Jazz Fill in the Blanks
Vincent E. Kargatis
LAURA POLLOCK (lpol...@delphi.com) wrote:
: Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
: 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Braxton's CHARLIE PARKER PROJECT
: 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
New Music America Festival '86 in Houston - hadn't gotten into it yet
: 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
Janet Jackson's CONTROL (I can't help but like "When I Think Of You"
[sheepish grin])
: 4. A musician I would like to meet is
Cassandra Wilson.
: 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Ornette Coleman.
: 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
Miles' PLUGGED NICKEL set.
: 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Brotzmann's MACHINE GUN, perhaps, at loud enough volume.
: 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Xenakis's ORESTEIA for $7.
: 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
Locke's FORCES IN MOTION
: 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
: popular.
Keith Jarrett.
: 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ___________________.
Prince.
--
vince
Jennifer V. Doctors
>
>Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>
>1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
>
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
>
>4. A musician I would like to meet is Django Rienhardt.
>
>5. I have more Anthony Braxton in my collection than any other artist.
>
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
>
>7. "No loud music" is a guaranteed lease breaker.
>
>8. Someone sent me "The Best of Kenny G" and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
>note.
>
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of "Braxton's compostion for 4 orchestras"
>(a 3 lp set) for $6.00.
>
>10. My favorite book about jazz is "....in Motion" about Anthony Braxton, but
>I can't remember the first word of the title--how embarrasing!
>
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why V.S.O.P. is so
>popular--no offense intended, but they just don't do anything for me.
>
>12. After a hard day it is great to unwind listening to "Conference of the Birds".
LAURA POLLOCK
1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
________________.
2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
_________________________.
3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
_________________.
4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
_____________.
7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
note.
9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
popular.
12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Larry Lewicki
In article lpol...@delphi.com, lpol...@delphi.com (LAURA POLLOCK) writes:
<:>Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
<:>
<:>1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Mulgrew Miller's "through our own eyes"
<:>________________.
<:>
<:>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Rashaan Roland Kirk - at Ruby Gulch in Champaign Il. ~1976 or so
<:>_________________________.
<:>
<:>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
The B-52s....
<:>_________________.
<:>
<:>4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
John Scofield.
<:>
<:>5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Miles or Bill Evans (piano) - close to a toss up.
<:>
<:>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
Miles, Herbie, Wayne, Ron and Tony at the Plugged Nickel (and maybe
Schizophrenia and Ready for Freedie)
<:>_____________.
<:>
<:>7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
<:>
Certain Blacks - by Art Ensemble - turned up loud!!!
<:>8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
<:>note.
<:>
George Winston - Solstice or something like that....
<:>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Coltrane 3 CD Best of Impulse set for $16
<:>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
Jazz Piano Book by Mark Levine....
<:>
<:>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
<:>popular.
Wessel Anderson..
<:>
<:>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Joe Lovano's "From the Soul"
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*Larry Lewicki | National Semiconductor |Opinions are mine and in *NO* |
*l...@galaxy.nsc.com | Santa Clara, CA |way represent National Semi. |
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Trina Borras
>Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
I just got tons of new things from Cadence, I'm dying to
listen to them all, I keep saying to myself, "ok, Trina,
enough is enough, you can go back and play it day and night
once you've listened to everything else," but I seem to
be completely in this music's grip ... and, seek no release!
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
last several years, not sure when for I only heard about it
after it was over and I vowed I would not dwell on and brood
about my misfortune.
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
miniature glamour gals in his hand.
>4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
>5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
complete Riverside collection.
>7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
sung by Fontella Bass turned up at full volume (I'm only guess-
ing, my next door neighbors and I have an understanding)
>8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
>note.
see #11 below.
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
mint, for about $5 (I think that's the title, I gave it
to someone very special as a gift years ago).
>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
abiding love for the subject *in* jazz, which is reflected
in my programming, it's my most indispensable reference work,
Alec Wilder's _The American Popular Song_.
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>popular.
>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Cheers,
Trina
Philip Young
> Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>
> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
> ________________.
Steve Lacy's "Morning Joy"
>
> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
> _________________________.
Joe Henderson
>
> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
> _________________.
Sonic Youth's "Dirty"
>
> 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Anthony Braxton
>
> 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Charles Mingus
>
> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
> _____________.
A bunch of Braxton recordings.
>
> 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Ornette's "Free Jazz"
>
> 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
> note.
My dad once gave me a Grover Washington Jr. tape. Stuffed it in a drawer.
>
> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Found a used copy of "Beauty is a Rare Thing" for $50.
>
> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
Easily A.B. Spellman's "Four Lives in the Be-Bop Business"
>
> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
> popular.
Wynton Marsalis
>
> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
>
>
Mingus at Antibes
Philip Young
Trina Borras
>I usually agree with your taste in jazz but I was a little surprised to
>see that you don't care for Geri Allen! (On the other hand, i couldn't
>agree with you more about Marcus Roberts- he don't move me! Not a bit. Saw
>him on television last week with the Boston Pops- it was what my
>grandfather would call drek!)
Hi, Dave,
Before Geri Allen was all the rage some friends of mine dragged me
away from a riveting novel, on a precious Sunday afternoon, to hear
her perform (I think it was in a trio setting, but it felt like solo)
at the Duke Ellington School for the Arts (my alma mater for the
record, although it was called Western High when I went there) here
in D.C. I think it *may* have been a special "in memoriam" type of con-
cert for the late John Malachi (who was the finest <DC-native> pianist
we ever had in this town), whose student she *may* have been (have you
ever noticed my habit of qualifying half the things I say in an effort
to forestall accusations of disseminating incorrect information?).
I can truthfully say I have *never, ever* been so bored (at a con-
cert) in my entire life. First of all, she performed only her own
original compositions. I love to hear new songs, I'm sick and tired
of hearing the same old stuff all the time. I would love to attend
such a concert by someone such as Kenny Barron, Stanley Cowell, Kenny
Drew, Jr. (who I agree with you has the *potential* to be a dynamite
pianist and is already a pretty good composer, following in his dad's
fingersteps), Kirk Lightsey, and, it goes without saying, Roland Hanna,
among others. When I'm hearing music for the first time I've no expec-
tations of being able to whistle the tunes after a first hearing; in fact,
I'd be sceptical about the complexity of a piece I *could* hum so soon.
I don't even require that I EVER be able to hum a piece, but admit that
I consider melody *an* integral component of music. Not always the most
important though, if I did I couldn't be as much in love with Stavinsky's
"Oedipus Rex" as I am with Puccini's "Tosca"! I suspect though that my
POV is not in at the moment, but I don't care. Getting back to Allen,
while I'm not a musician I've a terrific ear, and I can say self-confidently
that if what I heard in her concert that day was any indication of what
kind of a composer she is, an apt description of her compositions would
never include even in the most tentative way the term, "melodic." Techni-
cally she wasn't at her best that day, I wouldn't have expected her to be,
we were all in mourning for John, and she was also nervous, it was an honor
for her (this was before she'd cut any records, before she took the jazz
world by storm) and she probably felt unequal to it (my impression was
then that she was a modest type of person). Still, there was no *fire*
in her performance, no *passion*, and no *delicacy* either -- and nothing
at all "rolicking" about anything (for, after all, she may have played
one or two standards). Humorless. Yes, "speedy." Maybe she was too young ...
oh, that's no excuse! The first time I saw Francesca Tanksley (sp?),
pianist w/Billy Harper, she was so young, and she took my breath away ...
Anyway, I never bought any of her records but occasionally I hear her on
the radio, this without knowing who I'm hearing, and never once has she
touched me so I've never been surprised to hear the artist identified (after-
wards) as she. However, I have to tell you something, to give you a wider
context in which to judge my ability to appreciate greatness -- do you know
the cellist Yoyoma (I've no idea how to spell his name)? He who is probably
considered the world's greatest living cellist? He leaves me absolely
DEAD COLD. In the end, I suppose you're right, it comes down, no matter how
sophisticated and informed, to personal taste. I often agree with your opin-
ions too, so, for my own sake really, since piano is my passion, I shall
get *one* Geri Allen at your recommendation (but, please, not the one she
she did w/Charlie Haden, I have heard it and was unmoved). Other than that
one, I've no preconceptions (I mean about specific recordings), I'm just
a veritable tabula rasa :-). So, which one should I buy, Dave? (Please
choose the one you think is most "fun"!)
Trina (with my cats, Psyche and Lolita)
P.S. Laura! I knew your "fill in the blanks" questionnaire would bring
about some good controversy, and I hope you'll soon be submitting
your own answers.
Martin Milgrim
On 10 Aug 1995, LAURA POLLOCK wrote:
> Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>
> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet
is
> ________________.
Miles Davis: 8 disc Plugged Nickel boxed set
>
> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
> _________________________.
Back in '71, I could have gone to 'Slug's' in NYC to check out Ornette
with Don Cherry, Dewey Redman and Bobby Bradford, but failed to do so!!!
>
> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
> _________________.
the soundtrack to "My Fair Lady"
>
> 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Wayne Shorter ( I have met Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, George Coleman,
Sam Rivers and Archie Shepp).
>
> 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other
artist.
John Coltrane
>
> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and
buy
> _____________.
the Bird on Verve boxed set
>
> 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Coltrane's LIVE IN JAPAN
>
> 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the
thank you
> note.
A "friend" sent me a Peter Kater cassette..
>
> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $
______.
Believe it or not: a sealed boxed set of Roland Kirk's Mercury Recordings
for only $20!!!! (talk about not knowing value!)
>
> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
Ted Gioia: THE IMPERFECT ART
>
> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is
so
> popular.
Michael Brecker
>
> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to
____________________.
>
Thelonious Monk
Marty Milgrim
Joshua Mich Hoexter
>: Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>: 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Phil Woods - Bouqet
>
>: 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Sun Ra at a church outside of DC, 1993 or so.
>: 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
All the Primus CDs and a few Faith No More CDs.
>: 4. A musician I would like to meet is
Bela Fleck.
>: 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
John Coltrane (counting albums w/ Miles, Cannonball, Monk, etc.)
>: 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
The Miles Plugged Nickel set
>: 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
>: 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
See #3!
>: 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
Jelly Roll Morton set, 4 cds, about $26.
>: 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
I can't read ;-)
>: popular.
>
Tony Bennet
>: 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ___________________.
Mozart's 21st piano concerto
A.BUE...@staz.link-ch1.ch
>
> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
>
> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
>
> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
>
> 4. A musician I would like to meet is
>
> 5. I have more
SUN RA in my collection than any other artist.
>
> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
>
> 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
dictionary.
>
> 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank
> you note.
>
> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of
Twenty
>
> 10. My favorite book about jazz is
>
> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why
> popular.
>
> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to
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LAURA POLLOCK
(Strange to be talking to myself!)
> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is Jeff
Linsky's Angel's Serenade.
> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is Oscar Peterson in
Munich, Germany. (My husband was there, to add insult to injury.)
> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of Stevie Ray
Vaug
> 4. A musician I would like to meet is Jesus Chucho Valdes.
> 5. I have more Pat Metheny in my collection than any other artist. I had no
idea when I started collecting him ages ago that he'd be so darned prolific! I
have a rather large collection of solo piano, but how many pianists have scores of
solo releases? <g>
> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy more
Maybeck Recitals. Eventually I'll get caught up and have the complete series.
> 7. Sergio Mendes' Brasileiro with 100 percussionists is a guaranteed lease
breaker.
> 8. My mother-in-law sent me Yanni Live at the Acropolis and I *dreaded* writing
the thank you note. Despite this, I still adore her.
> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copies of three Maybeck Recitals for $5 each.
> 10. My favorite book about jazz is Bill Crow's "Jazz Anecdotes." You can pick
it up anytime, open it to any page, and get a huge chuckle.
> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why Diane Schuur is so popular. My
eardrums hurt just *thinking* about her voice.
> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to some Brazilian like
Toots' Brazil Projects or Gerry Mulligan and Jane Duboc's Paraiso.
Laurie
TornCot
see that you don't care for Geri Allen! (On the other hand, i couldn't
agree with you more about Marcus Roberts- he don't move me! Not a bit. Saw
him on television last week with the Boston Pops- it was what my
grandfather would call drek!)
