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  2. Funny Rat

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Hey I bought two of them! He he he... gave one to a friend for his birthday.

    So that way you only need 1500... and I guess there may be a dozen or two of them sitting in shelves of ridiculously prized swiss record shops...

    ubu

  5. AOTW 8 December

    in Album Of The Week

    Posted

    I'd like to nominate

    TINA BROOKS MINOR MOVE

    If no one has any objections. If I get away with this I'll tag you for next week Big Al.

    I'll give it a an hour or so and start a new thread.

    :tup

    good choice!

    John, start a new thread, and ask b3er or use3 to pin it right now! And if there are no replies, post there daily, so that all those who browse the board with "View New Posts" or "My Assistant" see that there is something happening here!

    ubu

  6. Funny Rat

    in Recommendations

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    Д.Д., they state that they send your order out the next day, and if something cannot be sent out by then, they would email you and you could cancel your order.

    So they should email you latest tomorrow night if something's not available.

    If you try to find HatOLOGY discs in stores here, be aware that they usually cost 38 franks, sometimes you may find some for 31-36...

    Yeah, Enja Weber... there would be so much good stuff there!

    Let's dream of a complete Mal Waldron Enja box... HELL!

    ubu

  8. Funny Rat

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Has our Russian friend seen this!?!?!?!?!?

    http://www.discplus.ch/results.asp?smod_sk...smod_public_id=

    HELL!

    ubu

    Chaney, at this site you can buy it for 12 swiss franks (around 9 US$ currently). I am not sure they have it in stock, but it does seem they do.

    I don't know how much mailing to the US would cost, but certainly not more than 5US$, which would not be very expensive for a Hat disc, all together. (I guess it would not get much cheaper if I'd mail it, as they would charge 2$ to mail it to me, and then for me to mail it would probably be in the range of 3-4$.)

    ubu

  10. Funny Rat

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    John, I'd love to hear some opinions on this one! As I said, it was my original choice, but when I saw it was OOP, I thought I'd go with Hal Russell (which has not exactly been a very popular choice, alas!).

    If you can choose one, take this, and I'll be there!

    btw: who's that "?.?." y'all quote? :g

    ubu

  11. AOTW 8 December

    in Album Of The Week

    Posted

    I thought about asking, too! Not that I'd have a proposition.

    AOTW seems to have lost some momentum!

    John, why not you choose one right now, take one you think many of us have, and if someone has actually been nominated he can do the next one?

    ubu

  13. Funny Rat

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    You killin' me, Chaney! Half of my weekend was filled creating my own box for the copies of the Brötz box... and now this!! Do I need to update?!?

    Update? If you like. Really, the box this set comes in is nothing more than heavy paper. I've kept mine wrapped in its celophane wrap as the joints seem to be badly glued and they'll come undone if set free.

    Alright, as I fabricated a, well, not extremely stable, but certainly better than heavy paper box, I'll stick to it. I have only gotten an earful of the music, but I liked what I heard! Thanks very much again, Chaney!

    I hope you will like the VAO! The Penguin gives it a crown, if I remember correctly.

    I will look for the Newton disc because of your evaluations. Makes it an interesting thing again!

    ubu

  15. Poetry Corner

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    not to hijack this thread, I like poetry a lot, but I wonder, has the "no poetry after Auschwitz" debate hit the US, too?

    Some of my favorite poets of more recent years include:

    Ingeborg Bachmann

    Ilse Aichinger

    Günther Eich

    Raoul Schrott

    couple of older favorites:

    Georg Trakl

    Else Lasker-Schüler

    Gottfried Benn

    August Stramm

    Kurt Tucholsky

    Kurt Schwitters

    Ball, Arp, Huelsenbeck, Tzara etc (big fan of the dada movement)

    I guess it would not make too much sense to post german poems here, otherwise, please tell me and I'll try to find the time to type out some.

    ubu

  16. 100,000 posts approaching ....

    in Forums Discussion

    Posted

    Eastern Standard Time = GMT-5 ??

    between 2 and 6 PM = GMT 19.00 - 23.00

    come on people! THINK global! We're citizens of the WORLD in this cyberspace :rhappy: :rsly:

    anyhow, I'll bet this whole 100K thing is gonna blow gently past us anytime during the Christmas holidays and nobody's gonna notice... :P

    That it? I would be faaaar too lazy to figure out such stuff! Hell, those americans do get up late in the morning!

    ubu

  18. Funny Rat

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Д.Д., those link, are they of any use?

    Chaney: re. Newton and laughing... well, I guess on disc it might work a little bit less cripey (?) than live... is FILIGREE OOP? I guess so, I think it was one of the very first HatOLOGies, no?

    ubu

  19. Funny Rat

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    You killin' me, Chaney! Half of my weekend was filled creating my own box for the copies of the Brötz box... and now this!! Do I need to update?!?

    John and Д.Д. (damn I got to copy-paste your fucking handle everytime! Can you tell me how I can type it FAST myself?): grab a copy of Minimalism of Satie - that would have been my first choice AOTW, but I realized it was OOP and thought nobody had it (which might be true, as even you two don't have it...).

    It's a great disc. Practically only the VAO's horns, accompanied/supported by Woody Schabata on vibes and percussion. This was a two LP set originally, but I think everything has made it on the CD. Side one includes Rüegg's arrangements (part one of each track) of Satie compositions (piano pieces mostly or all - I have not yet thoroughly explored Satie) and embellishments/variants (part two of each track), including some improvisations/solos. Side two is three duets, all with Schabata, the soloists being Newton, Roman Schwaller (a very good swiss tenor saxophonist, who was a mainstay of the VAO for many years, and has then been replaced by the other very good swiss tenor man, Andy Scherrer, who's been with the VAO for some ten years now, too), and the great Wolfgang Puschnig.

