. > > > > Will somebody please ask somebody who should know, so we can get this > > cleared up?? > >I did. the WSJD people say it's agreed with the band and official. _________________________________________________________________ FotosÂ - Â MSN Fotos das virtuelle Fotoalbum. Allen Freunden zeigen oder einfach ausdrucken: http://photos.msn.de/support/worldwide.aspx

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Musique Actuelle Article at The Squid's Ear
by zampino 13 Jan '03

13 Jan '03

A note to mention that we've updated Mike Chamberlain's interesting article on the Canadian Musique Actuelle scene (Jean Derome, Joane Hetu, Rene Lussier, Diane Labrosse, Michael F Cote, etc) at our online magazine, The Squid's Ear: Separatism and Sound in French Quebec <http://www.squidsear.com/cgi-bin/news/newsView.cgi?newsID=24> Also, a quick mention that Squidco's Ambiances Magnetiques $11 sale continues through January: <http://www.squidco.com/sales> philz http://www.squidsear.com/ http://www.squidco.com/

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Re: Game Piece Theory
by Herb Levy 13 Jan '03

13 Jan '03

AJDinz1(a)aol.com wrote: >I just recently got hold of the new hatology release of 'Cobra'. This is only >the second ever game piece I have purchased, but my original conclusion was >the same. This music is just not interesting unless you have any idea of the >theory behind the construction of the piece. It does give me the impression >of eavsdropping on bunch of improv musos during a private joke. Does anyone >know why this is kept a secret? Professional secret? or even better, what is >the theory at work here? > >AJ While it's obviously true that Zorn's game pieces aren't like songs, there's a lot of other music, much of which is frequently discussed or at least name-checked on this list, which is no more or less abstract when heard on a recording rather than a live performance. Do you listen to recordings of European free improvisation (Derek Bailey, Instant Composers Pool, Peter Brotzmann, Evan Parker, etc)? Or modern/contemporary avant garde classical music (John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Helmut Lachenmann, Iannis Xenakis, etc)? Or American avant garde jazz-rooted music (Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, etc)? What about Japanese noise bands or more recent electro-acoustic improvisation? Others on this list could add other genres and categories to this list, but this list may be enough for you to see what I mean. In other words, I guess, do you listen to other abstractly structured music on recordings and you simply have problems listening to Zorn's game pieces? If so, being more specific about what you have trouble with may help. If, on another hand, you haven't heard a lot of recordings of music that's fairly abstract, it may just be a matter of getting a comfort level and/or finding works in this vein that you find immediately attractive (or at least not uninteresting) and moving out from there. That can be a very long term process, but in my experience, any individual's response to works like these is fairly personal. Suggestions can help point you in new directions, but you'll need to find your path of artists and recordings that draw you further into this area of music. Not sure if this will have helped, Herb -- Herb Levy P O Box 9369 Fort Worth, TX 76147 herb(a)eskimo.com

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Mephista Southwestern US Tour 2003
by P.G. Moreno 13 Jan '03

13 Jan '03

Mephista Southwestern US Tour 2003 Sylvie Courvoisier - piano Susie Ibarra - drums Ikue Mori - electronics FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 8 PM Albuquerque, New Mexico OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE (210 Yale SE, Albuquerque; 268-0044; http://www.outpostspace.org) $10 GENERAL, $8 OUTPOST MEMBERS More info: Steve Peters at Nonsequitur: 505-224-9483; nonseq(a)swcp.com Saturday, January 25, 9pm Austin, Texas Ballet Austin 'Studio A' 3001 Guadalupe Street $15 advance, $20 at the door available at 33 Degrees and Sound Exchange for info and to charge tickets call 512-302-5233 Monday. 27. January. 2003 7:00 pm New Orleans, LA Anxious Sound, Spyboy Productions, and the C.A.C. present: the Awake-NU series of jazz & improvised music @the Contemporary Arts Center 900 Camp Street tickets available on ticketweb, at the CAC box office: 504.528.3800, or online at http://www.cacno.org/

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Re: FW: Sam Rivers: The Wire #114 thru #118/119
by Samerivertwice＠aol.com 12 Jan '03

