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Zorn List Digest      Wednesday, October 11 2000      Volume 03 : Number 110



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       Re: Wayne / Zony + Fans of Wayne Horvitz
       RE: Chango Spasiuk
       tantalizing rzewski tidbit...
       Re: tantalizing rzewski tidbit...
       Frisell (Odp: Wayne / Zony + Fans of Wayne Horvitz)
       TV version of 'voyage au bout de la nuit '
       Re: Frisell (Odp: Wayne / Zony + Fans of Wayne Horvitz)
       Re: Main/Comae (was unheard music)
       Re: traditional greek music
       Filmworks IX?
       Rzewski/Nonesuch
       knitactive
       CRI looks for jazz composers
       Dave Douglas  (was Re: Frisell)

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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:47:52 -0700
From: "James Kirchmer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Wayne / Zony + Fans of Wayne Horvitz

> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:14:02 -0400
> From: "Bob Kowalski" <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Wayne / Zony
>
> On the subject of Wayne Horvitz & Zony Mash, Theo wrote:
>    Wayne Horvitz's latest album "American Bandstand"
> is quite amazing....  ...This album features the Zony Mash
> band in an acoustic setting...... although it's not considered
> a Zony Mash release really."
>
> I'm a huge fan of "American Bandstand" disc, as well as "4+1 Ensemble,"
> "Monolouge" and Pigpen's "Miss Ann" discs too.  Any recommendations
> for a Zony album from any Zornsters out there?

I recommend you start w/"Upper Egypt" - their companion piece to
"American Bandstand"  (both of these are the first "Zony Mash" records to
feature their second bass player Keith Lowe, one of the finest bassists
*in the world*, and one of Bill Frisell's latest recruits).  In fact, Keith
has joined forces with Bill's banjo teacher/collaborator, the Bad Livers'
Danny Barnes, & will be releasing an entire album of Frisell compositions -
as played by himself, Danny, & fiddle master Jon Parry
    (ex-John Hartford's Goosecreek Symphony)
This acoustic trio is called "Thee Old Codgers" - keep an eye out
for their stuff! (nothing has yet been released) - and Keith Lowe also plays
in an electric quartet "Thee Heathen" w/Danny Barnes on electric guitar
instead of banjo, Dan Tyack (ex-Asleep at the Wheel) on a RIPPIN' pedal
steel (this guy shreds!), Keith on electric bass instead of upright
acoustic, & Andy Roth from Zony on drums.  So back to Zony: after ya buy
"Upper Egypt," pick up some of their recent bootlegs and their first two
Cd's (w/Fred Chalenor on bass).....they are playing consistently well night
after night (such as on their latest, just completed West coast tour.....
.......according to Wayne - and he's his harshest critic......) these days,
and most of the boots are a subsequently helluvalota fun to hear (esp.
consid. the high qual. of boots these days) FYI: to buy the first couple of
Zony Cd's visit www.zonymash.com and to buy or get info on Danny
Barnes' great stuff visit www.dannybarnes.com

> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 12:57:16 -0700
> From: [e-mail] (Dave Trenkel)
> Subject: Re: Fans of Wayne Horvitz?
>
> >Why is zony mash getting so low key these days?  They seem to almost
> >half-time the music and play really mellow.  I remember the fist
> >record where they were uptempo a lot of the time.  I'm referring to
> >reccent live performances, mainly.
>
> Thats wierd, because my perspective has been that the later records,
> particularly "Upper Egypt", have gotten mellower, while the live shows are
> getting wilder. When I saw them here in Corvallis last Saturday, they were
> perhaps the most consistantly intense of the probably 8-10 times I've seen
> the band, Andy Roth in particular was wilder than I've ever seen.

You are absolutely correct.  And "intense" is a good word.

    I'll take "intense" over "uptempo" anyday.

Zony's live shows have always featured some of Wayne's mellower
compositions.  Basically, the records are not a good indicator as far
    as the live shows go.

I saw the band's first batch of performances back in late 1995 and have
seen nearly every one of their hometown shows since then - and
the band has never sounded better.  They are totally ontop of their game.
(their slow tunes have a burning intensity these days that often
    surpasses that of their fast tunes back when they were starting out!)

And a heads up: Zony Mash is playing four nights in November at Seattle's
OK Hotel (these are their next shows) - the first two nights are w/out
guests, and the second two with a horn section (IMNSHO the shows without
guests are the ones to see......) Also: a December Seattle show and tour is
also in the works.....stay tuned....

