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zorn-list Digest         Tuesday, 10 December 1996     Volume 02 : Number 040

In this issue:

    Away until 12/9
    Bob Ostertag : Have you ever heard "Slam Dunk" on the ATTENTION SPAN CD ?
    Re: Question on Ornette Coleman
    Japan Trip
    Re: bar kokhba
    Re: Bob Ostertag
    Ornette
    George Lewis (was: Avant CDs)
    George Lewis' Voyager
    More George Lewis
    Elliott Sharp/Orchestra Carbon performing Rheo~Umbra
    Re: Question on Ornette Coleman
    masada kf shows
    Ornette.
    Re: Ornette.
    Recent releases with Otomo Yoshihide
    Re: masada kf shows
    Re: masada kf shows

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Subject: Away until 12/9

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From: [e-mail] (David FENECH)
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 96 14:53:45 +0100
Subject: Bob Ostertag : Have you ever heard "Slam Dunk" on the ATTENTION SPAN CD ?

Hello everybody

I am new on the list. This is my first contribution.

Herb Levy said :

> Bob Ostertag has lots of releases that are really great.  For reasons that
> are not limited to copyright concerns, Ostertag usually uses recordings
> he's made (for instance, Sooner or Later, a great piece made entirely from
> a recording of a boy burying his father after he'd been killed in El
> Savador and a small sample of Fred Frith) or he collaborates live with
> improvisors.

How strange you did not mention his excellent work on Zorn's music on
the RecRec CD called "Attention Span"! This CD is splitted in 2 parts.
On the first one, Bob plays with samples of John Zorns recordings ,
giving an excellent interpretation of what JZ can play that is :
zapping... sax that can sound like electronics... strength... The work is
excellent not only because it gives a beautifull lecture of Zorn's music
but also because we also feel that it is BOB OSTERTAG's music. In that
sense, this work can be compared to SAY NO MORE (Volume 1).

On the same CD, you can find also a duet B.O + Fred Frith where Bob uses
Frith's samples and Frith plays live with "himself played by his friend".
Through the looking glass ...

So I highly recommend the ATTENTION SPAN record . It should be available
through the ReR mail order, I guess.

I saw Bob live many times. The first time, he played solo on stage with
his sampler machine, just like David Shea's solo. The second time he
was using some sticks that he held in his hands to trigger and modulate
the sound. It was very beautifull because it gave more strength to what
we were listening to. I also saw him in the RENE LUSSIER show called
"Le tresor de la langue", where he played samples of canadian french
speaking, the rest of the band using it as a partition ...

Well, I don't know much about his new projects.. Does anyone have infos ?

Please do excuse my poor english ..

bye.

=========================
David FENECH, musician
2, rue Claude Debussy
38100 Grenoble - France
=========================

P.S : I am a French-One-Man-Band, living in Grenoble. I am open to any
musical collaborations. I also write in the French Magazine called
Revue&Corrigee mostly about hometaping and mail-art.

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From: "George Curran <GCURRAN.US.ORACLE.COM>" <[e-mail]>
Date: 09 Dec 96 05:58:49 -0800
Subject: Re: Question on Ornette Coleman

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Josh, I would recommend going through Ornette's catalog chronologically: start
with with the Contemporary stuff then move onto Atlantic, etc.  If you really
want to limit your search, try to find Caravan of Dreams: a 2 record set with
one record acoustic and the other record his Prime Time band. Another
highlight would be the recently reissued Soapsuds, duets with Charlie Haden,
which originally appeared on Artists House.


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Greetings to all on the list.
I was thinking of getting some Ornette coleman stuff (Can you believe I
don't have any yet?) and I was wondering if anyone could suggest some
truly amazing albums.  I'd be most thankful.
Josh Martin
[e-mail]





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From: [e-mail] (Will Connor)
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 09:51:59 -0500
Subject: Japan Trip

Dear Zorn List People,

Hi there!  I am taking a trip to Japan in February and I am looking for
info on the places I need to go check out, the shows I need to see, and the
Cd's that I need to buy while I am there.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?  I think that I have the
Boredoms address too.  Maybe I will drop in on them!  (I don't know,
though.  That might be kinda rude, even for me.)

