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Subject: Zorn List Digest V2 #536
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Zorn List Digest Wednesday, November 25 1998 Volume 02 : Number 536
In this issue:
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Re: dogon a.d.
Re: lamp shea
question to Arthur Nowak (sorry for the bandwith)
Re: lamp shea
Let's Burn Down The Cornfield
Umezu's gigs in NY
Re: Before We were born
Embarrassed clarification
NY Christmas Shows
Vinyl FS ...
etant donnes (the band)
Re: DeCaprio Plays Chet Baker
Re[2]: Zorn Packaging/severedlimbs/tonguedskulls/etcetera
RE: Baker/Mulligan
Chicago Online Forum
Songlines website and tours
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 23:40:48 -0500
From: Joseph Zitt <jzitt@humansystems.com>
Subject: Re: dogon a.d.
Steve Smith wrote:
>
> This wasn't the only case of Freedom licensing material. The first Human
> Arts Ensemble album was originally self-released as well. And surely there
> are others. All of those rights seem to reside with D.A. now.
What is D.A.?
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:42:22 PST
From: "Scott Handley" <c123018@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: lamp shea
I can tell you that I like it. Plenty of continuity---one could easily
imagine a new Leone movie with this haunting the background. Highlights
in Shea-collage-classic-form include a raging duo between drummer Sim
Cain (Rollins Band?) and I think a pipa player who we've all heard of.
Name escapes me. Sampled western soundtracks, harmonica, peking gongs,
etc. I really like it. First Tzadik album I saw and bought, a few years
ago.
Thanks for the Shea dicog input.
- --s
>I haven't heard Hsi Yu Chi (be
>interested in a brief description if you could), but it would be the
next
>piece of his I would target.
>
>--
>Caleb Deupree
>cdeupree@erinet.com
>
>Computers are useless; they can only give you answers
>-- Pablo Picasso
>
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>
>
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:01:20 +0100
From: Stefan Verstraeten <stefan.verstraeten@advalvas.be>
Subject: question to Arthur Nowak (sorry for the bandwith)
(Sorry no Zorn content)
Arthur Nowak, can you email me once again?
I replied to your email, but your return address does not seem to work.
Best wishes
- --
Stefan Verstraeten
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 11:17:36 +0200
From: "J.T. de Boer" <J.T.de.Boer@let.rug.nl>
Subject: Re: lamp shea
Hi Scott,
As a matter of fact I just bought Morts Aux Vaches this weekend, at
the Dutch Electronic Arts Festival in Rotterdam. It had only one run
of thousand copies (I have number 46), so a place to start finding it
is Staalplaat (www.staalplaat.com), the company that released the
album. Another possibility is VPRO-radio (I think
www.omroep.nl/vpro). They recorded the session. It features a.o. a
complete live recording of his album Satyricon.
Another great album is Prisoner. Shea is accompanied here by a.o.
Ribot, Zeena Parkins and Jim Pugliese. A very nice tribute to the
music of 70's detective-series. A real must have is Shea's latest
recording on Tzadik, called Classical Works. Simply beatiful!
Unfortunately I haven't got Tower of Mirrors (yet). According to
Shea's own words he is most satisfied with this album, plus "I". Both
were released on the belgian Sub Rosa label.
> Hello. Who knows David Shea's music? What do you like? Would you mind
> describing it a little. I have HSI YU CHI (Tzadik, 1995), and I'm
> eyeing the TOWER OF MIRRORS. Is MORTS AUX VACHES (sp?) still available?
> NP: Dave Douglas CHARMS OF THE NIGHT SKY (gorgeous, gorgeous record)
Jeroen
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:29:12 GMT0BST
From: DR S WILKIE <S.Wilkie@swansea.ac.uk>
Subject: Let's Burn Down The Cornfield
Christian Heslop asked about this song ... I know it by (I'm sure)
Etta James from 1974-75, but it's entirely possible that Nina
recorded it as well (my interest in her was rekindled by two of
three half- hour radio progs on her that I heard recently). I have a
niggling feeling that the song was written by Randy newman, but I
have no other grounds for that belief ...
