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Arto Lindsay show
by Ricardo Campillo 03 Nov '02

03 Nov '02

Hi. The other day I went to an Arto show in my city and I'm a bit surprised because I expected another thing. The concert started with the Julie Cruise and Khan performance, the music wasn't good, but they created a bizarre atmosphere, Khan inciting constantly the audience and Cruise all dressed in black doing strange things with her face and her hands (was like staying in a David Lynch film). But the big surprise was Arto , they played a lot of tunes of his "invoke" but sounded really different, because he appeared with an hyperamplified guitar doing noising sounds all the time, turning the quiet tunes of his last album more potent and exciting, it was great. Any comments on the Arto tour? Regs.Ricardo. _______________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Nueva versiÃ³n: Webcam, voz, y mucho mÃ¡s Â¡Gratis! DescÃ¡rgalo ya desde http://messenger.yahoo.es

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caetano veloso
by skip Heller 03 Nov '02

03 Nov '02

I caught CV at Royce Hall last night and, while not as mindbending as his 1999 show (which I saw at the Anson Ford), it was still really quite something. Jacques Morelenboim is one of the few cello players I can see in a pop mujsic situation without wincing. Has anyone picked up his LIVE IN BAHIA? Was wondering what the band on that was, what the general style of it is, and if anyone's read his book yet. skip h NP: early andre williams stuff on fortune records

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New on Tzadik: Daniel Zamir and Cyro Baptista
by Peter Gannushkin 03 Nov '02

03 Nov '02

Hello All, I finally got two new Tzadik releases: Daniel Zamir "Children of Israel" and Cyro Baptista "Beat the Donkey". Somehow I expected both of them to be really outstanding. Unfortunately I was quite disappointed. The albums are OK but not more than that. Zamir wanted to arrange some Israeli popular songs for his third CD on Tzadik. Instead of making record in a trio Zorn suggested him to add big horn section. That's why instead of one saxophone we can hear seven: Danny Zamir on soprano and alto, John Zorn, Marty Ehrlich and Ned Rothenberg on altos, Paul Shapiro and Anat Cohen on tenors and Doug Wieselman on baritone plus standard Satlah rhythm section of Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz on bass and Kevin Zubek on drums. In addition to that "Children of Israel" was recorded by Bob Musso, mixed by Bill Laswell and produced by Laswell and Zorn. Altogether the CD like that promises a lot, but the music on it is less than challenging. Extra horns make the songs sound like some sappy pop-jazz orchestra. Drums and double bass are so unnoticeable that it is almost impossible to say if they are good or not. Zamir himself is good but less inventive than on his first two Satlah records. Despite everything I wrote, "Children of Israel" is fun to listen and worth to have. For sure it wouldn't frighten people who are not familiar with Zorn's Radical Jewish Culture series, because it is not at all radical. Cyro Baptista "Beat the Donkey" show with Zorn as a special guest was the first thing I saw at Tonic during my first short visit to New York. Since then I saw them two more times: once with Ribot and once just by themselves. Every time it was very entertaining, joyful and weird. All three times Cyro was talking about releasing the music on CD upcoming fall. And all three times I was curious how he was going to that, because "Beat the Donkey" is so much more then just music. Three years later it happened this fall; now I have an answer to my curiosity. All the guests are here: Ribot, Zorn, Saft, Lubambo, Scherer, etc, etc. The music is here too, but the charm of live performance disappeared. Ideas which work excellent at the concerts don't work so well here. Even knowing and imagining how the drummers and the guests are playing some tunes it's hard to get that excited as when seeing them live. That was one of the reasons why at least half of compositions fade out in the middle; otherwise it would not be hard to get bored after couple of minutes of them. That makes the CD sometimes sound like beats sampler. The great thing about this album is that the sound quality is amazing. It feels like the ensemble is right here in front of the listener. All in all "Beat the Donkey" is a good companion to Cyro's "Vira Loucos" CD, which contains, I think, more interesting music, but doesn't sound that fresh and lively. And for sure "Beat the Donkey" is the best party music of year so far. NP: "In His Own Sweet Way - Tribute to Dave Brubeck" (CD) -- Best regards, Peter Gannushkin e-mail: shkin(a)shkin.com URL: http://www.downtownmusic.net/