Any help is appreciated!  Thanks!

Will



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From: "M.Ho" <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 96 10:29:25 EST
Subject: Re: bar kokhba

>
>
>
> Does anyone know who the percusionist was who played with  bar kokhba at
> the knitting factory on oct. 18? It was hard to understand zorn when he
> introduced him. I think it was Jim Pugilese.
>
  It war Cyro Baptista.


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From: [e-mail] (Herb Levy)
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 09:13:22 -0800
Subject: Re: Bob Ostertag

Chris Hamilton wrote:

>I just bought _Verbatim_ and I'm enjoying it tremendously, but I admit I'm
>dubious about the concept for this sequence.  How different are _Say No
>More_ and _Say No More In Person_ from one another?  My understanding is
>that the latter is just a performance of the score embodied by the former.
>Is this right?  If so, is the difference between the two largely
>conceptual?

To my ears, at least, there's a substantial difference in the overall sound
of the "real" playing versus the electronically modified pieces.  These
players can't perform in a merely rote manner.  Listen, for example, to any
of the several versions of various Braxton pieces with Hemingway and
Dresser as the rhythm section.  & one of the two tracks on the live disc
includes Ostertag improvising along with the group, doing live sampling and
manipulation as part of the piece.

So there're several differences between the live session & the
studio-manipulated sample disc.   This isn't a dry "classical" situation in
which people just play their parts.

and, pacem David Fenech, Attention Span is the recent (post-El Salvador)
Ostertag release that I find least interesting, despite this being a mail
list with Zorn as the entry to all things musically downtown.

Bests


Herb


Herb Levy
[e-mail]



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From: dennis summers <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 96 14:11 WET
Subject: Ornette

>Greetings to all on the list.
>I was thinking of getting some Ornette coleman stuff (Can you believe I
>don't have any yet?) and I was wondering if anyone could suggest some
>truly amazing albums.  I'd be most thankful.
>Josh Martin
>[e-mail]

I've been listening to Ornette for a long time, he was my introduction not
only to free jazz, but jazz in general.  I saw him perform with of all
people, Pat Methany, and produce a musical noise which I never expereinced
again until Zorn (although I think Zorn actually does that noise thing
better). Anyway the thing about Ornette that makes it hard to make
suggestions, is that he has worked his way through so many styles (even
learning and playing violin for a period).  For his initial "free jazz"
period with the perfect free jazz band of Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and
Billy Higgens or Ed Blackwell on drums, I'd go for "The Shape of Jazz to
Come" or his "double quartet" (incl. Eric Dolphy amongst others) on "Free
Jazz". I think these are both out on CD. Then Ornette shifted gears into a
kind of quieter less noisy but in some ways more soulfull set of string
oriented discs with Izonzohn and Moffet amongst others.  Don't know if these
are out on CD but I'd look for "The Town Hall Concert" or the "Great London
Concert".  Then he went through an uneven patch late '60s but two standouts,
I think include "Who's Crazy" and "Crisis". Early '70s sees him doing
symphonic music and music with the Master Musicians of Joujuku (sp?) Both
excellent discs --"Skies of America," and "Dancing in Your Head,"
respectively.  After this He started getting more rock and roll oriented and
in my opinion starts to lose the things that made him so distinctive.
Whatever you do ( I say this cause I see them around so much) don't pick up
"Love Call" or "New York is Now."  Hope this helps.

- --ds


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From: Matthew C Weiner <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 13:47:33 -0500 (EST)
Subject: George Lewis (was: Avant CDs)

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Andrew Batson wrote:

>
> I noticed that the Japanese Avant label has a CD by George Lewis called
> Voyager. Is the same George Lewis who played trombone on Zorn's News for
> Lulu? If it is, I'm all over this CD...