Best regards,
JLK - Seattle, WA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       James Kirchmer
  [e-mail]
1008 E. Republican St., #3
 Seattle, WA  98102-5018
322-1783 (H) 664-1086 (Fax)
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"He who emanates greatness,
who has control over death, &
who cannot be killed by man."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~







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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 21:24:54 -0300
From: "Gustavo Broggi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: Chango Spasiuk

Hi Folks, I strongly agree with Hugo┤s comments; I can aso recommend the
Chango┤s latest cd called "Chamame Crudo", it is also in Acqua, and in this
record he plays Chamame, schotis, polkas and all this kind of music which is
representative of the north-east area of our country, of course they are
refreshed by Chango┤s musical ideas, which normally are great!

Best

Gustavo
- -----Mensaje original-----
De: Hugo Linares <[e-mail]>
Para: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>; Zorn-list
<[e-mail]>
Fecha: Lunes 9 de Octubre de 2000 18:38
Asunto: RE: Chango Spasiuk


>Hi Brian and rest of Listmembers,
>
>
>
>>Love this guy's work on Cyro Baptista's Avant release. According to AMG,
>>he's got a disc called "Polkas di Mi Tierra", which I'm guessing means
>>it's made up of Brazilian polkas. I need to hear this! Is anyone able to
>>provide further descriptions? Thanks. Um, I'm assuming Chango's a guy
>>from the pic in the Baptista disc, but I'm not absolutely sure, having
>>never encountered any Chango's and given the photo's vagueness. I'm also
>>assuming, surname notwithstanding, that (s)he's Brazilian.
>>
>>Brian Olewnick
>>
>>-
>>
>
>Spasiuk is a brilliant accordion player, who deserves a wider recognition.
>"Polcas
>de mi Tierra" was released on Acqua Records last year, and it's a fine and
>rewarding recording.
>Liner notes refers to "Polcas..." as "a reassesment of a century of
Ucranian
>immigrants folkmusic as seen within cultural context of the Province of
>Misiones".
>Spasiuk was born in a small city called Apostoles, Province of Misiones and
>he says that Polcas "incorporates current and esential melodies from my
home
>and land. They are part of the unwritten history of our regional music, and
>of the present of our regional music. It is my personal vision of the man
>and woman who inhabit the farmstead: humble, and with a deep spirituality,
>joy and tenderness."
>
>Don't miss this record because it's fantastic and superb.
>You will get some information (Spanish, sorry) at: www.changospasiuk.com.ar
>
>If you can get the CD, please let me know privately and I'll manage.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>
>Hugo Linares
>
>
>
>
>
>
>-
>
>



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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 01:58:51 -0500
From: Steve Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: tantalizing rzewski tidbit...

... the man himself was at the Nonesuch offices in Manhattan on Tuesday
afternoon, finalizing the details for an upcoming 6 CD boxset.

Don't ask me more right now... that's all I know.  And it's for real.
But I'll try to find out more.

...drool...

Steve Smith
[e-mail]
NP - Jussi Bjorling, "Ah si, ben mio" (from Verdi's 'Il Trovatore'),
'Opera Arias' (Naxos Historical)


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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 02:07:11 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: tantalizing rzewski tidbit...

In a message dated 10/11/00 2:01:37 AM, [e-mail] writes:

<< ... the man himself was at the Nonesuch offices in Manhattan on Tuesday
afternoon, finalizing the details for an upcoming 6 CD boxset. >>

cool!

I can't recall if it's been mentioned here that Mr. Rzewski is playing shows
this week at the Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson St., between Spring and Dominick.
Shows are Wednesday and Thursday at 9:00, tix are $15.

Jon
www.erstwhilerecords.com

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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:00:13 +0200
From: "Marcin Gokieli" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Frisell (Odp: Wayne / Zony + Fans of Wayne Horvitz)

From: James Kirchmer <[e-mail]>
> "American Bandstand"  (both of these are the first "Zony Mash" records to
> feature their second bass player Keith Lowe, one of the finest bassists
> *in the world*, and one of Bill Frisell's latest recruits).  In fact,
Keith
> has joined forces with Bill's banjo teacher/collaborator, the Bad Livers'
> Danny Barnes, & will be releasing an entire album of Frisell
compositions -
> as played by himself, Danny, & fiddle master Jon Parry
>     (ex-John Hartford's Goosecreek Symphony)

Could you send some more info (Label? Which compositions?)?
 And what is Frisell up to recently? I know he toured Europe with Sex Mob's
section this summer, and Steve Smith wrote a few months ago that a trio
album with Elvin Jones and Dave Holland is supposed to be out in January
(yes, we're still waiting...).



