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Re: Talking about Hamid Drake
by Andreas Dietz 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

IÂ´ve attended this gig and it was a quartet called Skins & Strings with Vandermark as a special guest at the end of the performance. It wasnÂ´t a noise fest but one of the best performances of last year. IÂ´ll be in doubt if this can make it on a CD. Another recommendation: Hamid Drake - Michael Zerang Duo / Ask The Sun (Okka) My first concert with Hamid (Hank Drake at the time) was at the Moers festival 1979 with Fred Anderson (one of the best concerts ever!) Andreas np: Albert Ayler - Music Is The Healing Force (Impulse) >I remember reading in The Wire some time ago about a new live recording >with Drake, Ken Vandermark, Han Bennink and two guys from The Ex. I think >it was recorded at the Wels festival. >Did anybody go to that show? I'm curious if this is one disc I should be >picking up. All the musicians are great, but improvised stuff can get >pretty crowded with as many as five people, perhaps especially these five! >Was it just a noise fest?? _________________________________________________________________ Mit dem MSN Messenger eine Reise fÃ¼r 4 Personen nach Barcelona gewinnen Â jetzt mitmachen! http://www.sweepstakes2003.com/entry.aspx?locationid=15

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Hamid Drake
by Craig Lieske 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

Hamid has played with just about eveyone. I got the chance to host him and Brotzmann at the club I manage a couple of years ago. I place him in that class of drummers that includes Milford Graves and Sunny Murray, William Hooker, etc. His style is different from those mentioned but he has a similar questing quality to his work. There'a a duet CD with William Parker called "Piercing The Veil" that's good, but then again I've not ever really heard him play half-assed or poorly on any recording, regardless of the overall quality of the disc and the playing of the other participants .. Thanks to those that pointed me to the Tonic site for the Zornfest lineup. I checked their site not too long ago and the info wasn't up yet. CL In the CD player: Fred Frith/Maybe Monday-Digital Wildlife "The Prisoners' Dilemma" _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Fw: Pain Killer lineup
by dave 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

at first i was a little disappointed to hear about the project going without what i considered to be one of the three main elements to painkiller...then i thought about massacre and how they sounded when i caught them at the knit last year...and of course knowing that they're playing with an increcible drummer...very much looking forward to september. dave

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re: trey anastasio
by Mark Saleski 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

> > >hi guys, >just saw his solo cd from last year on the racks >recently. any opinions on this one? >rgrds >aaron > my only exposure to that one was a single tune performed on the tube (letterman, maybe?) but....i just picked up the live one last week "Plasma", it's a load of fun. worth it for the horn-version of Magilla...plus a cover of Marley's "Small Axe". -- Mark Saleski - marks(a)foliage.com | http://www.foliage.com/~marks "Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power." - Baron Wessenberg

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Re: country recommendations Flatlanders - Au pairs
by ericksna＠umich.edu 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

I have to second all of the recommendations made on the older C&W, swing, but would also like to add one slightly newer recommendation - Flatlanders-More A Legend Than A Band. (If anyone has comments on the recent reunion album - feel free). On a completely unrelated front - does anyone know where I might be able to find a copy of the Au Pairs album 'Playing With a Different Sax.' It seems to be out of print, and I can't seem to find any info on line for less than an outrageous sum of money. Nathan n.p. Songs Ohia: Didn't it Rain. n.r. Waiting - Ha Jin

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Re: Pain Killer lineup
by S.H. Kingston 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

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old C&W
by Parry Gettelman 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

In addition to already cited legends such as Merle Haggard, Bob Wills and George Jones, I'm partial to Hank Penny and Hank Snow, Snow being the versatile Canadian, and Penny being a Western Swing bandleader (Speedy West and Boudleaux Bryant are among the notables to pass through his bands) w/ a penchant for funny tunes (his "Rabbits Don't Ever Get Married" is a favorite of mine -- it's credited to Sparks/Williams, don't know who that might be). Parry

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Re: Ayler (Was: Talking about Hamid Drake)
by Andreas Dietz 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

I havenÂ´t heard New Grass so far but all I know about it I think itÂ´s the same vein. Of course I prefer AylerÂ´s stuff with Cherry, Peacock etc. but as you say "rough playing over a groovy rythm section could be fascinating" and thatÂ´s what you hear on this recently reissued midprice CD. Andreas np: Joseph Jarman - Pachinko Dream (Music & Arts) >Hi, > > > np: Albert Ayler - Music Is The Healing Force > > (Impulse) > >What does this sound like? I absolutely love all the >stuff I've heard from Ayler but I'm not sure with this >one. There are vocals indicated in the back of the Cd >and I'm afraid it could be in the same >soul/R&B-infected vein as "New Grass", from which I've >only read negative things (although you never know, of >course). I don't mind if it sounds like soul or R&B at >all, what's more, I'd really like to hear AA in such >an environment, that rough playing over a groovy rythm >section could be fascinating. >Any indications would be highly appreciated. > >All the best, > >EfrÃ©n del Valle _________________________________________________________________ MSN Groups & Chat - Freunde finden - leicht gemacht http://groups.msn.com/people/

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Re: Talking about Hamid Drake
by Michael Vandelaar 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

I too can't rate HD high enough. He is an exquisite drummer. I love his stuff with Fred Anderson & Die Like A Dog. Andreas Dietz wrote: "My first concert with Hamid (Hank Drake at the time) was at the Moers festival 1979 with Fred Anderson (one of the best concerts ever!)" My first concert with Hamid (Hank Drake at the time) was June 19, 1976 at the World Surrealist Exhibition in Chicago with a group called "Sun Song" -- with him in the band was a young George Lewis and Douglas Ewart -- the first show to really open my ears to the wonders of improvised music. Michael

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C&W
by AM FREQUENCIES 06 Jul '03

06 Jul '03

Junior Brown is defintely one of my favs!! although he's a tad more blues than C&W, but has some AWESOME country moments!! AWESOME voice, AMESOME guitar & funny lyrics! www.juniorbrown.com/ also recently got a bunch of C&W vinyl off my pop - i'll listen & let you know.

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