Alastair wrote:
but then again no-one here (Steve Smith excepted) seems particularly interested in talking about Zorn anymore. And, about the live Barbican: It surprises me that people came to the gig expecting Zorn to play sax (as has >been reported earlier). Have they not heard the CD?
Are you really that surprised that there are people out there who don't know every cd by our great hero? I have long come to the point where I can say: no, I haven't heard this Barbican cd, and I won't know if I will hear it in the next two years! And yep, still a Zorn fan. But there's so much going on Zorn-wise. On a personal note, I even feel some Blue Note albums by Cyro Batista (Supergenerous!) are 'Zorn' in a way, because I got to know Batista through Zorn. And it's not because we're not interested in talking Zorn anymore. But for instance: it has been a good two years that John Zorn played in Holland (was it the Painkiller North See Jazz gig? or the big festival in Den Bosch 1999?), while Susie Ibarra, Joseph Holbrooke (Belgium), Marc Ribot, Steven Bernstein, Greg/ Joey and Misha did play regular live gigs here. There's so many connections in today's music, that we easily forget the man himself who keeps it all together for us! Regards, Remco ps to eddie pardon: I didn't forget about your tapes, my everydaylife is just such a mess these days.