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From: owner-zorn-list-digest@lists.xmission.com (Zorn List Digest)
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Subject: Zorn List Digest V3 #211
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Zorn List Digest Thursday, December 21 2000 Volume 03 : Number 211
In this issue:
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Best of 2000
Re: 60's jazz, b. evans, mixes
Best of 2000
Best of recent
niblock (was Re: Best of recent)
Re: best of 2000
Best of Y2K
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Frank=B4s_Wild_Years?=
Re: Best of 2000
Bailey
Re(2): black saint @ cyber sale
Re: Akosh S.
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 01:31:15 -0000
From: "Bill Ashline" <bashline@hotmail.com>
Subject: Best of 2000
I'm going to have to add the following to my aforementioned list, as these
arrived sooner than expected:
Otomo Yoshihide and Ian Kerkhof--Film Music from Shabondama Elegy
(brilliant!)
Otomo Yoshihide and Voice Crack--Bits, Bolts, and Signs
Muller and Ninh--La Voyelle Liquide (I forgot this last time--it's
wonderful--and an absolute must, though Schnee and Bart are the best
Erstwhile of the year IMO)
Ryoji Ikeda--Matrix (much, much better than I expected. I'm almost tempted
to say it's better than the other two more acclaimed ones)
Ayuo--Izutsu (strongly recommended--in the player now)
Reissues:
Sun Ra--When Angels Speak, Lanquidity, Greatest Hits, Cymbals & Crystal
Spears, Pathways to Unknown Worlds (these are great once again--I never get
tired of Sun Ra)
Ornette--Dancing in your Head (highlight performance with the Master
Musicians)
Late arrivals:
Dafeldecker, Kurzmann, Fennesz, O'Rourke, Drumm, Siewert--on Charisma (my
favorite of all of the electro-improv that I've heard thus far I think)
Cornelius Cardew--Treatise (I cannot endorse this recording enough)
Beta Bodega Coalition--Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (I was
hoping for a more political accent, but it was quite interesting
nonetheless--comes with a grain of rice and one black bean)
I also just picked up the DIW Live from Soundscape, Back on 52nd Street and
I was not disappointed. Improvs with Ed Blackwell and Dewey Redman, Marion
Brown (still one of my all-time favorites), Derek Bailey and George Lewis,
and Dennis Charles. Quite nice.
I should post reviews on some of these subsequently, particularly the
Erstwhile. I need more time though to immerse myself.
NP: Ayuo (quite lovely)
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:53:45 -0500
From: Matt Laferty <bg60009@binghamton.edu>
Subject: Re: 60's jazz, b. evans, mixes
Interesting point. I listen to enough 60s jazz that I don't really consider
it a "genre" anymore. Out to Lunch just isn't a record of a time period for
me. There's nothing like it (or if there is I want to know about it). The
only record that I don't know (or at least kind of know) on the list is Bill
Evans. That's a huge gap, I know, but where to begin for fans of Dolphy,
Ayler, Taylor, Conlon Nancarrow, etc....?
Best and good luck on everyone's holiday wish lists.
Matt...
Oh, and another listserve was talking about "end of the year compilations"
I like to send select friends what used to be called "mixtapes," to sort of
represent where I'm at musically, now that I don't see the scattered people
that I'd like. The tastes of this group are so great that I'd like to see
the song lists for any good mixes that people are coming up with. Well, it
makes more sense to me than best of lists....
