_____ _____ culturebox Burned Out Why did Ken Burns leave contemporary musicians out of Jazz? By Seth Mnookin Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2001, at 4:00 p.m. PT If you've...
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Dan McCoy
danmccoy@...
Feb 2, 2001 2:01 am
culturebox Burned Out Why did Ken Burns leave contemporary musicians out of Jazz? By Seth Mnookin Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2001, at 4:00 p.m. PT If you've read the...
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Dick Metcalf
rotcod@...
Feb 2, 2001 2:38 am
For an absolutely STUNNING review of the latest insanities from Zzaj Productions (ELEMENTS OF SUSPENSE, featuring Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Mark Kissinger & Rotcod...
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marco eneidi
eneidi@...
Feb 2, 2001 2:47 am
... on ... Roosevelt ... and ... analogy, ... much ... Washington, ... with ... jazz ... challenged, ... was ... to ... Headhunters, ... and ... jazz ... ...
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hennies@...
Feb 2, 2001 6:16 am
I just had a conversation about this, actually... A friend of mine commented that he wished they had interviewed Ornette Coleman because he probably would've...
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Charles Greg Sipperley
sipperle@...
Feb 2, 2001 7:21 am
Maybe it's just me, but I think "Mr. Tonight Show" was the wrong guy to ask about Cecil taylor! ... --...
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Barely Auditable Reco...
rosenb@...
Feb 2, 2001 7:43 am
I heard a piece on NPR tonight (The World) about a recording of elephants playing percussion instruments in Thailand (drums, cymbals, and vibraphone-like...
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patrick frisco
pfrisco@...
Feb 2, 2001 12:27 pm
OK, the first task is to find Branford, tie him down, and put some headphones on him. Then set the computer to: whfr.hfcc.net Tuesday from 7pm-10pm Eastern...
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Tim Kaye
hatpack@...
Feb 2, 2001 1:51 pm
Hello there. I'm a musician from Baltimore, MD and I'm going to be in the Chicago area on March 6-8 and I am trying to book shows on those dates. If anyone can...
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hstencil@...
Feb 2, 2001 1:58 pm
<i>Did Winston's little brother actually say this?</i> Branford said something like this in relation to Cecil Taylor's supposed quip that if "I have to prepare...
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Davis, Walter
davisw@...
Feb 2, 2001 2:22 pm
... And of course in terms of 'preparing', Cecil wasn't suggesting that the audience practice their scales before a concert (roughly the equivalent of fielding...
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ElysiaBeth A
eadams21@...
Feb 2, 2001 2:30 pm
Hi Scott, If you get a reply off-list will you please share it with the group? I would like to hear this recording also. Thanks. EA "Does anyone have ANY...
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Davis, Walter
davisw@...
Feb 2, 2001 2:38 pm
It is rumored that Ornette refused to be interviewed. But there's still so much stuff they didn't use that they could have. There was a short 'behind the...
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Robert A. Pleshar
rpleshar@...
Feb 2, 2001 2:39 pm
Actually, I think the problem is different with Mr. Marsalis analogy. He's wrong. Of course you have to prepare to go to a baseball game before you go. You...
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Davis, Walter
davisw@...
Feb 2, 2001 2:39 pm
... This is available on the Bird Lives! website (www.birdlives.com) and was written by Mike Zilber. The funniest thing there is the photo of Ken Burns and...
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aeelms@...
Feb 2, 2001 3:27 pm
I have seen this recording around, it has been very popular, amongst certain crowds that is. can not remember the exact title but it should be easy to find....
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nathaniel &/or les gr...
ancientgreeks@...
Feb 2, 2001 3:48 pm
some one sent me something about this a couple of months ago. here's a link to the label that put it out. i'm sure it's familar to some of you: ...
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hstencil@...
Feb 2, 2001 3:52 pm
"And of course in terms of 'preparing', Cecil wasn't suggesting that the audience practice their scales before a concert (roughly the equivalent of fielding...
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Rick Lopez
bb10k@...
Feb 2, 2001 4:00 pm
on 2/2/01 10:50 AM, hstencil@... at hstencil@... unthinkingly ... I have a copy of Cecil WITH AEC, Paris, and other things: ...
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ElysiaBeth A
eadams21@...
Feb 2, 2001 4:18 pm
For what it's worth... Burns used Herbie Hancock's comments in a segment about Miles, but Hancock and his contemporaries were entirely ignored, their 60's...
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Stefan Dill
sdb@...
Feb 2, 2001 4:27 pm
Having actually worked with Cecil, I can say that he generally views his performances as ritual. Those who have seen him live may recall the specialized...
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Margaret Davis
musicmargaret@...
Feb 2, 2001 6:38 pm
Dear music lovers, What I'd like to say about Ken Burns & other revisionist music reactionaries is that when you teach people that the music we think of as...
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Frank T.
frank@...
Feb 2, 2001 6:42 pm
It appears Branford, who is actually a fierce defender of pushing jazz into the future (and critic of his little brother Wynton for defining "jazz" as material...
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Barely Auditable Reco...
rosenb@...
Feb 2, 2001 6:53 pm
Thai Elephant Orchestra is the name, I now recall. I'll post when I find exactly where/how to buy it. SR ... From: nathaniel &/or les grecques anciens...
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Davis, Walter
davisw@...
Feb 2, 2001 6:58 pm
... I wish. He means the excellent pianist Walter Davis, jr. (no relation). Not related to any other famous Walter Davises either ... or any famous Davises...
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rctabnik@...
Feb 2, 2001 7:41 pm
Hi You said it, Margaret Davis! also, some more points-- 1. how many times can they show a Herman Leonards photo of Bird, Tristano, Billy Bauer, and Eddie...
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hstencil@...
Feb 2, 2001 7:44 pm
Thanks, Frank, for sending on the whole interview. Now it's pretty obvious that what Branford said was pretty deliberately taken out of context and placed in...
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nathaniel &/or les gr...
ancientgreeks@...
Feb 2, 2001 8:05 pm
for you true believers: http://www.elephantart.com/about.htm and the electronicists among us will of course enjoy this elephant synth page: ...
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Kurt Johnson
kurtidoj@...
Feb 2, 2001 9:41 pm
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Margaret Davis
musicmargaret@...
Feb 3, 2001 3:44 am
Hey, Chicago, I need to look up a posting to the chi-improv group from last September; I presume it would be in the list~group archives. Can anyone tell me...
