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Zorn List Digest      Wednesday, January 24 2001      Volume 03 : Number 254



In this issue:
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       Re: Art Ensemble NZC
       Fwd: Nessa
       Re: HOPSCOTCH RECOMMENDATIONS
       Re: HOPSCOTCH RECOMMENDATIONS
       Re: cool edit (no zorn content)
       Re: Killer Joey
       jarrett
       Diamanda Galas, Adelaide 23 Jan 2001
       Re: cool edit (no zorn content)
       amour fou, cobra, others
       Re: amour fou, cobra, others
       joe morris and Henry Threadgill
       Re: jarrett
       show thursday in cambridge
       Fwd: do the "do"
       Re: joe morris and Henry Threadgill
       FRIDAY
       Henry Threadgill
       theoretical girls

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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:53:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Scott Handley <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Art Ensemble NZC

I think Ben mentioned the Jazz Record Mart RHYTHM AND
NEWS newsletter; here are links to the electronic
version of the Chuck Nessa feature and the original
Anthony Braxton FOR ALTO liner notes:

http://www.delmark.com/rhythm.nessa.htm

http://www.delmark.com/rhythm.braxton.htm

Cheers, all,

- ----s

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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:03:52 -0500
From: Matt Laferty <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fwd: Nessa

Hi,

Here is the info on the Nessa box set.

Matt

Chuck Nessa wrote:

> The set is available for $75 plus $4 shipping & handling. We accept
> checks, money orders, Mastercard and Visa payable to Nessa Records, P.O.
> Box 394, Whitehall, MI 49461 - phone orders @ [phone].
>
> Thanks for your interest.
> Chuck Nessa


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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:15:35 -0500
From: Rick Lopez <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: HOPSCOTCH RECOMMENDATIONS

on 1/23/01 10:57 AM, Scott Handley at [e-mail] unthinkingly
blurted:

> --- Rick Lopez <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> Anyone familiar with this?
>> ALI/KOWALD/TSAHAR: Deals, Ideals & Ideals CD  (HOP
>> 6)
>
>  Tsahar's playing is ridiculous.

That's enough for me. Guess I'll order it pronto!

Thanks,
RL  ;-)

 ----------
Sessionographies:  CRISPELL;  IBARRA; Wm. PARKER; RIVERS; SHIPP; D.S. WARE.
Discographies:  COURVOISIER; ENEIDI; MANERI,; MORRIS; SPEARMAN; WORKMAN.
Also:
 --Samuel Beckett Eulogy--Baseball & the 10,000 Things--Time Stops
 --LOVETORN--HARD BOIL-- ETC., all at: http://www.velocity.net/~bb10k

WHERE THE HELL HAVE I BEEN??? :
http://www.velocity.net/~bb10k/LUCILLE.html




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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:56:13 -0500
From: Steve Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: HOPSCOTCH RECOMMENDATIONS

Benito Vergara wrote:

> Since Susie Ibarra was brought up, this might be of interest: there's a
> seven (!) - page interview with her in the Fall/Winter 2000 issue of
> Dialogue (published by the Asian American Arts Alliance). It just showed up
> in my mailbox one day, so I don't know how easy it is to get the magazine,
> but they have a website: http://www.AAartsAlliance.org. Stuff on kulintang,
> writing an opera on Thailand, Philippine culture, "Flower after Flower," an
> installation in D.C., electronic music, Milford Graves, etc.

For anyone hoping to read the article on the website, don't bother trying.
There's only a short excerpt on the site.  They're trying to sell magazines,
naturally!  But if you can't find the magazine nearby, you can order it
online.

Steve Smith
[e-mail]
NP - Benjamin Britten, Billy Budd-Act One, LSO/Hickox (Chandos)


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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:51:21 +1100
From: "Julian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: cool edit (no zorn content)

> some software will allow you to index a big file instead of cutting it in
> order to achieve continuous playing while leaving you free to access any
> tune

Any ideas on which software? I have just recorded one long piece, and would
like it to remain as one long piece but with track marks. Would it work
simply to cut it up into its various tracks (with Cool Edit or Sound Forge)
then put these tracks on a cd, or would it create a gap/click between the
tracks?