Anyway, here is mine for November, no promises...:
1. Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag - Bob Dylan (3:22)
2. Massacring - Ground Zero (1:27)
3. Sultana - Titanic (3:57)
4. The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil (live) - Jefferson Airplane (11:41)
5. In the Land of Yamo Yamo - Wingy Manone (2:44)
6. Sings - Barbra Streisand (0:54)
7. Mr. Blues - Marvin Rainwater (2:27)
8. You Can Live in Our Tree - The Blue Things (3:07)
THE GERMAN PERIOD
9. Salute To A Switchblade - Tom T. Hall (3:26)
10. Introduktion (Traum-Formel - Bassetthorn) - Karlheinz Stockhausen (0:57)
11. In Longing Spirit - Emperor (5:55)
12. Hero Blues (live) - Bob Dylan (3:23)
13. Daddy's Wildwood Flower - Ralph Stanley (3:46)
14. Codine - Quicksilver Messenger Service (5:21)
15. Turn Your Radio On - Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard & The Strangers (2:09)
16. One Color Blues - Jerry Cole & the Spacemen (2:27)
17. Keys to the Car - Michael Nesmith & the First National Band (2:55)
18. A Visit With Ashiya - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty (3:22)
19. Whatever Happened to Jesus (and Maybelline) - Terry Allen & The
Panhandle Mystery Band
20. Popcorn - Pugs (2:38)
21. Santa Claus (has got the AIDS this year) - Tiny Tim (1:15)
1. Talkin' Bout New Orleans - The Meters (3:38)
2. Oh! - Kikusuimaru (3:51)
3. 99 1/2 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Katie Bell Nubin (2:38)
4. All Over You (live) - Bob Dylan (4:17) (dedicated to Chris King)
5. Blood On The Saddle - Two Dollar Guitar (2:38)
6. Uncle Sammy, Here I Am - Clarence Williams' Blue Five w/Eva Taylor
(3:12)
7. Mandolin and Jalatarang duet (ca. 1930) - Unknown Indian Musicians
(3:20)
8. Would You Like A Snack? - Grace Slick & the Mothers of Invention (2:41)
9. Interview - James Brown (3:09)
10. Nagasaki - Cab Calloway & his Orchestra (2:58)
11. PFL (Deambulation Mix) - Nurse With Wound (5:05)
12. Wimoweh - Yma Sumac (2:40)
13. Defecting Grey - The Pretty Things (5:14)
14. Little Bird - Beach Boys (2:00)
15. The Fuzz and the Oud Part 1 - John Berberian and Middle Eastern Rock
Ensemble (3:17)
16. The Fuzz and the Oud Part 2 - John Berberian and Middle Eastern Rock
Ensemble (3:06)
17. Dazzling Stranger (live) - Wizz Jones (3:16)
18. Hangin' Around Boudon - Dicky Wells & his Orch. feat. Django Reinhardt
(2:55)
19. God Made Me Funky - The Headhunters (9:39)
20. I Choose Not To Smoke - Anonymous (2:55)
11-06-2000 fur Miriam und Jackson
Marius Ergo wrote:
> Grant Green - Idle Moments
> Wayne Shorter - Speak no Evil
> Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
> Miles - ESP/Nefertiti
> Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
> Albert Ayler - Love Cry
> Bill Evans - Interplay
> John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
> Wes Montgomery - Full House
> Hank Mobley - Workout
>
> __
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:08:26 -0600
From: "Ben Axelrad" <soulfrieda@hotmail.com>
Subject: Best of 2000
i have trouble staying current, so here are my favorite purchases this year:
cds
Les Diaboliques, LIVE AT THE RHINEFALLS -- perhaps the only jazz band to
name check R.D. Laing? at one point Leandre, Nicols, and Schweizer shriek
and cackle like witches, as if answering the question, "what kind of woman
would make music like this?" wonderful.
Heiner Goebbels, SURROGATE CITIES -- the first track with the loops of
cantorial singing is worth the price alone.
Anthony and the Johnsons, s/t -- i've seen this advertised as gothic caberet
music, and i think the description fits.
Steamboat Switzerland, LIVE -- drums, organ, and electric bass. they kick
MMW's ass. most tracks are by stephan wittwer and have a metal feel. i saw
them live a few months ago and they were incredible, esp lucas niggli. i
think the next album is coming out on grob.
Stangl/Kurzmann, SCHNEE
Efzeg, GRAIN
Olaf Rupp, LIFE SCIENCE
Carl/Augst/Korn, BLANK
Legendary Pink Dots, CANTA MIENTRAS PUEDAS
Phil Ochs, BEST OF
In Gowan Ring, O'ER THE GLINTING BLADE
Novy Svet, FACCIA A FACCIA
Outkast, AQUEMINI
books
Raymond Federman, DOUBLE OR NOTHING; TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
Thomas Bernhard, THE LIME WORKS -- he is my favorite writer. long
monologues, very bitter and funny. i believe there's a quotation from one
of his books in the liners to Dafeldecker/Fussenegger "Bogengage."
Richard Grossman, THE ALPHABET MAN; THE BOOK OF LAZARUS
Fanny Howe, THE DEEP NORTH; IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
Chris Krause, I LOVE DICK
Ben
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 22:16:26 -0500
From: "Toula Ballas" <toulab@msn.com>
Subject: Best of recent
Ok, here goes with things I bought this year, some of which which were
released this year:
Jon Rose and Otomo Yishide
Marc Ribot - Muy Divertido
Susie Ibarra - Radiance
Kazutaki Umezu - Live at Knitting Factory
Hamid Drake/Borah Bergman - Reflections on Ornette
Jon Rose - Fringe
John Zorn - Live in Seville
Tim Sparks - Sanz
Bob Ostertag - Sooner or Later
Beck - Midnight Vultures
Arsenio Rodriguez - Oyo Como Dice
Daniel Johnston - FUN
Tim Sparks - Neshamah
Music of Islam - Music of the South Sinai Bedouins
Joe Morris - Many Rings
Recommended: Anything with Hamid Drake, anything with Arnold Dreyblatt,
anything with John Oswald!! Oh, I forgot
anything with Phil Niblock (especially video productions.)