I find Geri to be one of the most compelling pianists of her generation,
more polished than Chestnut and more consistent than Kenny Drew Jr. (both
of whom have the potential to be monsters IMHO). I caught her last
November at the Vanguard with Ron Carter and Lenny White and I wound up
staying for three sets! Unlike many players she can play at a high speed
without sacrificing any emotion. She did a tremendously rollicking version
of "Tea for Two" and I feel that her original compositions are much better
conceived than say, Chestnut's.
Well, that's the great thing about jazz-it means different things to
different people. After all, people think I'm strange because I dislike
Keith jarrett. And in point of fact, I am a little strange.
Dave Krugman (with his cat,Satch)
Borshuk Mike
Philip Young <you...@aztec.lib.utk.edu> wrote:
>> Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>>
>> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
>> ________________.
Keith Jarrett, "Belonging"
>>
>> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
>> _________________________.
>
Josh Redman for free in Toronto last year. Or Dizzy Gillespie
for free in Detroit several years ago.
>> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
>> _________________.
>
The Go-Go's: "Return to the VAlley of the Go-Go's".
>> 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
>
Jarrett on a good day.
>>
>> 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
>
Bill Evans.
>> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
>> _____________.
>
More 1970's Jarrett, or the Miles Plugged Nickel set.
>> 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
>
Anything at the volume at which I play it.
>> 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
>> note.
>
Some Dave Grusin thing maybe. But it was my mom and I love her
so I even play it sometimes.
>> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
>
Um, Maiden VOyage for $5.
>> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
>
Jack Chambers: "Milestones". (Though I'm biased 'cause he's
my girlfriend's dad.) Or maybe Gene Lees' "Meet Me at Jim and Andy's".
>> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>> popular.
>
Wynton Marsalis.
>> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Any Miles small-group stuff between 1956 and 1958 or "Everybody Digs
Bill Evans."
...or Sonny Rollins ca. 1956, or Trane's ballad-y stuff...and the list
goes on...
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Michael Borshuk "I cried when I wrote this song,
University of Windsor Sue me if I play too long."
bor...@server.uwindsor.ca --D. Fagen/W. Becker, "Deacon Blues"
Mark S Fraser
> Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>
> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
> ________________.
Masada #2.
>
> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
> _________________________.
Bill Frisell Trio performing music for the Buster Keaton films.
> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
> _________________.
I'm not a jazz snob.
> 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Dave Holland or Charlie Haden.
> 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Probably Dave Holland or Bill Frisell.
> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
Roy Hargroves and the tenors of our times.
> 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
John Zorn's Naked City.
> 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
> note.
Can't think of one right off.
> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Miles import from Japan for $12.00 (that's about as good as the deals get in
my parts)
> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
The Mingus biography by R. Preston (I knew the name when I started this damn
survey!!!).
> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
> popular.
Wynton Marsalis
> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
The Koln Concert
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/ > / >
LAURA POLLOCK
TR...@IBRDVM1.WORLDBANK.ORG (Trina Borras) writes:
> Laura! I knew your "fill in the blanks" questionnaire would bring
> about some good controversy, and I hope you'll soon be submitting
> your own answers.
Yeah, that's me, Ms. Brewer of Controversy! I did submit my own answers,
however, I noted that it was kinda strange to be replying to myself!
> I can truthfully say I have *never, ever* been so bored at a concert (Geri
Allen's) in my entire life.
You have evidently avoided going to a George Winston concert.
I have Geri Allen's "Twenty One" with Ron Carter and Tony Williams. While I
enjoy Ron Carter and Tony Williams, I bought the album so I could hear what
all the Geri Allen bruhaha was about. My opinion isn't as negative as yours,
but it's barely two levels above it. I totally agree with you about her
composing ability. Be forewarned, that clip approach spills over into her
playing of the standards, too.
My primary objection is there is no softness, no caressing of the music. I
can find compassion in most pianists, but it is lacking here. When it does
show, it only lasts a few seconds. She has the technical skill and should be
comfortable, relaxed and confident, but the playing is very forced, and I
don't understand why.
Laurie
LAURA POLLOCK
(Martin Milgrim) writes:
> > My favorite book about jazz is Ted Gioia: THE IMPERFECT ART.
Would you please tell me more about this book?
> > For the life I me, I can't understand why Michael Brecker is so popular.
Ever seen a picture of Eliane Elias? How'd he get so lucky??
> > 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to Thelonious Monk.
I can always count on you to put in a good word for 'The Loneliest Monk.'
Laurie
Stephen A. Mills
LAURA POLLOCK <lpol...@delphi.com> wrote:
>1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Syracuse Jazz Fest - 89? (The one with Dizzy headlining - it was free!)
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
The Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba.
>4. A musician I would like to meet is
Anthony Braxton.
>5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Now that I have that Plugged Nickle set from Mosaic, Miles Davis.
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
A bunch of Braxton from Cadence.
>7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Painkiller.
>8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
>note.
Enya - ???
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Tim Berne's Fractured Fairytales - $4.00.
>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
A.B. Spellman's Four Lives...
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>popular.
Prince. (Hi Vince :)
>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Bill Evans
Benjamin
>Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
>Pharoah Saunders at the Knitting Factory.
>
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have copies of
>LL Cool J's "Mama's gonna Knock you Out" and Meat Loafs "Bat out of Hell 2: Back to Hell"
>
>4. A musician I would like to meet is Sofia Gubaidulina (I don't know if she speaks English)
>5. I have more Tom Waits in my collection than any other artist.
>
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
>will post later!
>
>7. Bach's St. Matthew's Passion is a guaranteed lease breaker.
>
>8. Someone sent me Tony Benett's "MTV unplugged" and I *dreaded* writing the thank you note.
>
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______. When I find great music it always seems like a great deal=
!
>
>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________. I don't know, I use them for reference.
>
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why Bobby Short is so
>popular.
>
>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to it depends on my frame of mind!! Rwzecki's (this is not the correct spelli=
ng) "The People United Will Never be Defeated",
Hermeto Pascoal's "Slave's Mass", Edith Piaf, Billy Holiday, Charles
Mingus "The Clown", Vladimir Vysotsky, Jaques Brel, or late Beethoven or
Shostakovich string quartets.
This was a lot of fun.
R. Lynn Rardin
lpol...@delphi.com (LAURA POLLOCK) wrote:
> In article <40gb8j$1h...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, ACX...@prodigy.com
> (Martin Milgrim) writes:
>
> > For the life I me, I can't understand why Michael Brecker is so popular.
>
> Ever seen a picture of Eliane Elias? How'd he get so lucky??
Unless Mike is foolin' around with brother Randy's wife Eliane Elias, Mike
ain't so lucky. :)
R. Lynn Rardin
The 2 CDs that came with Lacy's "Findings" book. Geez, this guy can make
scales and exercises sound musical!
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Nothing specific jumps to mind at the moment, but I really regret never
hearing Ed Blackwell live in any context.
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
Nirvana's "Nevermind"
>4. A musician I would like to meet is
Ornette Coleman
>5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Miles Davis
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
Why wait when you have plastic burning a hole in your pocket?!? ;^)
>7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Zorn's "Kristallnacht" (soon to be released domestically in the U.S. for
those of you looking to break your lease :)
>8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
>note.
Nobody sends me music without first checking to see I don't already own
it, so I've never been in this situation. :)
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Ornette's "In All Languages" CD on the Caravan of Dreams label for $7
(part of the great deal was finding it at all!)
>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
Locke's "Forces In Motion"
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>popular.
The Greatful Dead
>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to __________________.
Thelonious Monk
Stephen A. Schwartz
: Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
: 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Lennie Tristano, "Tristano/The New Tristano"
: 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Sonny Rollins in Paris in 1994.
: 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
I'm capable of anything.
: 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Tommy Flanagan
: 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Thelonious Monk
: 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
The new Dexter Gordon box set.
: 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Jimmy Smith
: 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
: note.
The people who give me music all have great taste!
: 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Thelonious Monk, "Live at the Jazz Workshop" (import 2CD set) for $12
: 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
: popular.
Cecil Taylor
: 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Anything with Lester Young or Ben Webster playing on it.
Walter Davis
(helps to have a multi-disc player!)
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
ago)
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
OK, I don't think I've ever admitted this publicly, but surely
it's good for the soul. I am certainly the world's only
remaining (and probably only ever) Gerry Rafferty fan. You
don't have to be a 'jazz snob' to find this embarassing.
>4. A musician I would like to meet is
"Uhh....nice show", he said "Thanks."
>5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
(rather than titles) must be Coltrane.
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
at the VV.
>7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
>8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
>note.
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>popular.
>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Walter Davis
lpol...@delphi.com (LAURA POLLOCK) writes:
>I have Geri Allen's "Twenty One" with Ron Carter and Tony Williams. While I
>
>My primary objection is there is no softness, no caressing of the music. I
>can find compassion in most pianists, but it is lacking here. When it does
>show, it only lasts a few seconds. She has the technical skill and should be
>comfortable, relaxed and confident, but the playing is very forced, and I
>don't understand why.
>
What distinguishes _21_ to me is that it is her most forceful
record to date, the first time when, to my ears, she's not
soft and caressing. Rather than showing a lack of comfort
and confidence, I see this record as showing that she's
finally achieved it. Her powerful approach, her tackling
of monumental standards ("Tea for Two"), her reworking of
her own compositions (4 of them have appeared on previous
recordings) all suggest to me that she's gained a world
of confidence and is willing to be more adventurous.
By the way, if you're looking for soft, caressing Geri
Allen, check out here dates with Haden and Motian. I
have trouble keeping the titles straight, but I think
I most recommend _Etudes_ on Black Saint or Soul Note.
-walt
Walter Davis WALTER...@UNC.EDU
Department of Sociology and ph: (919) 962-1019
Health Data Analyst at the fax: (919) 962-IRSS
Institute for Research in Social Science
UNC - Chapel Hill
LAURA POLLOCK
rardin%or...@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (R. Lynn Rardin) writes:
Lynn,
> > > For the life I me, I can't understand why Michael Brecker is so popular.
> >
> > Ever seen a picture of Eliane Elias? How'd he get so lucky??
>
> Unless Mike is foolin' around with brother Randy's wife Eliane Elias, Mike
> ain't so lucky. :)
I know she's married to Randy. My dysphasia when it comes to names is almost
legendary. As foibles go, this one isn't so bad...it's provided quite a few
good laughs over the years. :-)
Laurie
THOMPSON, NEIL PATRI
Laura Pollock encourages us to dig in:
well, here goes. My turn at bat. I cannot begin to tolerate Geri
Allen, either, so of her, I shall say no more. *Except*, that what
is she doing as the Mary Lou Williams prototype in Bob Altman's
upcoming cinematic disaster? I wondered if any of the jazz folks
involved have taken a glimpse at "Ready to Wear," and if so, are they
still eager to hitch to the Altman bandwagon?
>Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Abbey Lincoln -- A Turtle's Dream. Yes, I freely admit to being a
sucker for sentimental mysticism. Empowering stuff!
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
David Murray's bass clarinet guest shot with the Grateful Dead! Also,
in Hellanta a few years back Carla Bley and Steve Swallow did their
duets thing live....an all-too-rare occasion indeed, stateside.
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
Downy Mildew 's Mincing Steps (1988) a wonderfully dark little rock
record with some flute, cello, violin action among the fuzzy guitar blur
-- not enough people know about the Mildew. Their current majorlabel
material does not compare to Steps.
>4. A musician I would like to meet is well, it wouldn't be James
Carter, I can tell you that. I'd like to meet Amina Claudine Myers,
Harvie Swartz, Marian McPartland. I've already met Abbey, Sheila
Jordan, David Friesen, McCoy Tyner....they're wonderful people!
>5. I have more Bill Evans or Billie Holiday in my collection than any tist.
other artist.
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
hmmm, Akiyoshi at Maybeck, more from the Art Tatum Pablo Group
Masterpieces, some of the early Walt Dickerson...at least half the OJC
catalog. Better make that an extra $1000.
>7. Bela Bartok is a guaranteed lease breaker.
>8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
>note.
As an Xmas gift, I was once presented with Miles Davis' Amandla. I
believe my facial expression spoke volumes.
