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From: owner-zorn-list-digest@lists.xmission.com (Zorn List Digest)
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Subject: Zorn List Digest V2 #237
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Zorn List Digest Thursday, February 19 1998 Volume 02 : Number 237
In this issue:
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Re: Angelus Novus
quick masada suggestion
Re: quick masada suggestion
Re: quick masada suggestion
Re: Altschul
Re: John Patton
Re: John Patton
upcoming haino
haino notice: correction
Bobby Previte
Harry Partch collection must relocate (fwd)
Re: Bobby Previte
leon theremin
Re: leon theremin
Re: leon theremin
Re: leon theremin
Re: John Patton
Bobby Previte
Silent Movie music
Re: leon theremin
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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 12:08:11 -0700
From: dtapia@unoco.edu (Douglas Tapia)
Subject: Re: Angelus Novus
peter_risser@cinfin.com asked:
>>are they game pieces or fully-composed,
To which stephen drury replied:
>You bet they're fully composed. Every motherfuckin' note. (With the
>exception of the occasional directive "go wild" which usually lasts about
>three seconds, and the alto flute cadenza at the end of Part One in
>Christabel.)
Ah, yes, Angelus Novus. Fully composed indeed, and in every sense of the
word. Zorn never fails to blow my mind.
Speaking of blowing my mind, Steven: YOU ARE A BITCH! Great playing,
great conducting, great friggin' ensemble! (I guess there is something to
be said for the conservatories of America after all, eh?) .-} What a work
of art! I am stuned by the scope of Zorn's vision, and the ensemble's
ability to breath life into these difficult pieces.
Any more projects in the works? (Zorn fest '98?!?)
Mopping up the drool,
Doug Tapia
General Manager, MTP
UNC Music Tech Press
University of Northern Colorado
Fraiser 108
Greeley, CO 80639
Voice: 970-351-2614
Fax: 970-351-2444
Email: mtp@unoco.edu
www.arts.unco.edu/mtp
- -
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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 13:35:33 -0700
From: Jason Tors <jtors@usinteractive.com>
Subject: quick masada suggestion
I have #2, 3, and 6. I have to get more, which one is a must have, besides
all of them.
The other ones I picked up at random, they are amazing, I assume one cannot
go wrong at the random grab. If anyone has an over riding high opinion of a
specific one please contact me personally.
Thanks in advance!
JT
- -
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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 14:46:53 -0600
From: Dan Hewins <hewins@synsolutions.com>
Subject: Re: quick masada suggestion
I like 5 a lot. I particularly like track 2 which happens to be in 5/4
time. I also think 7 is good. 7 has the funny little tune, "Bacharach" on
it. But you're right, basically any of them will do you just fine.
Dan
At 2:35 PM -0600 2/18/98, Jason Tors wrote:
>I have #2, 3, and 6. I have to get more, which one is a must have, besides
>all of them.
>The other ones I picked up at random, they are amazing, I assume one cannot
>go wrong at the random grab. If anyone has an over riding high opinion of a
>specific one please contact me personally.
>Thanks in advance!
>JT
- -
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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 17:07:52 -0600
From: dmcrump@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu (Rusty Crump)
Subject: Re: quick masada suggestion
For me, the apex is Five, and specifically the song called "Hobah." It just
peels the paint right off the walls. I played a lot of Masada (a lot of
Zorn, period) during my recent radio years, and turning "Hobah" up to
eleven on the studio's enormous loudspeakers was an extra-special treat for
me. Not to mention the fact that it freaked the hell out of the newspaper
staff across the hall.
Rusty Crump
Oxford, Mississippi
>I like 5 a lot. I particularly like track 2 which happens to be in 5/4
>time. I also think 7 is good. 7 has the funny little tune, "Bacharach" on
>it. But you're right, basically any of them will do you just fine.
>
>Dan
>
>At 2:35 PM -0600 2/18/98, Jason Tors wrote:
>>I have #2, 3, and 6. I have to get more, which one is a must have, besides
>>all of them.
>>The other ones I picked up at random, they are amazing, I assume one cannot
>>go wrong at the random grab. If anyone has an over riding high opinion of a
>>specific one please contact me personally.
>>Thanks in advance!
>>JT
>
>
>
>-
- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 09:01:09 +0100
From: Anders Fransson <anders.fransson@hoe.se>
Subject: Re: Altschul
Ben Abarbanel-Wolff wrote:
> Barry Altschul still lives in New York. He teaches some and gigs
> when he can, mostly at the Internet Cafe.
