From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <proussel@ichips.intel.com>
Subject: Re: recent Evan Parker roundup
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:23:39 -0400 (EDT) Ken Waxman wrote:
>
> Yesterday I picked up the Parker-Prevost More Materiall 2-CD duo, which
> is very impressive. Hearing it, it made me want to get other Parker
> duets: Parker & Stevens and Parker & Lytton. But considering I also
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The Parker/Lytton are almost mandatory. It was weird music 20 years ago and
it is still now. One of the best collaboration in improv. and a fantastic
document on the maturation of the genre. The trio (Parker/Guy/Lytton) is
almost flawless (to the point that you might wonder if it is still improv.);
they are not searching, because they have found "it". With the duo, you still
feel the urgency and the uneasiness associated to a music genre that is
looking for a direction. This might have been done 25 years ago, but it
sounds as fresh now.
Another interesting thing about the duos is the fact that they don't only
play sax and drums. There are quite a bit of weird sounds (even Parker uses
self-made instruments).
Patrice (still waiting for the reissue of RA1 + 2, although the
Emanem are so good that he might be able to live without).
PS: the Steve Reich on Wergo is fantastic!
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:06:55 -0400
From: Dan Given <dlgiven@julian.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: IIO
> Brian asked
> >
> > Unrelatedly, has anyone heard the new Italian Instabile Orchestra 2cd
> > live set on Leo?
> >Ken replied
> The new IIO 2-CD set is quite good. And its additionally valuablebecause it spotlights not
> only the whole Orchestra playing , but various sub groupings within it. They include a
> reunion of Schiano-Schiffani's Groupo Romana Free Jazz, one of Italy's first "free" groups;
> solo work from Carlo Actis Data; features for the brass section and the reed section; some
> examples of Eugenio Colombo's Rahsaan-like two reeds work; a piano-percussion dialogue etc.
> I'm a little vague because I have to find the time to listen a lot more to
> both discs (the problem of not being able to live a life of leisure).
> However, I'm confident that with repeated listening, the "Festival" will
> be as memorable as the IIO ECM disc I own.
>
I think Ken has a more favorable opinion of these discs than I do. I agree that the music is
very good, but I always dislike compilation records. This isn't a criticism of the IIO disc,
as much as it is about packaging in general I guess. There are no groupings except the full
orchestra who appear more than once. Of the full orchestra pieces, some are editted excerpts
of longer works. I guess, with my affinity for Italian jazz, I would have preferred to see
huge box set documenting the entire festival, or even a series of single discs. But, it is
still worth getting as a really good introduction to these artists.
Dan
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:19:18 -0400
From: Bob Kowalski <BKowalski@genetics.com>
Subject: Bryars
Its not out state side yet, but you can order it off most CD web sites or pick up copy of Grammaphone / Wire / Option (oops...no longer in print : ( ) and order it from most UK catalogs. The reissue of original recordings of both is fantastic (although I'm big fan of the re-recordings as well.)
For question of my own, any on the Zorn list like / heard the Ravenous soundtrack by Michael Nyman & Damon Albarn (sp?) of Blur? Nyman is regressing back to his roots, with happy results
Happy Listening
Bob
Has anyone seen the ostensible re-issue of the original Obscure
recording "Jesus' Blood/Titanic" stateside? I'm fairly sure I remember
reading that it came out in the UK--now I'm beginning to doubt myself.
