.:.impossible Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 visceral post-(insert pigeonhole here) academic Quote
Christiern Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 I always thought it was tickling rather than tinkling. The latter approach might, indeed, account for that tinkled upon look... Quote
captainwrong Posted March 19, 2009 Report Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) More of a rock thing but: Band X sounds like _____ meets ______. Always hate that one. I also completely despise rock reviews that say a band is somehow incorporating jazz into their sound when they clearly aren't and the reviewer really means they're playing noisy, artsy fartsy indie rock. I'll never understand how that equates to jazz. I had a friend whose band's press sheet had something about free jazz in there so I used to yell out requests for Ayler tunes at their shows. Yes, I know I am a dick. Edited March 19, 2009 by Captain Wrong Quote
Swinging Swede Posted March 19, 2009 Report Posted March 19, 2009 I had a friend whose band's press sheet had something about free jazz in there so I used to yell out requests for Ayler tunes at their shows. Yes, I know I am a dick. Quote
blajay Posted March 24, 2009 Report Posted March 24, 2009 I've always wondered why "drenched" is always the term for "has lots of" blues, aren't there many other suitable words for "has lots of?" Why always "drenched?" Maybe that also has to do with tinkling the ivories. Things to ponder for Allen Lowe's blues project. Quote
Christiern Posted March 25, 2009 Report Posted March 25, 2009 In my 28 years of contributing to Stereo Review, I wrote close to 3000 reviews (8-12 per month) plus countless articles. Imagine how difficult (if not impossible) it would have been to not repeat certain words and phrases. And, yes, I recall writing "blues drenched". Quote
Dan Gould Posted March 25, 2009 Report Posted March 25, 2009 In my 28 years of contributing to Stereo Review, I wrote close to 3000 reviews (8-12 per month) plus countless articles. Imagine how difficult (if not impossible) it would have been to not repeat certain words and phrases. And, yes, I recall writing "blues drenched". Probably in reference to a Gene Harris CD. Quote
Bill Nelson Posted March 25, 2009 Report Posted March 25, 2009 I've had moments of 'significant' blues, but give me a day that's 'blues-drenched' and... I might as well be serving a 'major' in the oblong penalty box... Go for a long ride in the bronze-handled sedan... Book an extended stay in the Deep Six Motel... Slip on a turf tuxedo and hang with the stiffs at Club Mud...or, Hold the line for The Man while waiting in the pine phone booth. Quote
fasstrack Posted March 25, 2009 Report Posted March 25, 2009 "Muscular." "Impressive chops." "Dark." More to come. Feel free to add to the list. My personal favorite, usually in print journalism: 'No new ground was broken here, but....' I always wanted to mail one-o-them yo-yos a shovel, or bring them to a ne new building ceremony..... Also I got a chuckle out of 'he worried notes'.....I believe from the muscular, dark, and impressive pen of Peter Watrous. WTF? Did the note acquire a complex after? 'Everyone's in Show Business', I guess..... Quote
Kalo Posted March 25, 2009 Report Posted March 25, 2009 "Muscular." "Impressive chops." "Dark." More to come. Feel free to add to the list. My personal favorite, usually in print journalism: 'No new ground was broken here, but....' I always wanted to mail one-o-them yo-yos a shovel, or bring them to a ne new building ceremony..... Also I got a chuckle out of 'he worried notes'.....I believe from the muscular, dark, and impressive pen of Peter Watrous. WTF? Did the note acquire a complex after? 'Everyone's in Show Business', I guess..... I suppose I should be happy that I've never employed any of the cliches noted above. But while I have never described anything or anyone as "drenched," I have certainly used "steeped." Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted November 4, 2009 Author Report Posted November 4, 2009 It doesn't get any better than this. _____ alone is worth the price of the admission. Quote
JSngry Posted November 4, 2009 Report Posted November 4, 2009 It doesn't get any better than this. _____ alone is worth the price of the admission. Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted November 5, 2009 Report Posted November 5, 2009 "worried", used properly, is a perfectly fine descriptive with a fixed, definite technical meaning, eg 'Otis Redding worried that 'gotta' like a dog with a bone'. n'est pa? Quote
Neal Pomea Posted October 1, 2011 Report Posted October 1, 2011 (edited) Spicy Cajun or Zydeco. A gumbo of musical influences. Edited October 1, 2011 by Neal Pomea Quote