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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:25:45 +0200
From: "Marcin Gokieli" <[e-mail]>
Subject: TV version of 'voyage au bout de la nuit '

Kurt wrote:
> not really. sorry. i just think i'm funny. it would be good, though,
wouldn't
> it? journey to the edge of night? misanthropy in the afternoon?

The idea of a TV version IS funny... Imagine a family eating supper ...

KID: "Dad, dad, the thing about the doctor and this Robinsosn begins...  i
couldn't watch it yesterday... What was it about?"

DAD: "Yesterday... Didn't we have the one about the girl who was dying from
a badly made abortion, and doctor Bardamu came, and told to get her to the
hospital. But mother kept walking around and saying 'Shame, shame.. we
cannot take her to the hospital' . So he just took the money and left, and
she died"

KID: "No, that one we had on Sunday!"

MOM: "Oh, i remember. Yesterday we had the one about the doctor's
neighbours. Really strange ones. They used attach their small girl to a
chair and shout at her and beat her before they copulate... And the girl was
like: 'Hit me mom... just stop shouting at me'. It was nice."

KID: "It must 've been great... Maybe Tom  recorded the whole thing"
(and they all eat while watching the next episode)
Wouldn't it be nice? ;-)
How do like the book? Isn't it great? If you like it, try 'death on
installment plan' (mort a credit). It's quite a bit better IMVHO. More
stylistically developped. More madness.
Marcin Gokieli
[e-mail] [e-mail]
Generally speaking, if a philosopher offers to 'dissolve' the problem you
are working on, tell him to go climb a tree - Jerry Fodor


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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:36:18 +0200
From: Pascal Cortes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Frisell (Odp: Wayne / Zony + Fans of Wayne Horvitz)

    Hi all,

At 09:00 11/10/00 +0200, Marcin Gokieli wrote:
> And what is Frisell up to recently?=20

You can track down his upcoming albums on the "upcomping releases" section
of the jazzmatazz website
(http://home.att.net/~lankina/jazz/upcomingjazzreleases.html):

    "Year 2001 [and beyond]

* Bill Frisell TBD (Nonesuch) 2001
=97 With his new quartet plus Curtis Fowlkes and Ron Miles. (more details at=
:
http://livedaily.com/news/434.html)

* Bill Frisell TBD (Nonesuch) late 2001
=97 With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones. "

For more info on Bill Frisell, you can also explore:
http://www.emd.pl/emd/en4/index.htm  you will find there a discography and
a huge list of links.

(incidentally, also on the jazzmatazz site, a new Dave Douglas album with
his band Witness is announced:

* Dave Douglas Witness (RCA Victor) June 2001?
=97 Dave Douglas (t), Chris Speed (ts,cl), Joshua Roseman (tr), Erik
Friedlander (clo), Mark Feldman (v), Bryan Carrott (vibes,marimba), Drew
Gress (b), Ikue Mori (perc), Michael Sarin (dr).)

Pascal
(np: Iva Bittova, "Bile Inferno")


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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:43:43 GMT+0100
From: "Jeroen de Boer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Main/Comae (was unheard music)

>
> Robert Hampson, who is (was?) Main, played NYC last weekend in his new duo
> project with turntablist Janek Schaefer, Comae.

> anyway, they were very good, they both had synths hooked up into each other
> and were creating soundscapes not too far from Main, but filled with lots of
> subtle electronic clicks and glitches. they have a CD out very soon on Rhiz.

Oh yes, these guys are absolutely fabulous. They create a real
exiting mix of acousmatic and 'glitchy' sounds and have a constant
tension in their pieces. I received a promo of their upcoming album
a couple of months ago, and it's already one of my favourite
releases of this year. Check it out if you have the chance!

Jeroen


- ----------------------------------------
Jeroen de Boer
music director Open Electronic Festival/Cyberslag Foundation
Munnekeholm 10, 9711JA Groningen
The Netherlands
tel/fax: [phone]
gsm: [phone]
[e-mail]
http://www.cyberslag.com
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 13:10:51 +0200 (DST)
From: Emmanouil Papagiannakis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: traditional greek music

Brian wrote:
<<I don't know about traditional Greek music, but I think it's a pretty
safe assumption that most everyone here is into traditional Geek music!>>


So this makes me a Greek Geek. thanks Brian!

On the music now, P.L.Chalkias is really suberb and a bit
heavy-traditional, Chris Speed is crazy about the Chalkias
family (father and son are clarinet masters).
Floridis is my favorite player, I have posted on him in the past,
I am glad to see some people know him, his recordings with
the FLORINA BRASS BAND are also great, traditional, full-throttle
brass music, with some nice soloing, especially live.
His quartet WUTU WUPATU is also great, in the same vein but more jazzy,
sort of a greek equivalent to MASADA maybe?
He played often in the past with German people, he can also be heard
on a beautiful duo with Kowald on an FMP record.
Most of his records in Greece are on ANO KATO records if anyone
tries to track them...


manolis

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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 08:03:12 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Filmworks IX?