NP (in my head) A Little Sugar In My Bowl, by Nina
Sean Wilkie
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 02:39:54 PST
From: "keik-o wenischi" <lefauxhulot@hotmail.com>
Subject: Umezu's gigs in NY
first of all, 'sorry' this message is pretty big (just about 7k) in
volume. i could've cut the quotes/disco part, but i thought they might
be interesting for some of you?! in case, you have no interests in the
contents at all, please skip them & go to next message. _big_ thanx!!
- --------
immediate release! - UMEZU is back to NYC
intro:
A colleague of John Zorn's and one of Japan's finest sax players/
composers/producers, Umezu Kazutoki utilized many of downtown's premiere
players on two of his four outstanding Knitting Factory Works CDs:
Eclecticism, First Deserter, Lucky Water, Shakushain. (selected
discography shown below)
Like Zorn, Umezu's playing often defies categorization. Avant improv.,
wacky funk, post-surf groove music, Euro soundtrack and out jazz all can
be found on these CDs.
Umezu only makes it to NYC once every few years, so come on down and dig
in to his challenging sounds.
~ by Bruce Gallanter of Downtown Music Gallery, NYC
888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
live dates:
Saturday, Dec. 5th, 11 p.m.
at tonic, 107 Norfolk St. (bet. Delancey & Rivington)
with Dougie Bowne on drum sampler, Melvin Gibbs on bass, Eyvind Kang on
violin
admission: $10 (will let you see the double bill: Melvin
Gibbs/I-Sound/Felix Sanbria at 9 p.m.)
Wednesday, Dec. 9th, 8 & 9:30 p.m. (improv nite!: 2 different sets)
at Knitting Factory/Old Office, 74 Leonard St. (bet. Church Ave. &
B'way)
1st. set: with Christine Bard on percussion, Jim Pugliese on percussion
2nd. set: with Anthony Coleman on keyboards, David Krakauer on clarinets
admission: $8
Thursday, Dec. 10th, 8 & 9:30 p.m. (world premiere of Umezu's all new
compositions!!)
at Knitting Factory/Old Office, 74 Leonard St. (bet. Church Ave. &
B'way)
both sets: with Brad Jones on bass, Marc Ribot on guitar, Kenny Wollesen
on drums
note: The line-up for Dec. 10th gig, will go in studio & record the new
songs by Umezu in NYC.
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
The following sections were included for your convenience & additional
reading.
& some more info. is also available thru his own website (not so much
updated in English version, unfortunately...):
http://www.j-music.com/umezu/index.html
######################################################################
some additional comments on Umezu...
by late Tom Cora:
"I don't envy saxophone players. There's too much history compressed
into one century, and too much music restricted to one idiom. And
virtuoso mega personalities glaring from several previous decades. No
shortage of geniuses, either. How would you like to find your own voice
on an axe with a history like a caved-in star?
Along comes Umezu who switches on the light so fast you can see what the
dark looks like. Someone else will undoubtedly write about what an ace
he is. I'm more interested in the way that he helps us forget that craft
or chops could have anything to do with it. I'm interested in his
reflexes, which are quicker than history gets laid: and how he manages
to be at ease in the 20th century. His sounds and songs correct all bad
attitudes (like the one I have about saxophonists). I'm actually much
more interested in playing with Umezu than writing about him."
by John Zorn:
"Umezu defies the laws of time and space. How can he do so much and stay
so positive? Umezu is one of those rare musicians in Japan who cut
through the bullshit of 'playing at playing' and really fucking _play_.
