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zorn-list Digest       Wednesday, June 11 1997       Volume 02 : Number 083



In this issue:

    Threadgill, Berne
    Re: zorn-list Digest V2 #82
    Re: Threadgill, Berne
    Re: "That Burt Bacharach CD"
    Re: Threadgill, Berne
    half japanese
    Re: Threadgill, Berne
    berne
    Laswell Article
    Hellborg/Laswell/Brotzmann
    Masada Bar Kokbah is coming to Toronto!
    Re: Laswell Article
    Re: Laswell Article
    Re: Laswell Article
    Re: Laswell Article
    100 OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES still available
    Re: Laswell Article
    Re: Laswell Article
    Laswell's APC Stuff
    Re: Laswell Article
    Upcoming Laswell Releases - Listening Impressions
    Re: Upcoming Laswell Releases - Listening Impressions
    Request for tour info
    Bobby Previte
    Re: Upcoming Laswell Releases - Listening Impressions
    Re: Bobby Previte
    Anybody there?
    Need Help re: Company 91
    Re: Need Help re: Company 91
    CDs/Tzadik
    Re: Need Help re: Company 91
    Laswell
    Re: Need Help re: Company 91
    Re: Laswell
    Pandit Pran Nath Memorial Broadcast
    Geoff Gersh solo
    Arcana
    Praxis Show
    Laswell's Miles remix album
    Re: Laswell's Miles remix album
    Re: Laswell's Miles remix album
    free sax on the net, quick!!
    Need Help w/ Cobra (rules & application)
    Will Trade Masada 4 or 7

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Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 14:09:25 +0600
From: john <[e-mail]>
Subject: Threadgill, Berne

hello,
for those interested, Henry Threadgill
and Make a Move will be playing on
June 6 in Richmond, Va at the Va
Art and History Museum, i think that
tickets are seventeen dollars and ten
if you have a student id.
also, if someone wouldn't mind, i would
appreciate it if i could get the info to order
the Berne/Bloodcount 3cd set, thank you
john
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 16:30:38 -0500
From: Mark Perlson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: zorn-list Digest V2 #82

I think the Masada show in Montreal got moved to a much larger venue.

Nothing for sure, but you might want to check it out.


Ciao,
Mark

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Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 17:37:14 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Steve Smith)
Subject: Re: Threadgill, Berne

A 3 CD's set of live shows of Bloodcount is release on Berne's Label,
Scewgun. The 3 CD's set is a limited edition of 2000 copies and is available
only by mail order. To order it send $32 (37$ overseas) US found payable to
Screwgun Records:

The screwgun Building
104 St. Marks Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Bloodcount UNWOUND

disc one: : "We're only here for the food" (Live in Berlin)
disc two : "An Avarage Daze" (Live in Berlin)
disc three: " The Fan" (Live in Ann Arbor)

(Please be advised that Tim and Co. are currently in England and Germany
and will not be back until June 16 so nothing ships before them, I fear.)

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Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 14:41:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Holmes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: "That Burt Bacharach CD"

try cdUniverse. THey have it for $18.94 +S&H. Remember it is a two disk
set, so this is a great price. It is under the title "Great Jewish Music".
They have most regular tzadik release for around $13.98. Which is the
cheapest I have found. I use them often, and usually get stuff in a couple
of days.

Thanks,
Brian Holmes


On Sun, 25 May 1997, Julian wrote:

> Can someone tell me of a place on the net that stocks this CD (I have no
> clue what it's actually called) at a reasonable price? I found it in a shop
> in Australia and the price is ridiculous. Help would be greatly
> appreciated, thanks.
>
>
>

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Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 14:55:15 -0700
From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Threadgill, Berne

On Wed, 28 May 1997 17:37:14 -0400  Steve Smith wrote:
>
> A 3 CD's set of live shows of Bloodcount is release on Berne's Label,
> Scewgun. The 3 CD's set is a limited edition of 2000 copies and is available
> only by mail order. To order it send $32 (37$ overseas) US found payable to
> Screwgun Records:

Mail order only? Are you sure? Tower Records in Portland (OR) -- not famous
for its avant-jazz edge -- has it in store!

I was really surprised to see it there (NY, I would understand, but Portland!).