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
"Monk's Dream" for free, from a radio station with excess copies.
>10. My favorite book about jazz is a toss-up between Art Taylor's
_Notes and Tones_ and the perennially delightful _Jazz Singing_ by Will
Friedwald in which he cheerfully maims any number of hacks and hackettes
who had it coming! (i.e., Michael Feinstein)
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>popular.
Fusion.
>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Ella Fitzgerald, from Best of the Songbooks, Verve. The happy
endorphins don't flow any faster than in the good company of Lady Ella
and her fellas!
Thanks, Laurie
Neil
Mario Taboada
>Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
>Coleman Hawkins with the Oscar Peterson trio + drummer Alvin Stoller,
"The Genius of Coleman Hawkings", recorded in 1957.
________________.
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Several by Sonny Rollins. He is my nemesis - if it's not a sick kid
it's work: I always miss him.
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
I am not a jazz snob (:+), but I do own several disks by Grand Funk
Railroad, surely the worst band ever in any genre...
>4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Duke Ellington (yes, I know it's impossible, unless I reincarnate
into a train)
>5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Probably Ellington, also Charlie Parker, Coltrane.
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
The volumes I'm missing in the Lonnie Johnson complete recordings.
>7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
>8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
>note.
I'd better leave this one alone.
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
The Fats Waller complete RCA piano solos on Bluebird for $ 8 at a second-hand
store. I can't imagine why anyone would sell this...
>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
Feather's Encyclopedia.
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>popular.
Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Wes Montgomery (lese guitarite'?)
>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Tatum piano solos, Ellington small groups, Coltrane ballads, Miles
Davis' Kind of Blue.
Regards,
--
Mario Taboada \\"The trouble with truth is its many varieties"\\
* Department of Mathematics * University of Southern California * Los Angeles
e-mail: tab...@mtha.usc.edu
Lespencer
> Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Schlippenbach Trio, "Physics."
> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Parker/Guy/Lytton in Berkeley, Calif., June 1995.
> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
Al Jolson, "Greatest Hits." Bob Dylan, "Saved."
> 4. A musician I would like to meet is
Anthony Braxton. Charles Gayle.
> 5. I have more
John Coltrane in my collection than any other artist.
> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and
buy
The forthcoming Coltrane Atlantic box.
> 7. Charles Gayle's "Unto I AM" is a guaranteed lease breaker.
> 8. Someone sent me a Mannheim Steamroller video and I *dreaded* writing
the thank
you note.
> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of the Art Ensemble of Chicago's
"Urban Bushmen" 2 CD's new for $12.95.
> 10. My favorite book about jazz is
Ekkehard Jost's "Free Jazz."
> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why
Kenny G is so
popular.
> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to
Anthony Braxton.
Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan
I've pretty much been rotating between Joe Morris Trio's _Symbolic
Gesture_ and Peter Brotzmann's _Die Like a Dog_.
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Fred Frith, last year. I didn't know who he was then.
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
I have several Philip Glass albums.
>4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Gyorgy Ligeti.
>5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Toss up between Debussy, Bill Frisell, and John McLaughlin.
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
The Plugged Nickel Box.
>7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Caspar Brotzmann Massaker played loud.
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Anthony Braxton/Evan Parker Duo(London '93) for $8.99(Tower's
four bucks off sale!)
>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
Forces in Motion, which i'm reading right now.
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>popular.
Pat Metheny.
>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Evan Parker _Conic Sections_ or Debussy's Preludes.
-sekhar
Lespencer
lpol...@delphi.com (LAURA POLLOCK) writes:
>how many pianists have scores of
>solo releases? <g>
well, Keith Jarrett.
Art Tatum.
Thelonious Monk.
jacob...@msdisk.wustl.edu
Trina Borras
entertaining new subthreads, so let me add to this one:
I have more novels by Henry James in my collection than any other sock.
Trina
Trina Borras
>>1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Wong for replacing _Great Wall_ with _Kenzo's Vision_ yesterday morning in
my cd player, where I can't foresee its having any competition for an indef-
inate period of time, since Francis is part of Glenn's ensemble and is
performing here not only ts but *two* kinds of violin as well, All This *IS*
Heaven Too (to paraphrase the title of a sentimental old Bette Davis movie,
based on a book of the same name, equally soppy, I know, I read it in my
tearstained youth, whose author's name eludes me)! It's everything you
said it was (finally, someone promised me a rose garden and came through),
and more. "Salty Greens" is my favorite cut, at this very moment. :)
>>4. A musician I would like to meet is Sofia Gubaidulina
>> (I don't know if she speaks English)
>>5. I have more Tom Waits in my collection than any other artist.
This is the most provocative answer to #5 I've yet to see. Veeerrrry
interesting!
>>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
So, what's holding you up?
>>7. Bach's St. Matthew's Passion is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Oh, that my UPSTAIRS neighbor (with whom I *don't* have an understanding)
would switch to Bach, I'd never bang on the ceiling with my witch's broom
again ...
>>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why Bobby Short is so
>>popular.
I would have, along with Pablo Casals, said were the musicians I'd most like
to meet had I had the wit, as Jennifer Doctors/Django Reinhart (sp) and Mario
Taboada/Ellington did, to know that I could break the implied rule of
this-side-of-the-graveness because Laurie is nothing if not flexible)
chose to collaborate with him at times, do you?
>>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to it depends
>>"The People United Will Never be Defeated",
I raved about in no small part because of their magnificent, salsa-sprinkled,
version of same (sung stirringly by Alejandra Diaz, and "their" including
Francis Wong)? If you try that, I'll certainly try out "Rwzecki's," is it
an eastern European interpretation? Since you seem to have such catholic
tastes, let me recommend to you Ebony Band's (an all-Dutch ensemble's)
recording (on BVHAAST), _Music From the Spanish Civil War_.
>Hermeto Pascoal's "Slave's Mass", Edith Piaf, Billy Holiday, Charles
>Mingus "The Clown", Vladimir Vysotsky, Jaques Brel, or late Beethoven or
>Shostakovich string quartets.
>This was a lot of fun.
Trina
Marc Sabatella
> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
> ________________.
I don't listen that way; I generally never listen to any recording more than
once every few months. But I guess Grachan Moncur's "Some Other Stuff" got a
second listen after only a few weeks.
> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
> _________________________.
Miles Davis in 1988 in Berkeley; not that I am into what he was doing at the
time, but I missed my most obvious chance to catch him. He's the only jazz
musician I feel particularly bad about missing my chance to hear live.
> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
> _________________.
Hmmm, "Chase" has been getting respect lately, so they probably don't count.
Take your pick: Dan Fogelberg "The Innocent Age" or the "Jesus Christ
Superstar" soundtrack.
> 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Hell, most of them. OK, Dave Holland.
> 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
John Coltrane.
> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
> _____________.
Miles Davis Complete Plugged Nickel.
> 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
I take it this is "something to be played loud enough to get one in trouble
with the landlord". I had this problem with my own piano playing when I lived
in a condo building once. Other than that, I guess here is where I get to
list "Chase".
> 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
> note.
I never write thank you notes, but I could live without the gift subscription
to "Jazziz" I got a few years ago.
> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Keith Jarrett's "Shades" (on cassette), $1.99.
> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
I'm only a hundred pages or so into it, but Paul Berliner's "Thinking In Jazz"
looks like a keeper.
> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
> popular.
Tough question; I realize everyone's tastes differ, so it doesn't particularly
surprise me to see Kenny G get so much attention, for instance. But I guess
I am surprised that so many people that I usually agree with get so much more
out of Geri Allen or Bill Frisell than I do.
> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Anything by Bill Evans or John Coltrane..
--
Marc Sabatella
--
ma...@fc.hp.com
http://www.fortnet.org/~marc/
--
All opinions expressed herein are my personal ones
and do not necessarily reflect those of HP or anyone else.
larr...@ix.netcom.com
>Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
>tie - Coltrane, Love Supreme - Mingus, Town Hall Concert (64).
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
>Roy Hargrove at the Saratoga Jazz Festival, July 1 (He played at noon, and we were still getting beer and food)..
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
>MANY metal CDs, including Iron Maiden, Metallica, and old KISS.
>4. A musician I would like to meet is Bird or Diz (amongst the live ones, DiMeola).
>5. I have more Frank Zappa in my collection than any other artist.
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
>as much Verve output as I can get my hands on..
>10. My favorite book about jazz is - haven't read that many, but I'm looking for suggestions. Any?
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why Kenny G is so popular.
(I realize that' s probably the most comnmon answer, but it just fits
so well.
>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to Bird and Diz, or Live at Massey Hall.
Amos Omondi
The new Plugged Nickel set.
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Wynton at the Vilage Vanguard last year.
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
________________________.
A couple of CDs of country music.
>4. A musician I would like to meet is
Davud Murray.
>5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Tie between Miles Davis and Art Pepper.
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
The Complete Art Tatum Solo and Group masterpieces.
>7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Albert Ayler at max volume.
>8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
My friends aren't what they used to be; so no answer to this
one.
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Anything I get here at US-price is a great deal.
>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
JAZZ: THE ESSENTIAL COMPANION by Carr, Fairwether, and Priestly.
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>popular.
That guy who plays the funny stuff. (NOT Cecil Taylor)
>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Bill Evans.
Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan
Trina Borras <TR...@IBRDVM1.WORLDBANK.ORG> wrote:
>Benjamin <bsm...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>>>4. A musician I would like to meet is Sofia Gubaidulina
>>> (I don't know if she speaks English)
>
>Who is she, and what is she to you? (to paraphrase an old Bill Withers song)
Well, i don't know if this question was directed at Benjamin
specifically, but Gubaidulina is a brilliant Soviet(i think she's a
Tartar) composer. I've been trying to find a recording of _Dancer on
a Tightrope_(which i saw Gidon Kremer preforme --- *awesome*), but no
luck. Know of a recording, Benjamin?
>>Mingus "The Clown", Vladimir Vysotsky, Jaques Brel, or late Beethoven or
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Benjamin: Has any of his stuff made it to CD? The only thing i
have is some tape i copied from this Russian guy.
-sekhar
Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan
Ok, how 'bout this:
13. The musician i would most like to drink with is _______________.
For me, Caspar Broetzmann.
-sekhar
TornCot
probably get angry and beat me up. probably someone like Coleman Hawkins,
who could hold his liquor. Still, after all the musicians whose lives have
been destroyed by the sauce, maybe the drink should be orange juice.
Dave Krugman
Trina Borras
> Ok, how 'bout this:
Sekhar -- too much!
>13. The musician i would most like to drink with is _______________.
Trina
Dave Kaufman
lpol...@delphi.com (LAURA POLLOCK) wrote:
> Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>
> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
> ________________.
>
I have been listening alot to Kenny Dorham's Afro-Cuban and Johnny Dyani's
(with Dudu Pukawana and John Tchicai) Witchdoctor's Son.
> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
> _________________________.
Many! Masada's performance this year at Victoriaville, Sun Ra in 1989 or
90 and Pullen/Adams Quartet at the Montreal Jazz Festival in the mid 80s
spring to mind.
>
> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
> _________________.
I'm into all sorts of stuff. Two things that kind of embarass me are
the last Lemonheads' album and Urge Overkill's Saturation.
Occasional guilty pleasures, but not very good by most standards.
>
> 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Cindy Blackman. I won't elaborate :-).
>
> 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Coltrane, and in nonjazz recordings I have a lot of Kinks albums.
>
> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
> _____________.
Beauty is a Rare Thing by Ornette Coleman
> 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Charles Gayle's Consecration
>
> 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
> note.
>
I recently received a compilation of Rai pop music as a gift and have
yet to listen to it. It looks kind of slick and watered down.
> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
>
Most recently, I picked up a copy of Count Basie The Original Decca
Recordings for about $35 (3 CD set which normally sells for around $60 in
these parts).
> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
Maybe Jack Chamber's Milestone. I always liked James Lincoln Collier's
The Making of Jazz. Despite controversy that surrounds him, this is a
very interesting intellectual history of jazz.
>
> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
> popular.
>
Charlie Haden's Quartet West. I liked some of their earlier recordings
(In Angel City) and I love a lot of Haden's other work, but find that
Quartet West have become very formulaic.
> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to
Really anything from Kind of Blue to Van Morrison to Abdullah Ibrahim.
____________________.
Dave K.
Trina Borras
it's face, I've no idea what my answer is and I wish I hadn't thought
of it. You know that play by Sartre, "No Exit"? I haven't read it
since I was in my teens, but the basic setting is: three people are
condemned to spend eternity with each other, I don't remember if they're
friends to begin with (or lovers, or what), but I don't think that
matters (although it does later), anyway their composition is not of
their choosing. What I've got in mind, in posing this, is really only
one aspect of such a scenario, to wit, *quality of conversation*, but
feel free to look at this any way you choose (and people can be any
age you like, so "Julie London at 20" is hunky-dory, e.g.), just re-
member, there are three people involved -- and, ok, I'm going to be
nicer than I remember Sartre being, you all *do* have a private room
to escape to if the going gets rough (I think S. locked them up in
a single):
14. Assume you've became immortal, because you've made some sort of
pact with you-know-who, you've gotten whatever you'd asked for,
and now the strings attached are revealed. No Flying Dutchman
routine for you, sorry folks. *Your* eternity is going to be
spent in a nice four-room flat, with two musicians (past or
present, time is no object) of your choosing. Who shall they be?
Trina
P.S. I won't take it personally if everybody lets this one slip
silently into oblivion.
Amos Omondi
> pact with you-know-who, you've gotten whatever you'd asked for,
> and now the strings attached are revealed. No Flying Dutchman
> routine for you, sorry folks. *Your* eternity is going to be
> spent in a nice four-room flat, with two musicians (past or
> present, time is no object) of your choosing. Who shall they be?
>
I would choose Bill Evans and Charles Mingus. Why? Well,
I remember Gandhi once defining a real friend this way:
You can go to his house, spend the entire day sitting across
from him in his living room and not say a single word, and
when you leave at the end of the day he will not ask anything
because he understands you. So, I would choose Bill because
when I listen to the sensitivity in some of his music, I get
the feeling of this guy I could communicate with non-verbally.
about non-trivial matters.
(Mind you, he may have been quite different in real life.)
Mingus I would choose for two reasons: (a) He talked a lot
-- at least going by what Miles had to say in that "fake"
autobiography. So whenever I felt like converstion, I would
go knock on his door. (b) From what I've read by him, by
his shrink, and about him, I can see what the liner notes
to the "Black Saint ..." meant by a guy who really suffered
beneath the underdog but, all said and done, just wanted to
be love and loved. So I could talk to him about all the
things that
makes us angry and bitter and rob us of the joy of life. Oh
yes, and about sex too ...
E. Davis
***IF I may...
> Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>
> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
> ________________.
Because I have a 6 CD changer I think I'll cheat.
1st disk
David Murray- THE HILL
2nd disk
James Carter-JC ON THE SET
3rd disk
Charlie Mingus-CHARLES MINGUS PRESENTS...
4th disk
Freddie Hubbard-READY FOR FREDDY
5th disk
Charlie Hunter Trio-BING! BING! BING!
6TH disk
Andrew Hill-POINT OF DEPARTURE
> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
> _________________________.
DaviD Murray played @ Jazz Alley (Seattle) in March I believe.
Anyway, I couldn't find anyone to go w/ me so I sat it out. At that time
I really didn't know who he was. Now I know.
>
3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
> _________________.
Several Pixies Cd. I don't know, something about the well written
2:00 minute pop song that moves me. That, and the screeching guitars.
>
> 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
>
It would have to be James Carter. Although I'd love to commune on
the musical plane w/ Eric Dolphy.
> 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
>
John Coltrane.
> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
> _____________.
The PLUGGED NICKEL set, unquestionably. (my girlfriend is reading this
over my shoulder so I hope she writes this one down).
> 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
ACSENSION-John Coltrane. Sanders, Shepp, Coltrane (among others)
all embraced in a sort of spiritual incantation. At high levels, I
swear that I too, transcend into the heavens. My landlord loves
it too.
> 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
> note.
My folks gave me a copy of Amandla a few years ago. It is the first
Jazz cd that I ever owned. Gosh, I still love them.
>
> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
I usually pay way too much for my cds. I did happen to buy LAST
DATE by Eric Dolphy for $7 a few months ago.
> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
I don't have one yet.
>
> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
> popular.
Dave Brubeck
>
> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
>
Anything that Eric Dolphy ever did on flute. He made it magical
>
Marc Sabatella
> Getting back to Allen,
> while I'm not a musician I've a terrific ear, and I can say self-confidently
> that if what I heard in her concert that day was any indication of what
> kind of a composer she is, an apt description of her compositions would
> never include even in the most tentative way the term, "melodic."
So as I was listening to Craig Taborn's CD today, and having listened to D.D.
Jackson's yesterday, it occurred to me that many pianists - Geri included -
seem to have compositional concept that first your description. Several of
their compositions involve particular rhtyhmic patterns for the left hand or
interplay between the hands, and add a specific melody almost, it seems, as an
afterthough. I don't intend this a value judgement; it's jsut something I've
noticed. Personally, I rarely compose that way; of my own compositions, only
one ("Goblin Market", for those checking out the scores on the Web) fits this
description.
For what it's worth, I've also expressed reservations about Geri Allen, but I
have since come to realize that mostly it was bad expectation-setting. For a
while, she was getting categorized as a "percussive pianist" and thereby lumped
with Don Pullen, Cecil Taylor, and so forth, but she has relatively little of
that. Someone here on rmb pointed out the Paul Bley was a more apt comparison,
and while I still think she suffers by the comparison, at least I think I'm
listening for what she is doing and not what I thought she was supposed to be
doing.
> since piano is my passion, I shall
> get *one* Geri Allen at your recommendation (but, please, not the one she
> she did w/Charlie Haden, I have heard it and was unmoved).
There were several, actually (assuming you mean trio with Paul Motian as well).
OK, I'll submit my answers to Laura's quiz next.
John Thomas
LAURA POLLOCK wrote:
|> Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
|>
|> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Lee Konitz _Jazz A Juan_
|>
|> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
No specific show but I'm very sorry I did not make more of an effort
to see a Sun Ra concert sometime.
|>
|> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
A bunch of David Bowie from the '70s.
|>
|> 4. A musician I would like to meet is:
(alive) Andrew Hill or Ornette Coleman
(in the afterlife) Miles Davis
|>
|> 5. I have more Miles Davis or Cecil Taylor (can't remember) in my collection
|> than any other artist.
|>
|> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
|>
A bunch of things like:
_Amarcord_ (Rota interpretations by Lacy, Abrams, C. Bley, and others)
_Live at Montmartre Vol. 3_ Konitz and Marsh
some more Hans Reichel
some Morton Feldman
or maybe instead of all of that I'll just order some Stockhausen titles
|>
|> 7. _Machine Gun_ by P. Brotzmann is a guaranteed lease breaker.
|>
|> 8. Someone sent me Mickey Hart's _Planet Drum_ and I *dreaded* writing the
|> thank you note.
|>
|> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of _Oleo_ CD by L. Konitz for $8.
|>
|> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
|>
Toss-up between _Four Lives in the Bebop Business_ or _Straight Life_.
My favorite book about music period is Bailey's _Improvisation_.
|> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why Matt Shipp is so
|> popular.
|>
(in the avant garde circles)
|> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to
Giuffre/Bley/Swallow _Life of a Trio_
Herbie Nichols _Complete Blue Note_
Misha Mengelberg _Whose Bridge_
Andrew Hill _Shades_
John
BillMU
caressing" as any piano player on the scene.
-Bill
Lespencer
TR...@IBRDVM1.WORLDBANK.ORG (Trina Borras) writes:
>4. Assume you've became immortal, because you've made some sort of
> pact with you-know-who, you've gotten whatever you'd asked for,
> and now the strings attached are revealed. No Flying Dutchman
> routine for you, sorry folks. *Your* eternity is going to be
> spent in a nice four-room flat, with two musicians (past or
> present, time is no object) of your choosing. Who shall they be?
>
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Anthony Braxton.
Benjamin
>In article <173F9102...@IBRDVM1.WORLDBANK.ORG>,
>Trina Borras <TR...@IBRDVM1.WORLDBANK.ORG> wrote:
>>Benjamin <bsm...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>>>>4. A musician I would like to meet is Sofia Gubaidulina
>>>> (I don't know if she speaks English)
>>
>>Who is she, and what is she to you? (to paraphrase an old Bill Withers song)
>
> Well, i don't know if this question was directed at Benjamin
>specifically, but Gubaidulina is a brilliant Soviet(i think she's a
>Tartar) composer. I've been trying to find a recording of _Dancer on
>a Tightrope_(which i saw Gidon Kremer preforme --- *awesome*), but no
>luck. Know of a recording, Benjamin?
>
Kremer and Sofia Gubaidulina sections of the store.
>>>Mingus "The Clown", Vladimir Vysotsky, Jaques Brel, or late Beethoven or
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Benjamin: Has any of his stuff made it to CD? The only thing i
>have is some tape i copied from this Russian guy.
> -sekhar
I have lp's that I recorded to cassette but I'm sure the Melodiya/Angel
label has made some CD's of his work. I hear, though, that his best stuff
was made on private casette recordings. The authorities frowned on much
of his work. Since glasnost, perhaps and hopefully, some of these
recordings have been cleaned up and have been made into CD.
John Thomas
Walter Davis wrote:
[snip]
|> I don't know if that was directed at me or not (this was from
|> the original poster). If you don't like _21_ and you don't
|> like _Etudes_ (as Marc points out, there are 4 or 5 Allen-
|> Haden-Motian disks), it may just be that you don't like
|> Geri Allen (which is fine). I also like _Nurturer_ (Blue
|> Note) which is a larger group (5tet I think), but it allows
|> less room for her piano. Rather than going with an Allen
|> album, maybe you'd prefer some of her sideperson dates
|> such as Betty Carter's _Feed the Fire_, the Brooks album
|> above (feat. other duets with Pullen, Weston and Woody Shaw),
|> or Dewey Redman's _On the Edge_ (Black Saint). But my
|> guess is, you're just not gonna like her.
|>
|> My own personal take is that I've yet to hear an album that's
|> put it all together. On any given album, I'll really like
|> her playing on a couple of songs and a couple compositions.
|> But she's yet to put out a great album.
|>
Hmmm. I think it depends on what one thinks makes the albums
great. It sounds like you're talking about "great" in terms
of both highlighting her compositions and her pianistic style
and really pulling it off. Maybe not.
I'm trying to think of an album like that but can't think of one
that highlights both her playing and compositions but anyways I think she pulls
off some great ones with these:
_The Nurturer_ (great compositions, nice solos from various members of the group sprinkled throughout)
_The Printmakers_ (more *out* and exciting, I remember her playing being more percussive on this)
_Live at the Village Vanguard_ (nice piano-trio quiet interplay)
John
John Thomas
Walter Davis wrote:
|> In article <40nsp2$h...@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca>
|> jgth...@bnr.ca (John Thomas) writes:
|>
|> >
|> >Hmmm. I think it depends on what one thinks makes the albums
|> >great. It sounds like you're talking about "great" in terms
|> >of both highlighting her compositions and her pianistic style
|> >and really pulling it off. Maybe not.
|> >
|> For me, it goes a little beyond that. First, let me say that
|> I like Geri Allen, and she has 4 or 5 records I consider
|> to be very good. But they are very good in that there
|> are 2 or 3 songs that I really get into and the rest of
|> the album is fine but doesn't really catch me. Of course,
|> that's true of plenty of other musicians as well.
|>
Yes, that is how it goes for me too.
Let's talk about an album we've both heard -- _Nurturer_ for example.