Pure music. Honest music. Good music."
by Ned Rothenberg:
"If I had to choose one word to describe Umezu, it would be
'exuberant.'This cat writes exuberant, plays exuberant... His music just
bouncesalong like a ball. And I moan in any tempo. Even in a slow
ballad, you can hear it there, too. And Umezu really dances when he
plays! I remember seeing a video from his days with RC Succession, and
he had all the moves, you know? Looked like he stepped right out of
James Brown's band!"
by Samm Bennett:
"Umezu Kazutoki looks damn good in a cap. Then again, he also looks good
in a top hat or even a derby, which I've seen him wearing on stage here
and there. And then, Umezu looks just fine with no hat at all. That's
kind of the way it goes with this fellow. Maybe you've heard him with
some Japanese rock band, maybe in some video somewhere. Maybe you've
heard the sweet wail of his saxophone provide the perfect backdrop for
the entrance of some beautiful but dangerous (abunai!) lady in the
latest Yakuza movie. Perhaps you've heard him leading one of his own
groups across the various musical terrains over which he loves to
travel, whether it's some gut-bucket blues, a tender ballad, some little
tune he learned in Thailad or Java, a stomping funk number, or whatever.
Or maybe you've heard him throw caution to the wind and just improvise
all night with some crazy guys from New York City. In a cap, a top hat,
a derby, or with no hat at all...
And he always sounds just like Mr. Kazutoki Umezu, which is absolutely
fine with me."
by Marc Ribot:
"That boy can really play the horn!"
**********************************************************************
now the selected discography: (more detailed discography avail. upon
your request)
*released in the U.S.
Desert in a hand by Shakushain feat. Umezu Kazutoki - KFR 215 (1997)
Kazutoki Umezu, reeds, pianica; Tsuneo Imahori, guitar, mandolin; Isao
Miyoshi, guitar; Kazuto Shimizu, piano, keyboard, organ, bass clarinet,
vocoder, toy piano, xylophone; Masatoshi Mizuno, bass; Tomohiro Yahiro,
percussion; Kozo Niida, drums
First Deserter - KFR 214 (1997)
with Marc Ribot (guitar & trumpet) Wayne Horvitz (piano, organ,
keyboards, keyn) Tom Cora (cello, kehn) Samm Bennett (drums, percussion,
samples, loops, kehn)
Lucky Water by Third Person - KFR 156 (1995)
Samm Bennett (percussion) Tom Cora (cello) Umezu Kazutoki (saxophone)
Eclecticism - KFR 130 (1994)
with Marc Ribot (guitar) Dougie Bowne (drums) Brad Jones (bass) Curtis
Fowlkes (trombone) Samm Bennett (electric percussion)
[released only in Japan]
Igor no Nageki by Shinohkubo Gentlemen(supposedly a mysterious &
anonymous band, but surely features Samm Bennett & Umezu among others)
- - Music Scene Corp. MSI-10119 (1998)
Ahiru by Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer(18 pcs. or more?! Klezmer big band, Umezu
version... besides Umezu, it features Makigami Koichi among all others.
Hell A Lotta Fun!!) - Disk Union (1996)
Dance by Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer - Disk Union (1996) - BNK's second CD
Omedeto by Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer - Nani Records NCD-01 (1994)
BNK's first CD
Sin'myon - collaboration with korean musicians & shamans, recorded in
Korea - Victor Zen Label VICG-8027 (1992)
Trick Moon by Third Person - Tsuki No Uso TU-001 (1991)
Samm Bennett (percussion) Tom Cora (cello) Umezu Kazutoki (saxophone)
plus special guest, Imahori Tsuneo (guitar)
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:36:23 GMT0BST
From: DR S WILKIE <S.Wilkie@swansea.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Before We were born
Theodorus is right.
By the way, can anyone confirm that The Lone Ranger (from that album)
was used on the Tales From the Dark Side animated cartoon that larsen
made a few years ago?
Sean Wilkie
Did anyone else hear Joey's Down Home group on UK radio 3 a couple of
weeks back?