> The screwgun Building
> 104 St. Marks Ave.
> Brooklyn, NY 11217
>
> Bloodcount UNWOUND
>
> disc one: : "We're only here for the food" (Live in Berlin)
> disc two : "An Avarage Daze" (Live in Berlin)
> disc three: " The Fan" (Live in Ann Arbor)
>
> (Please be advised that Tim and Co. are currently in England and Germany
> and will not be back until June 16 so nothing ships before them, I fear.)

Anyway, this is a great set and worth to get.

    Patrice.

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Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 23:30:32 +0100 (BST)
From: Philip Reno <[e-mail]>
Subject: half japanese

(apologies if this is irrelevant for most of you)
Does anybody know when are Half japanese playing in London?
I did not know where else to ask (but Zorn plays in at least one
half japanese release so there is some relation)

thanks

Nick V

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Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 19:07:50 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Steve Smith)
Subject: Re: Threadgill, Berne

>> A 3 CD's set of live shows of Bloodcount is release on Berne's Label,
>> Scewgun. The 3 CD's set is a limited edition of 2000 copies and is available
>> only by mail order. To order it send $32 (37$ overseas) US found payable to
>> Screwgun Records:
>
>Mail order only? Are you sure? Tower Records in Portland (OR) -- not famous
>for its avant-jazz edge -- has it in store!

Patrice is correct, of course.  I saved that message from some months ago
so that anytime folks requested the Screwgun info I could forward it
without much effort.  Unfortunately, I didn't look very closely, or I would
have caught that very error.  "Unwound" is now in most large stores like
Tower and HMV thanks to a distributor on the west coast called FTC.  Forced
Exposure and North Country take care of all the indie stores.  So it's
pretty common that you'll see it in stores now, and all subsequent releases
from Screwgun will be there too.

But on the other hand if you buy it at Tower there's a sticker applied
directly to the cardboard package and you'll pay $39 plus tax, with no
extra money going to Tim, as opposed to $32 by mailorder, almost all of
which goes to Tim.  So that's your choice.

Steve

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Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 20:46:02 -0400
From: "ALAN E. KAYSER" <[e-mail]>
Subject: berne

The 3CD set is available from Jazz Sound here in Philadelphia for $32.
They will mail order.  However, Tim will also mail order and that way he
gets the money.  If you like Berne, and you should, then get this.  It's
great.
Alan E Kayser
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 20:19:12 -0500 (CDT)
From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Laswell Article

Now that my inbox is below 400 messages, I actually have some time to type
this up.  This article appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times a few weeks ago
(sorry, I lost the exact date).  Reprinted without permission.

"New Releases Bear Stamp Of Master Producer Laswell"
Jazz Etc. by Lloyd Sachs

    As a producer of Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Herbie Hancock
during the mid-'80s, Bill Laswell could have ridden the commercial gravy
train and continued as one of the go-to guys in the studio.  But the
compromises and time-wasting he had to endure got to him.
    "After experimenting with that way of working," he said, "I
decided to move as far away from it as I could."
    Having come to prominence with two "no wave" rock collectives in
New York - Material and the Golden Palominos - Laswell formed Last Exit, a
scorching band combining free-jazz and avant-garde rock.  He also founded
the Axiom label, whose artists included Exiteers Sonny Sharrock and Ronald
Shannon Jackson.
    Countless cutting-edge projects later, he finds himself in the
agreeable place of being able to work for labels small and large, on
projects ranging from an avant opera and his four-turntable band Praxis,
to strong new albums by Henry Threadgill and James Blood Ulmer.
    To these ears, "Where's Your Cup?" (Columbia) is Threadgill's best
effort since Too Much Sugar For A Dime," his electric collaboration with
Laswell.  Leading a new quintet, Make A Move, the alto saxist/flutist
moves in yet another new direction on his mission to meld jazz, classical
music and a gamut of world sounds ranging from Latin to Indian.
    Ulmer, celebrated for his shattering attack on guitar - and
sometimes lamented for his rawboned vocals - applies a light touch to
"South Delta Space Age" (Antilles).  He leads Third Rail, a genre-mixing
superband including Laswell, P-Funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell, drummer
Ziggy Modeliste of New Orleans' Meters and gospel-driven singer/organist
Amina Claudine Myers.
    With their earthy tones and edgy, offbeat texture, Threadgill
and Ulmer have proven difficult to record.  But not for Laswell, who
easily mastered the tricky bottom end of Threadgill's two-tuba, two-guitar
band, Very Very Circus.  "People overlooked the fact that he was using the
tuba as a bass," he said.  "You had to make it sound large and clear or
else lose it in the mud."
    With Make A Move, a band of meditative intensity and soaring
power featuring Tony Cedras on accordion and Brandon Ross on electric and
classical-style guitar, Laswell found the going easy.
    "With Henry, you have to stay focused on the music, really listen
and work kind of quickly because it can move so suddenly," he said.  "You
have to ready to go where it does.  But I like his writing, so that was no
big deal."
    With Ulmer, he put on his producer's hat before entering the
studio.  "I prodded Blood into playing in more of a pop vein," said
Laswell, who played with him in a 1990 power trio that anticipated Third
Rail.  "Though he has aquired other information, he is inherently a rock
musician."
    "I've seen him play in a blues-oriented, almost folk-feeling vein.
Those, to me, are the elements to bring out in him."
    Built on glowingly nuanced funk grooves, "South Delta Space Age"
boasts catchy pop hooks, blues licks, streams of neo-psychedelia, and
hip-hop, voiced through Ulmer's half-smiling cover of Schooly D's
"Dusted."
    Laswell is sometimes charged with being too hands-on in the
studio, asserting his booming sonic vision at the cost of losing the voice
of the artist.  He'll admit to taking over "when that's necessary" - and
when artists are in need of a personality infusion.
    With Threadgill and Ulmer, that will never be the case, though
typically, they are hardly rewarded for their individuality.  "Where's
Your Cup?" is another underpromoted item by a label that seems to have
signed the acclaimed artist for the prestige he brings them.  "South Delta
Space Age," released in Jpan in 1995, sat on the import shelf until
recently.
    No surprises here for the producer.  "Corporations don't like
innovation," said Laswell.  "It's too difficult for them to relate."