I know you probably don't have the CD in front of you but what cuts
for you stood out that you can remember? The title track I remember most
but to me that CD as a whole hung together well.
|> I don't mean my tone to sound discouraging by any means,
|> she's a very good pianist that I think folks should check
|> out. I see a good deal of potential. She just hasn't
|> brought it all together yet.
|>
We'll will agree to disagree. :) That's OK -- we're not all going
to agree on everything. For example, I still don't see what the
big deal is with Matt Shipp and Myra Melford.
|> >_The Printmakers_ (more *out* and exciting, I remember her playing being more percussive on this)
|>
|> Not familiar with this one...is this one of the Minors?
|>
Yes with Andrew Cyrille. Steve Berman posted some more about it in
another thread.
|> >_Live at the Village Vanguard_ (nice piano-trio quiet interplay)
|> >
|> the one Allen-Haden-Motian I don't have.
|>
Well, I like _Etudes_ a lot but I think the live, intimate setting of
The Vanguard was perfect for this music and brought out a lot in
her playing -- she seems very relaxed and confident.
John
TornCot
go with Jelly Roll Morton and Milt Hinton. Jelly Roll because he was such
an entertaining storyteller (hopefully there'd be a piano in the flat) and
Milt because his wonderful down to earth nature would make Morton's
bragadocious nature bearable. Another possibility would be Lockjaw Davis
who was a great storyteller as well but not the egotist that Jelly Roll
was.
Dave Krugman
John Thomas
I wrote:
|>
|> Walter Davis wrote:
|>
|> |> In article <40nsp2$h...@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca>
|> |> jgth...@bnr.ca (John Thomas) writes:
|> |>
|> |> >
|> |> >Hmmm. I think it depends on what one thinks makes the albums
|> |> >great. It sounds like you're talking about "great" in terms
|> |> >of both highlighting her compositions and her pianistic style
|> |> >and really pulling it off. Maybe not.
|> |> >
|> |> For me, it goes a little beyond that. First, let me say that
|> |> I like Geri Allen, and she has 4 or 5 records I consider
|> |> to be very good. But they are very good in that there
|> |> are 2 or 3 songs that I really get into and the rest of
|> |> the album is fine but doesn't really catch me. Of course,
|> |> that's true of plenty of other musicians as well.
|> |>
|>
|> Yes, that is how it goes for me too.
|>
Just to clarify (and not contradict myself), my agreeing with you was
based on the way you distinguish albums in general and not specific of course
to Geri's stuff.
John
HarriganJ
Bill,
Thanks for the input. Who are you, though? There are many enthusiastic
Geri Allen fans on rec.music.bluenote (including me), and I'm sure many of
us would like to hear about you and your experiences playing with Geri
Allen. How about it?
James Harrigan
harr...@pitt.edu
Steve Berman
>Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Like Marc, I don't really listen this way, but one recent purchase that
I've come back to several times is the reissue of Stanley Cowell's
_Brilliant Circles_ (Black Lion)--the title cut has a head that really
sticks in mine.
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Back in the mid 80s, before I knew who they were, there were concerts by
Sun Ra and Don Cherry where I was living, which I retrospectively regret
not having attended; in 1991, if I had known who he was, I would have tried
to see the Anthony Braxton Quartet at Willisau (about a six hour drive from
here).
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
Are jazz snobs suspected of not liking Bruckner and Mahler symphonies?
>4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Braxton
>5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other
artist.
Including co- and non-leader performances, Braxton, with John Coltrane and
Evan Parker close seconds.
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
If it's really *extra*, maybe some Wynton Marsalis, to see what the fuss is
about.
>7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
I don't know, but Braxton's _For Alto_, Parker's _Saxophone Solos_,
Coltrane's _Ascension_, _AMMMusic 1966_, Xenakis's _Kraanerg_, and
Penderecki's "De Natura Sonoris No.1" haven't done it yet.
>8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the
thank you note.
I didn't dread writing the thank you note (it was to my sister), but since
getting it as a gift, I've hardly ever played the Chick Corea Elektrik
Band's _Inside Out_.
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
I picked up Bobby Hutcherson's _Components_ for the price of a
non-Connoisseur Blue Note because of mislabelling, and Xenakis's Chamber
Works by Arditti/Helffer (Montaigne) and Feldman's _Triadic Memories_ (col
legno), each two CDs for the price of one, also because of mislabelling. I
got Feldman's _For Philip Guston_ (4CDs) and _For Christian Wolff_ (3CDs)
for half price through a special hat ART sale.
>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
I enjoy reading books by Ekkehard Jost, though only _Free Jazz_ is in
English.
Also, in answer to Trina Borras's question about choosing two musicians to
spend eternity with, I'd go with Braxton and Parker, because they seem like
interesting people aside from their music, and I know they make great music
together, too.
--Steve
Walter Davis
ma...@sde.hp.com (Marc Sabatella) writes:
>For what it's worth, I've also expressed reservations about Geri Allen, but I
>have since come to realize that mostly it was bad expectation-setting. For a
>while, she was getting categorized as a "percussive pianist" and thereby lumped
>with Don Pullen, Cecil Taylor, and so forth, but she has relatively little of
>that.
be her two tracks on Roy Brooks' Duets album (Enja), which I
believe came fairly early on in her career. There are also a
couple of early albums on Minor Music and her work with Oliver
Lake that I've never heard - is she more in this style on those
albums? I agree with Marc that she was mis-categorized early
on.
>Someone here on rmb pointed out the Paul Bley was a more apt comparison,
>and while I still think she suffers by the comparison, at least I think I'm
>listening for what she is doing and not what I thought she was supposed to be
>doing.
>
comparison is, but _21_ definitely shows a different side
from her usual. IMHO, of course, and I'd love to hear other
O's.
>> since piano is my passion, I shall
>> get *one* Geri Allen at your recommendation (but, please, not the one she
>> she did w/Charlie Haden, I have heard it and was unmoved).
the original poster). If you don't like _21_ and you don't
like _Etudes_ (as Marc points out, there are 4 or 5 Allen-
Haden-Motian disks), it may just be that you don't like
Geri Allen (which is fine). I also like _Nurturer_ (Blue
Note) which is a larger group (5tet I think), but it allows
less room for her piano. Rather than going with an Allen
album, maybe you'd prefer some of her sideperson dates
such as Betty Carter's _Feed the Fire_, the Brooks album
above (feat. other duets with Pullen, Weston and Woody Shaw),
or Dewey Redman's _On the Edge_ (Black Saint). But my
guess is, you're just not gonna like her.
My own personal take is that I've yet to hear an album that's
put it all together. On any given album, I'll really like
her playing on a couple of songs and a couple compositions.
But she's yet to put out a great album.
Walter Davis WALTER...@UNC.EDU
Department of Sociology and ph: (919) 962-1019
Health Data Analyst at the fax: (919) 962-IRSS
Institute for Research in Social Science
UNC - Chapel Hill
Walter Davis
jgth...@bnr.ca (John Thomas) writes:
>
>Hmmm. I think it depends on what one thinks makes the albums
>great. It sounds like you're talking about "great" in terms
>of both highlighting her compositions and her pianistic style
>and really pulling it off. Maybe not.
>
For me, it goes a little beyond that. First, let me say that
I like Geri Allen, and she has 4 or 5 records I consider
to be very good. But they are very good in that there
are 2 or 3 songs that I really get into and the rest of
the album is fine but doesn't really catch me. Of course,
that's true of plenty of other musicians as well.
she's a very good pianist that I think folks should check
out. I see a good deal of potential. She just hasn't
brought it all together yet.
Not familiar with this one...is this one of the Minors?
>
the one Allen-Haden-Motian I don't have.
Marc Sabatella
> >9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
> Ornette's "In All Languages" CD on the Caravan of Dreams label for $7
> (part of the great deal was finding it at all!)
I hate you.
> >10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
> Locke's "Forces In Motion"
I change my answer to Lynn's. I knew I was forgetting something.
LAURA POLLOCK
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>Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
John Abercrombie: Gateway.
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
The Grateful Dead. I always meant to see them "sometime"
because I heard they could be great live.
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
Rush, any album. There is only one I don't have.
>4. A musician I would like to meet is Joni Mitchell.
>5. I have more Thelonious Monk in my collection than any other artist.
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
The Miles Plugged Nickel set, but make that $120.
>7. The first Abercrombie Gateway album is a guaranteed lease breaker.
>8. Someone sent me Phil Woods and the European Rhythm Machine live, and I
*dreaded* writing the thank you note. I thought it would grow on me, but
it never did.
>9. What a deal! I picked up a perfect vinyl copy of Gary Burton:
Dreams So Real for $1.50.
>10. My favorite book about jazz is Jazz Anecdotes, by Bill Crow.
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why Mark Whitfield is so
popular. I just saw him with Jimmy Smith and was
monumentally unimpressed.
>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to Jimi Hendrix or
Thelonious Monk.
Matt Snyder "I'm all in favor of getting grants for jazz
hsn...@crab.rutgers.edu musicians. Or any other good brand of Scotch."
- Pepper Adams
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: Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
: 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
: Archie Shepp/NHOP Looking at Bird (on vinyl!) on
Steeplechase.
: 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
: No regrets! Not married. No responsibilities. I hear what I want.
Perhaps if I'd been born 30 years earlier...
: 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
: Every Led Zeppelin album. And I love every damn one of 'em.
: 4. A musician I would like to meet is Pres.
: 5. I have more Wardell Gray in my collection than any other artist.
: 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
: Bud Powell box set(s).
: 7. Braxton's "For Alto" is a guaranteed lease breaker. (which isn't to
say I don't love it)
: 8. Someone sent me some Benny Goodman album that didn't have Wardell,
Fats Navarro, Doug Mettome etc. and I *dreaded* writing the thank you :
note. (a disappointment only because I was expecting something else.)
: 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of Complete Basie
on Decca for $9.00.
: 10. My favorite book about jazz is Art Pepper's
"Straight Life" by a nose over Mingus' "Beneath the Underrdog".
: 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why "radio
jazz" is so : popular.
: 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to Art Pepper.
-- Unk
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>1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
>4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Anthony Braxton
>5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other
artist.
Sun Ra
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
>7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Lou Reed "Metal Machine Music"
>8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the
thank you note.
Never happened
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Sealed (!) copy of Walt Dickerson Quartet "Impressions of a Patch of
Blue" (rare LP w/ Sun Ra as sideman) for $3.
>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
"Improvisation" by Derek Bailey or "Forceds in Motion" by Graham Lock.
> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
> popular.
Grateful Dead
> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ___________________
Lou Reed "Metal Machine Music"
Village People "Live and Sleazy"
New Klezmer Trio "Melt Zonk Rewire"
Derek Bailey and Ruins
Brotzmann "Machine Gun"
etc.
the list could go on forever
Ralph
Keeho Kang -FT-~
: Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
: 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Miles Davis' _Sorceror_ .
: 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is a visit
by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers to Cambridge, MA a number of
years back.
: 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
_Best of the 70's, Volume 14_, containing "(Everybody Was) Kung Fu
Fighting". The song is genius.
: 4. A musician I would like to meet is Sheryl Crow (grrrrrr).
: 5. I have more Miles Davis in my collection than any other artist.
: 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
Bud Powell on Verve or Blue Note.
: 7. Yanni is a guaranteed lease breaker.
: 8. Someone sent me cheese-food-product and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
: note.
: 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of __________________ for $__________.
(unloaded) Sanborn's _Change of Heart_ $5.
: 10. My favorite book about jazz is Sesame Street's _Big Bird and
Snuffaluffagus (sp?) Get Funky With Sting and Herbie Hancock
(featuring special guests Leonard Feather and Mike Tyson)_.
: 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why David Letterman is so
: popular.
: 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to Bill Evans'
_Waltz for Debby_.
Keeh
LAURA POLLOCK
> 14. Assume you've became immortal, because you've made some sort of
> pact with you-know-who, you've gotten whatever you'd asked for,
> and now the strings attached are revealed. No Flying Dutchman
> routine for you, sorry folks. *Your* eternity is going to be
> spent in a nice four-room flat, with two musicians (past or
> present, time is no object) of your choosing. Who shall they be?
Trina,
A nice four-room flat? My first question is who's going to be cleaning it?
Paul Desmond. I love his playing, his wit, and the fact he was 'very quiet.'
It's an added bonus that he loved women (and I happen to look like Bridget
Bardot :- ) ).
Pat Metheny. I'd find it fascinating to know what goes on in this man's mind,
and what's still locked up inside it.
