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RD Burman DVD
by Efrén del Valle 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

Hi, This morning I found a couple of RD Burman's dvds, "Best of R.D Burman" somewhere on the net. Has anybody seen them? Are they recommendable? And more important, what are they exactly? I haven't found any descriptions. Thanks in advance. Best, EfrÃ©n del Valle n.p: Sonic Youth "Sonic Nurse". zzzzzzzzzzzzzz!! __________________________________________ Yahoo! lanza su nueva tecnologÃa de bÃºsquedas Â¿te atreves a comparar? http://busquedas.yahoo.es

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Non-Zorn SALE: Muslimgauze "Mullah Said" & "Jaagherd Zarb"
by pm.carey＠utoronto.ca 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

These two lovely gems are still available... ** All PRICES in US$ (or equiv. GBP, EURO etc.) ** ** AIR MAIL POSTAGE depends on DESTINATION ** Reasonable offers accepted. Sorry, no PayPal. $45 -- Muslimgauze - "Mullah Said" HOL CD (Staalplaat: MUSLIMLIM018) 1998 [Numbered limited edition of 1000 in subscription issue digipak (slightly worn, mostly on edges). 6 tracks. Out of print.] $40 -- Muslimgauze - "Jaagherd Zarb (Mort Aux Vaches)" HOL CD (Staalplaat) 1998 [Limited edition of 1000 in three panel, fold-out cover "VPRO: De Avonden" commission series. Slightly worn, and possibly missing metal fastener. Out of print.] -Patrick pm.carey(a)utoronto.ca

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Fwd: NYTimes.com Article: Steve Lacy, 69, Who Popularized the Soprano Saxophone, Dies
by Maarten Hepp 06 Jun '04