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Dave Douglas interview
by Efrén del Valle 02 Nov '02

02 Nov '02

Hi, Below is the link for my interview with Dave Douglas from two weeks ago. Comments will be welcome, even if they're negative! http://www.tomajazz.com/perfiles/douglas_eng.htm Best, EfrÃ©n del Valle _______________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Nueva versiÃ³n: Webcam, voz, y mucho mÃ¡s Â¡Gratis! DescÃ¡rgalo ya desde http://messenger.yahoo.es

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Satoko Fujii European Tour
by Allan Sutherland 01 Nov '02

01 Nov '02

For all you lucky people in Europe, here is notice of the Satoko Fujii European tour, which begins Finland, goes to the UK, and Central and Eatern Europe. If you can please go and enjoy the music. (If you go, say hello to Satoko or Natsuki for me.) Cheers, Allan Dear Friends, We are going to have euro tour in November. The following is its schedule. If you have a chance to come, please do so. Hope to see your there! Best, Natsuki and Satoko Satoko Fujii Quartet Natsuki Tamura--tp Satoko Fujii--piano Takeharu Hayakawa--bass Tatsuya Yoshida--drs November Euro tour schedule Sat. 2 - Tampere Jazz happening, Finland 2:00pm Old Customs House Hall, Tullikamarinaukio 2, 33 100 Tampere, Finland +358 3 31466172 http://www.tampere.fi/festival/music Tue. 5 - The Shed, Brawby UK 8:00pm The Shed, Brawby, Malton, North Yorkshire, England +44 1653 668494 http://www.theshed.co.uk Wed. 6 - The Wardrobe, Leeds UK 8:30pm The Wardrobe, Leeds, England +44 113 3838800 http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/LJ Thu. 7 - Exeter Pheonix UK 8:00pm Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter, England +44 1392 667080 http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk Fri. 8 - The Spitz, London UK 8:00pm The Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, Old Spitafields Market +44 207 7771 2000 http://www.spitz.co.uk Sat. 9 - Wells Festival, Austria 10:00pm Alter Schlachthof Wels, Wels, Austria http://www.servus.at/w8 Sun.10-Vienna, Austria 9:00pm Miles Smiles District 8 Langegasse 51, Vienna 0043-405-95-17 Tue. 12 - Recontres Internationales de Jazz a Nevers (Festival), France 8:30pm Theatre Municpal, Place des Reines de Pologne, 58000 Nevers, France http://www.neversdjazz.com Wed. 13 - Vooruit, Belgium 8:00pm Artscentre Vooruit, Sint Pietersnieuwstraat 23, 9000 Gent, Belgium 0032/9.267.28.28 http://www.vooruit.be Fri. 15 - Vilnius Jazz Festival, Lithuania 5:00pm Nacional Drama Theatre, Vilnuis, Lithuania http://www.jazzclub.lt Sat. 16 - Warsaw, Poland 9:30pm Dramatyczny Jazzgot http://www.jazzgot.com Sun.17 - Warsaw, Poland Warsaw Film Festival pedrogonzales(a)interia.pl Mon.18- Warsaw, Poland TBC (please email us for further information). Wed. 20-Lille, France 8:45pm(we play from 10:00pm) La Malterie, 42 rue Kuhlmann 59000 Lille http://www.circum-music.com Fri.22 - UpArt Festival/AKUT 13 Mainz, Germany 9:30pm UpArt, verien fur Zeitgenossische Kultur e.V. Mainz, Germany Frankfurter Hof, Augustinerstr. 55, 55118 Mainz 06131 - 220438 or 221861 http://www.upartev.de Natsuki Tamura(tp) Judit Balvany (as) Zsolt Varga (ts) Satoko Fujii (p) Sun.24 - Budapest, Hungary 7:00 pm No or Terem 1146 Budapest 1-344-7072 http://www.hangverseny.hu Natsuki Tamura Satoko Fujii natsat(a)msb.biglobe.ne.jp http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~Libra/

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ebay items
by Glenn Lea 01 Nov '02

01 Nov '02

I have some Zorn, Sun Ra, Braxton, etc CDs and LPs on eBay. Please check 'em out. Just go to my id: glennlea Thanks! Glenn

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