http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/-t1.htm Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:56:35 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/logo_en.gif http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/-t1.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jozz-t2338.htm President Eisenhower New Orleans is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of jazz. But is it also the birthplace of "jazz" — that is, the name for the music and not just the music itself? New evidence shows that the term jazz, also spelled jas or jass in the early days, was in use in New Orleans as early as 1916. However, that doesn't beat Chicago, where the term was applied to music in 1915. And while many of the Windy City's early jazz musicians hailed from New Orleans, Chicago likely borrowed the word ... Jazz Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:56:35 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jozz-t2338.htm#35856 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jozz-t2338.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/solo-t2323.htm Le Néant Last friday I went to see a fine playing trio called the Reijsiger - Gräwe - Hemmingway trio in a very lovely theatre in my hometown. In advance of this concert, the theatre send me a very well-written short essay to introduce these artists to me. The basis of this essay was the dynamic that's typical for trio's - and how this dynamic is different from what you'll find in duo's or quartets. This made me wonder about solo records, jazz records featuring just a single performer playing ... Jazz Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:21:23 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/solo-t2323.htm#35554 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/solo-t2323.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/songs-you-never-knew-had-words-t2297.htm pinhedz
Duke Ellington wrote the music, Irving Mills wrote the words. Duke never performed it with a vocal.

]]> Jazz Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:23:50 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/songs-you-never-knew-had-words-t2297.htm#35204 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/songs-you-never-knew-had-words-t2297.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-let-s-face-it-it-s-over-t971.htm pinhedz 'Tis often said that the Baroque era ended with the death of Bach in 1750. But there were composers who clung to the Baroque in music composition until 1800, and even a bit later. Isn't the situation the same with jazz? It stopped being mainstream pop music when it was replaced by R&R in the 50s, and after the early '70s, I don't think the "sounds-like-jazz" test for judging new music as being jazz works any more. Not that there isn't music recorded after the mid-70s ... Jazz Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:36:44 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-let-s-face-it-it-s-over-t971.htm#11431 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-let-s-face-it-it-s-over-t971.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/twiddley-shit-or-unlistenable-noise-t563.htm pinhedz You know those people that don’t get it, and they say things like “That’s not music--that’s just noise.”? I’m not one of them, of course. I always play it safe by saying “I’m reserving judgment for now.” I’m not talking about “wrong" notes, which go way back to the '40s or earlier; I’m hep to wrong notes. But there was something that started in the 60s--the earliest example I can point to is Jimmy Giuffre’s “Free Fall”--a kind of screaming, squealing sound. Giuffre was banished ... Jazz Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:09:55 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/twiddley-shit-or-unlistenable-noise-t563.htm#7008 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/twiddley-shit-or-unlistenable-noise-t563.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/sita-covers-annette-hanshaw-t2203.htm pinhedz

]]> Jazz Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:08:58 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/sita-covers-annette-hanshaw-t2203.htm#33614 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/sita-covers-annette-hanshaw-t2203.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/can-jazz-musicians-play-classical-t981.htm pinhedz
]]> Jazz Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:44:15 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/can-jazz-musicians-play-classical-t981.htm#11566 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/can-jazz-musicians-play-classical-t981.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-in-the-2000s-t2168.htm pinhedz
2000 -- Pam Bricker -- "Utopia"
2002 -- Keely Smith -- "Keely Swings Basie Style"
2003 -- Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble -- "Private Astronomy"
2004 -- John Zorn -- "Masada Recital"
2007 -- Herbie Hancock -- "River the joni letters"
2007 -- Steve Coleman -- "Invisible Paths: First Scattering"]]> Jazz Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:52:38 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-in-the-2000s-t2168.htm#32971 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-in-the-2000s-t2168.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-in-the-1980s-t2028.htm pinhedz
1980 -- McCoy Tyner -- Quartetes 4X4
1981 -- Carla Bley -- Social Studies
1982 -- J.J. Johnson & Joe Pass -- We'll Be Together Again
1983 -- Lenny Breau -- Live at Bourbon Street
1984 -- The Jimmy Giuffre 4 -- Quasar
