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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:29:11 EST
From: DRoyko@aol.com
Subject: Re: Armstrong box, misc bad packaging (Winter&Winter)
I've e-mailed Winter&Winter about their packaging, which is very pretty but functionally as bad as any I have ever seen. I automatically transfer the CD to a jewel case when I get one of their albums, and even so, half the time the disc ends up scratched or scuffed from the one single time I remove it from their packaging. It's a joke that they show so much care for the aesthetic aspects of the packaging and are completely clueless as to functionality. Usually I don't care about stupid packaging, but when it damages the CD, it is infuriating.
Dave Royko
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:13:55 -0500
From: "Alan Kayser" <alankayser@hotmail.com>
Subject: Bobby Previte-Tim Berne
Dave Egan wrote:
>There are tapes of a couple of really superb FM broadcasts from their
>European tours floating around. I mean, they're really so good I'm
>surprised they can't get any attention in the States. It IS really '80s
>downtown material though. Maybe that's the problem.
IMHO Bump the Renaissance is more a style of composing/arranging for Bobby
than it is an actual band. I've seen the band with Horvitz, Ehrlich, Ray
Anderson and Bob Stewart on tuba, and with various configurations including
Steve Swallow and different horns. But the arrangements retain their flavor
regardless of the personnel. I'm not sure that '80s downtown has any real
meaning here, to me it's more of an updated Art Blakey or perhaps an
extension of Previte's involvement in the Sonny Clark Memorial. I think his
Weather Clear Track Fast projects fall into the same category. I recall
attending Bobby's massive 20th Anniversary celebration a couple of years ago
and being struck by the strength of his composing, and how the songs came
through so vividly regardless of the completely different bands on stage.
Claude's Late Morning still sounds so fresh to me, as do all the WCTF
recordings. His work is not easy to categorize, perhaps this is more of a
problem than any supposed attachment to a downtown sound.
There were a number of broadcasts done of Bump the Renaissance on European
radio. Tapes are floating around. Hopefully the latest version which
includes Joseph Bowie also got some air time. Why this band doesn't have a
recording contract is not hard to figure out. Jazz doesn't sell. Big
labels won't touch it, small labels have a difficult time gettting
distributed. Tim Berne sells his stuff on line. I assume he does this out
of necessity due to a lack of recording idustry interest in his music.
Bravo that he has maintained this stance for a few years now, and produced
some terrific releases like the 3CD Bloodcount and the Empire Box. I
suppose that Bobby's Depth of Field was not quite worth the effort. Too
bad, as a The Horse box set was in the works. Maybe someday.