12 Jan '03

In a message dated 1/12/03 9:11:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, sergedautricourt(a)hotmail.com writes: > Could someone share a little something about who Stanley Crouch is? All I > can remember from jazz history class a few years ago is that he was a > mentor > to Wynton Marsalis' traditionalist approach. hmmm, but quick look on > allmusic.com reveals he's written liner notes for a few avant-garde types > as > well. > > curiously, serge > You're correct about his relationship with Marsalis. I'm currently reading Eric Nisenson's "Blue: The Murder of Jazz," which presents Crouch as a very conservative jazz purist who preaches that any jazz post-bebop isn't jazz at all. Here's Nisenson's description of Crouch: "[He] began...as a free jazz drummer whose style was based on that of avant-gardists Sunny Murray and Milford Graves. He also wrote poetry; one of his notable poems was a euology for Albert Ayler, who became famous for playing the sort of white noise on his saxophone that Crouch -- and Marsalis -- now spurn as not really being part of the jazz tradition. In the 1970s he began to write jazz criticism, especially boosting players in the free jazz community. But over the years, Crouch's musical outlook began to change drastically, and that change reflected his slide to the right politically. He gave up playing the drums altogether...[and] eventually Crouch moved so far from his past positions that former close colleagues, like the saxophonist David Murray....would openly wonder what had caused such a sea change in their former associate and booster." Hope this helps, Tom NP: John Coltrane "Ascension" [jazz to the core]

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Re: FW: Sam Rivers: The Wire #114 thru #118/119
by serge dautricourt 12 Jan '03

12 Jan '03

Could someone share a little something about who Stanley Crouch is? All I can remember from jazz history class a few years ago is that he was a mentor to Wynton Marsalis' traditionalist approach. hmmm, but quick look on allmusic.com reveals he's written liner notes for a few avant-garde types as well. curiously, serge > > > The Wire #117 November 1993: > > > > > > p.40 col.1: (Eugene Chadbourne talking.) "I saw > > Stanley Crouch get decked by > > > Sam Rivers one time, that was a great experience, > > Sam Rivers laid him out > > > cold right on the stage." Date ? Locale ? Venue ? > > Personnel ? Who cares ? > > > Bloody good shot ! > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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FW: Sam Rivers: The Wire #114 thru #118/119
by Rick Lopez 12 Jan '03

12 Jan '03

Can anyone either elaborate, or ask Master Chadbourne about this??? Digging for dirt, RL ---------- > The Wire #117 November 1993: > > p.40 col.1: (Eugene Chadbourne talking.) "I saw Stanley Crouch get decked by > Sam Rivers one time, that was a great experience, Sam Rivers laid him out > cold right on the stage." Date ? Locale ? Venue ? Personnel ? Who cares ? > Bloody good shot ! http://www.velocity.net/~bb10k = Music research, etc... CRISPELL; Wm. PARKER; RIVERS; D.S. WARE; SPEARMAN COURVOISIER; ENEIDI; IBARRA; MANERI; MORRIS; SHIPP Beckett Eulogy; Baseball & the 10,000 Things; Time Stops; LOVETORN; HARD BOIL; LUCILLE-- a Reverential Journal of the Care of the Beloved Hag... ETC. CECIL TAYLOR Sessionography & RESEARCH GROUP: http://www.webmutations.com/ceciltaylor/

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say heck no to techno, rock is king
by sistersunshine 12 Jan '03

12 Jan '03

Twisted Village is about to release a cd byÂ aÂ bunch ofÂ art punks who love tight hotpants.Â TheyÂ feature Flying Vs, casios, and a lot of squealing and yelping.Â They're called the Life Partners &Â their record isÂ called "Partners Forever". The VillageÂ CEOÂ is sending these kids out into the big bad world in support of their record.Â January 12 - Lowell, MA: RRR records, with Nmperign guy & Intransitive guy in dog costumes as The Great Danes January 14 - Boston: Middle East, with Eloe Omoe, Major Stars, Sonic Youth guy & Lightning Bolt guy as Nuntronix January 16 - NYC: Knitting Factory Alter room free show 10:30 pm January 17 - Portchester, NY: Steve The Guitar Student's Favorite Bar, Marty's January 18 - Easthampton, MA: Flywheel, with Deerhoof/Caroliner guy as Fat Worm of Error January 19 - Danbury, CT: Trash American Style record store January 20 - Baltimore: Talking Head, with hot oil massage recipients Tom & Dan January 21 - Philadelphia: Philadelphia Record Exchange, 'quiet' set with drum machine & electric ukulele 6ish pm January 22 - Providence: AS220, with electronics freak Kites & drum-machine-as-double-bass metal trio Football Rabbit January 25 - Boston: Amory St. benefit for people arrested at the Halloween party, with Fat Day, L.A. Drugs & many more Look out for them streaking across your midnight sky.Â Thanks. -- Twisted Village Records 12B Eliot Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: (617) 354-6898 Fax: (617) 354-6899 http://www.twistedvillage.com

