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Re: Naked City Amsterdam 2003
by Arthur Gadney 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

>btw is Fred´s mailing list still alive or killed by spammers? I haven´t got >any mails for ages but should be subscribed... I think it's not working. My mails bounce. I wrote Frith about it long, long time ago and he got it fixed. Then after a short while it stopped working again. Frith's comment was, "I just thought nobody was interested..." Maybe somebody else should write him and try to get it fixed again. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Re: Naked City Amsterdam 2003
by francko.lamerikx＠philips.com 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

As regards Naked City 2003 > Shouldn't they be rehearsing or something? According to Zorn, they rehearsed for 4 hours on Monday, and 3 on Tuesday. > JZ gave a public interview before the concert, no real surprises there. > He commented on the piece premiered last week "hermeticum sacrum" which > he related again to Crowley as it is very religious in a way. He said he > spent 9 months working on the instrumentation (harp, 12 vocalists, 5 > percussion/sound players, 2 organs if i recall correctly). He also > described how he made his "computer music" pices: simply by manipulating > and deconstructing boring demos that were sent to him! I don't think that that was actually a serious comment. Zorn was obviously at a loss for words because the interviewer asked him how he made the computer music pieces right after Zorn had said that he knows nothing about computers and does not even own one. After some introductory words he came up with this story, and given the overall informal nature of the whole interview it was my feeling that he completely invented that story on the spot. Anyway, Mike Patton gave the best vocal performance of his career during "The Vault" (and I have seen him many times in all kinds of settings). What I liked about him was that he did not try to steal the show, as he does with pretty much any other project he performs with. He was actually acting like a shy boy when Zorn called him back on stage to receive the standing ovation. Bill Frisell was the least at ease. His playing was full of mistakes. He got into more as the concert evolved, and it was great to see Zorn & Frisell hugging each other after the gig. All in all, it was a beautiful thing, although I had expected and hoped for "Leng Tch'e" as well. Not bad for a band that only got back together because the Holland Festival offered them the right amount of money. Did anyone recognize the last song (second song of the encore)? I know it from another context (maybe a Morricone song), but certainly have not heard it in the Naked City context before. Best comment of the evening: "The North Sea Jazz Festival is the worst festival in the whole of Europe". Frankco

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Re: Naked City Amsterdam 2003
by Andreas Dietz 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

btw is FredÂ´s mailing list still alive or killed by spammers? I havenÂ´t got any mails for ages but should be subscribed... Andreas np: David Mott - Mark Dresser - Gerry Hemingway / Live At Guelph Festival >From: "Arthur Gadney" <a_gadney(a)hotmail.com> > >Frith said on his mailing list some years ago, that he didn't think Naked >City would ever play again, but that he would love to play with Baron >again, so... _________________________________________________________________ MSN Groups & Chat - Freunde finden - leicht gemacht http://groups.msn.com/people/

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Re: Naked City Amsterdam 2003
by manolis 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

>The first question of the interview last night (before the concert) was >wgy Naked City was playing again. > >Zorns answer was: "money!!!" (quote) >He said that, even though he did not like to play old music, >he was offered enough money to make it worth it to get Naked City back >together. > >BTW, I loved the concert. Ok, it was nothing new (except for 1 Masada >piece), but it was just great to hear the old stuff again. >Specially the Torture Garden songs... OK, I missed the beginning of the interview... He is honest to us, ok. It was a great concert indeed. I still would have loved Leng'Tche though! manolis

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Naked City Amsterdam 2003
by Maarten Hepp 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

The first question of the interview last night (before the concert) was wgy Naked City was playing again. Zorns answer was: "money!!!" (quote) He said that, even though he did not like to play old music, he was offered enough money to make it worth it to get Naked City back together. BTW, I loved the concert. Ok, it was nothing new (except for 1 Masada piece), but it was just great to hear the old stuff again. Specially the Torture Garden songs... Maarten Hepp mhepp(a)xs4all.nl

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Re: Naked City Amsterdam 2003
by Arthur Gadney 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

>JZ gave a public interview before the concert, no real surprises there. Did he comment on why Naked City decided to reunite suddenly after 10 years to do two shows? _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Naked City Amsterdam 2003
by manolis 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

We survived it! But seeing is believing... I won't go into details; people are seeing them tonight in Warsaw, and I wouldn't like to pre-describe it for them! Briefly, it was NC in decent form, the repertoire was a bit "greatest hits" and contained torture garden/soundtrack/etc pieces; no real surprises except for a cheesy jazz piece halfway through the show which i didn't recognize. Highlight (for me) was "the vault" during the encore, written when F. Bacon died, the only painter who didnt like Vermeer (JZ's words- here's the Vermeer connection!). Mike "1000 voices" Patton stole the show. Amazing throat. FF's pounding bass and WH keyboards sounded the best, filling up the large room. Very clear sound too. JZ gave a public interview before the concert, no real surprises there. He commented on the piece premiered last week "hermeticum sacrum" which he related again to Crowley as it is very religious in a way. He said he spent 9 months working on the instrumentation (harp, 12 vocalists, 5 percussion/sound players, 2 organs if i recall correctly). He also described how he made his "computer music" pices: simply by manipulating and deconstructing boring demos that were sent to him! off for holidays, see you at elctric masada on July 13th! manolis

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Naked City
by Arthur Gadney 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

Damn, I was hoping the first reports from the show would drop in before I went to bed, but it doesn't look like I'll be so lucky. Is anybody going tomorrow in Warsaw? _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Re: so lucky Naked City's audience
by Arthur Gadney 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

>Just thought I'd let you know that fellow-lister Dave and myself saw Zorn >and Mike Patton in the Rijksmuseum earlier today. They seemed to dig the >Vermeer enormously! Shouldn't they be rehearsing or something? _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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Rhythm section notwithstanding......
by Parry Gettelman 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

> Can someone provide some informations on this recent release: > > BOXHOLDER 044 DAVID BUDBILL/WILLIAM PARKER/HAMID DRAKE - Songs For A > Suffering World: > Budbill (voice,shakuhachi), Parker (b,tp,balaphon,dilruba), Drake > (dr, > frame dr) > > IÂ´ve never heard of Mr. Budbill but love shakuhachi and with this rhythm > section nothing can go wrong... > > Andreas > > np: Sam Rivers - Waves (Tomato) I was excited to get a copy because of the rhythm section and the label -- I've gotten some excellent Boxholder releases, including Sonny Simmons' Cosmosamatics and Borah Bergman, and they've had a couple good Chadbourne albums. But I couldn't make it even halfway through this thing. I found the poetry utterly uncompelling (even tho I agree with his politics) and the timbre and rhythm of Budbill's voice somehow both bland and annoying. But if you want to check out the poetry for yourself: http://www.davidbudbill.com/emperorlive.html I'd say, just keep listening to that excellent Sam Rivers album. NP: Jaki Byard -- Empirical (Muse)

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