> A friend of mine studied with him for a few years and told me lots
> of Barry stories. He's certainly bitter about being left out of the
> scene. He truly is one of the great drum innovators!
> -Ben
>
Left out? Has he played out of tune or what??? Could you say more about
this?
I am realy interested because i think he is one of the best drummers ever.
Those records with Braxton and Sam Rivers in the seventies are among
my all time favorites. His elasticity, his dry sound, his small rolls!
Are there any one who have a Altschul discography?
Stay untuned
Anders
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- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 09:47:17 GMT0BST
From: DR S WILKIE <S.Wilkie@swansea.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: John Patton
Greg Mills was asking about John Patton (when did he stop being Big?):
my favourite album has always been Oh Baby!, not yet available on CD,
but soon surely?!? However, Let Em Roll is both available and a good
place to start: with Bobby Hutcherson, Grant Green and a drummer, it
moves in a curious space between boogaloo and second-wave avant-
garde and, at certain moments it will make you think "Oh, that's
where the Doors got their riff from"!
By the way, Minor Swing seems well known (I used to have a copy but
it was stolen) but I've never heard any comment about Blue Planet
Man, which preceded it. Saw it 2nd hand last month in London, but
let it slide. Is it any good? (C'mon, JOHN ZORN plays on it!!)
Sean
PS Yeah, I guess he stopped being big after the sixties!
PPS Albert Ayler Live In Europe 1964/1966 on Landscape was the album
whose title I didn't know. (For those for whom the Hilversuum
Session isn't enough)
- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 09:57:17 EST
From: Knutboy@aol.com
Subject: Re: John Patton
"Oh Baby" is available as a Japanese import on Blue Note. "Blue Planet Man" is
my least favorite JP album, despite the JZ connections. You can't go wrong
with "Oh Baby", "Minor Swing", or my personal fave, "Accent On The Blues".
- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 09:41:42 PST
From: "Joe the Shmoo" <c123018@hotmail.com>
Subject: upcoming haino
I remember this being a short-lived question at one point over the last
three weeks, and most of you who are concerned about it at all probably
have the answer, but for public record (in case I missed it), here are
forthcoming, "alleged" releases by keiji haino/F'susha:
Fushitsuha: GOLD BLOOD (live at Great American Music Hall, San
Francisco, Nov 1996) Charnel House, March 1998
Fushitsusha: Live at the Festival Int'nat'l de Musique Actuel
Victoriaville, Canada, May 1997 (VICTO, scheduled for release
Dec 1997; but as we know this is not the case)
Fushitsusha: new studio recording (Alien 8 ?? sometime 1998 ??)
Haino w/ Greg Cohen and Joey baron (good lord! what is the meaning of
THIS? Does anyone know what this is all about? Apocalypse?
There were question marks all over the place on the Haino site,
but they suspected an Avant or Tzadik release with no release
date to be found. Just thought this would be interesting. If
the report is NOT true, I will start my OWN damn label to MAKE
it so.)
Haino: solo guitar comp (???) on Sub Rosa (???) release (???)
Just wanted to toss this out. For those interested who don't know, the
unofficial American site for mr Haino's admirers (very nicely done, I
might add, very nicely) is:
http://www.planet.com/users/keffer/haino
See ya'll!
______________________________________________________
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- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 09:53:55 PST
From: "Joe the Shmoo" <c123018@hotmail.com>
Subject: haino notice: correction
An addenda to the previous, haino-related message:
the Haino site URL was slightly wrong. It is as follows.
www.planetc.com/users/keffer/haino
______________________________________________________
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 13:17:21 -0500 (EST)
From: ia zha nah er vesen <jwnarves@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Bobby Previte
I just got the Zorn/Previte duo disc Euclid's Nightmare. Although i've
been a zorn fan forever, i got this because of previte, who i've only seen
once at the KF on a tuesday night miles-davis-cover-band gig. Bobby
Previte was amazing to watch...i lo0ve to see people really enjoying
themselves.
The disc is cool. I want more.
Any recommendations for which Previte albums to hear first?
- -jascha
- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 13:37:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Brent Burton <bburton@CapAccess.org>
Subject: Harry Partch collection must relocate (fwd)
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PARTCH COLLECTION SEEKS NEW HOME
The legendary Harry Partch instrument collection, currently housed at
the Purchase (New York) College Conservatory of Music, is desperately
seeking a new home.
