I've just finished reading the book by Graham Bennett and I have to say that I don't entirely agree with the rather dithyrambic opinions expressed in WR. Don't...
I think that's a valid point, but there's the old saying that talking about music like dancing about architecture. The last attempt at this that I saw was...
There was a performance billed as The Lodge at The Kitchen in NYC in 1987. It was just Greaves and Blegvad with Lisa Herman sitting in for a few tunes, which...
... ...days when he wore that memorable green suit of his... [This is no obligation of course, but I'd rather people use their real names rather than aliasses...
Rich (and the group), ... I always thought that Lisa Herman had one of the greatest voices in Canterbury(esque) music. She has disappeared from sight...
Hi all, My review of On the Radio was published this morning at All About Jazz, for those interested: <http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=24556>. A...
I came across this CD: <http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7246047&BAB=E> Is this a legitimiate release? It looks like the same concert as the DVD. ...
<http://www.mediafire.com/?80wrnydjmzm> Cripta are a Genoa "jazz-rock" combo in the Perigeo way; here is a short demo of their music Augusto Forin (basso...
Hi all, For anyone interested, my review of Soft Mountain was published at All About Jazz this morning: <http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=24603>....
Yes that's true but you can play it on your PC if it has a DVD player. PC players are region free and the monitors are unlike TV monitors, so PAL format isn't...
John, Thanks for the review, even though about one third of it is just a rehash of the liner notes written by Hugh in the booklet, which makes your personal...
Thanks, Though you may be surprised to know I didn't really read the liners before I wrote the review (I often don't). Also, regardless, you need to know that...
From an interview with Geoff Downes (Asia, The Buggles, Yes, Gary Boyle) done last month... ... As a keyboard player who inspired you when you first started...
Hello Rattlers, According to Mojo Magazine, 10 the most influential jazz-rock albums, the ultimate guide on how to buy jazz rock fusion compiled by Mojo's...
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As you say, Leonardo, (and I had the same eyebrow raising as I was reading your mail), this game below is a bit of a strange cat. Even if the editor focused on...
Following Henry identifying Geoff Downes (Asia, The Buggles, Yes, Gary Boyle) here's another: Hugh Cornwell, formerly of The Stranglers, in his autobiography...
Hi all, It's quite a coincidence that these albums have been brought up! I've been listening to Nucleus' "Elastic Rock", John Surman's "Way Back When" and...
Following on from a you guys finding musicians appreciating SM, etc. How about an English Snooker player? Steve Davis has been quite public about his love of...
Well at the risk of opening a long debate - what exactly is the difference between jazz-rock and fusion? I can appreciate that some of the early stuff like...
... Well, Stranglers bassist JJ Burnel certainly is one of my heroes. But I'd have to do a lot of things I haven't done since college to find any Canterbury in...
Alan, I think you may find some answers in the forum's archives as I remember having brought some postings about it. So I don't want to rehash it - just...
... I'm a JJ fan as well and agree that there is very little Canterbury to be found in their music. Possibly at a real push some of Greenfield's keyboard work...
Pierre, Thanks - I just read your postings back last July which are very relevant here. I'm afraid its largely academic to me - I'm not sufficiently musically...
Steve Davis even sponsored a gig of his favourites Magma at the Bloomsbury Theatre on 16/1/1988. At which I remember Phil Miller and maybe Richard Sinclair...