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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:54:49 +1100
From: "Julian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Killer Joey

> It changes.  The CD has the original (I think) lineup of Steve Cardenas
> guitar, Adam Levy guitar, Tony Scherer bass.
>
> Adam Levy has been replaced by Brad Shepik on recent gigs - he is
originally
> from the Bay Area, so maybe he returned after some time in NYC.

So, what does the band sound like?


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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 00:32:00 -0000
From: "Alastair Wilson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: jarrett

 dan hill mentioned:


>
>            KEITH JARRETT
>            New York

Funny you should mention him  Just come back from the BBC Radio 3 "Mixing
It" live gig, where Billy Jenkins asked the audience to be quiet, as Keith
Jarrett was doing a gig in New York.

This probably only works if you're conversant with Billy...

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:55:19 +1030
From: "sinkas" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Diamanda Galas, Adelaide 23 Jan 2001

Hi all,
 Last night I attended "La Serpenta Canta" by Diamanda Galas.
I had only heard a few of Dimanda's collaborations with Zorn etc etc, and
attended with little or no pre-conceptions.
Diamanda played an approximately 65 minute set followed by 3 encores,
something that I suspect is a routine for this lady, as it was advertise
that she did this in earlier Australian concerts.
The show was Dark. the stage was black with a black piano and one upright
microphone, nothing else. most of the show used very little light, so with
her long black hair and figure hugging long black dress, the sounds came
apparently from "Darkness".
Galas' voice is I feel, reminiscent of Maryanne Faithful in her lower
guttural register, ranging to high screeching sounds, through her impressive
range. She made many vocalization noises, which were reminiscent of our
friend Mike Patton, and I suspect that Patton may have taken some of note of
this lady in her work. Galas could very nicely perform a Fantomas set!
On a Side note I saw a MASADA t-shirt and a few Fantomas t-shirts there.
I cant really comment on the songs played as I didn't recognise any of them,
except for one Supremes cover. It was apparent that many song were either
gibberish/noise or maybe were in Yiddish/Greek or Italian.
The overall feel of the show was one of disenchantment and of gothic
eeriyeness, which was pushed further by the serpentine way Galas' slid from
the stage between the aforementioned accolades and encores. Her piano sound
was pertinently sharp and dry with some rather nice discordance through most
of the songs, kind of reminiscent of a harpsichord. I felt the use of a
backing tape for one track was questionable, as it sounded quite crappy.
 SO the Serpantess sings, she sings like no other, and she sings with the
irk of horror I have never heard before. This is one sexy gothic inspired
madam, who deserves to be heard by all.
Amusing was the fact so many people left after her first beltings of
screeching and growling.

Case

I recorded the show if anyone is interested.

- --
"Alma Matters"




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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 21:47:40 -0800
From: "Mary Dalton" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: cool edit (no zorn content)

> > some software will allow you to index a big file instead of cutting it
in
> > order to achieve continuous playing while leaving you free to access any
> > tune
>
> Any ideas on which software? I have just recorded one long piece, and
would
> like it to remain as one long piece but with track marks. Would it work
> simply to cut it up into its various tracks (with Cool Edit or Sound
Forge)
> then put these tracks on a cd, or would it create a gap/click between the
> tracks?

yes cut into sections using either of these programs. The gap between the
tracks is controlled by the CD writing software, any decent program should
do this.

astro


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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 07:27:12 -0500
From: stephen drury <[e-mail]>
Subject: amour fou, cobra, others

a beautiful performance last night (Tues) of Zorn's piano trio at New
England Conservatory - the same students (they play it better than we do)
will repeat the piece on Thursday at Community Music Center of Boston, 34
Warren Avenue, (between Berkeley and Clarendon Streets, one block north of
Tremont, in Boston's South End. [phone]) along with Cobra by the NEC
Zorn ensemble.
repeat performance of Cobra (oxymoron?) Wed., Jan 31, at New England
Conservatory (Brown Hall) along with Hockey and Lee Hyla's "We Speak Etruscan"
and while we're on the subject ...
one more Amour Fou by erik friedlander, jennifer choi, and myself at Alice
Tully Hall in NY on Feb. 4.  mix it up w/the Lincoln Cntr. crowd!