As Patrice has pointed out, this is the same guy. Voyager is
Lewis's improvising computer program: it analyzes the sounds
its duet partner makes according to a lot of variables
(proportion of sound to silence is one mentioned), and plays
along. It may sound too tough to pull off, but the results
are amazing, and not much like most other sounds you're
likely to hear. There's a wonderful moment on one of the
Roscoe Mitchell tracks where Mitchell switches from plink
playing to skronk playing, and the computer switches with him.

The Voyager program can also be heard on Evan Parker's
"Phonomanie III--Synergetics," on a few tracks. Thebe
Lipere's duet w/it, playing imbubu, a didjeridu-like
instrument, is mind-blowing; the program reacts quite
differently to the imbubu's drone sound.

There might also be some Voyager on Richard Teitelbaum's
"Golem," on Tzadik, with Lewis, David Moss, Shelley Hirsch,
and Carlos Zingaro on violin. If you like "Voyager" this
is a good album to check out anyway--a combination of
electronics, avant-garde jazz, and extreme vocals that
ends up as a very moving piece of Yiddishkeit. (Does anyone
know any other Voyager recordings?)

George Lewis's other solo albums are (IMO) uniformly
fantastic. "Homage to Charles Parker" is my favorite,
with an odd ensemble (trombone, reed, piano, synth)
taking the jazz tradition apart and putting it back
together--this contains some heartbreakingly beautiful
music. Zorn fans (especially those who come to Lewis
through "Yankees") might prefer "Shadowgraph," challengingly
abstract stuff. Roughly, Shadowgraph:Yankees::Homage to
Parker:News for Lulu.

George Lewis has played in tons of settings; he was the
first AACM member (possibly free jazz musician) I ever
heard, when I was 12, thanks to his spot on Laurie
Anderson's "Big Science." It's usually easy to tell him
from the New Orleans clarinetist; but that's him
with Count Basie (don't know any recordings). I think
anyone working in artificial intelligence should study
"Voyager," and George Lewis should get annual genius
grants for as long as he wants. An amazing musician.

Matt Weiner


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From: Joe Germuska <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 15:00:08 -0600
Subject: George Lewis' Voyager

>On Fri, 6 Dec 1996 15:45:40 -0800 (PST)  Andrew Batson wrote:
>>
>> I noticed that the Japanese Avant label has a CD by George Lewis called
>> Voyager. Is the same George Lewis who played trombone on Zorn's News for
>> Lulu? If it is, I'm all over this CD...And has anyone heard Erik

And Patrice responded:

>Yep (not to be confused with the clarinet player).

While I commend Patrice for his concise answer, I thought I'd add a little.

George Lewis' "Voyager" is an improvising computer program.  It listens to
musicians, and produces music in response to their playing.  The Voyager CD
on Avant is recorded duets between musicians and this software.  In fact,
most of the live music is produced by Roscoe Mitchell, if I remember
correctly, although Lewis does play on the record.

I saw Lewis perform solo and with Voyager at the AACM 30th Anniversary
Festival last December.  I thought Voyager was pretty cool, although the
improvs it produces are much freer than what you heard on "News for Lulu".
Lewis' solo improvs were great, and generally boppier (to coin an
adjective).

Lewis' software also appears on the new Evan Parker double CD on Leo
records, but I can't remember who plays with it.

While not exactly prolific, George Lewis has recorded several times in the
last 20 years or so, in both trombone and electronic music contexts.  I've
been meaning to hear more of his stuff since the AACM fest and my first
hearing "News for Lulu", but other stuff keeps coming up...

