In a message dated 10/12/02 10:30:30 AM, zorn-list-request@mailman.xmission.com writes: << I was very surprised to find that "Chiaroscuro" from the first album

has the same base as "Obscured" from the second one. Obviously, the improvisations on top of it are different, but even the length of the tracks are almost equal. Then why do they put these two pieces with different names on two different albums and never mentioned that they are related? >>

i too havent played them together, but since chiaroscuro is an italian art term for light(clear)/dark(hidden, obscured), meaning use of light and shade, it makes sense for obscured to be a derivative of the other. i enjoy both, but speaking of springheel, id been listenin to the upcoming 4cd herbie hancock retrospective on col legacy- and found that- to my shock- as id always detested 'fusion,' having grown up a "live in seattle' baby, can ya dig it,-- well, i was dumbfounded that my listening to the springheel jack discs have opened my [what i thought had been very large] ears sufficiently so that i was listening to some of the electric hancock there and thought- damn- theres some really good playing over weird fusiony stuff that sound like a lot of whats coming out via thirsty ear these days- and im liking it- tho it too reminds me of the electric fusion miles- which im just starting to appreciate these last 5 yrs- and they all remind me of what for me was a seminal disc- jon hassell's vernal equinox (lovely records). love to all the blabbering steve koenig who should be marking student exams instead of n.r.: turkish delights - mary lee settle (im going in feb- any turkish connections on this list? n.p.: poetry of the great war (WWI) (naxos)