in talking with my nyc informant, it is a striped down version of witness. Topic relevance is that ikue is a central role in this new group really defining its sound. quoting from ed.zeizel@roilab.com "it says a lot that her sound has had such a huge influence on such an incredible musician and composer. I mean, you can REALLY hear her influence on this new project, and NOBODY else could be taking her place" "it's a different project, not covering any of the witness material. The config is the same, but with DJ Olive instead of Craig Taborn. The compositional approach is very different from Witness. A lot less intricate lines and densly composed textures. More textural directions. It's a lot less harsh, and a helluva lot less blowing. it's not as involved. Lots of material that is just rhythm section stuff, everyone functions within that section. Dave and speedy still blew a bunch. And Jamie Saft is just so athoritative in that kind of context." --- Steve Smith <ssmith36@sprynet.com> wrote:

Was that not his stripped-down touring septet version of Witness? Last I heard, a band of similar configuration had been assembled to take that music on tour, and the resulting group was evidently so inspiring that he was writing new music for it.

Sorry to have missed Human Feel's reunion (listed by Tonic, I noted, as "Jim Black's Human Feel"...), but not sorry at all to have escaped from New York for a few days...

Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com NP - James Reese Europe, "On Patrol in No Man's Land," 'The Complete Pathe Recordings - 1919' (IAJRC)

-----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of jason tors Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 2:53 PM

hello all in nyc, did anyone go see dave douglas at tonic over the weekend that would care to review?

it was Brad Jones (bass), Ikue Mori (drum machine / power book), DJ Olive (turntables), Jamie Saft (keyboard), Mike Sarin (drums) & Chris Speed (tenor sax / clarinet)

and the feel was very electronic and textural, but I cant get anymore info out of my informer.

Please fill us in.

Also jim black+chris speed played with their band Human Feel at tonic this weekend as well, any reviews of that would be greatly appreciated.

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