Paul
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 22:41:28 EST
From: JonAbbey2@aol.com
Subject: niblock (was Re: Best of recent)
In a message dated 12/20/00 10:15:44 PM, toulab@msn.com writes:
<< Oh, I forgot anything with Phil Niblock (especially video productions.) >>
for anyone in NYC, Niblock's annual celebration of the winter solstice is
tomorrow night, six hours of music and film/video, from 6-midnight. 224
Centre St., 3rd floor, $4.99.
Jon
www.erstwhilerecords.com
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:12:15 EST
From: Samerivertwice@aol.com
Subject: Re: best of 2000
Here's my top ten CDS of 2000 list that I just sent my best friend:
1. Billy Bragg/Wilco -- Mermaid Avenue 2: Believe the hype: It IS better
than the first one (which was my favorite album of 1998).
2. Masada -- Live in Sevilla 2000: I saw them in Newport over the summer
and they just killed every other band on the bill.
3. Marvin Pontiac -- Greatest Hits: Tom Waits meets Isaac Hayes meets the
Red Hot Chili Peppers. Funky, ambient, jazzy, sexy and fun.
4. Steve Earle -- Transcendental Blues: Earle's best album.
5. Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice -- Pizza Tapes: This
long-bootlegged gem was finally officially released. For those who don't
know, this is a recording of the trio fooling around, playing a bunch of
their favorite tunes. A pizza delivery boy stole the tape and circulated it
among Dead fans for years. No fancy production, no gimmicks, no editing out
missteps or fuck-ups, this is a great collection of stripped down songs. If
you're familiar with and like Garcia/Grisman "Shady Grove," you'll love this.
It's the same groove with added guitar wizardry from Tony Rice, and a
jaw-dropping version of Miles Davis' "So What."
6. Danny Zamir -- Satlah: This guy's only nineteen and has the tone and
feel of a seasoned veteran saxophonist. It swings, it grooves, it makes you
want to dance.
7. John Zorn -- Filmworks 9, Trembling Before G-d: Pianist/organist Jamie
Saft and clarinetist Chris Speed duet on a series of new pieces commissioned
by filmmakers for a documentary about the gay Hassidic community. Subtle,
lyrical, adventurous and achingly beautiful. Two tracks feature a guest
appearance by ace percussionist Cyro Baptista and one track features a cameo
by John Zorn (on vocals!).
8. Roy Nathanson -- Fire At Keaton's Bar and Grill: Though Elvis Costello
steals the show, I like the whole damn thing.
9. Johnny Cash -- American III: It's astounding enough that he's recording.
It's even more astounding that the album is this good.
10. In His Own Sweet Way, A Tribute To Dave Brubeck: More than just a
rehash of old standards, this collection reinterprets Brubeck oeuvre with
dignity, ambitiousness, and humor. Featuring an all star avant jazz cast
including Dave Douglas, Uri Caine, the Sex Mob, David Krakauer, Joey Baron,
Bill Frisell (on the gorgeous "Summer Song"; listen and hear where Elvis
stole the melody for "Having It All"), M,M&W, Pachora, the Ruins, Slowpoke,
David Slusser, Anthony Coleman, Erik Friedlander, and Eyvind Kang, this is
the best tribute album I've heard in a long time.
Honorable mentions:
Aimee Mann Bachelor #2. (This would have made the top ten had it been tagged
"2000." I love this album. It's the second best pop record of 2000, right
after BB/Wilco.)
Pharoah's Daughter "Out of the Reeds"
John Zorn "Cartoon/S&M"
Dave Douglas "Soul On Soul"
Dave Douglas "Leap of Faith"
Dave Douglas "A Thousand Evenings"
Marty Ehrlich "Sojourn"
Ned Rothenberg "Ghost Stories"
Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska"
Stolen Roses: A Tribute to the songs of the Grateful Dead
Brad Mehldau "Places"
Waco Brothers "Electric Waco Chair"
Best Reissues:
Miles Davis/John Coltrane "Complete Columbia Recordings"
John Zorn "The Big Gundown 15th Anniversary Edition"
Jelly Roll Morton Box Set
Happy New Year!
Tom
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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: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:15:45 +1030
From: "sinkas" <sinkas@camtech.net.au>
Subject: Best of Y2K
My hat tips for the following:
1) Estradasphere, Its understood (WebOfMimicry)
2) Eyvind Kang, Story of Icelund (Tzadik)
3) Kent, Hangesta Hill (English laguage version)
4) Badly Drawn Boy, cant remeber thier albums name.
5) Warren Zevon, Lifell Kill ya
Yeh not much jazz, to many pop records to denigrate in the press.