1985 -- Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman -- Song X]]> Jazz Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:53:50 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-in-the-1980s-t2028.htm#30516 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-in-the-1980s-t2028.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-in-the-1990s-t2149.htm pinhedz 1990 -- Arturo Sandoval -- Flight to Freedom 1991 -- Danny Gatton -- "88 Elmira St." 1992 -- Cecil Taylor -- "Air Above Mountains" 1993 -- Carla Bley -- "Big Band Theory" 1994 -- Jack Walrath & Larry Willis -- "Portraits in Ivory and Brass" 1995 -- Arturo Sandoval -- "The Latin Train" 1996 -- Jack Walrath & Hard Corps -- "Journey, Man!" 1997 -- Jeremy Cohen -- "A Taste of Violin Jazz" 1998 -- Danny ... Jazz Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:56:07 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-in-the-1990s-t2149.htm#32710 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-in-the-1990s-t2149.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/francesco-cafiso-t2008.htm Le Néant He's only 20 years old,Italian, toured with Winston Marsalis when he was only a teenager, performed at Obama's inauguration (according to an interview I saw, I didn't see the actual inauguration) and I think he's a really outstanding player. He's a lot better looking than the average sax player I know, has a warm and powerfull sound, plays with a lot of bravoure and seems to have a great sense of humour (musically). See him at the Umbria jazz festival: ... Jazz Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:15:35 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/francesco-cafiso-t2008.htm#30233 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/francesco-cafiso-t2008.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jell-roll-morton-help-requested-t1907.htm Le Néant If memory serves me well, Pinhedz is a Jelly Roll Morton - connoisseur. I was browsing the i-Tunes store when I stumbled upon an 8-part collection called 'The complete Jelly Roll Morton', apparently a series released by Hallmark in 2008. Each volume is priced a ridiculously low € 4,99 so this looks like a bargain. According to the info i-Tunes provide this series has been remastered and they claim that it's better than a similar RCA release. All volumes put together I count ... Jazz Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:21:37 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jell-roll-morton-help-requested-t1907.htm#28861 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jell-roll-morton-help-requested-t1907.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/banging-away-on-keys-t1111.htm Le Néant Does it have to suck like a Bob Dylan live concert? I'm going to see this mad-man in october. Jazz Fri, 15 May 2009 21:56:42 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/banging-away-on-keys-t1111.htm#13368 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/banging-away-on-keys-t1111.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/sun-ra-t2049.htm Stan54 Not only is this a cool LP, you can still find copies in "Children'd Records" sectionsof used shops for $1 since not everybody knows what it really is (or it will be on the wall for $125 if they do). The stuff below comes from: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/02/sun_ra_and_the_.html Sun Ra and The Blues Project Do Batman and Robin (MP3s) In 1966, a toy company in Newark, New Jersey released a children's record called Batman and Robin to cash in on the popular Adam ... Jazz Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:38:56 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/sun-ra-t2049.htm#30864 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/sun-ra-t2049.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/latest-jazz-release-not-t1293.htm pinhedz
http://www.redhotjazz.com/]]> Jazz Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:33:22 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/latest-jazz-release-not-t1293.htm#17298 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/latest-jazz-release-not-t1293.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-in-the-1970s-t837.htm pinhedz I was trying to find out if there was any jazz recorded in the 1970s, and here's what I found: 1970: Gary Burton & Keith Jarret -- “Gary Burton and Keith Jarret” 1971: Weather Report -- “Weather Report” 1972: Ornette Coleman-- “Skies of America” 1973: Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson, Joe Pass -- “The Trio” 1974: Mary Lou Williams -- “Zoning” 1974: The Modern Jazz Quartet -- “Blues on Bach” 1975: Ornette Coleman -- “Dancing on your Head” 1975: Pat ... Jazz Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:00:10 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-in-the-1970s-t837.htm#9680 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-in-the-1970s-t837.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/les-feuilles-mores-autumn-leaves-a-song-in-its-many-forms-t1958.htm Le Néant The song 'Les feuilles mortes' was written by popular French poet and songwriter Jacques Prévert on a melody by one Jospeh Kosma, a melody he had composed for a ballet called Le Rendez-vous in 1945. French singer Yves Montand claimed to be the first interpreter of the song which is historically not correct. He was preceded by one Cora Vaucaire, Jacques Douais was the first man to interpret the song. Yves Montand's version is probably the first popular one and featured in a film called Les ... Jazz Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:49:01 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/les-feuilles-mores-autumn-leaves-a-song-in-its-many-forms-t1958.htm#29601 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/les-feuilles-mores-autumn-leaves-a-song-in-its-many-forms-t1958.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-cigarettes-and-gene-krupa-t1902.htm Eddie
How much of this was true?