Joe

_____________
Joe Germuska |_____ "Once the writer in every individual comes to life
[e-mail] |____   (and that time is not far off),
Northwestern University |___   we are in for an age of universal deafness
Learning Technologies Group |_______  and lack of understanding."
http://www.nwu.edu/people/j-germuska|                       -- Milan Kundera



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From: [e-mail] (Will Connor)
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 18:02:35 -0500
Subject: More George Lewis

I heard about George Lewis from Anthony Braxton's Berlin Montreaux concert
record where Lewis plays the hell out of a trombone (and a euphonium I
believe).  I have since had the pleasure of checking him out on a few other
Anthony Braxton records and I seem to recall having heard him with Kenny
Wheeler, Dave Holland, Marylin Crispell, and I think a Mark Dresser album
(also of Anthony Braxton fame who appears on Spy Vs Spy by John Zorn)

Definitely check him out on any of these recordings.  I was extra happy
with Voyager and the Berlin Montreaux concerts.


Best regards,
Willaim Klugh Connor III
International Sales Co=F6rdinator



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From: [e-mail]
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 19:11:09 -0500
Subject: Elliott Sharp/Orchestra Carbon performing Rheo~Umbra

For those of you who didn't know, E#/Orchestra Carbon will be performing his
piece Rheo~Umbra @ Context on Ave. A, Lower East Side, this Friday night with
sets at 9 and 11 (so you can go catch Derek Bailey's 9pm set at the Knit and
STILL catch this)  I saw the premier last winter, and it wis incredible!  Not
sure if it's the same line up, but it was basically E# (conducting and
playing guitar, sax? and his home made- and rarely played these days- "Slab")
with the whole Carbon crew (Zeena Parkins, Marc Sloan, Joe Trump and David
Weinstein) PLUS the Soldier String Quartet and a lone bass clarinet player (?
it wasn't Michael Lowenstern, but perhaps it will be this time)  If any of
you have Elliott's Tzadik release entitled Xenocodex, that's a pretty good
reference.  If you haven't heard that, think Xenokis.  GREAT stuff.  Anyone
else planning on going?  It would be cool to meet some of you!

Jonathan LaMaster
Unsound Productions

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From: Christopher Hamilton <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 22:06:08 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Question on Ornette Coleman

On 9 Dec 1996, George Curran <GCURRAN.US.ORACLE.COM> wrote:

> If you really
> want to limit your search, try to find Caravan of Dreams: a 2 record set with
> one record acoustic and the other record his Prime Time band.


Just a correction:  Caravan of Dreams is the record label; the album title
is _In All Languages_.  I agree that this is the best cheap
introduction to Coleman's work (and also one of his best records) but it's
likely to be hard to find.

Chris


Chris Hamilton
Dept. of Philosophy
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
USA


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From: [e-mail] (jonathan kaye)
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 23:25:55 -0500
Subject: masada kf shows

hard to believe that there have been six masada shows here in nyc since
last friday and no one's given any details yet. i'm not the most qualified
but what the hell.

saw the early show sunday eve and it was as good a masada show as i've
seen. evidently baron's been out sick the whole run so far (although i
heard that he's due back) and michael serene (sp?) has been sitting in on
drums (i heard one of the bartenders before the show saying that serene's
been so good that baron should start worrying about his job if he didn't
make it back soon). musically the substitution is hardly noticeable, serene
does an amazing job on some incredibly difficult music, but baron is one of
my favorite musicians to watch so i missed that. it was interesting
watching zorn direct him sometimes, stopping him during one of douglas'
solos and then pinching his fingers together about 3/4 of the way through
signaling to serene to just add high-hat to douglas' solo.

sorry i can't give you song titles but it was a standard mix of uptempo
tunes with a couple of ballads thrown in. zorn seemed to be in a good mood,
smiling at douglas after several of the songs.

i wish i knew what the last song they did before the encore was. part way
through cohen started a solo and was then joined by zorn, and together they
moved away from the "ornette meets klezmer" of masada into a more
traditional bebop type territory and then zorn took off into what may be
the best solo i've ever seen him play, very emotional, very smooth and very
traditional. i'd love to get a recording of it.

sorry for the sketchy details, but you've still got three more nights to
check it out for yourself.

jon



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From: BIRD BRAIN <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 23:55:48 -0500
Subject: Ornette.