Live stuff:
Fantomas
Mr Bungle=20
Fantomas
Parlour
All seen in Adelaide South Australia
"Alma Matters"
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 02:03:24 -0300
From: "Gabriel Lichtmann" <la_lichuza@bancaria.net.ar>
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Frank=B4s_Wild_Years?=
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thought about giving it a chance but I haven't heard anything from this =
period, and everyone seems to agree that he put out his best stuff while =
he was on Reprise, so I thought about asking you people what do you =
think were his best years, and if you think this collection is worth =
the money.
Thanks in advance and Feliz A=F1o Nuevo.
LA LICHUZA
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:34:39 -0600 (CST)
From: Charles Gillett <gill0042@tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: Best of 2000
A lot of guitar here, for no reason that I can think of. The
Schlippenbach Quartet is old, of course, but it had never been
released before so you can't really call it a reissue.
NEW
1. Greg Kelley - Trumpet (Meniscus)
2. Guillermo Gregorio - Degrees Of Iconicity (hat[now]ART)
3. Mats Gustafsson - Windows (Blue Chopsticks)
4. Schlippenbach Quartet - Hunting The Snake (Atavistic/Unheard Music)
5. Derek Bailey & Alex Ward - LOCationAL (Incus)
6. Songs: Ohia - Ghost Tropic (Secretly Canadian)
7. David Stackenas - The Guitar (Hapna)
8. Evan Parker/Keith Rowe - Dark Rags (Potlatch)
9. Burkhard Stangl/Christof Kurzmann - Schnee (Erstwhile)
10. Ben Vida - Mpls. (BOXmedia)
REISSUES
1. Anthony Braxton - For Alto (Delmark)
2. Scott Walker - Scott 1-4, Boy Child: 67-70 (Fontana)
3. Phil Ochs - Rehearsals For Retirement/Gunfight At Carnegie Hall,
Pleasures Of The Harbor, Tape From California (Collectors' Choice)
4. Earle Brown - Collected Early Works (CRI)
5. Leo Cuypers - Heavy Days Are Here Again (Atavistic/Unheard Music)
6. Tom Lehrer - The Remains of Tom Lehrer (Rhino)
7. Peter Brotzmann/Misha Mengelberg/Han Bennink - 3 Points And A
Mountain...Plus (FMP)
8. Dreamies - s/t (GearFab)
9. Malvina Reynolds - Ear To The Ground (Smithsonian Folkways)
10. Jandek - Living In A Moon So Blue, Six And Six, Later On (Corwood)
The Faust Box might end up on this list too, but I just bought it today.
- -- Charles
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 08:04:53 +0100
From: "Francesco Martinelli" <fmartinelli@tin.it>
Subject: Bailey
From EUCLID RECORDS orders@euclidrecords.com:
Re: new arrivals 12/20/00 pt. 1 (used lp's)
> JAZZ 9.99 BAILEY DEREK/MIN TANAKA MUSIC AND DANCE INCUS S
M-/M-
> ENGLAND
I don't think this was ever out on Incus.
Francesco
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:09:31 -0800
From: "Martin Wisckol" <Martin_Wisckol@link.freedom.com>
Subject: Re(2): black saint @ cyber sale
Jeffcalt@aol.com writes:
>Martin_Wisckol@link.freedom.com writes:
>> the leaders - out here like this: average, not spectacular. chico
>freeman
>> sounds like black arthur blythe on tenor....
>
>Martin: What do you mean by "Freeman sounds like black Arthur Blythe on
>tenor"?
Uh ... maybe it's because it IS Black Arthur.... Doh. ...
Right now, listening to my Cyber sale copy of The Leaders' "Unforeseen
Blessings," charming, more of a miniatures approach (13 cuts, 4 under two
minutes), definitely more interesting than "out here like this." ... thru
the first eight cuts tho, very little Lester....
my favs of the year would include:
lacy/rudd "monk's dream"
bailey/tacuma/weston "mirakle"
tomasz stanko "over the green hill"
satoko fujii "double take"
and many more if stopped to think, which i'm obviously not doing this
week....
martin
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:28:24 +0100
From: "Andreas Dietz" <andreasdietz@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Akosh S.
>From: Tim Blechmann <TimBlechmann@gmx.de>
>
>Akosh S. is a hungarian (?) saxophone player, who lives in Paris (as
>far as I know). He combines Coltrane's or Sander's power, Free Jazz,
>and east european traditional music. I first heard him two years ago
>at Saalfelden, Austria. IMO he is one of the greatest contemporary
>tenorsax players. You like Coltrane? Then try his music. IMO he
>continues Coltranes work after his "Expressions" or "Stellar Regions".
I┤ll second this recommendation, but it┤s a live band for sure. There┤s
another influence in the band from an irish violin and second sax player.
Very unusual mix but the late Coltrane was my first impression too - one of
the very rare discoveries in the last years.
Andreas
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