- -
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:42:37 GMT0BST
From: DR S WILKIE <S.Wilkie@swansea.ac.uk>
Subject: Embarrassed clarification
Um, that last message, that said "Theodorus is right" was referring
to his enthusiasm for Frisell's before We Were Born, and Joey Baron,
(Digest 532) and NOT the Ayn Rand speech (Digest 533). Thanks for
your indulgence,
Sean Wilkie
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 05:51:55 -0600
From: "Marks, Andy" <Andy.Marks@mts.com>
Subject: NY Christmas Shows
I'll be in NY from Dec. 24 to Dec. 31
Anybody know anything good that's scheduled
for then? I don't know of an on-line schedule
for Tonic (tried www.tonic.com, but wasn't it).
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 07:29:11 -0500
From: pm.carey@utoronto.ca (Patrick Carey)
Subject: Vinyl FS ...
Hi,
Please pardon the intrusion ...
I have the following items FS ...
Prices are in _US $_ and are POSTAGE PAID within North America.
Shipping on orders outside NA can be arranged.
Haters - see website below for list
Head Of David - "Dogbreath" UK 12" (Blast First) 1986 $10
Head Of David - "LP" UK LP (Blast First) 1986 $12
Merzbow/Cock E.S.P. - "Music For Man With No Name" US 7"
(Fusetron/Stuart) 1994 $7
Sauter, Dietrich, Moore - "Barefoot In The Head" US LP (Forced Exposure)
1990 $12
Thanks for looking.
- -Patrick
pm.carey@utoronto.ca
http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~carey/sofa/sale.html
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:02:27 PST
From: "Scott Handley" <c123018@hotmail.com>
Subject: etant donnes (the band)
Does anyone know what these guys (gals?) are like? I noticed the name
and some interesting-looking releases on Staalplaat. In fact,
Staalplaat has anumber of cool-looking acts--Scanner, Hafler Trio,
etc--and I just don't know what any of them are like. I suppose I'd
like some input before investing.
- --s
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 16:09:31 GMT0BST
From: DR S WILKIE <S.Wilkie@swansea.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: DeCaprio Plays Chet Baker
One assumes it'll be predominantly the youthful years ... which
prompts the "who'll play Gerry Mulligan?" question.
Just my opinion, but Chet was one bad-ass trumpeter ... and his
vocal "solos" were, unsurprisingly, straight from the same mould.
Sean Wilkie
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 98 10:28:13 -0500
From: brian_olewnick@smtplink.mssm.edu
Subject: Re[2]: Zorn Packaging/severedlimbs/tonguedskulls/etcetera
Rick Lopez wrote:
>Now what do you really think, or know, about the element of
>mega-violence in (on?) Zorn's discs?
I've always tended to credit Zorn with having a great eye for the
visual impact of the images he uses as well as having a deep
understanding of the resonance or "depth of story" that those images
tend to possess. I _don't_ think they're chosen simply for shock
value.
Examples:
1) The Weegee photo on the front of the first Naked City record. While
Weegee might be the most familiar source that JZ has utilized, his
best crime photos still provide invaluable refutation of the Hollywood
glamorization of violence. Somehow, I don't think the mug pictured
here uttered any tender last words or died in poetic slow motion. He
was a conscious entity; he's now a sack of meat.
2) The cover of Painkiller's 'Buried Secrets'. I think someone has
posted before as to the source of this photo, but, knowing nothing
else, it's an extraordinary photo that conjures up a range of possible
underlying stories. Aside from being, IMHO, formally beautiful (almost
Raphaelesque in the positioning of the hands), the narrative elements
(whose skull?, why was it buried?, why the handcuffs?) beg to be
elaborated upon and create a wonderful sense of mystery.
3) The 'Grand Guignol' cover. The contrast between the dreamy
expression of the fellow and his, um, situation are obvious, but no
less powerful for that. A puzzling element, at least for me, is the
nearly ornamental arabesque of the skull-carving (was someone just
fooling around? If so, another layer of meaning is added). The
interior photo of the pile of legs and feet, by the way, echoes some
incredible paintings by Gericault, done as studies for his 'Raft of
the Medusa' around 1800. Surprised JZ hasn't gotten around to them
yet.
