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Re: Favor request: Zorn's favorite ethnic recordings
by Herb Levy 04 May '04

04 May '04

I'm just getting back to reading through a lot of old e-mail from when my computer was in the shop & found this from last week: At 8:13 AM -0600 4/29/04, "K. Scott Handley" <thesubtlebody(a)yahoo.com> asked: >Hello all: > >Could anyone who has issue 7.2 of the magazine >RESONANCE (not the style and pop culture glossy, but >rather the older LMC publication focusing on new >music, improvisation, etc) please forward to the list >the favorite "ethnic" (hmmm...their term...) >recordings of John Zorn and (if you're feeling really >generous) the other respondants to the issue's survey: >David Toop, Evan Parker, Viv Dogan Corringham, >Steve Beresford, Clive Bell, Robert Reigle, Robert >Wyatt, Pat Thomas. I don't have my issue anywhere >near my side of North America right now and I don't >know anyone with one. I think it would be good list >discussion fodder, perhaps....? FWIW, this issue of Resonance is still listed as being in print on the LMC Web site <http://www.l-m-c.org.uk/>, so you can still buy it. But here's a scan of Zorn's list (I think I got most of the text corrected, though I wouldn't recommend using the catalog numbers to order anything without checking them first), followed by typed listings from the other : >My Favourite Ethnic Recordings >John Zorn > >FOR THIS LIST I HAVE CHOSEN MOSTLY music from classic LPs and CDs >that are still relatively available in some form or another. My >prize collection is on 78 rpm discs and concentrates on Japanese >instrumental music from the Taisho period (1912-1925) featuring the >early incorporation of western instruments such as the accordion, >guitar, slide guitar, celeste, organ, piano, xyl;ophone, and >saxophone with shakuhachi, koto and shamisen. Artists include Wada >Hajime, Kawamoto Haruku, Mikami Hidejoshi, Sakai Motoyoki and Kanda >Joshi performing Japanese uninyo (folksongs "hot" jazz covers and >startling originals. These bizarre varieties may be impossible to >fins but they certainly top my list of favourite ethnic musics. > >In no particular order: > >TK Ramammoorthy: Fabulous Notes and Beats of the Indian Carnatic >Jazz (EMI/Odeon vinyl). > >San Lucas Band: Music of Guatemala (ABC Command vinyl, COMS-9001). > >Kim Sinh: The Art of Kim Sinh (World Music Library CD). > >Kim Dae Rae: Supreme (Nices CD). > >Taraf de Haidoukis: Honourable Brigands, Majic Horses and Evil Eye >(CramWorld CD, CRAW-13). > >Bernard Worna: Live at the Pito Bar (Avant CD). > >Markos Vamvakaris: Rembetica in Piraeus vol 1&2 Heritage CD, HT-30) > >Markos Vamvakaris: Bouzouki Pioneer (Rounder CD). > >Flutes de Pan Melanesiennes: 'Are 'Are vol1-3 (Vogue vinyl) The LPs >are out of print, but their recordist Hugo Zemp has issued three >full-length CD's of the same repertoire, namely Solomon Islands: >'Are'are Intimate and Ritual Music (Chant du Monde 274-963, one disc >plus 110-page booklet) and Solomon Island: 'Are'are Panpipe >Ensembles (Chant du Monde LDX-274-961.62, two discs plus 9o0-page >booklet). > >Pearl Fisherman and Musicians of the Persian Gulf (Ocora vinyl). > >Nan-Kouan, ballads sung by Tsai Hsiao-Yueh, vol 1 (Ocora CD >C-559004), vols 2 & 3 (C-560037/38), vols 4, 5 & 6 (C-560039/40/41). Going through the rest of the issue by hand (with the same caveats about typos for different reason), David Toop: Watazumido-Shuso: Mysterious Sounds of the Japanese Bamboo Flute (Everest 3289) Cicih Cangkurileung: various Javanese jaipongan recordings on Gita Records Byongki Hwang: Kayakeum Masterpieces (SEM Gramaphone) Byongki Hwang: Music from Korea vol 1: the Kayakeum (East-West EWS-1001) Musique Bouddhique de Coree (Disques Vogue LVX-253) Chinese Classical Music (BBC Records) Cambodge: Musique Samre des Cardomems (Disques Alvares, DAM LD-112) Nang Suy: Laos Musique du Nord (Galloway) Evan Parker: Han Ilsup: ajaeng sanjo (Lyrichord LLST 7211) Anthologie de la Musique du Tchad (Ocora OCR 36/37/38) Ragnar Johnson: Sacred Flute Music from New Guinea: Madang (Quartz 001) Anthologie de la Musique de Cambodge (Ducret Thomson DUC 20/21 & DUCS 22) Viv Corringham: S. Xarhakos & N Gatsos Rembetiko (CBS 450637-2 Steve Beresford: The Music of Tibetan Buddhism record 3 (Baren-Reiter Musicaphon BM 30 L 2011) now (Beresford says) re-issued as part of Anthology of World Music - Music of Tibetan Buddhism (Rounder CD 5129/5130/5131) Clive Bell: A Musical Anthology of the Orient: Laos (Barenreiter Musicaphon BM 30L2001, now Rounder CD 5119) Robert Reigle: Banda Polyphony (Auvidisc-UNESCO D 8043) Hispano-Chilean Metisse Traditional Music (Auvidisc-UNESCO D 8001) Soul Vine Shaman (Neelon Crawford NCS 7601) Inuit Throat and Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music of Povungituk (Music Gallery Editions MH 1001) Oku Shareh: Turtle Dance Songs of the San Juan Pueblo (New World 80301) The Five Nun of Pansori Tasot Pat'ang (Deep-Rooted Tree Publishing House CDD-013) Polyphonies Vocales des Aborigenes de Taiwan (Inedit W-260011) Sacred Flute Music of New Guinea vol 1 & 2 (Quartz 001 & 002) Orient-Okzident/Suedost-europa (Staatlich Museen Preushischer Kulturbesitz MC-3) Sardinian Chronicles (book with CD) by Bernard Lortat-Jacob (U of Chicago Press) Robert Wyatt: Le Coran - psalmodie par Cheik Abdelbasset Abdelsamad Soiurat Yassin (Sono Cairo) Pat Thomas: Ustad Gulam Hassan Shagan: Pakistan Ali Wali 3 ragas (Opus 111, OPS 30-226) There're lots of other recordings discussed in the various articles etc, far more than makes sense to type up here. Bests, Herb -- Herb Levy P O Box 9369 Fort Worth, TX 76147 herb(a)eskimo.com