Laurie
Eric VonDohlen
>
>LAURA POLLOCK (lpol...@delphi.com) wrote:
>: Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>
>: 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player
yet is
Stanley Turrentine, Z.T.'s Blues. Can't stop listening to it.
>
>: 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is:
Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins, and Sonny Rollins.
>
>: 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
File Under: Easy Listening, by SUGAR
>: 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Jimmy Cobb.
>
>: 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other
artist.
Wes Montgomery.
>
>: 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself
and buy
>The new Dexter Gordon box set.
>
Here here.
>: 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Johnny Griffin
>
>: 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the
thank you
Practically everything.
>
>: 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $
______.
Dexter Gordon's GO! for $5
>
>: 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is
so
>: popular.
>
&#$%@#(*)%$#ing Chet Baker.
>
>: 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to
____________________.
>
Rachmaninoff
jacob...@msdisk.wustl.edu
: 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
: popular.
WHAT?!?!?!?!??!?!?
I don't think that was ever Cecil's problem.
(Now, perhaps in these elite circles....)
-Nils
LAURA POLLOCK
(Amos Omondi) writes:
> >11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
> >popular.
>
> That guy who plays the funny stuff. (NOT Cecil Taylor)
Do you mean Victor Borge?
Laurie
Marc Sabatella
> What I've got in mind, in posing this, is really only
> one aspect of such a scenario, to wit, *quality of conversation*, but
> feel free to look at this any way you choose
> ...
> 14. Assume you've became immortal, because you've made some sort of
> pact with you-know-who, you've gotten whatever you'd asked for,
> and now the strings attached are revealed. No Flying Dutchman
> routine for you, sorry folks. *Your* eternity is going to be
> spent in a nice four-room flat, with two musicians (past or
> present, time is no object) of your choosing. Who shall they be?
So, can we have instruments? If so, I choose Dave Holland and Marvin "Smitty"
Smith.
But to get more at the "quality of conversation" aspect would be tougher. I
could aim high and choose two of Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, and Cecil
Taylor, hoping that I might be able them to explain in straightforward terms
what they mean by their respective terminology system (I figure it might take
an eternity to get an answer I could understand out of them). But this could
easily prove to be incredibly frustrating, so to be safe, I'd probably end up
choosing Junior Mance (sounded like a fun guy in his Cadence interview) and,
uh, well, maybe Braxton after all.
Amos Omondi
LAURA POLLOCK <lpol...@delphi.com> wrote:
>
>> >11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>> >popular.
>>
>> That guy who plays the funny stuff. (NOT Cecil Taylor)
>
>Do you mean Victor Borge?
Who is Borge? Never heard of him. Is he good?
I meant just about any one of them, with one or two
exceptions.
Walter Davis
>
>> 14. Assume you've became immortal, because you've made some sort of
>> pact with you-know-who, you've gotten whatever you'd asked for,
>> and now the strings attached are revealed. No Flying Dutchman
>> routine for you, sorry folks. *Your* eternity is going to be
>> spent in a nice four-room flat, with two musicians (past or
>> present, time is no object) of your choosing. Who shall they be?
>
a great cook. Look, we've got all eternity - we're gonna
run out of things to talk about and get sick of each other
anyway. But at least we'll eat well...and do other things.
of course, with my luck, Eliane will spend all her time
with the other guy.
(a number of lewder suggestions are going through my
mind and no doubt yours. Let's not embarass ourselves).
Jan Johannsen
: Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
: 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
: Bill Evans Sunday at the Village Vanguard.
: 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
: Miles Davis' last concert in Hamburg.
: 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
: Erasure "Pop! (The First 20 Hits)"
: 4. A musician I would like to meet is John Zorn.
: 5. I have more Miles Davis in my collection than any other artist.
: 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
: the Coltrane Atlantic Box set (or the Dolphy Prestige, if its out then).
: 10. My favorite book about jazz is J.E.Behrends "The JazzBook".
: 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why Chet Baker's Singing is so
: popular.
: 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to John Coltrane's
"Crescent".
Bye
Jan
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Ed Price
>> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
a little while back it would have been bach's st. matthew passion. but
recently glenn gould's WTC has probably been my most obsessively played
recording; i've written down track numbers of the most rocking tunes on
each disc.
>> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
not sure. i've missed lots of cool stuff. recently, that free concert at
lincoln center in which dd jackson was playing piano. i even stayed in NYC
an extra day so i could go but i didn't make it (for reasons that would be
beyond the scope of this article...).
>> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
a jazz snob would be repulsed by many things in my possession, i hope.
i've been known to willingly listen to top 40 radio and watch MTV.
>> 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
charlie parker, glenn gould, mingus, to pick a few easy ones (not just
because i admire them musically, i think they'd also be interesting
personalities).
>> 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
keith jarrett.
>> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
either more drugs or more glenn gould (maybe both). i was examining
gould's mozart at tower the other day...
>> 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
i've blasted all sorts of music but nothing so far has provoked any
complaints, remarkably enough...
>> 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank
>> you note.
hasn't been a problem.
>> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
that st. matthew passion cd was only $6 and listening to it was
mind-boggling.
>> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
i'll call it a tie between:
musashi miyamoto, "book of five rings".
mingus, "beneath the underdog".
>> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>> popular.
actually i think i'd claim to not be hung up on this.
>> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to _________________.
what i prescribe for myself depends on how i'm wound... gould's bach is a
frequent and obvious choice. but sometimes i need something different.
gould's brahms for example! jarrett's sun bear concerts, or "spirits".
the benedetti charlie parker recordings. blind idiot god. booker t and
the mgs. this tape of indian (actually i'm not even sure it's indian)
music someone lent me a long time ago.
often silence is the best though.
later,
-ed
LAURA POLLOCK
(Amos Omondi) writes: > In article
> >> >11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
> >> >popular.
> >>
> >> That guy who plays the funny stuff. (NOT Cecil Taylor)
> >
> >Do you mean Victor Borge?
>
> Who is Borge? Never heard of him. Is he good?
> I meant just about any one of them, with one or two
> exceptions.
Amos:
To answer your question, Victor Borge is a classical pianist who spoofs it.
Now, you need to explain what 'just about any one of them, with one or two
exceptions' means.
Laurie
Jim Ryan
I've enjoyed this thread. Here are my responses:
> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Steve Lacy - Revenue, and Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass - Buddy Bolden's
Bag have both been holding my attention recently.
> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Sun Ra in Ypsilanti, MI in 1991 (or was 1990?). I never got to see him.
> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
All the Cowboy Junkies cds. I think they write great songs and I love
Margo's voice.
> 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Anthony Braxton, though I have no idea what I would say to him. I'd also
like to meet Myra Melford.
> 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Either Cecil Taylor or Frank Zappa, I'm not sure which.
> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
The complete Plugged Nickel set, or the Cecil recordings I don't yet have.
> 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Anything with Peter Brotzmann, particularly Machine Gun.
> 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank
> you note.
can't think of anything.
> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Tower had Braxton's Creative Orchestra - Koln (1978) mispriced as a
single CD! I got the last (only?) copy there.
> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
Graham Locke's Forces in Motion. I plan to get Berliner's Thinking in Jazz
soon. perhaps I'll like it more?
> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
> popular.
I've tried, but I just don't get Charles Gayle. I enjoy others who come
from that bag, but Charles is a mystery to me. Maybe if I saw him live...
> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to _________________.
Keith Jarrett or Bill Evans
Jules Ryan
jr...@eecs.umich.edu
MSBeller
is
at a used cd store that did not even realize who Newk was! Go figure....
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Factory in NYC.
>3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
>4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
>5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other
artist.
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and
buy
>7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
>8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the
thank you note.
I dunno. I always *dread* writing thank you notes...
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $
______.
Mint Rollins Prestige Box Set for $58 !!!
>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
_From Swing to Bop_. Many hip reflections by the artists who were right
there in the eye of the storm known as the birth of Bop.
> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
> popular.
Too many and too troubling to answer.
> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to
___________________
Booker Little's ballad _Man of Words_ (?) on _Out Front_
TornCot
never made me laugh and I always found his playing pedestrian. I hated it
when he was on the aMerv Griffin show, almost as much as I hated it when
Jerry Van Dyke was on. So for that matter I can't understand why Jerry Van
Dyke is so popular. And I never understood why Merv was so popular either.
And why is it made out to be so great that he writes all the puzzles on
Wheel of Fortune. I could do that. You know who really bothers me...
Robert Goulet.......
They're Coming to Take Me Away,
Dave Krugman (with his cat,Satch)
James Pritchett
:
: I can truthfully say I have *never, ever* been so bored (at a con-
: cert) in my entire life. First of all, she performed only her own
--
Wow! Geri Allen as boring!? I remember hearing Etudes for the first
time after a friend returned from the apple with a haul. I was stunned
by the lyric beauty and mysticism portrayed in their rendition of
Ornette's Lonely Woman. I wanted to listen to it forever! And it was on
cd as well ( give me vinyl anytime...anyone seen this on Lp?). Now that
reason has set in, I still find this performance incredible. I have
heard a number of her other works, and I enjoy them all to varying
degrees, but Etudes ranks among my favorites today.
Happy Listening!
/ l l l \
James Pritchett
: >
: >> 14. Assume you've became immortal, because you've made some sort of
: >> pact with you-know-who, you've gotten whatever you'd asked for,
: >> and now the strings attached are revealed. No Flying Dutchman
: >> routine for you, sorry folks. *Your* eternity is going to be
: >> spent in a nice four-room flat, with two musicians (past or
: >> present, time is no object) of your choosing. Who shall they be?
--
For me, it would be a high-end stereo system with a Goldmund Reference
'table, all of the jazz Lp's I wanted (reel tapes too), and eternity with
Lena Horne and Dorothy Dandridge (she did sing a bit, didn't she?!)
Yes Walt, we can embarass ourselves...
Charles R. Sullivan
> lpol...@delphi.com (LAURA POLLOCK) says:
>>Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
(I've skipped a few I had no good answers for.)
>>1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
DD Jackson's Peace Song (that's the title, right?). He's just what
David Murray needs to give him some direction, and he has a wonderful
style that strikes me as 40% Don Pullen, 15% Keith Jarrett, 30% a blend
of all other jazz pianists, and 15% like nobody I've ever heard before.
>>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
These happen all the time, so I've weaned myself from worrying.
>>4. A musician I would like to meet is Mark Dresser.
>>5. I have more _______________ in my collection than any other artist.
I don't know, possibly Gil Evans
>>8. Someone sent me Buddy Rich's biography and I *dreaded* writing the
thank you note.
>>9. What a deal! I saw a copy of Braxton's Live in Europre, on Bluebird
for something like $7 the other day (but I already own it).
>>10. My favorite book about jazz is Mingus's autobiography, but I
haven't read many others.
>>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why the Eagles are popular.
>>12. After a hard day it is great to unwind listening to _____________.
could be many different things---depends how I'm wound, as Ed Price
said.
Charlie Sullivan
Marc Sabatella
> |> >Hmmm. I think it depends on what one thinks makes the albums
> |> >great. It sounds like you're talking about "great" in terms
> |> >of both highlighting her compositions and her pianistic style
> |> >and really pulling it off. Maybe not.
> |> >
> |> For me, it goes a little beyond that. First, let me say that
> |> I like Geri Allen, and she has 4 or 5 records I consider
> |> to be very good. But they are very good in that there
> |> are 2 or 3 songs that I really get into and the rest of
> |> the album is fine but doesn't really catch me. Of course,
> |> that's true of plenty of other musicians as well.
> Yes, that is how it goes for me too.
[ got the post where you clarified you meant this in general, not just Geri ]
I too hear potential in Geri - she's clearly hearing something different - but
no single album I can wholeheartedly recommend.
Recently, KUVO has been play a couple of tracks from "Open On All Sides On The
Middle", which apparently they just got. This *is* an old album, isn't it?
Anyhow, I've liked what I've heard of it as much as anything else I have of
hers, and am tempted to pick it up, even though I realize that the fews cuts I
hear on the radio are probably the only ones that will do it for me. I thought
I remember this being a hodge-podge of different groups and styles, some
acoustic, some electric - or am I thinking of a different early album? Hard to
argue with the version of "The Glide Was In The Ride" on "Open All Sides...",
though.
