Brandon Burke Posted February 11, 2006 Report Posted February 11, 2006 (edited) Friends, It is my pleasure to announce that the brand new issue of Wax Poetics features photos and an interview with, beloved board member, brownie! We did the interviewed last June, actually, and he was also kind enough to send a selection photos for me to digitze for inclusion in the issue. Normally, I'd shy away from this kind of self-promotion but, in all honesty, all I did was scan some images and ask some questions...this is his work I'm writing about now. For the record, issues of Wax Poetics do not remain in print for very long. The first few issues even fetch good money on eBay now. (Crazy.) That said, I recommend picking one up sooner than later. (And yes, Dusty Groove has it.) Big thanks to brownie for his kindness, cooperation, and fascinating stories! happy reading, Brandon Edited February 11, 2006 by Brandon Burke Quote
brownie Posted February 11, 2006 Report Posted February 11, 2006 Brandon Burke tricked me into doing this! When he contacted me last year, I thought the magazine where it was going to be published was a poetry review and I agreed. Later I found that Wax Poetics was not exactly that. But I had a look at the content of past issues and I noticed quite a number of published articles that were right down my alley. Wax Poetics looks like being a mighty interesting magazine! I have yet to see a copy of it. The just published #15 is on its way here and I look forward to read it. Brandon did a fine job. Thanks to him! Quote
Brandon Burke Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Posted February 11, 2006 (edited) Got my copies in the mail today, actually. Layout looks great! ...though it seems to me they may have attributed one too many shots to Silva's Luna Surface session. (If this is the case I need to know because no one should make assumptions like that without consulting the contributors first.) Surprising that, with so many Dusty Groove addicts here, more of you haven't hopped on the WP train yet...they seem to share the same audience. Very good publication, in my opinion... Edited February 11, 2006 by Brandon Burke Quote
Brandon Burke Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Posted February 11, 2006 (edited) Yikes! Bad start: my opening question was rephrased without hearing about it first. For one, you have to imagine i would never preface the term New Thing with "so-called". (Bummer...) other than that everything's pretty much 100% straight up. luckily that mistake was at my expense and not anyone else's... Edited February 11, 2006 by Brandon Burke Quote
ghost of miles Posted February 11, 2006 Report Posted February 11, 2006 Looks like a hip mag... a buddy of mine is about to open a new record store here in town, and he wants to carry such magazines. I'll try to order a copy through him. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 14, 2006 Report Posted February 14, 2006 That's a great interview, Brandon (and brownie!)... I would love to have been at some of those events, as I'm sure all of us on this board would! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 14, 2006 Report Posted February 14, 2006 Yikes! Bad start: my opening question was rephrased without hearing about it first. For one, you have to imagine i would never preface the term New Thing with "so-called". (Bummer...) Almost everybody I write for does the same sort of stuff. It's pretty common practice to be "edited" and that the "editor" hopes the "writer" won't notice small changes. Or, for that matter, half an article cut and doussun'gnoui referred to as "Turkish." However, I can see why they added that qualifier to "New Thing." That's an odd phrase and hard to use in any context other than profoundly historical. Quote
Guest akanalog Posted February 14, 2006 Report Posted February 14, 2006 and for all you mizell haters....look who's gracing the cover. as an in-general magazine hater and avoider, i have to say wax poetics is one i always try to check out. i always ask my friend at turntablelab to save me a copy. every issue has articles that make me say "hmmm! that's something i was curious about" or "cool, i wanted to learn more about this dude" etc. congratulations on this article and i will check it out as soon as i get this issue. Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 4, 2006 Report Posted March 4, 2006 My friend's new record store opened yesterday (Landlocked Music, for southern/central Indiana posters--a very hip joint, let me tell ya--be sure to check it out) and my special order of Wax Poetics #15 was ready & waiting. Brownie, what amazing photos! My friend and his partner were looking at them as they rang me up, and I was proud to say, "Yeah, the photographer and the article writer both post on my favorite jazz board!" (Hope you guys don't mind if I basked for a moment in your reflected glory.) Thanks so much for the heads up, Brandon. I'll probably be checking this magazine out from now on--aimed very much, it seems, at those into 1960s/70s jazz, soul, funk, and modern-day turntable culture. There are also articles on David Axelrod (Pt. 2 of a very extensive interview) and Bobbi Humphrey... one thing I like is how in-depth the pieces are (as opposed to mainstream jazz media). Quote
Soul Stream Posted March 4, 2006 Report Posted March 4, 2006 I had no idea that Guy Kopelowicz was Brownie! And Brandon Burke...yeah...thought that sounded familiar! Whoever on this board who doesn't have this interview with Guy needs to get it. It's a who's who of 60's jazz. From Guy talking about Hank Mobley in europe to attending Ayler's "Spirit's Rejoice" session. Great photos by guy of the New Thing in action. GREAT!!!!! Waxpoetics is the only music magazine worth reading imho. Real in-depth stuff. The two part articles on Jimmy McGriff and David Axlerod were the two best music interview/articles I've ever read. Not to mention the Mizell features and Bobbi Humphrey. Great job ya'll! Quote