Dean Drummond, Artist-in-Residence at the College Conservatory and
custodian of the Partch instrumentarium, says he has been given notice
that the school will no longer provide space for the huge collection as
of Fall 1998.
These magnificent instruments were hand-crafted by Partch (1901-1974),
and his compositions can only be performed on these unique 43-note
instruments.
"We'd be willing to move to most major cities in the United States or
Europe," said Drummond. "However, if I leave the New York metropolitan
area, a paid position must be part of the deal. We're looking for an
institution that thinks that preserving Partch's legacy is essential,
and for whom providing such a space isn't an inconvenience."
The minimum space needed is 1900 sq. ft., of which at least 1300 sq. ft.
must be one room in which all the instruments could be arranged for
rehearsals. Reasonably large doors and access to load-in/load-out are
also essential.
"Ideally," Drummond explained, "I am interested in moving to an
institution dedicated to participating in the production of major
multi-media works by Harry Partch; commissioning and performing new
works for the instruments; recording; and training a new generation of
composers and performers in the growing language of microtones."
Please contact Dean Drummond directly at:
email: <drummond@purchase.edu>
Office: 914-358-2759
Studio: 914-251-6887
info on Partch: http://www.purchase.edu/newband
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 10:39:24 -0800
From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <proussel@ichips.intel.com>
Subject: Re: Bobby Previte
On Thu, 19 Feb 1998 13:17:21 -0500 (EST) ia zha nah er vesen wrote:
>
>
> I just got the Zorn/Previte duo disc Euclid's Nightmare. Although i've
> been a zorn fan forever, i got this because of previte, who i've only seen
> once at the KF on a tuesday night miles-davis-cover-band gig. Bobby
> Previte was amazing to watch...i lo0ve to see people really enjoying
> themselves.
>
> The disc is cool. I want more.
>
> Any recommendations for which Previte albums to hear first?
The answer is easy:
032 - CLAUDE'S LATE MORNING: Bobby Previte
1995 - Gramavision (USA), R2 79448 (CD)
040 - EMPTY SUITS: Bobby Previte
1995 - Gramavision (USA), GCD 79447 (CD)
054 - WEATHER CLEAR, TRACK FAST: Bobby Previte
1991 - Enja Records, ENJ 6082 (CD)
090 - TOO CLOSE TO THE POLE: Weather Clear, Fast Track
1996 - Enja (Germany), ENJ-9306 2 (CD)
Any of these is fabulous. Great and original compositions, amazing punch,
great playing. Get TOO CLOSE TO THE POLE first (should be the easiest to
find), and if you like it, you can safely buy the others.
Bobby has a new one:
094 - MY MAN IN SYDNEY: Bobby Previte's Latin for Travelers
1997 - Enja (Germany), ENJ-9348 2 (CD)
but I have not listened to it enough to advise it (although I am pretty
sure that it should be number five on the above list).
Patrice.
PS: of course, all the above are 99.9% composed music (as opposed to
EUCLID'S NIGHTMARE).
- -
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 19:44:23 +0100 (MEZ)
From: BJOERN <bjoern.eichstaedt@student.uni-tuebingen.de>
Subject: leon theremin
well,
this list once more is my last chance to get any information and i`m sure
there`s alot of info to get..
is there any original recording of leon theremin aka lew thermen playing
the theremin he invented...maybe from the 1920`s or 1930`s???
any books about him?? any homepages??
i jut have an article from a big german newspaper about his life..
thanks in advance
BJOERN
- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 19:14:45 +0000
From: Scott Chamberlin <chambest@cs.purdue.edu>
Subject: Re: leon theremin
Here is a link to the theremin home page which is a very good resource
for learning all about this instrument. I found out about it because
the band Man or Astroman sometimes uses a theremin in their shows.
http://www.nashville.net/~theremin/
- -Scott
chambest@cs.purdue.edu
BJOERN wrote:
>
> well,
> this list once more is my last chance to get any information and i`m sure
> there`s alot of info to get..
>
> is there any original recording of leon theremin aka lew thermen playing
> the theremin he invented...maybe from the 1920`s or 1930`s???
> any books about him?? any homepages??
>
> i jut have an article from a big german newspaper about his life..
>
> thanks in advance
>
> BJOERN
>
> -
- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 14:33:28 -0500
From: "Chris{Barrett" <cbarrett@neaq.org>
Subject: Re: leon theremin
Have you seen the Documentary film "Theremin" that came out about 2 years
ago? It has both him playing it and his sweetheart from whom he was
separated when the Soviet Union held him in the country. Apparently, she
was the first (and possibly only) virtuoso Theremin player. there are many
scenes of her playing classical pieces on the Theremin. If you haven't
seen it, it's a pretty interesting film.