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Fw: [Ipecac News] Announcement (EYVIND KANG)
by squeegee media 04 May '04

04 May '04

FYI, from the mind of the Seattle area's favorite sick puppy, courtesy of the FANTASTICALLY WELL folks at Ipecac... webmaster(a)ipecac.com wrote: > The hits never stop around here. Go to your local record store > and demand Eyvind Kang's "VIRGINAL CO-ORDINATES" the > beautifully crafted full length from the multi talented > Violinist. This release was originally limitedly released by > our friends at Angelica in Italy. Kang oversees a 22 piece > orchestra and the release includes vocals and electronics from > Mike Patton. You may recognize Eyvind's name from his work > with Laurie Anderson, Sun City Girls, etc. or from his 5 other > solo releases; a few released on Tzadik. There is a reason > that Kang has been part of 50 different recordings in the last > 10 years. "The dude has chops."

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book about Zorn
by Iza Spaleniak 04 May '04

04 May '04

I was wondering if there is any book about Zorn (biography, discography..) ? Which would you reccomend? Iza ---------------------------------------------------- Leonardo da Vinci w GdaĂąsku! Geniusz i jego machiny na niezwykÂłej wystawie! http://klik.wp.pl/?adr=http%3A%2F%2Fleonardo.wp.pl%2F&sid=170

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Incus CDR series
by David Keffer 03 May '04

03 May '04

Hey List: I know there are various people on this list interested in the cdr series that Incus Records is issuing. Since this series gets no advertisement (other than being listed on the Incus Website, at http://www.incusrecords.force9.co.uk/, and on Peter Stubley's European Free Improvisation page, http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/ehome.html) I thought I would spread the word. 3 new cdrs have been issued in April/May 2004, bringing the total to 12 cdrs in the series. There has been a recent division of the series into two sub-series. The first sub-series is "From the Store". There is one new cdr in this series: FROM THE STORE No. 6 with Robyn Shulkovsky in concert & studio Derek Bailey electric guitar Robyn Shulkovsky percussion The second sub-series is "Solo Guitar". There are two new cdrs in this series: Solo Guitar Series No. 5 LIVE AT G's CLUB Derek Bailey solo electric guitar Recorded at G's Club, Sidecar, Placa Reial, Barcelona 10th February 2004 And this last one doesn't appear on the Incus site yet, but it is on the EFI site, Solo Guitar Series No. 6 THEN Derek Bailey, solo guitar THEN '72 stereo electric guitar (19.25) THEN '74 19-string (approx.) guitar (02.50) THEN '80 acoustic guitar and voice (14.45) I haven't heard this last one yet, but the February 2004 solo show cdr is excellent. For the uninitiated these cdrs have no distribution and are only available from the Incus website. David K.