> We'll will agree to disagree. :) That's OK -- we're not all going
> to agree on everything. For example, I still don't see what the
> big deal is with Matt Shipp and Myra Melford.
For what it's worth, I agree with you about Shipp also - I hear things in him
I don't hear elsewhere, and this interests me, but nothing really knocks me out
as a whole. Myra, though, I think is a lot of fun based on her first couple of
albums, and I'm dying to pick up "Saints" and "Sounds", which every seems to
agree are even stronger.
> |> >_Live at the Village Vanguard_ (nice piano-trio quiet interplay)
> |> >
> |> the one Allen-Haden-Motian I don't have.
> Well, I like _Etudes_ a lot but I think the live, intimate setting of
> The Vanguard was perfect for this music and brought out a lot in
> her playing -- she seems very relaxed and confident.
Yeah, next time I see it, I'll pick it up. "Etudes" probably comes closest for
me to being an album where everything comes together - perhaps not
coincidentally, she seems to play less of a "leader" role on this than other
recordings with her name on them that I have.
John Thomas
Marc Sabatella wrote:
|> I too hear potential in Geri - she's clearly hearing something different - but
|> no single album I can wholeheartedly recommend.
|>
Have you heard _The Printmakers_ yet? I know you like Pullen and percussive jazz
piano quite a bit -- I would be interested in what you thought of that one since it
shows her percussive style quite prominently on several cuts and I think it is done
very well. There is a tribute cut to Eric Dolphy called "Eric" on it that is quite
beautiful as well. Andrew Cyrille on drums, mouth percussion (!) and Anthony Cox
is on bass.
I agree it would not be right to classify her as a percussive player since to my
knowledge she uses it so little today, *but*, she can pull it off at least based
on this record.
|> Recently, KUVO has been play a couple of tracks from "Open On All Sides On The
|> Middle", which apparently they just got. This *is* an old album, isn't it?
I don't know that one. What is the label and who's on it?
|> Anyhow, I've liked what I've heard of it as much as anything else I have of
|> hers, and am tempted to pick it up, even though I realize that the fews cuts I
|> hear on the radio are probably the only ones that will do it for me. I thought
|> I remember this being a hodge-podge of different groups and styles, some
|> acoustic, some electric - or am I thinking of a different early album? Hard to
|> argue with the version of "The Glide Was In The Ride" on "Open All Sides...",
|> though.
|>
This one sounds very interesting. Anybody with more info, please speak up.
|> > We'll will agree to disagree. :) That's OK -- we're not all going
|> > to agree on everything. For example, I still don't see what the
|> > big deal is with Matt Shipp and Myra Melford.
|>
|> For what it's worth, I agree with you about Shipp also - I hear things in him
|> I don't hear elsewhere, and this interests me, but nothing really knocks me out
Yes, I hear things in Shipp too that are interesting but not enough to sustain a whole
record of his as a leader. Did you ever pick up a copy of _ZO_? I think you
said you might last year but I forgot to followup with you sooner on it.
I also think his style complements Ware's quartet better than it works in more
sparser settings like _ZO_. That heaviness and darkness just gets to me after
a short time. Which is not to say I don't like that kind of thing (I like
Cecil, Scriabin) but there is not enough contrast there to sustain my interest
and his borrowings from earlier styles/players seem very explicit and not
developed into his own style as much as I would like.
|> as a whole. Myra, though, I think is a lot of fun based on her first couple of
|> albums, and I'm dying to pick up "Saints" and "Sounds", which every seems to
|> agree are even stronger.
|>
I would express the same argument for Myra's records that you guys are for Geri's. :)
Good, but I'm waiting for the great ones.
|> > |> >_Live at the Village Vanguard_ (nice piano-trio quiet interplay)
|> > |> >
|> > |> the one Allen-Haden-Motian I don't have.
|>
|> > Well, I like _Etudes_ a lot but I think the live, intimate setting of
|> > The Vanguard was perfect for this music and brought out a lot in
|> > her playing -- she seems very relaxed and confident.
|>
|> Yeah, next time I see it, I'll pick it up. "Etudes" probably comes closest for
|> me to being an album where everything comes together - perhaps not
|> coincidentally, she seems to play less of a "leader" role on this than other
|> recordings with her name on them that I have.
|>
Yeah, I think Motian and/or Haden are listed as leader(s) for _Etudes_.
I don't know, maybe I'm the only one who likes VV so much. In general,
I prefer live albums of the same material to studio treatments so that
may be influencing my choice as well.
It sounds as if you have heard quite a bit of her stuff in trio vein with
Motian and Haden -- if you have, then maybe you should try _The Printmakers_.
Cyrille is very good on this one too, if you like him. If I had to pick
one record to set you over the edge, it would probably be this one. If you've
heard it then...oh well.
John
John Thomas
I relistened to _The Nurturer_ and _The Printmakers_ the other night.
All I can is wow! Also, another interesting fact for me was that
_The Printmakers_ was recorded in Feb 1984! Somehow I thought it
was later than that...also also :), it consists of all her compositions so
I now know one record that would fit my earlier description
of one that really highlights both her compositions and playing. Pretty
percussive too. Check it out.
John
Amos Omondi
LAURA POLLOCK <lpol...@delphi.com> wrote:
>
>Amos:
>
>To answer your question, Victor Borge is a classical pianist who spoofs it.
Laurie, thanks. He sounds very much like my kind of person.
I'll give him a listen; however, I'd like to be cautious this
time and say beforehand that if I come back and say I didn't
like it, I'm not making a statement on all of that kind of
music or saying on your tastes.
>
>Now, you need to explain what 'just about any one of them, with one or two
>exceptions' means.
>
I'll pass on this one; they remind me too much of an invitation
the spider once issued to the fly.
William G. Sacks
: >> 1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Gillespie's _Complete Decca Recordings_: Afro-Cuban-Samba-Urbana
genius. I think the thing which really stirs me is the fact that he could
take a roomful of marginally interesting players and turn them into innovators.
Put him with a roomful of his peers, and he's the sly dog of bebop. I got
to meet him once back in '88 after a Rochester, NY gig; his generousity
and humor were unforgettable.
Montgomery's _Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides_, disc 2: As I've
posted elsewhere, I wonder why Wynton Kelly only permitted himself a
short-term commitment here... did he really have anything better to do?
The best Wes by a long stretch.
: >> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Keith Jarrett at Sweet Basil about 5 (?) years ago. Did _I_
really have anything better to do? Not that I can remember.
: >> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have copies of
Lots of punk & new wave records- the polar opposite of the
improvisational aesthetic. God bless Elvis Costello.
: >> 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Reality: Sonny Rollins. I've been told that he's a prince, and
there's a wealth of jazz history there which someone needs to get down on
tape or paper while we still can.
Fantasy: Me, Monk, and a three-piece drum kit (did I mention that
I play guitar)?
: >> 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Equally divided (unintentionally) between Miles and Coltrane, with Mingus
sliding in as a close second.
: >> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
Miles at the Plugged Nickle.
: >> 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
Early Albert Ayler. "Load up the shotguns, Jethro." Warning:
Sunny Murray fills spay stray pups at 100 feet.
: >> 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank
: >> you note.
A mixed tape of "atmospheric" ECM stuff, most of it bloodless noodling
: >> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Some deluded individual dropped off the Ornette box at my local
used disc emporium; I paid $45.
: >> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
The bibliophile can't pick just one:
Mingus's _Beneath the Underdog_ (hillarious, if historically unreliable)
Williams's _The Jazz Tradition_ (the best set of "appreciations" I've read)
and Schuller's _The Swing Era_ (exhaustive, elaborate, and very academic)
(Hentoff's work is worth a look, too)
: >> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
: >> popular.
Chick Corea's "Elektric Band" didn't do much for me. Oh well.
: >> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to _________________.
When I need a muscle relaxant, a reach for the ibuprofen. When I
want to be moved, a reach for the Joe Henderson Strayhorn tribute,
Coltrane at Birdland '64, Monk's Blue Note sides, or Mingus's
"Wirecutters." And that's just the list from the past 3 days.
LAURA POLLOCK
(Amos Omondi) writes:
> >Now, you need to explain what 'just about any one of them, with one or two
> >exceptions' means.
> >
>
> I'll pass on this one; they remind me too much of an invitation
> the spider once issued to the fly.
>
Mister Fly,
You're the one who wrote 'just about any of them, with one or two exceptions.'
I only asked you what you meant. Surely, as a smart fly, you can figure out
how to answer this question without becoming entangled in my web.
Ms. Spider
R. Lynn Rardin
> Marc Sabatella wrote:
>
> |> Myra, though, I think is a lot of fun based on her first couple of
> |> albums, and I'm dying to pick up "Saints" and "Sounds", which every seems
> |> to agree are even stronger.
>
> I would express the same argument for Myra's records that you guys are for
> Geri's. :) Good, but I'm waiting for the great ones.
I'm surprised to hear you say this, John. My ears seem to enjoy just
about everything Melford has recorded as a leader. For me, her playing is
intense and at the same time loads of fun and downright full of joy. I
find that refreshing. I have to admit, though, that I do sometimes have
trouble keeping thoughts of Vince Guaraldi and the Peanuts cartoons out of
my head when I'm listening to her earlier recordings. :)
Leon Harris
1) Recent Acquisition - Mike Gibbs Orchestra, "By The Way", Paul Motian
Electric Bebop Band - "Reincarnation of a Lovebird".
2) I Hate that I missed Billie Holiday. I started getting into her music
shortly after her death. (That also goes for Charlie Parker-Never saw him
live.)
3) Despite my preference for jazz to most other idioms, I recently picked
up (and enjoyed) the Atlantic/Rhino "Doo Wop Box", chock full of greasy
street corner harmonizing. (Students, Skyliners, Flamingos, Mello-Kings,
etc)
4) I'd love to meet (or have met) Duke Ellington. (Seen everything, done
everything twice)
5) I have more (tie, more or less) Miles, Monk, MJQ, and Charles Mingus
in my collection than anyone else.
6) The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to pick up some more
Bird airchecks and/or the DIW Monk tribute set.
7) Orff's "Carmina Burana" is a guaranteed lease breaker.
8) Never got a record I truly hated (Most jazz has at least SOME
redeeming virtue) Maybe I'm just lucky.
9) What a deal, In a Dallas record store I managed to pick up absolute
mint copies of the Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks (5 Gershwin LPs, 2 Rodgers
and Hart, Harold Arlen, etc for $5 bucks an LP) Most of them were out of
print at the time, a real coup!
10) Favorite Jazz Book - Tough choice but I guess I'll pick "Jazz on
Record" from about 15 years ago, by a trio of Brits whose names escape
me at the moment.
11) Maybe it's deafness or incipient senility, but I've never been able
to warm up to the solo and small group music of Anthony Braxton. (Much
prefer his orchestral writing)
12) After a hard day - MJQ, Bill Evans.
-
LEH in CHI (LEON HARRIS MXW...@prodigy.com)
LAURA POLLOCK
Walter Davis
rardin%or...@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (R. Lynn Rardin) writes:
>I'm surprised to hear you say this, John. My ears seem to enjoy just
>about everything Melford has recorded as a leader. For me, her playing is
>intense and at the same time loads of fun and downright full of joy. I
>find that refreshing. I have to admit, though, that I do sometimes have
>trouble keeping thoughts of Vince Guaraldi and the Peanuts cartoons out of
>my head when I'm listening to her earlier recordings. :)
(whose title always escapes me), not just the earlier ones on
Enemy. And I think I realized that not only does her playing
occasionally bring up thoughts of Guaraldi, but that Lindsay
Horner, the bassist, also plays in that groove.
I really like _Jump_ and the 2 Hat Arts, not too thrilled
with _Now & Now_ (maybe just due to the comparison though).
There's a Horner track on _Jump_ that is just beautiful.
She must be a blast live.
Walter Davis
ma...@sde.hp.com (Marc Sabatella) writes:
>
>Recently, KUVO has been play a couple of tracks from "Open On All Sides On The
>Middle", which apparently they just got. This *is* an old album, isn't it?
