BruceH Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 There's this new jazz book just out called "Weather Bird." It's a collection of essays by this guy Gary Giddins...anyone ever heard of him? Anyway, the book's really great; this guy seems to know what he's talking/writing about. Anyone else checked it out yet? (Don't know why he called it "Weather Bird" though. It doesn't have anything to do with meteorology.) Quote
Bill Nelson Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 Very good put-on -- just the right naive tone -- nice touch. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 wow... thta soundz jawsome. it'll be a nice freind too this book i just picked up by this guy named dan morganized or something... i dont know how he is, but he rights pretty good... Quote
Randy Twizzle Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 If you like Weather Bird you might also want to check out Giddins' biography of Norm Crosby, which takes us up to season two of The Dean Martin Roasts. Quote
EKE BBB Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 Further discussion on Gary Giddins can be found in this thread. Quote
brownie Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 This one is not new. It is a just reissued limited edition of the famous series of Jazz paintings by Henri Matisse... http://fr.kelkoo.com/sitesearch/go.jsp?off...2iox1.JA4fr&orw Wish I could afford it! Price in dollars is around $650. The link is in French. You can view three of the prints by clicking on 'Feuilletez les pages'. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 If you like Weather Bird you might also want to check out Giddins' biography of Norm Crosby, which takes us up to season two of The Dean Martin Roasts. Whoa, slow down there, Mr. Two Posts in two days!!! Quote
AllenLowe Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 (edited) Gary is an old friend of mine - we used to take baths together, as his mother and my mother were cousins - actually, his mother was married to her cousin, but that's another story. When we were 6 years old he poked a sharp stick into my eye, blinding me but making it much easier for me to beg pennies on the streeets of Atlanta - though having grown up in NYC I'm not really sure how I got there(Gary did walk me to the subway one morning, and I did wonder why they kept saying: "train to Atlanta") - Edited December 29, 2004 by AllenLowe Quote
Christiern Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 (edited) This one is not new. It is a just reissued limited edition of the famous series of Jazz paintings by Henri Matisse... http://fr.kelkoo.com/sitesearch/go.jsp?off...2iox1.JA4fr&orw Wish I could afford it! Price in dollars is around $650. The link is in French. You can view three of the prints by clicking on 'Feuilletez les pages'. My paperback version only cost $22.50. I scanned a page from it for my birthday greeting to Lonson/Jazzbo... Edited December 29, 2004 by Christiern Quote
jazzbo Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 Looks just like me too, thanks again Chris! Look for my new book this fall, "When You Left Me I Married My Dog: Southern Culture as Seen through Country Songs." Quote
AllenLowe Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 Rottweiler or dachshund? (I didn't want to say anything, but that might explain the odd baby pictures I found in your wallet) - Quote
jazzbo Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 Wow, my wallet has finally been found! Quote
garthsj Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 This one is not new. It is a just reissued limited edition of the famous series of Jazz paintings by Henri Matisse... http://fr.kelkoo.com/sitesearch/go.jsp?off...2iox1.JA4fr&orw Wish I could afford it! Price in dollars is around $650. The link is in French. You can view three of the prints by clicking on 'Feuilletez les pages'. Brownie, A friend gave me a high quality Matisse "JAZZ" calendar many years ago. I framed several of the prints, and rotated them on the walls of my office at the university. In some unfortunate manner related to "mass culture" (ref.: Walter Benjamin's famous essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility") these images have become quite ubiquitous here in card shops, posters etc. Too bad .... Are they commonly found in Europe too? Garth. Quote
garthsj Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 Gary is an old friend of mine - we used to take baths together, as his mother and my mother were cousins - actually, his mother was married to her cousin, but that's another story. When we were 6 years old he poked a sharp stick into my eye, blinding me but making it much easier for me to beg pennies on the streeets of Atlanta - though having grown up in NYC I'm not really sure how I got there(Gary did walk me to the subway one morning, and I did wonder why they kept saying: "train to Atlanta") - Geez Allen, You should become a blues singer! For obvious reasons you remind me of a character I used to talk about on my lamented jazz radio show .. Blind, Crippled John Horribly ... Quote
brownie Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 This one is not new. It is a just reissued limited edition of the famous series of Jazz paintings by Henri Matisse... http://fr.kelkoo.com/sitesearch/go.jsp?off...2iox1.JA4fr&orw Wish I could afford it! Price in dollars is around $650. The link is in French. You can view three of the prints by clicking on 'Feuilletez les pages'. Brownie, A friend gave me a high quality Matisse "JAZZ" calendar many years ago. I framed several of the prints, and rotated them on the walls of my office at the university. In some unfortunate manner related to "mass culture" (ref.: Walter Benjamin's famous essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility") these images have become quite ubiquitous here in card shops, posters etc. Too bad .... Are they commonly found in Europe too? Garth. Garth, oh yes! Those Matisse have become part of the mass culture around here. There are yearly calendars using the paintings, postcards of them all around... They have influenced home decorating, fashion designs. Not that any of this has disminished their beauty! I have seen a number of reproductions. The ones in this deluxe book come closest to the original paintings I have seen. Quote
ghost of miles Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 Inspired by Allen's masterful work, I've undertaken my own project, THAT BEDEVILIN' SONG: HOW 'WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?' CAPTIVATED A TRAUMATIZED POST-LEWINSKY NATION. Quote
AllenLowe Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 actually, Gary and I shared a prison cell together at Attica in 'the '60s. During the uprising he insisted on using me as a shield - which is why I never fail to set off the metal detector at the airport - Quote
alankin Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 I was visiting Matisse when he heard news of the first calendar using images of his paintings. I've never seen anyone so livid! He vowed that he'd find who was responsible and poke out their eyes with a stick! Quote
AllenLowe Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 Matisse - I think I remember that guy - was doing time for bank robbery - he and Gary were lovers - Quote
BruceH Posted December 30, 2004 Author Report Posted December 30, 2004 Very good put-on -- just the right naive tone -- nice touch. Thank you. That means a lot. Quote
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