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Re: Zorn and transport, and concert in Mannheim
by Arthur Gadney 03 May '04

03 May '04

>By the way, is it normal that John Zorn plays large parts of the concert >with his back to the audience? I thought it was great for the communication >between the musicians, but maybe it would be interepreted by the audience >sometimes that he isn't so interested in them??? Curious if it was only >last night, or 'normal'? That's very normal indeed. I guess it's out of shame of his clothing. By God it's ugly. _________________________________________________________________ Getting married? Find tips, tools and the latest trends at MSN Life Events. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married

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Zorn and transport
by > chromasoom audio visuele communicatie > 03 May '04

03 May '04

Hey, I was wondering what transportation Zorn and the other musicians use when they're on (a European) tour. They use autocars or an airplane or trains or...? And the equipment? Anyone who knows? Jan

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RE: Cobra/Renaldo piece OCII Amsterdam
by Manolis 03 May '04

03 May '04

Eric van Rees: <<Dit anyone visit this performance? I was planning to go, but didn't make it on time. Any review? Was Renaldo there?>> hi, I saw this show, as well as several of the previous cobra performances in amsterdam. I am always surprised by the ability of Nathan (N. Fuhr: organizer, promter, leader of Collision Palace) to gather fresh musicians for his cobra performances. Either there are many many good players around here or none wants to play cobra for a second time (joke Nathan!). The feeling that I got from this performance was rather different from previous ones (as far as I remember). The most enjoyable new element was the death metal frantic parts, with the whole ensemble at full speed. The other parts that I really liked, and were also new sounds for me in relation to cobra, were the morrocan trance pieces (at least that's what it sounded to me) with pipes and percussion. The ensemble playing this time was very coherent, maybe due to the fact that part of the ensemble was a band in itself (suspicious white powder). Most of the music was really grooving. Maybe a bit too much for my taste. Some friends that had followed me without knowing what to expect, all liked it a lot. However, to my opinion, the players didn't take that much of an aggressive initiative to drive the game by themselves, an opportunity given to them by the rules. Lee Ranaldo was not there for the performance of his piece "All Work and No Play" which I don't remember well enough to describe. I don't know whether it is in the intention of the organizer to utterly form a stable ensemble or core of players for the performances of cobra or other modern music. In that case, the mastering of the rules would lead to increased ease with the rules and lead to more complex games; on the other hand it could reduce the freshness and enthusiasm. I think that the effort is mature and involves a more complex language each time, also as Nathan Fuhr masters the game and the ways of interacting with his players. As the performances of Collision Palace are becoming more regular, my expectations to hear more and more great music from them are growing! manolis

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Re: Zorn and transport
by Patrick Borsarini 03 May '04

03 May '04

Very interesting question. I join in. Pat --------- Original Message --------- DATE: Sun, 02 May 2004 16:09:40 From: "> chromasoom audio visuele communicatie >" <mail(a)chromasoom.be> To: <zorn-list(a)lists.xmission.com> Cc: >Hey, > > >I was wondering what transportation Zorn and the other musicians use when >they're on (a European) tour. >They use autocars or an airplane or trains or...? And the equipment? >Anyone who knows? > > > >Jan > >_______________________________________________ >zorn-list mailing list >zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com >To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the webpage below >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zorn-list > ____________________________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.as…

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Cobra/Renaldo piece OCII Amsterdam
by Eric van Rees 02 May '04

02 May '04

Dit anyone visit this performance? I was planning to go, but didnt make it on time. Any review? Was Renaldo there? _________________________________________________________________ MSN Zoeken helpt je om de gekste dingen te vinden! http://search.msn.nl

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Re: mori and the moon
by Kurt Gottschalk 02 May '04

02 May '04

mwisckol asked: speaking of ikue, can anybody comment on her "100 aspects of the moon"? i'm very curious about it.... to which the pagoon responded: It is a very simple, beautiful album, a lot of heavily melodic tracks and a few jolts of violent agression, with the kind of driving perpetual motion that can simultaneously lull you to sleep and reinvigorate you after a hard day. which kurt thinks: is quite a good description. i'm not quite crazy about it - perhaps it's too beautiful for me, the vocals too soft. if i recall correctly, and odd as this may sound, the first performance of it (before the record was released, probably before it was recorded) had makagami koichi adverstised as the vocalist. but it turned out to be theo bleckmann, who's also on the record. anyways, it's not my fave of hers. kg np: taisuke matsuo - espirada (which i just picked up on a lark, knowing nothing about him, at the wfmu record fair today. anyone got backstory?) _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with the new version of MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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