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naked city summer appearances
by bryan aaker 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

I just got confirmation from Bill Frisell's manager that Bill is scheduled to perform with Naked City on the dates that Arthur N. posted some months back. I believe it was June 17 & 18, and I don't remember the location. Bryan Aaker Please visit the Bill Frisell Discography at: www.bryanaaker.net n.p. Frank Zappa's Halloween Morelenbaum/Sakamoto's Casa

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Freak off
by Andrew Stiffler 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Hello, I avoided the new Dave Douglas just from the description. That doesn't mean I won't hear it some day and like it. For now... Boy, I should keep quiet. But after all it's only entertainment. Sure I am a huge junky, but music doesn't put a roof over your head, cloth you, or feed you unless maybe you are a musician. I enjoy what I enjoy regardless. My family is more important to me over any album. And I'm reminded by the constant state of affairs, I am just glad to be alive and healthy. Without your health you have nothing. And things can always get worse... But I am only a working class stiff(ler),non-musician, Father of two. And I am only concerned about getting my vote heard in my community. Although this list has kept me up-to-date with Zorn's work. I really can't explain why I like something and why I don't. And I don't want to. ***How do you you end up with a million dollars playing jazz? Start with two million. Andrew Stiffler NP- Satoko Fujii's "Vulcan", and I love it! __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com

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the Norah Jones album
by Parry Gettelman 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Not all those guys were on all the cuts -- as I recall, several of the tracks came from the earlier, Craig Street version of the album that was largely scrapped for sounding too much like Craig Street's other stuff. I think those are the ones Kenny Wollesen and Tony Scherr played on. If you don't like the single, the rest of it's pretty similar and you probably won't like it. I thought it was a really lovely, hard-to-categorize album, with a bunch of jazz musicians mixing R&B, country and pop until you couldn't really say what to call it. And it sustains an atmosphere really well. I love her version of "Cold, Cold Heart," the phrasing brings out the resignation in the lyrics. I trust you have the Jenny Scheinman album Adam Levy just played on. That's gorgeous. > > > Don't forget that she mentioned Adam Levy too! He's done some great stuff with Trevor Dunn on "Debutantes and Centipedes" as well as Joey Baron. > Are those musicians on her album? Is any of it any good? I certainly don't enjoy that slow, boring single she released. >

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zorn-list ADMIN - server updated
by Mike Rizzi 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Hey Folks, There was a one week delay on the zorn-list Mailman list server upgrade. It was just completed over the last couple of hours. Everything seems to be working fine. However, if you discover any problems, please email me privately at rizzi(a)browbeat.com thanks, mike

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Blue Note/Ghetto Music
by Andrew Stiffler 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

I was really hoping to hear that Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music would be reissued by Blue Note. Has anyone seen or heard of this record on disc? Thanks, Andrew NP: Perry Robinson/Angelology & Ken Vandermark/Airports for Light __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com

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Thirsty Ear recordings - Guillermo E. Brown
by Theo Klaase 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Anyone getting into the Thirsty Ear recordings of the likes of William Parker and Matthew Shipp ought to check out Guillermo E. Brown's latest effort on Thirsty Ear called "Soul of the machine." This album is stunning. As revolutionary as Miles Davis Bitches brew - in my opinion... This album has all the things "Freak In" was supposed to have but didn't deliver. To be honest - It's light years ahead of "Freak In" Amazing - check it out! __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com

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bunnys
by Alan Cummings 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

>Has anybody got any 60's Bunnys recordings by Teri >Taukechi and his friends. >Or does anybody know where I can get them? >Thanks, >Tune There's been a good deal of Terauchi's stuff reissued, both the Bunnys stuff and his previous group, Blue Jeans. If you really want to push the boat out, then Amazon Japan has a 5 cd box covering his entire career: http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005HU7V/qid=1047863742/br=1-5/re f=br_lf_m_4/249-1228743-5280356 Otherwise there's two volumes of Bunnys singles http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005HYP8/qid=1047863742/br=1-7/re f=br_lf_m_6/249-1228743-5280356 http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005HYP9/qid=1047863742/br=1-2/re f=br_lf_m_1/249-1228743-5280356 Volume 2 seems to be on 24hr dispatch, while volume 1 is 9-12 days. There's a bunch of other stuff here too - let me know if anyone really wants the full details. Alan

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re: Freak In
by Chris Selvig 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Skip nails it with this: ""Contemporanaiety" doesn't enter into the same realm as real live individual expression -- which probably does much to explain why certain people (Raymond Scott, Beefheart, Sun Ra) are perpetually being rediscovered." The notion that new generations ain't gonna get (insert critical touchstone here) is silly, a generational hubris. I'm 30, so I came to "Revolver" and "Pet Sounds" and "Ascension" and "Funhouse" long after they were recorded, and yeah, coming to "Ascension" as a fan of Naked City and Borbetomagus was less shattering than I'm sure it was for fans of "Giant Steps," or "A Love Supreme," but what makes great records GREAT is withstanding the test of time on both a large scale - seducing new generations of listeners - and a small one, rewarding years of repeated listening. It's important to remember, too, that most teenagers hearing "Revolver" for the first time are not the children of record collectors, so they're coming out of a very restricted commercial radio context & thus "Revolver" will still sound pretty alien. Chris Selvig

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Yahoo! News Story - Stations Boycott Dixie Chicks Over Remark
by Yahoo! News 16 Mar '03

16 Mar '03

(mikec(a)rocler.qc.ca) has sent you a news article. (Email address has not been verified.) ------------------------------------------------------------ Personal message: The sad thing is that I might have to go out and buy a Dixie Chicks record now. Stations Boycott Dixie Chicks Over Remark http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20030316/ap_on_en_mu/nat… ============================================================ Yahoo! News http://dailynews.yahoo.com/

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Freak In
by Efrén del Valle 16 Mar '03

16 Mar '03

Hi, I got my copy of Dave Douglas' "Freak In" yesterday to great disappointment. Cheered by those who compared its status to that of "Witness" I decided I could no longer wait for the album but after five listenings the only thing that comes to my mind is "What the hell is this?!" I find his attempt to add electronics to this music so clumsy and forced that the whole album sounds totally unnatural to me. The effects and rythms sound so worn that I'm still expecting some surprising turns. Fortunately, he gathered a good bunch of astonishing musicians to save him from the wreckage, with a special mention to a particularly inspired Ribot (if he ever wasn't). "Freak In" feels like an unsuccessful "rough assemblage" of not-so-disparate genres and although he reaches higher ground than outrageous failures like St. Germain & co, I still think the album is too low a flight (considering the signatory). Best, EfrÃ©n del Valle n.p: Rova "Ascension. San Franciso; feb 8th 2003" (bootleg) ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versiÃ³n GRATIS Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y mÃ¡s... http://messenger.yahoo.es

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