Chris is touring with Jim Black, Chong Vu, and Skuli Sverrisson (bad spelling). they've got 2 great records on Songlines ("Deviantics" and "Yeah No"). Go see them... and re: the men/women thing, for what it's worth, the music they'll be playing is pretty accessable and chick-friendly. I mean "the typical trendy chick," not the typical Zornlist chick.... :)
cheers,
Dave
[NP: "La Mer," Charles Trenet / Complete Charles Trenet, volume 5.]
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Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 12:44:48 -0800
From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <proussel@ichips.intel.com>
Subject: Re: Chis Speed
On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 15:37:05 EST Reaboi@aol.com wrote:
>
> [NP: "La Mer," Charles Trenet / Complete Charles Trenet, volume 5.]
^^^^^^
The original or the DJ Low remix?
Patrice.
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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:09:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Ken Waxman <cj649@freenet.toronto.on.ca>
Subject: Re: jazz!
Easy.
Mainstream magazines like to cover musicians who pay mainstream music.
Ken Waxman
On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Jeroen de Boer wrote:
> > > is the most interesting mainstream-jazz today performed
> > > and composed by musicians coming from a "free" background?
> >
> > It may be that musicians coming from a "free" background do the
> > mainstream jazz that listeners coming from a "free" prespective are
> > most likely to find interesting.
>
> But how does this explain the interest from mainstream-focussed
> magazines such as Downbeat in Douglas' music?
>
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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:22:35 EST
From: Reaboi@aol.com
Subject: Trenet , Accordion & Ravel Film
The original; I didn't know there was a remix (only the Bobby Darin translation "Beyond the Sea"). I wonder how that sounds....
speaking of French pop music from th 40s (which I really love), there's a 2cd set of accordion music from that era that is just incredible. I suggest it to anyone starting out in accordion music. I stay away from compilations, but most of what's on here isn't on cd or long out of print.... Also I love the Erik Satie disc on W&W, featuring piano transcriptons for accordion. that is really a treat, because it covers stuff from the oft-neglected later period.
there was this french film several years back that featured a fantastically beautiful actress & a score comprised of Ravel chamber pieces (quartet, trio, sonatas, etc). does anyone recall the name of that film?
Cheers,
Dave
[NP: Charlie Haden & LMO / Ballad of the Fallen, ECM]
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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 21:54:35 -0000
From: "Alastair Wilson" <wilsonah@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: united states of america / joe byrd/van dyke parks
> hmmm. this rang a bell in the depths of my memory. is this the same
> 'joseph byrd' as 'joe byrd and the field hippies'
Yes, they're one and the same. "The United States of America" is a classic
psychedelic/electronic album, with some interesting cut ups (shades of NC?
Not really) on the last track of the rest of the album. Unfortunately "Joe
Byrd and the Field Hippies" is nowhere near as good, although it has its
moments.
If you like that... try "White Noise" by White Noise which came out in '69
(I think), the brainchild of David Vorhaus. Or anything by the current
english band Broadcast, who admit to USA influences on their website
www.broadcast.uk.net, and also sound like John Barry's groovier moments.
There are plenty of clips to listen to to back up my claim, and no, I don't
have any connection to the band.
I've just come across Van Dyke Parks' "Song Cycle" and am finding it hard
going. Is it me?
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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 17:17:44 EST
From: JonAbbey2@aol.com
Subject: White Noise (was Re: united states of america / joe byrd/van dyke parks)
In a message dated 3/2/00 5:12:46 PM, wilsonah@hotmail.com writes:
<< If you like that... try "White Noise" by White Noise which came out in '69
(I think), the brainchild of David Vorhaus. >>
Paul Lytton, of all people, is the drummer on this record, although not so