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

There's obviously a bit of misinformation in the above article (how Praxis
got confused with the Invisible Scratch Pickles is beyond my best guess)
but just in case some of this might be true...

1)  Did Laswell work with Bowie?

2)  What's this "avant opera"

3)  Did Laswell play in a power trio with Ulmer?  Any recordings?

Thanks,

Paul
[e-mail]
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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 20:22:34 -0500 (CDT)
From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hellborg/Laswell/Brotzmann

Any info on the album _Ordinary Day_  credited to Jonas and Niels Hellborg
along with Bill Laswell and Peter Brotzmann?  Label unknown, but possibly
MP though that could definately be an abbreviation.

Thanks,

Paul
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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 22:22:27 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Masada Bar Kokbah is coming to Toronto!

Hi,

Just wanted inform the Toronto Zorn fans that Masada will be playing
Harbourfront on August 25th and 26th, two shows each night!

Jeremy

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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 19:38:53 -0700
From: Jeff Spirer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Laswell Article

At 08:19 PM 5/29/97 -0500, [e-mail] wrote:

>There's obviously a bit of misinformation in the above article (how Praxis
>got confused with the Invisible Scratch Pickles is beyond my best guess)
>but just in case some of this might be true...

The Invisible Scratch Pickles have been the percussion unit for Praxis at
some live shows.

>
>1)  Did Laswell work with Bowie?

No.  Probably confusion with someone else.

>
>2)  What's this "avant opera"

It's a thing being done with Karl Berger.  It will probably be released on
Douglas.

>
>3)  Did Laswell play in a power trio with Ulmer?  Any recordings?

Yes.  Yes.  Unfortunately, the recording was available briefly in Japan
about six years ago and there are very few copies.  Although I am sure
Laswell must have one, it was not at Greenpoint (which is now defunct), and
it isn't in his office.


>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul
>[e-mail]
>
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>  GROOVE             O(+> (the artist formerly known as Prince) <+)O
>----------            e - m - a - n - c - i - p - a - t - i - o - n

>one nation            The Exodus Has Concluded - Welcome 2 The Dawn
>
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>
>
>
>
Jeff Spirer
Axiom/Material
www.hyperreal.com/axiom/

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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 00:55:07 -0500 (CDT)
From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Laswell Article

On Thu, 29 May 1997, Jeff Spirer wrote:

> The Invisible Scratch Pickles have been the percussion unit for Praxis at
> some live shows.

OK, now that makes sense.  I guess the part about the "guitar player who
wears a KFC bucket on his head" musta have been edited out by someone at
the newspaper :)

> >3)  Did Laswell play in a power trio with Ulmer?  Any recordings?
>
> Yes.  Yes.  Unfortunately, the recording was available briefly in Japan
> about six years ago and there are very few copies.  Although I am sure
> Laswell must have one, it was not at Greenpoint (which is now defunct), and
> it isn't in his office.

