According to an advert in The Wire the proposed 100cd set was
postponed. It will apparently be released in March. The set is
supposed to cover Zorn/Eye╣s Japanese tour (I can╣t remember the date
off hand) and will feature different amounts of music on each disc. I
hope this is of use to smeone.
Scott Russell
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From: ssmith@knittingfactory.com (Steve Smith)
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 10:34:54 -0500
Subject: Re: FAQ Draft 1.1 Comments Please (Long)
Hey Mike -
>* When is John Zorn going to be playing in a city near me?
>
> Since there is no single source for John Zorns touring
> schedule, this FAQ will be updated with upcoming shows
> reported by other members of the zorn-list. Please
> email any additions/updates to me, rizzi@netcom.com
>
If New York City can be counted as "a city near you" then here are a few
more dates, all at the Knitting Factory (natch):
Feb. 1 The Short Films of Henry Hills
Naked City videos: Gotham, Osaka Bondage, Ignaceous Ejaculation
plus Heretic and The Little Lieutenant of the Loving God
(All Zorn soundtracks, though Zorn himself isn't expected to show.)
Feb. 9 Painkiller (with Ted Epstein subbing for Mick Harris)
Feb 21 Zorn and Yamataka Eye (that's evidently the new "official" spelling
of Eye's name, Zorn spelled it out very slowly for me...)
March 2 Zorn and Arto Lindsay (on a bill with Mainliner and Ruins)
I might take a crack at some of the other FAQs later...
Steve Smith
ssmith@knittingfactory.com
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From: Matt Walsh <MATTW@smginc.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 10:38:00 PST
Subject: Re: Machine Gun
>>From: N Vassiliou <nv102@york.ac.uk>
>>Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 20:11:53 GMT
>>Subject: Re: machine gun
>>
>>"...I am sure that most of us could do without such elitist comments."
Hey, calm down! It was obviously a joke. And pretty much a good hint that
this is a disc most of us would definitely want to have. Damn, people can
get so touchy and take things too seriously. Lighten up, man!
By the way, due to having an insanely diverse taste in music and
therefore do not often "go searching" for discs, I do not have "Machine
Gun" myself. So Mike & Patrice, let me know when I'm kicked of the list.
Do I get 2 weeks notice? I will start looking for this disc as I enjoy
this list too much. Can someone give me Cadence's address or other method
of contact? (privately)
To James Kirchmer, while I was minorly upset that you didn't clip that
whole message, I was amused and glad to read that bit on The Great Kat.
While she is a fantastic musician, she is rather strange. I can't believe
the Classical Dept. actually mentioned her.
OK, so I'm wasting bandwidth...
Matt Walsh
mattw@smginc.com
annoying co-workers with: Thought Industry - "Songs For Insects"
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From: N Vassiliou <nv102@york.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 17:39:28 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: Machine Gun
> Hey, calm down! It was obviously a joke. And pretty much a good hint that
> this is a disc most of us would definitely want to have. Damn, people can
> get so touchy and take things too seriously. Lighten up, man!
>
hey, it's not like I put a contract on the guy, so 'touchy' and
'seriously' are probably not appropriate here. I was just making a
comment, which I felt covered some other people in this list as well.
Obviously, judging by your aggressive comments, this is not the case and I
regret sendind this mail. As for the hint, it is obvious in my reply that
I took it, as I said I will most probably buy the record. But I guess some
people don't take hints.
Apologies to the other members of the list for this mail
Nick V.
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From: pm.carey@utoronto.ca (Patrick Carey)
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 16:00:10 -0500
Subject: Re: FAQ Draft 1.1
>A response to the Zorn/Eye "Live In China" 100cd set.
>According to an advert in The Wire the proposed 100cd set was
>postponed. It will apparently be released in March. The set is
>supposed to cover Zorn/Eye's Japanese tour
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A slight correction here ... the set is a recording of their 1995 China tour.
Additional info:
I believe it has been pushed back again to the fall of 1997.
- ------
On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Barry Gilbert <barry.gilbert@internetmci.com> wrote:
I spoke with Zorn at last night's show in Boulder. He said this set would
be delayed until probably the fall. He also said that the shortest CD's
would be about one second long.
- ------
The set has been personally arranged & edited by Zorn.
Limited Edition: 1000
>(I can't remember the date off hand) and will feature different amounts of
>>music on each disc. I hope this is of use to smeone.
- -Patrick
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From: Jason Caulfield Bivins <jbivins@indiana.edu>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 17:54:58 -0500 (EST)
Subject: "elitism"?
Forgive me if I sound pedantic, but I'd like to object to the
characterization of Patrice and Mike as elitist. While I'm sure the
remark was not made in a hostile spirit, it strikes me as wrong. The way
I read it, the two of them were expressing admiration for what is an
important historical document and a very good record. I normally don't
participate in this sort of discussion, but perhaps judgmentalism is to
be avoided more than "elitism".
Jason Bivins
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From: BIRD BRAIN <BIRD_BRAIN@wow.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 20:09:36 -0500
Subject: Zorn a fake
When I first heard Zorn, about five years ago, I also thought he was a "fake".
There I feel better. I remember during spring break my friends and I left our
small Wyoming cowtown destined for Denver to go on a record buying binge.
One bought Torture Garden because of the cover art and when we listened to
it all I remeber thinking was - this is interesting but nothing more than a novelty.
Needless to say my opinions and musical tastes have changed, mostly because
of Zorn's music.
When I moved to Denver to study music I was surprised to learn that the director
of jazz studies once played with Zorn when they both attended the University
of Oregon in Eugene. But he didn't seem to like the music Zorn was putting out
at the time (Naked City), which was turning my world around. He did have a
Zorn composition framed and hanging on his office wall. I believe it was written
for three soprano saxes playing in unison. I was also surprised to find out my
saxophone instructor had never heard of Zorn and when I played some of
Zorn's music for him he was very unimpressed. The words "Zorn needs to get
a life" return to my memory. After that moment I lost respect for this teacher, and
soon left that school. I wonder if the opinions have changed recently among
the faculty in our higher learning institutions. Any thoughts, or experiences?
If opinions have changed I would like to know, 'cause I'd like to go back to school, but I need instrutors who love the music of Dolphy, Coltrane, Ornette,
and Zorn to name a few. I remember the jazz improvisation class I took we had
to learn a solo every week (transcribe it by ear) and memorize it and play it in class along with the recording. One week I learned Ornette's solo on Ramblin'
and played it for the class. My instructor afterwards told me in so many words
that Ornette solos would be frowned upon - for what ever reason. I also began
to transcribe Zorn's composition The Conqueror Worm (from Heretic) with the
idea of playing it for my recital but after presenting my advisor with the idea he
told me it wasn't a good idea.
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From: Tom Benton <rancor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 12:15:00 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Davey's Sanctuary
Ok, so this is sort of a dated question, but I'm going to ask anyway. In
I guess late December, the Knit put on some kind of 'Composer Series'
concert, I think Zorn was there doing Redbird, but my question was
regarding Dave Douglas. This was another performance of his Sanctuary
group, which seems to be something of a long form composition for a
not quite set instumentation. Multiple (occasionally single) bass,
drums, sampler, trumpet. In the past it's been augmented by sax or bone
as well. I wanted to see if anyone made it to this performance and had
any impressions. There's supposedly a recording of this group coming up
on Avant I think; Any wisdom on this? Thanks all, carry on...