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Marc Ribot Interview
by Efrén del Valle 12 Jan '03

12 Jan '03

Hi, Below is the link to my interview with Marc Ribot from last December 24th, 2002. www.tomajazz.com/perfiles/ribot_marc_eng.htm If that's to add any interest, there are some good comments on the Radical Jewish Culture Series, Robert Quine, The Beatles and god-knows how many other things. AS usual, any comments are really appreciated. Best, EfrÃ©n del Valle ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! MÃ³viles Personaliza tu mÃ³vil con tu logo y melodÃa favorito en http://moviles.yahoo.es

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Discs for sale
by Samerivertwice＠aol.com 12 Jan '03

12 Jan '03

All: It's that time of year where I take stock of my books and CDs, and try to pare down. Some of the discs below are new, some used. Many are doubles of CDs that have been reissued (as in the case of Costello) or that I already have in box sets (as in the case of Coltrane and Ellington). Others I just never listen to and have the sneaking suspicion that I never will. As for prices, please send me an offer off-list and I'll respond with either an acceptance or a counter-offer. Peter Case -- Six-Pack of Love Johnny Society -- Clairvoyance Johnny Society -- Wood Johnny Society -- It Don't Matter Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers -- By The Way Beastie Boys -- Root Down ep (sealed) Elvis Costello -- Spike (Warner Bros.) Elvis Costello -- All This Useless Beauty (Warner Bros.) Robert Wyatt -- Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt -- Schleep Eric Clapton -- From The Cradle Dave Alvin -- Public Domain Ryan Adams -- Demolition Bob Dylan -- Desire Weezer -- Pinkerton (sealed) Bruce Springsteen -- Greetings From Asbury Park (sealed) Johnny Cash -- Live at Folsom Prison and San Quentin Matthew Sweet -- To Understand, The Early Recordings of Matthew Sweet Phil Lee -- You Shouldn't Have Known Me Then Marc Ribot -- Yo! I Killed Your God Marc Ribot -- Shoe String Symphonettes Bruce Robison -- Country Sunshine Pharaoh's Daughter -- Exile Mil Jackson & John Coltrane -- Bags & Trane John Coltrane & Don Cherry -- The Avant-Garde Steve Lacy Double Sextet -- Clangs (Hatart) Kazuo Fukushima -- Works for Flute and Piano (Hatart) Steffen Schleiermacher -- Soviet Avant-Garde (Hatart) Paul Motian -- Flight of the Bluejay (W&W) Ensemble Modern/Fred Frith -- Traffic Continues (W&W) Farmer's Market (W&W) David Shea -- An Eastern Western Collected Works (w/Dave Douglas) David Shea -- Hsi-Yu Chi (Tzadik) Equal Interest -- Equal Interest (w/Myra Melford) Chris Speed Trio -- Iffy (Knitting Factory) Whit Dickey Trio -- Transonic (AUM) Ehran Elisha/Roy Campbell/Wilber Morris -- Suite Empathy Dominic Duval's String Ensemble -- State of the Art (CIMP) L. Grassi/T. Varner/R. Horton/T. Ulrich -- Neo Neo (CIMP) Ehran Elisha Ensemble -- The Lowdown (CIMP) Juhn Gunther's Axis Mundi -- Gone Fishin' (CIMP) Oh, and here are a few books that I have doubles of or have read and probably won't read again: Stephen Jay Gould -- The Lying Stones of Marrakech Daniel J. Boorstin -- The Seekers Thomas Keneally -- Schindler's List The Letters of John Keats John Steinbeck -- The Pearl John Steinbeck -- Of Mice and Men John Casey -- Spartina Thomas Pynchon -- V. Will Kymlicka -- Contemporary Political Philosophy Cheers, Tom

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