brownie Posted March 4, 2006 Report Posted March 4, 2006 Oh Shucks -_- Thanks should go to Brandon for initializing this and taking care of it! Quote
Indestructible! Posted March 7, 2006 Report Posted March 7, 2006 Wow! My friend brought a copy of this over yesterday, and it's great! Guy, those are some absolutely fantastic photographs! Please feel free to share as many of those photos (and stories) as you'd like here anytime! And, much thanks to Brandon for this. Brandon, I noticed you were cited as being an archivist at Stanford. Are you still there, or have you since moved? I'm somehow thinking you are in D.C. these days? Thanks again for this Brandon and Guy! Cheers, Shane Quote
Brandon Burke Posted March 7, 2006 Author Report Posted March 7, 2006 thanks for the good word, guys. the interview itself seems like ages ago by now... enough so that, by the time i finally had a copy in my hands, i felt like i was reading someone else's work! anyway, seeing everything come to life after such a long wait is well worth the effort. great shots and amazing stories indeed. thanks again to brownie for his cooperation and kind spirit..! cheers, Brandon [shane, i accepted the Stanford job in autumn of '04. you're right though... i was in DC before that.] Quote
Soul Stream Posted March 7, 2006 Report Posted March 7, 2006 Yeah, great job Brandon. Nice to see stories like this in print and I think Waxpoetics is just about the only magazine featuring stories of this depth on these topics. Would love to see your byline more in the mag. Quote
Peter Johnson Posted April 11, 2006 Report Posted April 11, 2006 Upping this for anyone who hasn't seen the article. Absolutely terrific work all around, from the photos to the interview to Brownie's reminiscinses. What a great read. The magazine is terrific--I just ordered a 2-year subscription! Quote
birdanddizzy Posted April 12, 2006 Report Posted April 12, 2006 Absolutely terrific work all around, from the photos to the interview to Brownie's reminiscinses. What a great read. I second that ! Quote
EKE BBB Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 Upping this old thread. Guy was kind enough to send me a copy of the magazine, that I received yesterday. The interview is really interesting, first-hand memories of those jazz greats... And as for the photos... no surprise here for the outstanding quality! Guy showed me a few dozens of the photographs he took in the sixties when I was at his place. Believe me, he has tons of marvellous pictures. I wish he could publish a book with all this stuff someday! Quote
brownie Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 Glad you liked this, EKE BBB! Not sure a book of jazz photos can really be envisioned at this stage. There is some talk about it but the scope would be a bit limited since I took jazz photos for a relative short period. Know the scene was pretty active and quite amazing then. Glad I was a witness to it. I stopped taking photos because of work comitments and also because I am really a jazz fan at heart. Concentrating on taking photos made listening to the music very difficult. Gave up taking photos to listen to the proceedings! Quote
king ubu Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 I got that magazine a day before you, EKE! I enjoy the photos mightily - I'd certainly love to see more of these! Why not just publish some book about the American expat jazz scene in France in the late 60s? BYG would be at the heart of that, and your photos would be a terrific documentation! Also you could widen it a bit by including those who were merely visiting (Taylor... terrific photo of his included in the magazine!), and it could also include the photos of Marion Brown and others even if shot in New York... there'd be enough ties and connections there, no? Quote
brownie Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 (Taylor... terrific photo of his included in the magazine!) Actually, the photos I took of Cecil Taylor (in New York, France and Holland) are the ones I am really happy with! Enough material for a book. If anybody is planning on publishing a book on CT, I may pitch in! On the photo side, I have Been pretty busy lately helping coordinate an exhibition at the Visa pour l'Image show next month in Perpignan of images taken by Henri Huet, one of the great photographers of the Vietnam War. Henri Huet The exhibition looks very good! Quote
sheldonm Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 I have just ordered an overpriced back issue of this mag just to see Brownie's work!!! I'm sure it will be worth every dollar! m~ Quote
king ubu Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 I have just ordered an overpriced back issue of this mag just to see Brownie's work!!! I'm sure it will be worth every dollar! m~ Definitely! I went to their website to find out that no one in Switzerland carries this magazine - looks nice enough to buy now and then if it was around... Quote
ghost of miles Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 For any south-central Indiana posters interested in #15, I think Jason may still have a copy or two at Landlocked Records on S. Washington in Bloomington. He has other back issues as well and sells them at list price--I just picked up ones w/articles on Les McCann and Yusef Lateef. Quote
sheldonm Posted August 18, 2006 Report Posted August 18, 2006 ...all the book stores around my house carry it; I usually take a peek at them each month and pick up the ones of interest, must have missed this one! m~ Quote
EKE BBB Posted August 18, 2006 Report Posted August 18, 2006 I got that magazine a day before you, EKE! This damned Spanish Postal Service! Quote
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