> Perhaps a stupid question--actually two--but was For Alto originally
> released on Delmark? And how long has the album been out of print?
1) Yes
2) Depends on what you mean by out of print. I don't think Delmark has been pressing any vinyl for about 10 years at least, so probably that long minimum. When the last copies were actually made, I don't know. But For Alto hasn't been completely out of circulation. Cadence still had it for sale 3 or so years ago.
A must have album. I was worried that it may turn out to be one of those legendary historical documents that is far more important for what it is -- the first solo sax album -- than for the music itself. Thankfully, I was wrong.
> A must have album. I was worried that it may turn out to be one of those legendary historical documents that is far more important for what it is -- the first solo sax album -- than for the music itself. Thankfully, I was wrong.
>
Thanks for the info, Dan. And I agree with the last point. I'd never heard it before the other day, and what a revelation. There are some absolutely beautiful moments, especially on the 5th and 6th tracks.
> >My question to the zornithologists is : I read somewhere that members
> of the
> >Remote Viewer used to be in the band B-Shops for the Poor. Is this entity
> >worth investigating? What sort of music did/do they play? etc.
>
> B-Shops for the Poor were a sort of political rock/improv group, maybe
> in the same vein as Henry Cow; obvioudly into Brecht. I seem to remember
> they did some work with Brotzmann. John Edwards was the bassist (now
> playing a lot with Evan Parker and pretty much everyone else on the UK
> improv scene. I'm not sure how amny albums they managed...
Hmm, I didn't realize that Edwards had been in B-Shops. I had the B-Shops/Brotzmann disc once. It is the only Brotzmann I've ever traded in. Hated it. Can't remember it enough to describe it. However, if you like Remote Viewers, you may like B-Shops, because I've heard all three of the RV albums, and feel the same way about them as the B-Shops.
Talking about music of the Balkans, I recently bought the very impressive cd of Theodosii Spassov Trio called 'The fish are praynig for rain' (on Traditional Crossroads).He plays traditional kaval doing a lot of (also quite occasional) jazz improv but the result is very interesting. Anything else by TS that could be found? Or other similar hybrids? I also see his name on the latest Trilok Gurtu albums.
Pardon if I missed something relevant earlier in this thread, but...
He did. I saw it in Chicago about a month ago - it was amazing. It was the Tentet plus William Parker and Roy Campbell Jr.
Matt
Brennansf@aol.com wrote:
> I recall reading in somewhere an interview with Vandermark--perhaps it's on the Okka website--done just after he received the MacArthur, that he intended
to use some of the money to sponsor a tour of the Broetzmann tentet.
> Would somebody who has heard Xylophonen Virtuosen (O'Rourke, Jim and Mats
> Gustaffson)(Incus, CD38, 2000, cd) please post a review of it? Thanks.
One of the best things I've heard this year (and I've heard lots). I'm not a big O'Rourke fan, don't know much of his stuff, but based on this I may look deeper.
This is, for the most part, an extremely quiet album, with lots of subtle detail that reminds me more of something like the Stangl/Kurzmann Schnee album than a typical Gustafsson disc. O'Rourke's playing incorporates lots of folk/blues elements, while Gustafsson generally eschews his usual audacious squeals and blurts (I'm not criticizing him by using the term audacious, I love that stuff for its extremeness). There's a part about 5 minutes into the first track that has O'Rourke quietly plucking away while Gustafsson contributes some rapid-fire yet extremely low key reed pops that is worth the price of the disc on its own.
From: Jacques Soddell <J.Soddell@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au>
Subject: Re: the WIRE in Australia
Date: 07 Sep 2000 08:18:58 +1000
It's available in a few newsagents in Bendigo, so it must be available in the capital cities.
However, I suggest subscribing - its cheaper, quicker (even at the slow rate) and you get the Wiretapper cd compilations (a double cd next month) plus other cds which you don't get if you buy it over the counter
>
> Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:15:09 +0950
> From: "Case" <sinkas@camtech.net.au>
> Subject: the WIRE
>
> Hi all,
> DOes anyone here know if the Wire is availoble in Australia, as I have not
> been able to find it, although I am sure i have seen it here before,
> Is there a website link for the mag?