- -Chris
At 7:44 PM 2/19/98, BJOERN wrote:
>well,
>this list once more is my last chance to get any information and i`m sure
>there`s alot of info to get..
>
>is there any original recording of leon theremin aka lew thermen playing
>the theremin he invented...maybe from the 1920`s or 1930`s???
>any books about him?? any homepages??
>
>i jut have an article from a big german newspaper about his life..
>
>thanks in advance
>
>BJOERN
>
>-
- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 14:35:47 -0600 (CST)
From: Brian & Sharon Beuchaw <beuchaw@enteract.com>
Subject: Re: leon theremin
On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Chris{Barrett wrote:
> Have you seen the Documentary film "Theremin" that came out about 2 years
> ago? It has both him playing it and his sweetheart from whom he was
> separated when the Soviet Union held him in the country. Apparently, she
> was the first (and possibly only) virtuoso Theremin player. there are many
> scenes of her playing classical pieces on the Theremin. If you haven't
> seen it, it's a pretty interesting film.
>
> -Chris
Actually, the person playing the theremin is Clara Rockmore and she was a
student of his, not his sweetheart. He was married a few times if I
remember right, and none of them to her (of course, that doesn't mean they
weren't involved, but.....).
cya
brian
- --------------------------------------------------------
"The most dementing of all modern sins: the inability to
distinguish excellence from success." - David Hare
- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 16:04:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Hamilton <chhst9+@pitt.edu>
Subject: Re: John Patton
On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, DR S WILKIE wrote:
> By the way, Minor Swing seems well known (I used to have a copy but
> it was stolen) but I've never heard any comment about Blue Planet
> Man, which preceded it. Saw it 2nd hand last month in London, but
> let it slide. Is it any good? (C'mon, JOHN ZORN plays on it!!)
It's fine, but not nearly as strong as _Minor Swing_. It's not at the
bottom of my Patton list. That spot's reserved for _Memphis to New York
Spirit_.
Chris Hamilton
- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 14:06:49 -0800 (PST)
From: C E DANGELO <cappyd@UVic.CA>
Subject: Bobby Previte
Though quite "conservative" (Horvitz's word, not mine), I enjoy Previte's
performance with the New York Composers Orchestra, especially the second
album - "First Program in Standard Time" (New World Records, 1992). Track
7 was composed by Previte, and is probably my favorite on the album
(amazing time stuff going on). This album also features compositions by
Braxton, Elliot Sharp, Lenny Pickett, Robin Holcomb and Wayne Horvitz(who
put the whole project together). Players include, inter alia, Lindsey
Horner on bass, Marty Ehrlich , Sam Furnace, and Doug Wieselman on saxes,
Art Baron on 'bone, Vincent Chancey on horn, Robin Holcomb on piano, and
of course Horvitz on keys. Check it out.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, Previte plays on some of Marty Ehrlich's albums
- - "A Traveller's Tale" is my favorite (with Lindsey Horner on bass).(Again
quite conservative by Zorn-list standards).
Cappyd in Canada
- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 17:46:07 EST
From: QUESOMALO@aol.com
Subject: Silent Movie music
Can anyone recommend any CDs of music composed for silent movies. I
have Frisell's Buster Keaton discs, which I love. Is any of Zorn's film music
for silent film?
- -Nick
- -
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 17:46:06 EST
From: QUESOMALO@aol.com
Subject: Re: leon theremin
In a message dated 98-02-19 14:43:39 EST, you write:
<< Apparently, she
was the first (and possibly only) virtuoso Theremin player. there are many
scenes of her playing classical pieces on the Theremin. If you haven't
seen it, it's a pretty interesting film. >>
Her name was Clara Rockmore. She released an album in 1987 on Delos called
"The Art of the Theremin". It isn't of performances with full orchestra as in
the documentary, just theremin and piano. Still, it's quite impressive what
she can do with the instrument.
The current cream of the theremin crop is a woman named Lyda
Kadvina(sp?). I believe that she is Theremin's cousin. I'm not sure if she
has any albums out but she has made an instructional video called "Mastering
the Theremin". She performs a couple of very interesting original
compositions for theremin. It came with my build your own theremin kit...
a fascinating and difficult instrument
-Nick
- -
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