johnlitweiler Posted October 1, 2011 Report Posted October 1, 2011 I found this online and like it: How to Be a Jazz Critic By Bill Anschell Thinking about a career in Jazz Journalism? Jazz writing is a lot like jazz playing: You’ll need to be talented, hard-working, passionate, self-absorbed, and disdainful of material reward. If those are your gifts, we’re here to ease your burden. Just memorize the handy phrases below, and plug them into your stories as needed. You’ll save years of training, and write just like the real, professional jazz critics! Be sure all your reviews include plenty of references to yourself; readers need to be reminded who they’re really reading about. Sound good? Now repeat after me: Their music is so much more than the sum of its parts. They are team players: they think as one, phrase as one, play as one. Their music is an intimate conversation, a shared secret. They are joined at the hip, they are of a mind; telepathic. They don’t hit you over the head, they have nothing to prove. They can turn on a dime. Three cheers! America’s indigenous artform, America’s classical music, our national treasure. The sound of surprise, bright moments. It’s a gourmet meal in a McDonald’s culture. It’s a fine wine, a literary masterpiece, gumbo. It’s the blues, gospel, sadness and joy. It’s unacknowledged, tragic, disowned, downplayed, suppressed. An ugly stepsister, bastard child, shoeless orphan. It dies poor, no health insurance, alone in a Brooklyn apartment. The greedy record company releases a compilation of embarrassing out-takes. Touche! The leader is a double threat, a triple threat, a quadruple threat, multi-talented, multi-faceted, a musician’s musician, an unsung hero. His songs are tomorrow’s standards. Here is the next Gershwin, Porter, Kern. He has that rare gift of melody. His eponymous debut release shows surprising maturity. He continues to improve. He is at the peak of his form. He’s had a long and storied career. Bravo! Don’t be fooled. Don’t think you already know, have already heard. Don’t be too quick to. Don’t be surprised if. Ignore the skeptics. You have to consider, you need to check out, you owe it to yourself. Listen! His harmon mute brings to mind; he has the lyricism of; he’s athletic, muscular, agile, facile, always lands on his feet. He effortlessly spins out melodies, sheets of sound. He sings through his horn. His fingers dance on the keys. His voice-like quality, his stylings. His gargantuan chops. He pounds out, hammers, articulates, coaxes, crafts. This titan, this speed demon, this racehorse, freight train, Olympic hurdler. Bird lives! In this era of Nora Jones, Diana Krall, Jane Monheit. In this era of Kenny G. In this era of racial division. In this era of marketing hype. In this era of eroding CD sales. Label support. Radio support. Audience support. Where is the black audience? Where are the students, the Gen-exers? Where is the next Trane, Duke, Miles? What can we, how can we, when will we? Young lions, seasoned veterans, a cross-generational assemblage. Hearkening back to the tradition. Drawing from a long line of, the latest incarnation of, bringing back to life. Long live…! I used to play this music, that instrument. For my girlfriend, in my apartment, low-rent, ill-lit, among stacks of records lovingly collected, carefully filed. I was this, that. I heard this group before they. I was the first to. I knew them when no one else. I was having a bad day until. Just when I thought I’d never find anything like. My initial reaction was. Normally, I’m not one to, but. I kicked back with a glass of. I sat on my favorite, listened with all my. I was never a fan of. But this, until I heard this, I have to admit. Now I’m. It’s records like this that make me. I want, I hope, I have to, I never; I, always. I. copyright 2004, Bill Anschell Ouch, you got me. Quote
johnlitweiler Posted October 1, 2011 Report Posted October 1, 2011 Nowadays the words "profound" and "deep" have become meaningless in music reviews. Has anyone discovered what "accessible" means? BTW is anyone else here old enough to remember when bluing was used for laundry? But that was only bluing-drenched. Quote
GregK Posted October 2, 2011 Report Posted October 2, 2011 _____ alone is worth the price of the admission. This has to be the most cliched of them all. I cringe whenever I read it. The Hoffman board seems to particularly enjoy overusing it. Quote
.:.impossible Posted October 2, 2011 Report Posted October 2, 2011 Well these days it's practically free to get in. Quote
Larry Kart Posted October 2, 2011 Report Posted October 2, 2011 If we want to go back to the days of Nat Hentoff, "fructifying." Nat had a well-worn card file, I believe, but much that was in it was his alone; no one else would go there. Lots of adverbs IIRC. Quote
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