Geez...for someone who has quite a reputation, Laswell has done some
amazingly hard to get things :(


Thanks for the info,

Paul
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 11:07:59 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Steve Smith)
Subject: Re: Laswell Article

>Yes.  Yes.  Unfortunately, the recording was available briefly in Japan
>about six years ago and there are very few copies.  Although I am sure
>Laswell must have one, it was not at Greenpoint (which is now defunct), and
>it isn't in his office.

You might consider the augmented trio on Ulmer's "America, Do You Remember
the Love?" (mid 1980s Blue Note) to fit that bill as well... Ulmer,
Laswell, Shannon Jackson, plus sometimes second guitarist Nicky Skopelitis
and vocalists the Fowler Brothers.

Steve Smith
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 08:21:55 -0700
From: Jeff Spirer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Laswell Article

At 11:07 AM 5/30/97 -0400, Steve Smith wrote:
>>Yes.  Yes.  Unfortunately, the recording was available briefly in Japan
>>about six years ago and there are very few copies.  Although I am sure
>>Laswell must have one, it was not at Greenpoint (which is now defunct), and
>>it isn't in his office.
>
>You might consider the augmented trio on Ulmer's "America, Do You Remember
>the Love?" (mid 1980s Blue Note) to fit that bill as well... Ulmer,
>Laswell, Shannon Jackson, plus sometimes second guitarist Nicky Skopelitis
>and vocalists the Fowler Brothers.

I don't think this is on CD.  It would be really nice if it was, since I
lost my vinyl copy.


Jeff Spirer
Axiom/Material
www.hyperreal.com/axiom/

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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 08:44:20 -0700
From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 100 OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES still available

    Just to let people know that Verge Distribution (Canada) still has the
following record listed:

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*** - 100 OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES: Nicolas Collins

  Nicolas Collins in duos with Pippin Barnett, Anthony Coleman, Tom Cora,
  Peter Cusak, Shelley Hirsch, George Lewis, Christian Marclay, Ben Neill,
  Zeena Parkins, Robert Poss, Ned Rothenberg, Elliott Sharp, Davey Williams,
  John Zorn, Peter Zummo.

    1989 - Trace Elements, TE-1018 (CD)

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        Verge
        www: http://www.ptbo.igs.net/~verge/index.htm

I remember people trying to put their hand on and wondering the meaning of
life without it :-).

    Patrice.

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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 09:51:39 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Dave Trenkel)
Subject: Re: Laswell Article

>>3)  Did Laswell play in a power trio with Ulmer?  Any recordings?
>
>Yes.  Yes.  Unfortunately, the recording was available briefly in Japan
>about six years ago and there are very few copies.  Although I am sure
>Laswell must have one, it was not at Greenpoint (which is now defunct), and
>it isn't in his office.
>
What about Ulmer's "America: Do you Remember the Love", on Blue Note, 1987?
It's credited to Ulmer, Laswell and Ronald Shannon Jackson. Nicky
Skopelitis is on a couple of cuts, but it seems to be mostly the trio. Not
my favorite Ulmer record, though.

________________________________________________________
Dave Trenkel : [e-mail]  : www.peak.org/~improv/

"...there will come a day when you won't have to use
gasoline. You'd simply take a cassette and put it in
your car, let it run. You'd have to have the proper
type of music. Like you take two sticks, put 'em
together, make fire. You take some notes and rub 'em
together - dum, dum, dum, dum - fire, cosmic fire."
                                            -Sun Ra
________________________________________________________

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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 14:21:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Laswell Article

In a message dated 5/30/97 12:45:31 PM, [e-mail] (Jeff Spirer)
wrote:

<<>You might consider the augmented trio on Ulmer's "America, Do You Remember
>the Love?" (mid 1980s Blue Note) to fit that bill as well... Ulmer,
>Laswell, Shannon Jackson, plus sometimes second guitarist Nicky Skopelitis
>and vocalists the Fowler Brothers.

I don't think this is on CD.  It would be really nice if it was, since I
lost my vinyl copy.
>>

Well, it may be out of print, but it was available at one point, because I've
got one.