> Case
> NP : Torture Garden
--
jacques soddell
biological sciences, school of management technology and environment
la trobe university bendigo, po box 199, bendigo, victoria, australia.
j.soddell@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au
http://redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/~soddell
possible musics, alternate wednesdays 10pm-midnight, 3ccc-fm 89.5
"everything is music, everything is noise" (john cage)
>> Oh yeah, anyone on this list knows why he is call DR. >> Chadbourne?
>
> short for drop-out. he didn't finish college. least,
> that's the way he told it to me.
Actually it was high school that he droppedout of. When his parents moved to Canada in the early 70s, he enrolled in high school here, but thought that it was a big step backward from his American education so quit and got a job.
Don't know how many fans there are here of this Michigan-based brass ensemble that released a handful of LPs in the early-to-mid 80's, but if anyone here could verify the release of a live LP by the band, I'd appreciate if if they could supply some info. AFAIK, the band released 4 LPs, none of which have made it to CD-
_IX_
_Merlin_
_Tale of the Whale_
_Harvest_
All of these were studio LPs. Much appreciated in advance...
I second that suggestion, even though when the bill comes, it kills me to send the check. Somehow it's easier to stomach when it's $7.75 a month (which is what I pay for MOJO--to whom I'll subscribe when they make
it worth my while).
The CDs are really great, though. Sometimes they offer a sign-up bonus CD.
Matt
Jacques Soddell wrote:
> It's available in a few newsagents in Bendigo, so it must be available in the capital cities.
> However, I suggest subscribing - its cheaper, quicker (even at the slow rate) and you get the Wiretapper cd compilations (a double cd next month) plus other cds which you don't get if you buy it over the counter
>
> >
> > Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:15:09 +0950
> > From: "Case" <sinkas@camtech.net.au>
> > Subject: the WIRE
> >
> > Hi all,
> > DOes anyone here know if the Wire is availoble in Australia, as I have not
> > been able to find it, although I am sure i have seen it here before,
> > Is there a website link for the mag?
> > Case
> > NP : Torture Garden
>
> --
> jacques soddell
> biological sciences, school of management technology and environment
> la trobe university bendigo, po box 199, bendigo, victoria, australia.
> j.soddell@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au
> http://redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/~soddell
> possible musics, alternate wednesdays 10pm-midnight, 3ccc-fm 89.5
> "everything is music, everything is noise" (john cage)
> Someone MUST have mentioned this before as a source but just in >case... Greil Marcus' Lipstick Traces has some really fascinating
Just a couple of weeks ago I finally got a copy of the "Lipstick Traces" CD and was pretty blown away, especially since being familiar with about half anyway I didn't realize how much difference the context would make. Too bad it's long out-of-print and not likely to have a US release.
> I may have miss this on the list, but what is on the Lipstick Traces CD?
There's a listing and Jon Savage's liner notes at
http://www.eyecandypromo.com/GM/Lipstick.html
but it doesn't include Greil's brief notes and source info on each track. In case anybody cares, some of my artwork is used in the book, it's the detourned Beetle Bailey comic.
Thanks, Michael (and everybody else who had such nice words):
Michael Berman wrote:
> Wow. great review. I hope it was published somewhere, it deserves to be.
Nope, a Zornlist exclusive again (though I wouldn't be averse to someone wanting to post it somewhere...).
> But when I did it was in Philly. Do you know if he still teaches there? I'm not sure it was Temple, I think it was a smaller music college.
I don't know, but it seems likely.
> Does Shepp have any new recordings out? Will this band put something out?
I don't know of any Shepp recording more recent than the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble disc of a year or so ago. But I'd love to think that the better parts of last night's chemistry might somehow have been preserved.
Shepp lived (and played very frequently) in Paris all those last years.
I think his last cd was "St Louis Blues" (PAO 10430 / Socadisc) with Richard Davis (bass), Sunny Murray (dms, another parisian ...) and Leopoldo Fleming (perc.). Just heard the title tune I found gorgeous ... Read an
enthousiastic review in a french jazz magazine (Shepp is back ...... ).
Was great when I saw him in concert a few months ago. Glad to hear he made such a glorious come back in US.
BTW, those reading french could have a look at his a bit disconcerting interview at
As far as drummers as leaders, why haven't I heard mention of Brian Blade yet on the list? Although I think he's more into making a statement as a composer, I thought Perceptual with the Brian Blade Fellowship was an extremely beautiful album. Granted, he doesn't take a single solo, but his very melodic playing is intergral to the whole sound of the album.