    This is certainly an adventurous and probably controversial disc, however I love it!

    ubu

  20. Funny Rat

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Chaney, I did close my eyes and try to fix on the music from time to time, but I did not grab me much more either.

    I have not heard FILIGREE, well, I did get an ear full several years ago at a store, but cannot comment on it.

    I like Newton's contribution to the Vienna Art Orchestra's Minimalism of Erik Satie, however, but that's about the only thing of her I really know.

    ubu

  21. Funny Rat

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    you are lucky Irene Aebi wasn't performing with Lacy.

    :lol::lol::lol:

    belly still hurting...

    My dear Russian friend, the concerts I did mention all took place as part of that little festival.

    I don't know any particular website, but here's some information:

    http://www.moods.ch - the site of one of the better jazz locations in Zurich.

    write an email to this address fredi.bosshard@bluewin.ch and ask to be put on the mailing list (they mail out information - in german, but you'll get the most important parts, otherwise ask me for translation - on concerts/festivals taking place at the "Rote Fabrik", an alternative location here in Zurich - they hosted the unerhört festival, and they also host Taktlos, a free jazz/improv festival, as well as hosting their own series of concerts.

    If you're interested in jazz festivals, there are some in: Bern (mostly US-mainstream), Basel (Off Beat, some good concerts), Schaffhausen (mostly presenting swiss musicians, always some good stuff), Willisau (you sure know that), and Zurich (jazznojazz) - do the google thing for "Jazzfestival XXX" and you'll get their websites.

    This then: http://www.nzzticket.ch/index.jsp is the website of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) weekly event calendar. Use the search function (Musik, ganze Schweiz).

    The friends section of the Intakt homepage might be useful, too: http://www.intaktrec.ch/friends-a.htm

    And here's the homepage of a rather small swiss jazz magazine, go to the "Hot Links" part and you'll find the web addresses of all the festivals I've mentioned, of some swiss record labels, clubs etc.

    I'll write you an email if find some other useful sites. I mostly go from newspaper ads etc.

    Re. Altrisuoni: was that one of Claudio Pontiggia's discs? I have one of the trio discs he made (the red covered one), and recently got the sextet disc he made with Andy Scherrer and others.

    Knowing your tastes a little bit better than I might have at the time I did recommend this CD, I think it might not be very much to your likings. Don't buy it unheard. It's beautiful and very melodic music, but faaaaar from being free in any way. The larger ensemble, actually, is a modern mainstream unit. What makes it interesting is Pontiggia himself and the rather unusual line up (french horn, tenor/soprano sax, piano, vibes, bass, drums).

    ubu

  22. Blindfold Compilations

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    My hope is that I'll be exposed to artists I know and artists I'd never heard before. I figure if someone on this board likes something enough to put it on their Blindfold CD, then that track must have some merit and I'm going to listen with an open mind.

    That's what I thought about when I started to look through my rarities (broadcasts) bag to get some ideas what I could include in my upcoming disc (some months to go; I don't even have a CD-burner yet).

    Sure, put in some rare recording by some well-known artist is a good thing, too! (Hey Rooster, I'll have some nice stuff for you... you know, from the guy whose music sounds like a flushing toilet :g )

    I guess at least parts of my BT will provoce reactions as Jim's does (I have not yet received the CDs, but I look forward to them very much!)

    Jim's explanation re. his inclusion of non-jazz material is good with me. :tup

    (only I wonder what that "artist whose "status" as a jazz artist is a matter of constant debate" could be - Jim, you did not include some Kenny G, didn't you? :lol: )

    ubu :)

  23. Blindfold Compilations

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    Hmm. My feeling is that the only tunes that should go on the disc are ones that make the compiler think "Oh, man, these guys have got to hear this!!" Other than that, I can't think of any limitations, although I'll admit, a disc of the latest death metal bands would certainly disappoint...

    :tup

  24. Roswell Rudd

    in Artists

    Posted

    Seing this thread again makes me remember I did hear (and do own) one Lacy/Rudd disc: Trickles (with Kent Carter & Beaver Harris). A solid one, with lots of fun included. But I guess I'll have to look for the HatOLOGies, too.

    ubu

  25. Funny Rat

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Nate, thanks for the Gräwe infos! I will look for some of these discs, the first you did mention sounds very good!

    Regarding Ms Léandre: I have seen her live in a duo performance last weekend. She did play, or better: perform, with Lauren Newton. I have to admit, I did not like that performance very much. It was a free/improvised thing, Léandre sure has amazing command of the bass, can play what she wants in whatever technique she chooses to use, Newton sure is an impressing vocal artist, but somehow it all seemed very "beliebig" (is there an english word for this? I even did grab my dictionaries, but they don't have anything fitting), and people found it funny as hell, while I found it pretty boring, sort of a waste, and all in all did not care much for it.

    Now I know Léandre can play, what's the point of doing sort of a (in every negative sense) post-modern collage/quotes/puzzle thing, pasting together as disparate components as there are? I mean, hell, they even did sing sort of an aria together (well, sometimes I do like to listen to some operas, and to be honest, they did try... :wacko: ).

    Then, Ms Newton was an other case... She moved like some sort of an acting spastic, created sounds that most of the people obviously found funny, but never did they succeed in creating some coherent, sensible (this might not be a good word to apply to free improv, but I think you can understand what I mean) stretch of music.

    (I saw Urs Leimgruber after that, and he created something out of nothing, really creative and absolutely compelling. The day after, I saw Steve Lacy, solo, and that was one of the best concerts I ever witnessed... And I AM open to free music of any kind, but hell, these two ladies... not my cup of tea!)

    ubu

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