06 Jun '04

fyi Maarten Begin doorgestuurd bericht: > Van: mhepp(a)xs4all.nl > Datum: zat, 5 jun 2004 10:30:02 Europe/Amsterdam > Aan: mhepp(a)xs4all.nl > Onderwerp: NYTimes.com Article: Steve Lacy, 69, Who Popularized the > Soprano Saxophone, Dies > Antwoord aan: mhepp(a)xs4all.nl > > The article below from NYTimes.com > has been sent to you by mhepp(a)xs4all.nl. > > > > Steve Lacy, 69, Who Popularized the Soprano Saxophone, Dies > > June 5, 2004 > By BEN RATLIFF > > > > > > Steve Lacy, an American soprano saxophonist who spent more > than half of his 50-year career living in Europe and helped > legitimize his instrument in postwar jazz, died yesterday > in Boston. He was 69. > > The cause was cancer, according to an announcement from the > New England Conservatory of Music, where Mr. Lacy had been > teaching since 2002. > > After performing in New York, his hometown, Mr. Lacy moved > to Italy and France, and became the most Europeanized of > all expatriate American jazz musicians. He married one of > his musical collaborators, the Swiss-born singer Irene > Aebi, who survives him. He insisted on a literary dimension > to his work, incorporating texts by novelists, poets and > philosophers - as well as visual-art and dance components, > when time and money allowed. > > For someone long considered an avant-garde artist, Mr. Lacy > always insisted that nobody could get more avant-garde than > Louis Armstrong; his best work was anti-highfalutin and > doggedly practical. His most representative melodies, like > "The Bath" and "The Gleam," use gentle repetition and > gentle wit; he developed his saxophone tone to be as > attenuated as a Hemingway sentence, and his improvised > lines as succinct. At the end of his life, hounded by tax > problems in France, he returned to the United States, > moving in 2002 to teach at the New England Conservatory and > live in Brookline, Mass. > > Mr. Lacy formed musical partnerships and made records at an > astonishing rate. He led working bands of up to eight > musicians for nearly 30 years; he also performed and > recorded often as a solo saxophonist and in duos with > partners as different as the American pianist Mal Waldron > and the Japanese percussionist Masahiko Togashi. One of his > discographies lists 236 items up to the year 1997, > including more than 20 solo saxophone albums. > > Mr. Lacy was born Steven Lackritz and grew up on the Upper > West Side of New York City. Clarinet was his first > instrument; then, inspired by hearing Sidney Bechet's > version, recorded in 1941, of a Duke Ellington song, "The > Mooche," he decided to pursue Bechet's instrument, the > soprano saxophone. At the time - it would still be a few > years before John Coltrane would make it popular with his > recording of "My Favorite Things" - he had little > competition. > > At the age of 21, he was performing the standard Dixieland > repertory on both instruments at Stuyvesant Casino and the > Central Plaza in New York; he shared stages with musicians > like Henry Red Allen, Pee Wee Russell, Buck Clayton and Hot > Lips Page, and his teacher, Cecil Scott. And he was also > playing at the Newport Jazz Festival with the pianist Cecil > Taylor, who was terrifying audiences by doing away with > traditional structure and tonality. Mr. Lacy worked with > Mr. Taylor for six years and with other bandleaders as > well, including Gil Evans; he always described this mix as > the best possible training for a jazz musician. > > One of them was Thelonious Monk, who became a guiding > aesthetic master to Mr. Lacy for the rest of his life. > Through playing with Monk in a quintet and big band, and > studying his music assiduously, Mr. Lacy was able to absorb > the elder musician's wit, economy, insistence on simple > rhythmic patterns and range of melody. He once described > Monk's music as perfect for the soprano saxophone: "Not too > high, not too low, not easy, not at all overplayed and most > of all, full of interesting technical problems." > > In 1966, with no work at home, Mr. Lacy began his long trip > away from America. He took a group to Argentina and ended > up stranded there for nine months because of political > unrest. Later he headed to Rome with Ms. Aebi, where they > worked with Musica Elettronica Viva, a quartet that blended > modern-classical tendencies with improvisation and included > two other American expatriates, Frederic Rzewski and Alvin > Curran. After a brief stay in Rome, Mr. Lacy and Ms. Aebi > moved to Paris in 1970, in the beginning of the era that he > often called "post-free": all experimentation came grounded > in scale and melody. And with his long-lasting sextet, > which he started shortly after he arrived in Paris, he > found an original compositional style: lilting and > singsongy with a bitter twist, often compared to nursery > rhymes, though Thelonious Monk's sense of melody was > probably a greater influence. > > Mr. Lacy preferred to collaborate with artists from other > fields. Most of the time that meant setting words to music, > and in his group Ms. Aebi sang poetic texts by Herman > Melville, Robert Creeley, Gregory Corso and Lao Tzu, among > many others; in other works he collaborated with dancers, > painters and stage designers. "To me," he said in a 1990 > interview, "music is always about something or somebody, or > from somebody or something. It's never in the blue, never > abstract." > > Mr. Lacy was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1992; he > published a book of writings and saxophone exercises, > "Findings," in 1994. The French government's ministry of > culture appointed him Chevalier of the Order of Arts and > Letters in 1989 and Commander in 2002. In addition to his > wife, his survivors include a sister, Blossom Cramer, and a > brother, Martin J. Lackritz. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/05/arts/music/ > 05LACY.html?ex=1087424202&ei=1&en=f8f711c91ca08600 > > > --------------------------------- > > Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Imagine > reading The New York Times any time & anywhere you like! > Leisurely catch up on events & expand your horizons. Enjoy > now for 50% off Home Delivery! Click here: > > http://homedelivery.nytimes.com/HDS/ > SubscriptionT1.do?mode=SubscriptionT1&ExternalMediaCode=W24AF > > > > HOW TO ADVERTISE > --------------------------------- > For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters > or other creative advertising opportunities with The > New York Times on the Web, please contact > onlinesales(a)nytimes.com or visit our online media > kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo > > For general information about NYTimes.com, write to > help(a)nytimes.com. > > Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company >

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Zorn Discography
by j4.porter＠student.qut.edu.au 05 Jun '04