Jon

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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 14:57:13 -0400
From: Sean Terwilliger <[e-mail]>
Subject: Laswell's APC Stuff

Thanks to the beautiful people at Downtown Music Gallery, I now own
Laswell's APC tracks One and Two. THey are both really good dubby funk.
However....
APC has a web site!
APC has 2 other Laswell discs!
One of them _F. Robert Lloyd - Think about Brooklyn_ Has Laswell,
Sharrock, Fier and more. It's really good.
The other _V.A. Think about Mustapha_ Which I havn't listened to al of
yet has a really nice Nicky Skopelitis track.

Oh yeah,

http://www.apc.fr

Took 'em a week to get the two new ones to me.

- -Sean

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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 18:06:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Hamilton <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Laswell Article

On Fri, 30 May 1997, Steve Smith wrote:

> You might consider the augmented trio on Ulmer's "America, Do You Remember
> the Love?" (mid 1980s Blue Note) to fit that bill as well... Ulmer,
> Laswell, Shannon Jackson, plus sometimes second guitarist Nicky Skopelitis
> and vocalists the Fowler Brothers.

I'd warn anyone against running out and getting this one for the allstar
cast.  While it's not awful, it's very, very disappointing given the
caliber of players involved.

Chris Hamilton

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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 16:40:11 -0700
From: Jeff Spirer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Upcoming Laswell Releases - Listening Impressions

Here are a few upcoming Laswell things I have now heard.

Miles Davis: _Panthalassa - The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974_.  I was
originally told that this would be an "ambient dub" remix, but it isn't.
Instead, it is remixed in the original spirit with an emphasis on some of
the spacier and funkier aspects, and some ambient stuff linking together
different sections.  Mixes are very clean with the rhythm tracks more
forward.  This is in spirit close to last year's Pharoah Sanders' CD.
Release scheduled for sometime later this year on Sony.  Track Listing:

1) In a Silent Way: sections of "In a Silent Way" and "Shhh/Peaceful" from
_In a Silent Way_
2) On the Corner: "Black Satin" from _On the Corner_ followed by two
unreleased jams from the same recording session
3) Rated X: "Rated X" and "Billy Preston" from _Get Up With It_
4) He Loved Him Madly: From _Get Up With It_

Nicky Skopelitis and Raoul Bjorkenheim: _Revelator_.  This collaboration
between two guitarists doesn't fit any category.  Some of it is ambient
(almost new agey), some of it is very Middle Eastern, there is tabla
through some of the tracks, and it is generally laid back although some of
the guitar solos start to kick.  Coming out on Douglas Records sometime.
Track Listing, tentative names:

1) Sacrament; 2) Epiphany; 3) Fresh Meat & Roses; 4) Right as Rain

Bob Marley: _Devotional Mix Translation_. Ambient dub remixes of Bob Marley
tracks from the original masters. Includes classic tracks such as No Woman
No Cry, Them Belly Full, Rebel Music, Exodus, and more. Includes classic
tracks such as No Woman No Cry, Them Belly Full, Rebel Music, Exodus, and
more.  This is really eerie, listening to Marley's music without Marley,
and very nicely done.  Closer to traditional dub than much of what is
called dub this day.  Coming on Island, probably in September.

Bernie Worrell: _Free Agent - A Spaced Odyssey_.  This one is already out
in Japan, but it's on Polystar which means US distribution is miserable.
"Spaced Odyssey" is a fair description, this is funky stuff, occasionally
even African influenced, with a lot of ambient overtones.  With Hamid
Drake, Aiyb Dieng, Dominic Kanza, Buckethead, Bill Laswell, Jean Pierre
Sluys.  This is produced by Bernie, with mix and additional production by
Bill.

There's also the live Praxis coming out on Douglas which is Praxis +
turntables and has some great moments, but I think I have a pre-mix DAT so
I'm not sure what it sounds like in final release.  This is out in Europe,
but there is no distribution deal in the US.  On Douglas.





Jeff Spirer
Axiom/Material
www.hyperreal.com/axiom/

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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 20:54:41 -0700
From: Jeff Spirer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Upcoming Laswell Releases - Listening Impressions

Following up on my own post, but I'm now at home and not listening on a
tinny little boom box.

Maybe it's the tequila, but -

At 04:40 PM 5/30/97 -0700, Jeff Spirer wrote:

>Here are a few upcoming Laswell things I have now heard.
>
>Miles Davis: _Panthalassa - The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974_.