If your looking for Ornette albums, withdraw your savings and buy the Atlantic
box set as already suggested.  My favorite albums - "This Is Our Music",
"Change Of the Century" (Ramblin' is the tune that first hooked me on Ornette),
"New York is Now" on Blue Note with Dewey Redman - excellent.
Speaking of Ornette - does anyone have or heard his first recording (I believe
it's his first recording - not sure)  I believe the album is called "Live at the Hillcrest" and may have been released under Paul Bley's name.  I've always
wanted to hear this recording but I can never find it on vinyl and I'm not sure
if it's been released on CD.

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From: john shiurba <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 00:16:37 -0700
Subject: Re: Ornette.

> Speaking of Ornette - does anyone have or heard his first recording (I believe
> it's his first recording - not sure)  I believe the album is called "Live at the Hillcrest" and may have been released under Paul Bley's name.  I've always
> wanted to hear this recording but I can never find it on vinyl and I'm not sure
> if it's been released on CD.

there are two records that i know of that predate the Contemporary LPs. One is called
Live At The Hillcrest 1958 and is credited to Paul Bley (on Inner City). The lineup is
Bley/ Coleman Cherry/ Haden Higgins. The second LP is called Coleman Classics (on
IAI) and has the same lineup. I think I remember seeing the same records with
different covers and possibly slightly different titles, but the same music.

- --



[e-mail]

http://www.sfo.com/~shiurba

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From: Jan-Wen Lu <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 19:55:38 +0800
Subject: Recent releases with Otomo Yoshihide

I've been a die-hard fan of Otomo Yoshihide and would like to provide some
information about recent releases with him.

1.Techno Mit Storungen-Ein Project von Jon Rose (Plag Dich nicht 002)<CD>
  --A project of Jon Rose during the "Music Unlimited" Festival '95. With a
  lof of talented musicians. Otomo Yoshihide, Frank Schulte, Christian Mar-
  clay, Connie Bauer, Jon Rose, Phil Minton, Fred Frith, Marc Ribot, Chris
  Culter, Evan Parker and some other ones. A live recording of sample-based
  music. Very interesting indeed!!

2.Revolutionary Pekinese Opera Ver.1.50-Ground Zero (Gentle Giant gg701)<7">
  --A seven-inch record by Ground Zero. Side one is a studio version record-
  ed in March '95 and re-mixed in Fec '96. With current line-up. Side two is
  a live recording in '92. Featuring Yamantaka Eye and ex-members Hirose
  Junji and Kato Hideki. In a limited edition of 1000.

[e-mail]-Jon Rose et al (ReR JR4)<CD>
  --An upcoming CD on ReR. Live recording in Victoriaville in Canada. With
  Lauren Newton, Chris Culter, Joelle Leandre, Otomo Yoshihide, and Jon Rose
  . Will be available soon.

4.Twins-Bob Ostertag/Otomo Yoshihide (Creativeman Disc)<CD>
  --Collaboration of Bob Ostertag and Otomo. I still don't have any entry to
  get it. Does anyone have it?

5.Corpuscules En mouvement-par philippe Chatelain (?) <CD>
  --A 22-minute live performance of Otomo Yoshihide, Dragon Blue(a project
  of Tenko), Attwenger, Phil Minton, Tenko. Taken from MIMI '94 and Musique
  Action '95. Limited edition of 560 copies, numbered. I don't have this
  since it is available with PAL system not NTSC. Available through ReR.



- --
Jan-Wen Lu  E-Mail address: [e-mail]

