re Ornette Coleman and other jazz stuff:
http://opusforty.blogspot.com/2007/04/still-reading-blue-note-records-by.html
MC Ward wrote:
> Do either of you jazzophiles like Ornette Coleman? He
> recently garnered some big award (the Pulitzer or
> McArthur, I think). It's good to know that he's not
> _entirely_ overlooked these days.
>
> Candice
>
>
>
> --- kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
>> sah-weet
>>
>> KS
>>
>> On 03/09/07, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Kasper - Going dot-to-dot from Round Midnight,
>>>
>> next stop is A Love Supreme
>>
>>> by John Coltrane. I also love My Favourite Things,
>>>
>> especially when Eric
>>
>>> Dolphy is with Coltrane. There are many versions.
>>>
>>> To follow the tradition of both gospel and Duke
>>>
>> Ellington, go to Mingus
>>
>>> Dynasty or Mingus-Ah-Um - by Charles Mingus.
>>>
>>> For 'chamber jazz', if you;'re not too revolted by
>>>
>> the term, listen to the
>>
>>> Modern Jazz Quartet's European Concert - one of my
>>>
>> all time favourite jazz
>>
>>> albums.
>>>
>>> For vocals, hear Billie Holiday, early middle or
>>>
>> late career >g< She is my
>>
>>> benchmark for all other singers. You could of
>>>
>> course add Ella Fitzgerald,
>>
>>> but she is the opposite bookend to Billie.
>>>
>>> Just listening to A Love Supreme, and thought I
>>>
>> might chat about it ...
>>
>>> These are the 'big' names. One of my old
>>>
>> favourites is almost anything by
>>
>>> Lambert Hendriks and Ross/Bavan - 'Sing a Song of
>>>
>> Basie' was the first one,
>>
>>> then live recordings are perhaps best after that.
>>>
>>> I'm sure all the other jazzophiles will have
>>>
>> suggestions too. Maybe there's
>>
>>> an album of Jazz to Study By >g< maybe Bill Evans
>>>
>> for that.
>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/09/07, Patrick McManus
>>>
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>>> Yup there's a great group called -'moles galls
>>>>
>> and starlings'way out
>>
>>>> too!!though a bit lost at the moment:-)
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
>>>>
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>
>>>> Behalf Of rupertmallin
>>>> Sent: 02 September 2007 16:52
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: jazz blogging ...
>>>>
>>>> Yup, I'm into Jazz - the more contemporary and
>>>>
>> edge the better - because
>>
>>>> here I find Poetry. If anyone in the UK got to
>>>>
>> see the late Pete Jacobsen
>>
>>>> live, 'electricity' ain't no big amp but what
>>>>
>> happens inside you.
>>
>>>> Likewise, 'Brass Jaw.' They're a five-piece
>>>>
>> saxophone band. Phew. Catch
>>
>>>> them
>>>>
>>>> on tour.
>>>>
>>>> My poetry/art/music interests ever cross-over.
>>>>
>> Don't care if it's
>>
>>>> classical,
>>>>
>>>> folk, jazz, blues, beatbox, hiphop, world,
>>>>
>> bass'n'drum or what. New
>>
>>>> spirits
>>>> Are (irrespective of age). You'll not have heard
>>>>
>> of Yum-Yum but young
>>
>>>> female
>>>>
>>>> singer has a voice Mai Ling followers will die
>>>>
>> for!
>>
>>>> Rupert x
>>>>
>>>> www.mallin.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>>
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>> - Release Date: 02/09/2007
>>
>>>> 12:59
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andrew
>>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>>> http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
>>>
>>>
>
>
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