This is fuckin' amazing.  Pushing the bottom out front really changes it,
probably a lot closer to what it sounded like in the studio rather than
Columbia's lame mixes.  Some really ugly sounds, especially from the
guitar, pop out beautifully, and there is some nifty synth texturing over
the top that Bill may have added.

If I can get legal clearance, I will play this on the Ann Arbor show on
KFJC, SF Bay Area, in July.

>Bernie Worrell: _Free Agent - A Spaced Odyssey_.

If, like me, you thought Bernie's last few solo releases were lacking
something, this one fixes all that.  And Buckethead completely tears up the
two tracks he appears on.  Funky, noisy, all that shit.  Hope someone in
the US picks this up, because Polystar stuff disappears before it hits the
shores.  Eurodwellers might be luckier, Polystar does show up there.


Jeff Spirer
Axiom/Material
www.hyperreal.com/axiom/

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Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 01:07:47 -0400
From: Malcolm <[e-mail]>
Subject: Request for tour info

I will be in NYC the week of July 1-5, 1997, and would like to find out if
John Zorn will be performing during that time. Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

Malcolm Riviera
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 08:03:19 -0400
From: "ALAN E. KAYSER" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bobby Previte

Does anyone have information on Bobby Previte, ie appearing in New York
with his two bands, The Horse... and/or Latin for Travelers?  Does he
play on Tuesday evenings at KF during the summer?  Any tour information
would be appreciated.
Alan E Kayser
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 02:13:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Hamilton <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Upcoming Laswell Releases - Listening Impressions

On Fri, 30 May 1997, Jeff Spirer wrote:

> >Miles Davis: _Panthalassa - The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974_.
>
> This is fuckin' amazing.  Pushing the bottom out front really changes it,
> probably a lot closer to what it sounded like in the studio rather than
> Columbia's lame mixes.  Some really ugly sounds, especially from the
> guitar, pop out beautifully, and there is some nifty synth texturing over
> the top that Bill may have added.

Given that the original records sound pretty damn great to my ears, this
must really be something.  I'm looking forward to this tremendously.

Chris Hamilton

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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 12:44:23 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Steve Smith)
Subject: Re: Bobby Previte

>Does anyone have information on Bobby Previte, ie appearing in New York
>with his two bands, The Horse... and/or Latin for Travelers?  Does he
>play on Tuesday evenings at KF during the summer?  Any tour information
>would be appreciated.
>Alan E Kayser
>[e-mail]

Bobby does play on Tuesday nights around 11:30 with The Horse, which is free.
They'll take a break from June 16 to 30 during the Jazz Festival but will
presumably resume after that.

And Latin for Travelers will be playing on June 30 as part of the Texaco
New York Jazz Festival.  You can call [phone] (or e-mail me
privately) for more information about tickets.  The ROVA Saxophone Quartet,
Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy and Human Feel (with Chris Speed and Jim
Black) are among the other bands on the bill that night.

BTW Bobby's first CD on his new label Depth of Field should be shipping in
September... it's a studio recorded disc of duets with Zorn, and he's
mighty happy with it...

Steve

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Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:07:08 -0400
From: Dave Brunelle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Anybody there?

Is anybody out there? I signed up for the list about 5 days ago...and
nothing's come yet. I'm a Zorn fan, but more than that, I'm a Laswell
fanatic. I'd like to know if anyone has any info on the really rare
albums that the they've put out (as far as availability and through what
sources) as well as any merchandise from either of them - shirts and
such. I'm more than happy to share any info someone might be looking for
on anything that I might have.

Dave Brunelle

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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 14:27:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Howard Shih <[e-mail]>
Subject: Need Help re: Company 91

I came across 3 volumes of Company 91 (on Incus?) and wasn't sure which
one to start with. Is there a better one to get if I'm more into Buckhead
& Zorn than Bailey & co?

And speaking of Buckethead... what's up with Arcana 2?



Howard Shih
[e-mail]
Programmer/Analyst
Meta 4 Digital Design
Phone: [phone] Ext. 242
FAX:   [phone]

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Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:19:24 -0700
From: Jeff Spirer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Need Help re: Company 91

At 02:27 PM 6/6/97 -0400, Howard Shih wrote:

>And speaking of Buckethead... what's up with Arcana 2?