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From: "ALAN E. KAYSER" <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 07:12:30 -0500
Subject: Re: masada kf shows

jonathan kaye wrote:
>
> hard to believe that there have been six masada shows here in nyc since
> last friday and no one's given any details yet. i'm not the most qualified
> but what the hell.
>
> saw the early show sunday eve and it was as good a masada show as i've
> seen. evidently baron's been out sick the whole run so far (although i
> heard that he's due back) and michael serene (sp?) has been sitting in on
> drums (i heard one of the bartenders before the show saying that serene's
> been so good that baron should start worrying about his job if he didn't
> make it back soon). musically the substitution is hardly noticeable, serene
> does an amazing job on some incredibly difficult music, but baron is one of
> my favorite musicians to watch so i missed that. it was interesting
> watching zorn direct him sometimes, stopping him during one of douglas'
> solos and then pinching his fingers together about 3/4 of the way through
> signaling to serene to just add high-hat to douglas' solo.
>
> sorry i can't give you song titles but it was a standard mix of uptempo
> tunes with a couple of ballads thrown in. zorn seemed to be in a good mood,
> smiling at douglas after several of the songs.
>
> i wish i knew what the last song they did before the encore was. part way
> through cohen started a solo and was then joined by zorn, and together they
> moved away from the "ornette meets klezmer" of masada into a more
> traditional bebop type territory and then zorn took off into what may be
> the best solo i've ever seen him play, very emotional, very smooth and very
> traditional. i'd love to get a recording of it.
>
> sorry for the sketchy details, but you've still got three more nights to
> check it out for yourself.
>
> jon
Jon:
I believe your Michael Serene is Michael Sarin.  He's appeared on
various CDs, including the last Ned Rothenberg POWER LINES which also
features Dave Douglas and Erik Friedlander, all are on the new Myra
Melford, SAME RIVER TWICE, as well as the two Dave Douglas Soul Note
CDs, FIVE and PARALLEL WORLDS.  He is a terrific drummer, and I
recommend all of the above CDs to fans of Zorn. Anything with Douglas
and Friedlander is worth hearing.
Alan E. Kayser

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From: "George Curran " <[e-mail]>
Date: 10 Dec 96 06:38:29 -0800
Subject: Re: masada kf shows

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Knitting Factory regulars should recognize Michael Sarin from his work with
the Thomas Chapin Trio.  Michael's drum work astonished me when they played
Boston earlier this year.  Fans of Joey Baron definitely want to check him
out; moreover, I think any fan of adventurous jazz would find the Thomas
Chapin Trio most satisfying.

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jonathan kaye wrote:
>
> hard to believe that there have been six masada shows here in nyc since
> last friday and no one's given any details yet. i'm not the most qualified
> but what the hell.
>
> saw the early show sunday eve and it was as good a masada show as i've
> seen. evidently baron's been out sick the whole run so far (although i
> heard that he's due back) and michael serene (sp?) has been sitting in on
> drums (i heard one of the bartenders before the show saying that serene's
> been so good that baron should start worrying about his job if he didn't
> make it back soon). musically the substitution is hardly noticeable, serene
> does an amazing job on some incredibly difficult music, but baron is one of
> my favorite musicians to watch so i missed that. it was interesting
> watching zorn direct him sometimes, stopping him during one of douglas'
> solos and then pinching his fingers together about 3/4 of the way through
> signaling to serene to just add high-hat to douglas' solo.
>
> sorry i can't give you song titles but it was a standard mix of uptempo
> tunes with a couple of ballads thrown in. zorn seemed to be in a good mood,
> smiling at douglas after several of the songs.
>
> i wish i knew what the last song they did before the encore was. part way
> through cohen started a solo and was then joined by zorn, and together they
> moved away from the "ornette meets klezmer" of masada into a more
> traditional bebop type territory and then zorn took off into what may be
> the best solo i've ever seen him play, very emotional, very smooth and very
> traditional. i'd love to get a recording of it.
>
> sorry for the sketchy details, but you've still got three more nights to
> check it out for yourself.
>
> jon
Jon:
I believe your Michael Serene is Michael Sarin.  He's appeared on
various CDs, including the last Ned Rothenberg POWER LINES which also
features Dave Douglas and Erik Friedlander, all are on the new Myra
Melford, SAME RIVER TWICE, as well as the two Dave Douglas Soul Note
CDs, FIVE and PARALLEL WORLDS.  He is a terrific drummer, and I
recommend all of the above CDs to fans of Zorn. Anything with Douglas
and Friedlander is worth hearing.
Alan E. Kayser

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