4) Leng T'che. This is one of the most powerful, troubling,
excruciating photos I've ever seen (A friend, to whom I showed this
one day, literally couldn't sleep that evening). Clearly, what "makes"
it (and, yes, it's difficult to discuss this on a purely formal basis)
is the incredible expression on the victim's face which, again to me,
reads as ecstatic or even transcendant, in severe opposition to the
actions taking place. This, combined with the "everyday" aspect of the
torturers, creates this chaotic, awful, insane 'moment'...well, words
fail, hence the power of the image.
Anyway, that's my take. Now someone may come along and say, "Naw, Zorn
just likes violent images and thinks they're cool." But, until I learn
otherwise, I give someone who can appreciate an Agnes Martin painting
(surely the antithesis to the violent anime he also likes) the benefit
of the doubt.
Brian Olewnick
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 12:45:45 -0500
From: "hijk" <hijk@gateway.net>
Subject: RE: Baker/Mulligan
The young Gerry Mulligan...
Conan O' Brien.
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:21:26 -0500
From: James Hale <jhale@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Chicago Online Forum
Pardon the non-Zorn content...
Next Thursday, Dec. 3 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST, you're invited to join
in a worldwide online forum concerning the influence of Chicago on the
contemporary jazz scene.
>From the early years of Sun Ra to the AACM to Ken Vandermark, Tortoise
and Jim O'Rourke, a panel of musicians, music scholars and journalists
will be discussing it all.
The forum is a co-presentation of the Jazz Journalists Association,
Music Now, the Jazz Institute of Chicago and Delmark Records, and
coincides with a six-week series of concerts featuring Chicago musicians
that Music Now is staging in Ottawa, Canada.
There will be "door prizes" courtesy of Delmark Records and other
goodies for participants.
All you have to do is log into <www.jazzhouse.org> Dec. 3 between 8 and
11 Eastern time and follow the instructions.
I'm moderating the forum, so e-mail me directly if you have any
questions.
James Hale
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:34:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Tony Reif <treif@songlines.com>
Subject: Songlines website and tours
Hey...
Know you haven't been holding your breath, but it's up at last (although it
may still take a few more days for the slower ISPs to update, so if you get
a blank page please try again later):
www.songlines.com
...includes RealAudio samples from all the CDs; you can now order by credit
card, and using a 1 800 number in the States or Canada. Browse, fill out
the questionnaire if you have the time, please let me know if anything
isn't working for you, and by all means link wherever relevant.
Latest releases on Songlines include Paul Plimely (piano) and Trichy
Sankaran (mrdangam, kanjira), Persian music by Amir Koushkani (tar, voice)
and Houman Pourmehdi (tombak, daf), Francois Houle's John Carter project
(with Dave Douglas, Mark Dresser, Peggy Lee, Dylan van der Schyff), and
Jerry Granelli's Badlands (with Chris Speed, Peter Epstein, Briggan Krauss,
Curtis Hasselbring, Jamie Saft and J. Granelli).
Plimley and Houle are each touring solo in the U.S. as follows:
Plimley (piano):
Dec. 2 San Francisco, Bruno's
Dec. 12 San Diego, Spring Street Forum
Dec. 13 Birmingham, Artbusrt
Houle (clarinet):
Dec. 7 Chicago Cultural Centre (contact: Michael Orlove); opening for Myra
Melford
Dec. 9 Chicago, Empty Bottle (John Corbett), solo and with guests probably
including Ken Vandermark
Dec. 10 Ann Arbor, Kerrytown Concert House (Dave Lynch)
Dec. 12 First Unitarian Meeting House, Madison (Scott Fields/Madison Music
Collective) solo and duo with Hal Rammel
Dec. 13 Chicago, Hot House, with Gene Coleman's ensemble
Dec. 18 First Unitarian Meeting House, Madison (Madison Music Collective/
Scott Fields), 13 piece group including Fields, Joseph Jarman, Myra
Melford, Dylan van der Schyff, Kerrie Biolo, Rob Mazurek, Hans Sturm, etc.
Tony Reif (Songlines Recordings)
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