- --steve

newly remodeled! -
http://www.stephendrury.com


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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 08:50:14 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: amour fou, cobra, others

In a message dated 1/24/01 7:26:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

>  one more Amour Fou by erik friedlander, jennifer choi, and myself at Alice
>  Tully Hall in NY on Feb. 4.  mix it up w/the Lincoln Cntr. crowd!

Hmmm.  Not on Erik's or Steve's gig pages.  Must be new.  What time?  Part of
what program?

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:03:30 -0400
From: mwoodwor <[e-mail]>
Subject: joe morris and Henry Threadgill

speaking of the joe morris trio playing live at the KF - I picked up a used
copy of "Flip and Spike" on his own Riti label recorded in 1991 - Great
Stuff!!  Has anyone heard any of the other earlier albums he put out on this
label??

Also, I'm pretty sure this has somewhat been discussed already, but when the
hell is Henry Threadgill going to put out a new album?!?!  I really enjoy all
of his albums (actually just picked up the only one I still didn't have -
"Easily Slip into another world" for 1.99$$ Canadian!! At Sam the Record Man's
a couple of days ago) but I honestly feel that "Where's Your Cup?" is a
monster of a good album and definitely his best work to date.  Rag, Bush and
All would be a close second, anyways with such potential unheard treasures
from the past 4 years (the larger group that he had playing live for awhile)
why isn't he releasing anything?  I know some stuff went down with Sony that
probably ticked him off, but does anyone have an update on the situation???
thanks,
wudz.

np - Marc Whitecage - forget the name of the album, but a younger Dave Douglas
is on it.


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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:27:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Ken Waxman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: jarrett

No, Alastair:

All you have to know about is the personality of
Jarrett and his *demand* for religious silence while
he plays.

Ken Waxman

- --- Alastair Wilson <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Funny you should mention him  Just come back from
> the BBC Radio 3 "Mixing
> It" live gig, where Billy Jenkins asked the audience
> to be quiet, as Keith
> Jarrett was doing a gig in New York.
>
> This probably only works if you're conversant with
> Billy...


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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:44:17 -0500
From: "matt krefting" <[e-mail]>
Subject: show thursday in cambridge

thought some folks on the list might be interested in this. if you want
directions, email me. descriptions are from the boss-improv list:

Friday, Jan 26
Zeitgeist Gallery
Cambridge MA

CRANK STURGEON  what once was a one-man prepared-guitar performance-art act
involving giant fish costumes, paper mache and pounds of Bulgarian caviar is
now... a five piece jazz combo?? Yes, hard to beleive, but Crank (aka Boston
ex-pat and Mass Art grad Matt Anderson, currently based in Maine)has
recruited a "jazz" backing band, and more than that he refused to tell me.
One of the most original artists around, and one of the toughest to
describe. Suffice it to say that I think he's amazing. Really.

WAYNE ROGERS + KATE BIGGAR  the duo that has commanded walls of guitar noise
in Major Stars, Magic Hour, and Crystalized Movements is going to try... um,
something a little different. I think. Again, I'm shaky on the details. I
really ought to know more about what the people I book are planning on doing
once they get to the Zeitgeist. Hell, it'll be a surprise for ev'ryone, I
suppose. Life is short, what th' hell...

THE SON OF EARTH- FLESH ON BONE TRIO  from sunny Amherst, MA, three
Hampshire College students will amplify toys, bow guitars, turn on
television sets and generally break little plastic things on the floor.
Liberal Arts colleges can be wonderful things. They don't have grades over
there, do they? It's just pass/fail, right? (I should find someone else to
write these stupid description-things. It's embarrassing, here I am trying
to convince y'all to come hear some bands you've never heard of, I must
sound like an idiot. Just trust me, they're all good, come on over and find
out fr yrself. Okay?)


8pm showtime, $6. That's only $2 per band! Of course, if you show up late,
it's the same $6, you don't actually pay per band. Perhaps that was a
confusing way to put it. Jeez, I dunno, I write these things so often, you
know the drill already. Right right, just dig it. We're only in it for the
money.