It's scheduled for a fall release on Axiom.  Tony Williams' death changed
the timing since the liner notes had to be rewritten, and it is now more of
a "tribute" release.  Also, Ornette never got into the studio, and Bill was
waiting for that to happen, but now it just won't be on there.


Jeff Spirer
Axiom/Material
www.hyperreal.com/axiom/

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Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 01:50:17 +0000
From: Scott Russell <[e-mail]>
Subject: CDs/Tzadik

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Dear All

this is a re-post of two messages I sent earlier in the week which
seemed to vanish into cyberspace:

Anyone got any news on that Tzadik website that was mentioned a while
back?


Here are some items I've got for exchanging.Sorry about the lack of
direct zorn influence but all are interesting:

Painkiller, Buried Secrets.
Phantom City, Shiva Recoil; Paul Schutze, Laswell, Raoul Bjorkenheim
etc Live disc.
Divination, Akasha. Double cd of Laswell Ambient/Drum and Bass type
stuff. Featuring Harris and DXT
Techno Animal, Re-entry. Massively long double cd of ambient
soundscapes. Similar to FSOL but leans towards dub a bit more.
Bowery Electric, Beat. Guitar drone rock with samples and some
backbeats.
Bardo Pond. First cd. Lengthy droning guitar jams with whispered,
etherial vocals. Works up quite a storm in places.

All the above are cds, doubles where indicated. I'm interested in
exchanging for anything interesting and all the usual Zorn
associations apply.

Scott Russell.
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Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:19:24 -0700
From: Jeff Spirer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Need Help re: Company 91

At 02:27 PM 6/6/97 -0400, Howard Shih wrote:

>And speaking of Buckethead... what's up with Arcana 2?

It's scheduled for a fall release on Axiom.  Tony Williams' death changed
the timing since the liner notes had to be rewritten, and it is now more of
a "tribute" release.  Also, Ornette never got into the studio, and Bill was
waiting for that to happen, but now it just won't be on there.


Jeff Spirer
Axiom/Material
www.hyperreal.com/axiom/

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 12:37:56 +1000
From: "Julian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Laswell

I just got here like say a week or two ago, so can someone please tell me
where Zorn and Laswell have worked together?

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Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 00:40:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Hamilton <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Need Help re: Company 91

On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Howard Shih wrote:

> I came across 3 volumes of Company 91 (on Incus?) and wasn't sure which
> one to start with. Is there a better one to get if I'm more into Buckhead
> & Zorn than Bailey & co?

Volume 3 is definitely the one to start with for maximum Zorn/Buckethead
airtime, although all three are excellent.  If you look at the track
listing, each track is just titled with the initials of the featured
musicians.  (Buckethead is identified as BK.)

Chris Hamilton

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 00:57:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Hamilton <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Laswell

On Sat, 7 Jun 1997, Julian wrote:

> I just got here like say a week or two ago, so can someone please tell me
> where Zorn and Laswell have worked together?

Oddly enough, I'm not sure this has come up before.  Here's the ones I
know about:

John Zorn, _Archery_: Laswell plays bass.
_Improvised Music New York 1981_: Laswell on bass, Zorn on reeds, with
Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, and Charles K. Noyes.
_The Golden Palominos_: Laswell plays bass and produces.  Zorn makes
squonks on various reeds.
_Rubaiyat_: A various artists record on Elektra.  Laswell plays bass on
Zorn's arrangement of the Stooges' "TV Eye".
Praxis, _Sacrifist_: Zorn plays sax and co-composes one track with
Laswell.  Laswell produces and probably plays some bass.

Then there are the four Painkiller records (_Guts of a Virgin_, _Buried
Secrets_, _Execution Ground_, _Rituals_), which are of course
collaborations with Mick Harris.

OK, what am I missing?

Chris Hamilton, feeling more than ever like a stamp collector

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 20:16:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Pandit Pran Nath Memorial Broadcast

Pandit Pran Nath
(November 3, 1918 - June 13, 1996)
North Indian Master Vocalist

Memorial Broadcast
in honor of the one year anniversary of his death

Friday, June 13, 1997
8:00 to 11:00 PM

WFMU 91.1 FM
East Orange, New Jersey

Music from the MELA Foundation Archives
presented by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela
on the Hip Bone show with William Berger












D a v i d   B e a r d s l e y .. [e-mail]
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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 03:13:48 PST
From: [e-mail] (Geoff S Gersh)
Subject: Geoff Gersh solo

just wanted to let all you NYC area folks know about a gig I'm doing at
the Knitting Factory in the Alterknit on Sunday June 15th at 11pm.
i'll be playing elec. guitar, fretless prepared guitar and some other
toys played with and without the aid of various delays and looping
devices.....

see ya there!!!

