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Re: Naked City 2003
by Arthur Gadney 12 Jan '03

12 Jan '03

Hi, 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?? _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup

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Game Piece Theory
by AJDinz1＠aol.com 11 Jan '03

11 Jan '03

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

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John Schuller is famous/Naked City 2003/catch the Shorter Bus
by Jorge Gallegos 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

I am glad to see that I wasn't talking shit when I originally brought up to your attention the possibility that Naked City would be playing Europe this summer even though it was dismissed as one more unfounded rumour (my sources don't fail me). It's hard to imagine Mr. Frisell getting all "torture garden" at this point of his serene career and Mr.Yamantaka has mostly put his pipes to rest concentrating more on electronics and trancing out to his drummers. Patton would probably be the most likely choice. I wouldn't mind Brad Mowen being there instead. You probably have no idea who Mr. Mowen is unless you've already picked up a copy of John Schuller's anthem of misery "Lesser Angel Of Failure". One of the three titles in my Seattle-centric end of the year best of list (which never got posted due to its length), "Lesser Angel" would probably make you wet your pants if it came out on Tzadik. Like Eyvind Kang's (who appears on the CD as well as Mr. Mowen and a few other Seattle compadres) "7 Nades", "Lesser Angel" is emblematic of a strong creative musical moment in this town. Key players like Mowen (whose other band Apes of Wrath has the power of Fantomas/Melt Banana in a blender), Bill Horist (guitar wonderboy whose Nervewheel brings back the Prog to the Power trio) and many others turn this place for me into a musical oasis. If you live in Portland, Oregon, you can catch some of the fun tomorrow Saturday night when the over the top theatrics of the Shorter Bus (driven by Mr. Mowen) and Gigantum (with Mr. Schuller) hit the town at the Ash Street Saloon. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

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John Schuller Is Famous
by Steve Smith 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

Check out page 66 in the January issue of The Wire for a full-page, highly flattering review of Z-lister John Schuller's 'Lesser Angel of Failure.' Most impressive. Relating to other recent threads, there's also a full page review of the incredible final John Fahey disc, which has a red cross as its title, and Asa-Chang and Junray is one of the magazine's top ten discs of 2002. Oh, and no fewer than *four* new Merzbow releases are reviewed, one of them a 4CD box. Steve Smith ssmith36(a)sprynet.com

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asa chang & jun ray
by Nudebruno＠aol.com 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

<PRE>I highly recommend the asa chang cd, its comparable to the best of fellow label mate, Susumu Yokotas work. I haven't checked the review you refer to but it got highly rated in the Wire. Its unusual, in that it is genuinely fun. I've played it regularly at work, and it seems to appeal to a broad range of tastes, procrastinate no further, invest in a copy now!

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RE: Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar?
by Perfect Sound Forever 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

Since people keep asking about this, I might as well mention this article from a few years ago: <http://www.furious.com/perfect/hawaii.html> Best, Jason -- Perfect Sound Forever online music magazine with warped perspectives perfect-sound(a)furious.com http://www.perfectsoundforever.com

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Eskelin/Parkins/Black - Sun. Jan. 12 - Seattle
by rusegarden 09 Jan '03

09 Jan '03

FYI - a NW tour-closing Seattle show for this truly great trio - as many of you already know! (Note: this trio will be in Vancouver, BC on Saturday Jan. 11: http://www.zula.ca) = Earshot Jazz Presents = ++++++++++++++++++++ ELLERY ESKELIN ANDREA PARKINS and JIM BLACK ++++++++++++++++++++ = Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003 = Sit & Spin ~ 2219 4th Ave. ~ Seattle, WA / 21+ w/ID ~ http://www.sitandspin.net = 9:00pm ~ $12 = [$10 students/seniors/members] Advance tickets available now via: = Earshot Jazz ~ 206.547.6763 = http://www.earshot.org = Bud's Jazz ~ 1st & Jackson = = Wall of Sound ~ 2nd & Bell = and "online" via: http://www.acteva.com/go/earshot ELLERY ESKELIN, ANDREA PARKINS, and JIM BLACK have defied categorization for nearly a decade. They have a loyal following throughout the world. This WILDLY TALENTED and ACCOMPLISHED trio is on tour in support of its sixth HatHut Records release, 'Twelve (+1) Imaginary Views.' This concert is a RARE OPPORTUNITY for Seattle area music fans to see one of the VERY BEST and MOST UNIQUELY INVENTIVE bands of jazz music's ongoing new wave... Ellery Eskelin - tenor sax http://home.earthlink.net/~eskelin/ Andrea Parkins - accordion, electronic samples http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&sql=B159216 Jim Black - drums http://www.jimblack.com "This is a man who has seemingly taken it upon himself (and conspirators Jim Black and Andrea Parkins) to find the missing link between jazz, rock, electronic music, pop and plain old everyday static...Furthermore, though I took this stuff without so much as a second thought, I would be hard-pressed to say what kind of music they were playing...Best of all, this lack of a label applies to every second of music on the album...Like Monk, his music is often simple on the surface, but repeated listens reveal a marvelously advanced efficiency in the arrangements (as a bass-less trio, this is a plus) and compositions. Fittingly, this group plays the old master's "Oska T" as a virtual encore at the end of the disc." - PitchforkMedia.com reviews 'Twelve (+1) Imaginary Views' other LINKS: http://www.hathut.com/eskelin-content.html ("History of a Band" by Ellery Eskelin) http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eeskelin/lange.html (Art Lange interviews Ellery Eskelin) http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eeskelin/12cadence.html (Cadence reviews "12 + 1 Imaginary Views") "...the Beatles of avant-jazz!" - Guitarist Eugene Chadbourne ==== end of transmission ====

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Re: About Zorn's interview on JapanTimes
by Ryan Novak 09 Jan '03

09 Jan '03

>Sometimes I dont know what to think about Zorns >opinions. On the one hand, he doesnt reckon himself >as a mentor for anyone, which appears as such a humble >attitude. On the other hand, at the end of the >interview he states: I want to create something that >adds to the positive energy in this world, that there >is not enough of, there should be more of which >sounds pretty pompous to me. Trying to add positive energy to the world is pompous? He must think he's better than us- that fucker. ;~) ----Ryan __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

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Arcana: Musicians on Music
by Efrén del Valle 09 Jan '03

09 Jan '03

Hi, Anyone has some opinions on this book? I've been wanting to order it for a while but I've always hesitated. Any good on-line stores where I can get it at a reasonable price? Thanks in advance. Best, EfrÃ©n del Valle n.p: The new Painkiller live on Tzadik. I don't see the problem with this album. I think it's just great. ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Postales Felicita las Navidades con las postales mÃ¡s divertidas desde http://postales.yahoo.es

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Re: Arcana: Musicians on Music
by William Crump 09 Jan '03

09 Jan '03

> As far as Zorn being hesitant to address the issue of violence or > exploitation as it relates to his music, I see it in correspondence with > David Lynch's reticence about the ideas behind his films ... > Maybe Joe > Coleman or R Crumb would be a better comparisons than David Lynch, because > of the severity and extremeness of the imagery, or Pasolini in another set > of relations...J.G. Ballard... Funny, I was just rereading some S. Clay Wilson today. Whew. Other comparisons might include Delany's "Equinox" or "Hogg," a book so vile on its surface that I read it at a bookstore and declined to bring a copy into my home. Wm. Crump

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