Has anyone else heard about this being released in November?  I can't find
any info on the Tzadik site, yet another online CD store has it listed.

Anyone?  Bueller?

Tom

________________________________________________
The dignity of art appears to the greatest advantage
perhaps in music, because that art contains no material
to be deducted. It is wholly form and intrinsic value,
and it elevates and ennobles everything which it expresses.

               --Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 08:28:33 -0400
From: Brian Olewnick <[e-mail]>
Subject: Rzewski/Nonesuch

Ach Steve, I'm afraid, by not corralling ol' Frederic, that you've
seriously fallen down on your duties! It would be really interesting to
know what's up with the potential Nonesuch deal. Since his stuff is
scattered over many different labels, it's tempting to think that this
set might be re-recordings of earlier pieces by himself. Then again, it
could be his "The Road", a collection of piano pieces that is up around
41 by now. Given that Nonesuch is involved and that Rzewski is in his
60's, I guess it might even be safe for the Next Wave Fest to show
interest! (a misnomered program if I've ever heard one).

Brian Olewnick

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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:19:52 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: knitactive

jon said:

 I saw them in the Knitactive=
=20
Sound Stage on Saturday night, and as always in that space, I was treated to=
=20
a basically private show (3 other people there). great space for fans,=20
terrible for musicians.=20

knitactive doesn't have room for many people very comfortably. do you (or
anyone) think that's the reason? seems like it's only included in their display
ads some of the time, so maybe that's part of it as well...

also, for those interested (or until i can get the new jap psych list to let me
on) acid mothers temple are playing at the cooler nov. 9. (dag -- same day as
yoko ono at the japan society, ribot solo at the old office, and robert dick at
roulette. i can only assume albert ayler will be playing tonic that night.)

hmmm, ok, while i'm pluggin, the kitchen house band is doing three nights of
compositions by zeena parkins, william parker and roy nathanson 10/26-28 at the
kitchen (double check the dates tho, please). on 10/26 (that date i'm sure of)
at 3 pm they're doing a dress rehearsal for $5. tix for the eve performances
are, like, $20.

kg
np: purple pain: nine swedish groups tells it all (hardcore prince covers)



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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:16:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Scott Handley <[e-mail]>
Subject: CRI looks for jazz composers

Composers Recordings Incorporated, noted for their
releases of new music, usually by living composers, is
looking for submissions for a new line of jazz
recordings.  I'm not affiliated with CRI in any way,
but if you're a "jazz" musician and a composer, and
you've heard of the label, you might already be making
music that'd they'd be interested in.

The relevant page is:

http://www.composersrecordings.com/jazz.html


Sorry for cross-postings.

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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 13:33:02 -0500
From: Steve Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Dave Douglas  (was Re: Frisell)

Pascal Cortes wrote:

> (incidentally, also on the jazzmatazz site, a new Dave Douglas album wi=
th
> his band Witness is announced:
>
> * Dave Douglas Witness (RCA Victor) June 2001?
> =97 Dave Douglas (t), Chris Speed (ts,cl), Joshua Roseman (tr), Erik
> Friedlander (clo), Mark Feldman (v), Bryan Carrott (vibes,marimba), Dre=
w
> Gress (b), Ikue Mori (perc), Michael Sarin (dr).)

I think that's been changed now.  It'll still happen, probably, but later.
Dave's third album for RCA is now supposed to be a disc compiling his thr=
ee
dance suites for the Trisha Brown Dance Company.  The first suite, "Five =
Part
Weather Invention," was originally going to be on the new Charms of the N=
ight
Sky disc 'A Thousand Evenings,' which was released yesterday.  But RCA de=
cided
that it would be nice to hold the suite for a disc of all three Brown
commissions, so Dave was sent back into the studio to record still more n=
ew
Charms material for 'A Thousand Evenings.'

The second Brown suite, "Rapture to Leon James," is played by Dave, Greg
Tardy, Greg Cohen and Susie Ibarra, and the third, the name of which I do=
n't
know, is a sextet which combines Dave, Mark Feldman, Guy Klucevsek, Tardy=
,
Cohen and Ibarra.

Steve Smith
[e-mail]
NP - Dave Douglas, "The Branches (Part 2)," 'A Thousand Evenings' (RCA Vi=
ctor)


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