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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 10:39:59 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Anders Fransson)
Subject: Arcana

On the European Free Improvisation Homepage the concert scedule announced
Arcana at the Frankfurt Festival June 7. With Bailey and Laswell offcource and
Jack DeJonette on drums! Does anybody knowes more about it???


Anders
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Anders Fransson, Biblioteket Hogskolan i Orebro,
701 82  Orebro, Sweden
e-mail: [e-mail]
Phone [phone]  Fax [phone]
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 15:13:38 -0400
From: Dave Brunelle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Praxis Show

Just wanted to let everyone know that there's a Praxis gig at the
Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage on Friday, June 13.

Dave Brunelle

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 23:35:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Laswell's Miles remix album

Bill Laswell's Panthalassa: Music of Miles Davis 1969-74 is scheduled for an
August 19th release on Columbia.

Anybody know what "panthalassa" means?

Lang Thompson

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 21:10:45 -0700
From: Jeff Spirer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Laswell's Miles remix album

At 11:35 PM 6/9/97 -0400, [e-mail] wrote:
>Bill Laswell's Panthalassa: Music of Miles Davis 1969-74 is scheduled for an
>August 19th release on Columbia.
>
>Anybody know what "panthalassa" means?

Hundreds of millions of years ago, the earth had only one continent, which
later split into the continents we now know.  The continent was called
Pangea, the ocean that surrounded Pangea was called Panthalassa.

I'm not sure how long ago it was exactly, but it explains a lot of
interesting fossil finds.

I posted track listings and a very short review on several lists including
this one and at least one newsgroup.  Artwork for the booklet is underway
and as soon as it is done, it should be at the web address below.




Jeff Spirer
Axiom/Material
www.hyperreal.com/axiom/

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 22:02:59 -0700
From: Jeff Spirer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Laswell's Miles remix album

>At 11:35 PM 6/9/97 -0400, [e-mail] wrote:

>>Anybody know what "panthalassa" means?

And I said:

>Hundreds of millions of years ago, the earth had only one continent, which
>later split into the continents we now know.  The continent was called
>Pangea, the ocean that surrounded Pangea was called Panthalassa.

I forgot to mention that Miles put out a CD called _Pangea_.  And I didn't
know what panthalassa meant until the guy putting together the liner notes
told me.

Jeff Spirer
Axiom/Material
www.hyperreal.com/axiom/

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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 16:28:09 +0100
From: cedric perrier <[e-mail]>
Subject: free sax on the net, quick!!

Wednesday 11, JOSEPH BUTCH ROVAN et ZACK SETTLE will perform live on the
net sur RADIO BLOCKQUOTE at 1PM.(free music and/or/with powertronics)

connect in time and /or listen to it later at

http://www.cpp.fr/webcpp/indexf.html

ok??


cedric



demain sur radio blockquote  la radio cyber de canal +
en live real audio sur le reseau

JOSEPH BUTCH ROVAN et ZACK SETTLE performeront en direct sur la radio du
net

ces deux improvisateurs free utilisent Θgalement des converteurs digital
analogique digital analogique digital analogique digital analogique
digital et accompagnent aussi α l'occasion atau tanaka

je vous invite donc α vous connecter α 13hoo sur radio blockquote

http://www.cpp.fr/webcpp/indexf.html

ou mΩme α Θcouter l'Θmission plus tard mais en live c'est toujours
mieux.

bon a +

cedric

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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 19:42:58 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Need Help w/ Cobra (rules & application)

Hi,

    I was wondering if  there is any Cobra experts here. I need someone
who truly understands the rules and how they work. I know  some
of them but I know there is a lot more to learn. If anybody can help
me I would truly appreciate it.

Thank You,
Jeremy

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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 00:45:27 +0000
From: Dwight Haden <[e-mail]>
Subject: Will Trade Masada 4 or 7

I'd like to interrupt with a small business proposition:

I am willing to trade a Masada 4 or Masada 7 for a new or like new
Painkiller - Buried Secrets.  Must be Toys Factory, not Earache.

Masadas are new, in original wrap.

Email me offlist for more details, thanks.

  Dwight Haden === [e-mail]

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