>hers, and am tempted to pick it up, even though I realize that the fews cuts I
>hear on the radio are probably the only ones that will do it for me. I thought
before moving to NC), on Minor I believe. (BTW, the recent
Downbeat reports that Minor now has a distro deal with Koch
International, so these should be available again soon). It
is a mix of settings, including a vocalist on one or 2 tracks,
a tap dancer, horns on a couple tracks, etc. I can't remember
if she plays synth on this or not, but I suspect so. It's a
nice album, but I remember it as being uneven. But it also
strikes me as unique among her albums.
One of the things I find interesting about _21_ is that
she reprises 3 or 4 songs from _Open on all sides..._,
so fans of either album should check out the other.
Boy, I haven't listened to _Open..._ or _The Nurturer_
lately, guess I'll have to pull them out tonight.
Thomas M Keith
>In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.95081...@aztec.lib.utk.edu>,
>Philip Young <you...@aztec.lib.utk.edu> wrote:
>
>>> Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>>>
>
Billy Harper--Destiny Is Yours.
>
>>>
>>> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
>>> _________________________.
>>
Hank Jones at the MUB here at UNH. I was spending 1 hr. a day in that
building the whole semester and never saw it advertised. I found out
about it from people 35 minutes away 3 days after the fact! (AAArrrgh!!)
>
>>> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a copy of
>>> _________________.
>>
Actually, this is a long list. Most notable though *gulp* Garth
Brooks--No Fences.
>
>>> 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
>>
Elvin.
>
>>>
>>> 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any other artist.
>>
>
No "maybe"'s about it. Trane.
>
>>> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
>>> _____________.
>>
The Complete Dexter Gordon on Mosaic.
>
>
>>> 7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
>>
>
>Anything at the volume at which I play it.
a good answer, but I will embellish. Coltrane 1) Selflessness
2) The Father, The Son, And The Holy Ghost
3) Ascension
Pharoah--Anything (hey, I live in bad old conservative NH)
>>> 8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
>>> note.
Joey Caldarazza w/ Branford (YUK!)
>
>>> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
>>
>
In order, vinyl-Dick Griffin -- Now Is The Time $.88
Coltrane -- Africa Brass Vol. I & Vol. II (CD) $7.99
(brace yourself for this one then thank Columbia Record Club)
Stan Getz/Kenny Barron -- People Time (CD) $3.99
>
>
>>> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
>>
Hampton Hawes -- Raise Up Off Me (I believe that was the title)
>>> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>>> popular.
>>
>Wynton Marsalis.
a good start, any of the wyntonesc clones. weather report. herbie hancock.
>>> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
John Coltrane -- Kulu Se Mama
Billy Harper -- My Funny Valentine off of Destiny Is Yours
-thom
John Thomas
R. Lynn Rardin wrote:
|> In article <40tqgh$a...@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca>, jgth...@bnr.ca wrote:
|>
|> > Marc Sabatella wrote:
|> >
|> > |> Myra, though, I think is a lot of fun based on her first couple of
|> > |> albums, and I'm dying to pick up "Saints" and "Sounds", which every seems
|> > |> to agree are even stronger.
|> >
|> > I would express the same argument for Myra's records that you guys are for
|> > Geri's. :) Good, but I'm waiting for the great ones.
|>
|> I'm surprised to hear you say this, John. My ears seem to enjoy just
|> about everything Melford has recorded as a leader. For me, her playing is
|> intense and at the same time loads of fun and downright full of joy. I
Intense in a quiet way I would say somewhat similar to Geri's quietness. Hard
for me to disagree with a lot of what you wrote here -- they just haven't
got to me like I thought they would. I would like to hear some more trio
stuff with a different rhythm section.
|> find that refreshing. I have to admit, though, that I do sometimes have
|> trouble keeping thoughts of Vince Guaraldi and the Peanuts cartoons out of
|> my head when I'm listening to her earlier recordings. :)
|>
Heh heh. :) Yeah, well Scriabin saw colors from music, I'm doomed to see
cartoons from hers. Oh well.
John
R. Lynn Rardin
In a previous article, WDA...@uncvm1.oit.unc.edu (Walter Davis) says:
>I really like _Jump_ and the 2 Hat Arts, not too thrilled
>with _Now & Now_ (maybe just due to the comparison though).
>There's a Horner track on _Jump_ that is just beautiful.
>She must be a blast live.
She is. We caught her live at Nightstage in Cambridge a few years ago and it
was a ball. Wish she'd hit the Boston area more often.
--
-Lynn (rar...@auriga.rose.brandeis.edu)
Benjamin
>
>
>7) Orff's "Carmina Burana" is a guaranteed lease breaker.
>
Its been used to promote a lot of movies lately, have you noticed?
>
>12) After a hard day - MJQ, Bill Evans.
Waltz for Debbie?
Amos Omondi
William G. Sacks <wgs...@artsci.wustl.edu> wrote:
>: >> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
>
>Mingus's _Beneath the Underdog_ (hillarious, if historically unreliable)
Have you read Mezz Mezzrow's "Really The Blues"? It's been
a long time since I read a book that made me laugh that
much.
Ryan Trier
1. A recent acquisition that hasn't made it's way off the player yet is
Teddy Charles - Collaboration West.
2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Joe Pass/NHOP (or the Dead in Sacramento when I got stiffed with a bad
ticket).
3. Because I'm a jazz snob, none of my jazz-literate friends would suspect
I have a copy of John Klemmer's "Touch" (kept for sentimental reasons). My
jazz-illiterate friends are suprised to find The New York Dolls.
4. A musician I would like to meet is Mose Allison.
5. I have a hell of a lot more Monk in my collection than any other artist.
6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
a new stylus.
7. The dreck my neighbor plays is a guaranteed lease breaker. And he
doesn't like when I play 'Mingus Presents Mingus' at the proper volume.
8. No one sends me jazz records, so nobody's feelings get hurt.
9. What a deal! I picked up a vinyl copy of Monk's "It's Monk's Time"
for $8 (before it was released on CD, too).
10. My favorite book about jazz is "Hear me Talkin' To Ya".
11. For the life of me, I can't understand why corporate-logo-clothing,
Whitney Houston, or John Coltrane is so popular.
(note: I would describe Mr Coltrane as a great artist and influence in jazz,
but I usually can't bear to listen to him. Yeah, yeah, it's my loss, I've
got a lack of sophistication/soul/something, etc.)
12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to my martini shaker
and Bag's "Soul Route".
Ronald F. Roberts
LAURA POLLOCK <lpol...@delphi.com> wrote:
>Everyone is invited to post their answers to fill in these blanks:
>
Takehiro Honda - EARTHIAN AIR; Lenny White - PRESENT TENSE.
>
>2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Don Pullen's 1994 appearance at Trumpet's in Montclair, NJ (w/ local
rmb'ers).
>
>3. Because I'm a jazz fanatic, no one would suspect I have a copy of
^^^^^^^
(and enjoy) The Time - PANDEMONIUM.
>
>4. A musician I would like to meet is
(in a back-to-the-future mode) Bird in 1942-48; Dodo Marmarosa in 1945-48
Bud Powell in 1946-53; Lorraine Geller in 1950-56. (Currently) Steve
Grossman and Takehiro Honda.
>
>5. I have more ___________________ in my collection than any other artist.
Miles Davis and Art Pepper
>
>6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
0.44 of Thelonious Monk - COMPLETE RIVERSIDE RECORDINGS
>
>7. ___________________ is a guaranteed lease breaker.
All 1 min 56 sec of "Right On" by (original) Tony Williams Lifetime
(I truly wish this jam was at least 10 minutes long!)
>
>8. Someone sent me __________________ and I *dreaded* writing the thank you
>note.
Doesn't happen unless I, first, place an order.
>
>9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
Hampton Hawes - HIGH IN THE SKY for $5
>
>10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
"Miles - The Autobiography" and "Straight Life - The Story of Art Pepper"
>
>11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>popular.
post Jeff Lorber Fusion Kenny Gorelick
>
>12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
Dodo Marmarosa - DODO's BOUNCE; Keith Jarrett - DEATH AND THE FLOWER
--
>>>>> Opinions expressed above are my own <<<<<
Ron Roberts "I wish [bebop] had been given a name more
r...@pruxp.pr.att.com in keeping with the seriousness of purpose."
- Earl 'Bud' Powell
William G. Sacks
: Have you read Mezz Mezzrow's "Really The Blues"? It's been
: a long time since I read a book that made me laugh that
: much.
You know, I had forgotten all about Mezz... that book is a riot,
no doubt; but there's also something unseemly about it- a "tell all"
aspect to it which I couldn't quite get over. That doesn't make it any
less important, though- Mezz's attitudes about his generation are vital,
especially when you consider the depth of his involvement in the drug
culture...
Thomas F Brown
When I was living in Hollywood some years back in a one-room second
story flat, one morning a group of truant teenagers decided to throw
an impromptu party at the end of the court I lived on. They cranked
up some awful dance music on the loudest car stereo and began dancing
in the street directly below my window.
While I am ordinarily a very patient and tolerant individual--
especially towards loud music, since I may have once or twice been
guilty of slightly overextending my own stereo--for some reason
these kids stuck in my craw. Partly because I am usually grouchy
when woken up too early, and partly because the stuff they were
blasting was so offensively bad. (One of my pet theories observes
a direct correlation between how bad one's taste in music is and
how loud one likes to play it.)
I decided to fight fire with fire. I set my guitar amp out on
the balcony and ran my walkman into it. I put on my favorite
Penderecki compilation tape, wound forward to Threnody
For The Victims Of Hiroshima, cranked up the distortion on the
amp and let it blast. Then I went to make myself some tea.
I came back out ten minutes later and turned off the Penderecki; it was
just as annoying to me as anyone else. I heard a young man's voice
down in the court shout "hey, turn it back up, man!". Sarcasm in
the young is just so cute, don't you think? I put on George Crumb's
"Black Angels" at the same arena-rock volume level. Five minutes
later the street was cleared and the kids never partied there again.
Thomas F Brown
The player in my car ate my favorite Sonny Rollins tape.
I don't know how to get it out without shredding it.
>>>> 2. The performance I could just kick myself for missing is
Madonna on Letterman.
>>>> 3. Because I'm a jazz snob, no one would suspect I have a
tattoo on my ass.
>>>> 4. A musician I would like to meet is _____________________.
Anna Nicole Smith--hey, you can't live forever!
>>>> 5. I have more ____________________ in my collection than any artist.
refrigerator molds
>>>> 6. The next time I have an extra $100, I'm going to treat myself and buy
A timing belt for my Honda.
>>>> 8. Someone sent me __________________and I *dreaded*
writing the thank you note.
A novel by Jimmy Buffett. What was mom thinking?
She belongs to two book clubs that discuss classic
literature, she knows I read a lot too, and she buys
me this? What the hell do you say in that thank you note?
I just hope it's not senility.
>>>> 9. What a deal! I picked up a copy of ___________________ for $ ______.
I just found a perfectly healthy geranium that someone threw out.
>>>> 10. My favorite book about jazz is _____________________.
rmb
>>>> 11. For the life of me, I can't understand why _________________ is so
>>>> popular.
American cheese.
>>>> 12. After a hard day, it's great to unwind listening to ____________________.
My upstairs neighbor has a wood shop in the bedroom. I'm not kidding.
I play my stereo as loud as I fucking please. What's he gonna do--
bitch about the noise? I'm just glad he sleeps later than I do
so I don't have to move. On the plus side, last fall he did make
me some nice bookshelves.
Thomas F Brown
>> pact with you-know-who, you've gotten whatever you'd asked for,
>> and now the strings attached are revealed. No Flying Dutchman
>> routine for you, sorry folks. *Your* eternity is going to be
>> spent in a nice four-room flat, with two musicians (past or
>> present, time is no object) of your choosing. Who shall they be?
Anna Nicole Smith and her sister.
Thomas F Brown
>ummm....Eliane Elias and one of those jazz guys who's also
>a great cook. Look, we've got all eternity - we're gonna
>run out of things to talk about and get sick of each other
>anyway. But at least we'll eat well...and do other things.
>of course, with my luck, Eliane will spend all her time
>with the other guy.
Either that, or she'll eat herself into Oprah territory.
But at least she can play piano.