05 Jun '04

Is there an up-to-date version of JZ's discography. Patrice Roussel has done an absolutely mind-blowing job, but it hasn't been updated for a while. John

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Book of Horizons
by Efrén del Valle 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

Hi there, I got my copy of the new SC3 album yesterday and it sounds GREAT! I can't imagine how Spruance managed to record all of this, old-style (with the exception of some computer here and there). Looks like his own "Pet Sounds". The sound is amazing, as are the compositions. No cheesy electronic beats this time around, less Arab-tinged melodies (although still present, thankfully), some Morricone-like compositions, pop, surf, rock,... the death metal tracks are incredible, even if they're a bit disrruptive and unnerving at times. The structures are incredibly complex and the vocals are totally "bad vibes". The whole thing went out of hand and it sounds EPIC!!! I'm glad there are two more like this in the can. I guess I'll write a more "professional" (?!) review when I find the time. But those here who are the real professionals, please do it to convince these guys to get the Book! Best, EfrÃ©n del Valle __________________________________________ Yahoo! lanza su nueva tecnologÃa de bÃºsquedas Â¿te atreves a comparar? http://busquedas.yahoo.es

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Mystery Masada
by Ken Bodek 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

John Zorn's Mystery Masada @ Tonic on Friday, June 18th. Anyone have any guesses who this will be? I think with Tisziji Munoz and Elliot Sharp trios on the bill too, this will be worth my trip down regardless. ===== Ken My DAT List: http://www.tapercities.com/Jambands/bodekkc/datlist.html My CDR List: http://www.tapercities.com/Jambands/bodekkc/cdrlist.html

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Steve Lacy RIP
by Ben Axelrad 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

Very sad news, forwarded from the Chi-Improv list. Anybody have more information? Ben >From: "Kali Z." <zkfasteau(a)msn.com> >Reply-To: chi-improv(a)yahoogroups.com >To: <chi-improv(a)yahoogroups.com> >Subject: RE: [chi-improv] Re: Steve Lacy >Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 02:40:41 -0400 > >According to Bobby Few and Noah Howard, musicians based in Europe, Steve >Lacy passed over on Wednesday night, June 2. > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/

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electric masada
by Theo Klaase 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

I just got my copy of electric masada and I'm a little disappointed... The sound quality isn't all that great and I feel like I'm being sold the same compositions over and over these days... Considering the line-up, I'll be the 1st to admit that my expectations were pretty high... Is it me, or has Zorn gotten a bit 'stale' over the last few years... Perhaps I just need a few more listens... -Theo __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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Re: re: electric masada
by zsteiner＠butler.edu 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

> The approach to EM seems quite different, more > improv-oriented and with a certain 70's Miles-flavor. > The Masada melodies almost seem an excuse to develop > improvisational ideas. Isn't that what most improv based music is about? At least ones that use a melodic or chordal reference for the improvisations. Isn't that what the quartet does? Didn't Miles use a riff or simple melody as an excuse to develop improvisational ideas in the 70s? Is this what you mean by your comparison? Or do you mean that they share instrumentation and aesthetics? I find the fidelity incredible. I don't know what more one could expect from a live recording. It's remarkably clear and has lots of detail to mix. Most of my friends who have it were scratching their heads when first listening saying "I thought this was live." It sounds like a studio album at times, at least our ears. It does break new ground, but it is a fun album. It's still Masada, but it is enough different (for me) that it was well worth the purchase.

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re: electric masada
by mod bohemian 02 Jun '04

02 Jun '04

>>>>But, it's true that Zorn is over using the Masada song book. I've been reading messages here for many months, but unfortunately, I'm still a bit unclear on exactly what "Masada song book" means. Is it a series of compositions that are interpretted differently for different CDs? Also, what exactly is "electric" Masada, and how does it differ from non-electric Masada? I have the CDs -- Bar Kokhba, The Circle Maker, and Masada String Trio -- but they don't say anything about Electric Masada on them, so I will infer that there is a difference. I'd really appreciate some insight from anyone. Jennifer _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

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