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:47:22 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Fwd: do the "do"

I thought some people here might be interested to see this post from another
mailing list, describing the writer's initial impressions to the forthcoming
Erstwhile CD, Toshimaru Nakamura/Sachiko M-Do, which should be available in
mid-February.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------

it's no secret that Sachiko M is amazing. and Toshimaru Nakamura has been
involved with his share of intriguing projects, not least of which was a fine
recent solo disc on Zero Gravity. But bring these two together - Sachiko with
her frightening, almost inhuman focus; Toshi with his clever "no-input mixing
board" tricks - and the results write a whole new page for microsound music.


in light of the debate about "Matrix," Erstwhile's forthcoming
Sachiko/Nakamura duo disc "do" proves just what is wrong with Ikeda's
post-"+/-" output. without going into detail about why "Matrix" is such a
disappointment (http://www.fakejazz.com/reviews/ikeda.shtml), i'll say why
"do" is such a triumph. this is an astonishing, sure to be seminal disc.


Sachiko has been honing her complete control of the "no-memory" sampler for a
while, and her releases to date have hinted at just what she can do. but her
choice of instrument - and the limitations it imposes - are not her secret
weapons. it's her concentration. Sachiko can focus a single sine tone until
it burns with the heat and pinpoint precision of a laser beam. i imagine that
many musicians would wither under the intensity of her concentration, but
Toshi can take it. he meets Sachiko's fire head-on with an equally focused
stream of mixing board feedback. and, on "do," that's just the beginning of
their dance.


As Sachiko and Toshi modulate their sounds, very deliberately altering
pitches and frequencies, they develop a new dialect of improvised
communication. their responses owe nothing to traditional improv modes and
not that much more to the maturing instrumental/electro-acoustic idiom. only
Sachiko and Toshi know what's being "said." but the listener picks up immedia
tely on the exciting dynamic of their discourse.


"do" is alive, engaging, and unpredictable - not a pre-programmed pattern of
tones but a  conversation between two flesh-and-blood individuals. "do" grabs
you by the gut and drags you into the dialog. while you can't directly affect
the colloquies between Sachiko and Toshi (recorded last Summer during three
different performances),  you CAN participate actively by tuning in and out
or by altering your own level of concentration. that's an opportunity for
true interactivity that records rarely afford. if you're willing to accept
the challenge of "do" as a test  of your faculty for "responsive listening,"
the rewards will make this demanding disc (lead-off track "do#1" runs a very
intense 36:35) one of the most gratifying experiences your stereo has ever
given you.


gg/

[e-mail]


"establish enigmas. not explanations" - robert smithson

- ---------------------------------------------------------------

Jon
www.erstwhilerecords.com

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:51:33 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: joe morris and Henry Threadgill

Folks,

Can anyone recommend a good starter Threadgill disc?  I'm embarrassed to
admit that I don't own any and haven't heard any.  You all gave such great
advice about Berne and Ehrlich I figure I can count on you for this one.

Many thanks,
Tom

np:  Matthew Shipp's "New Orbit"

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:55:31 -0500
From: "matt krefting" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FRIDAY

the crank sturgeon/wayne and kate/son of earth show i posted is FRIDAY, by
god! sorry for the fuck-up. not a lot of sleep in my neck of the woods. i
need a good floggin'...

mk
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:06:30 -0600
From: "Robert A. Pleshar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Henry Threadgill

I was just thinking last night about Mr. Threadgill and pulled out a few
discs to listen to today at work. I reccomend the Very Very Circus releases
although "Live at Koncepts" is the least necessary of those and the most
essential I think would be "Too Much Sugar" and "Carry the Day" which
feature augmented bands on a few tunes and somewhat cleaner production than
the live or Black Saint album. I also adore the Sextett and enjoy all of
their albums. "Bermuda Blues" off of "You Know the Number" is a song I just
can't get out of my head, but really pick up any of thier records you can
find. The only Threadgill album I never liked is "X-75." I guess I just
couldn't penetrate the 4 flute, 4 bass (I think) lineup. Also check out Air
if you can.

Someone please give him a contract so we can hear both Zooid and his big band!

Rob
NP: Mickey Katz "Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and Brisses"


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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:13:02 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: theoretical girls

hi.

reading duckworth's chapter on branca in 'talking music' this morning. the two
make much hay about the theatrical, boundary-pushing performances of his band
'theoretical girls' ... without ever describing them! *sheesh* ...

so, can anyone in the know tell me what the visual element was about? and
describe the music too, i guess. i know branca's symphonies, but haven't heard
the t-girls or the static.

thanks.

kg
np: gastr del sol - upgrade and afterlife



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