I can't remember all the details because I was pretty stoned at the time.]]> Jazz Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:05:33 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-cigarettes-and-gene-krupa-t1902.htm#28764 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-cigarettes-and-gene-krupa-t1902.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/lonely-woman-appreciation-thread-t1834.htm Le Néant Every now and than, Ornette Coleman's signature tune 'Lonely woman' from his seminal 1959 album The Shap of jazz to come nests itself on top of all other songs and compositions I know and I start listening to it very regularly over a period of a couple of days. It's a rather simple composition, but in my opinion a real gem to cherish. YouTube has a video of the original song, but the sound has been removed from it ( ) so it's rather pointless to post that one here. Here's the ... Jazz Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:30:57 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/lonely-woman-appreciation-thread-t1834.htm#27871 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/lonely-woman-appreciation-thread-t1834.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/the-death-of-jazz-in-new-orleans-t1887.htm pinhedz In the 1920s, a New York record company sent Ralph Peer to New Orleans to find some jazz bands. After a few weeks of searching, he sent a twitter back to his boss with bad news: NO JAZZ BANDS IN NEW ORLEANS. People think he just didn't know where to look, but the truth is the town had been cleaned up--all the fun people had been run out: Jazz Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:47:04 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/the-death-of-jazz-in-new-orleans-t1887.htm#28608 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/the-death-of-jazz-in-new-orleans-t1887.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/the-death-of-jazz-in-france-t407.htm pinhedz Downbeat Magazine, 15 August, 1940: “...Together with Django Reinhardt, Phillipe Brun and tenorist Alex Combolle, one of Hawk’s few white rivals, and one or two more French stars free from military service, these last few exponents of swing kept the flag flying almost to the end and every Sunday afternoon one could hear Delaunay broadcasting their records from Poste Parisien.” “But that was just prior to the break-through preceding the Battle of France. Now jazz is dead in the country ... Jazz Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:51:00 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/the-death-of-jazz-in-france-t407.htm#5309 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/the-death-of-jazz-in-france-t407.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/we-can-t-have-the-coasters-without-king-curtis-t1801.htm pinhedz The Coasters would have been greatly diminished without the King's sax: Jazz Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:05:55 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/we-can-t-have-the-coasters-without-king-curtis-t1801.htm#27469 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/we-can-t-have-the-coasters-without-king-curtis-t1801.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/first-black-woman-to-have-her-own-tv-show-t821.htm pinhedz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtUY-5swTXQ

]]> Jazz Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:20:50 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/first-black-woman-to-have-her-own-tv-show-t821.htm#9512 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/first-black-woman-to-have-her-own-tv-show-t821.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/gunther-schuller-conducts-miles-davis-t1773.htm pinhedz ]]> Jazz Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:47:09 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/gunther-schuller-conducts-miles-davis-t1773.htm#27085 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/gunther-schuller-conducts-miles-davis-t1773.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/less-known-coltrane-t1475.htm TinyMontgomery
They deserve more attention, though, and that is exactly the whole purpose of this thread (I hope that somebody will read it...)]]> Jazz Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:50:20 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/less-known-coltrane-t1475.htm#21110 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/less-known-coltrane-t1475.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/bix-beiderbecke-t1122.htm President Eisenhower Overly fond of whiskey. His father didn't like him. Jazz Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:00:27 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/bix-beiderbecke-t1122.htm#13512 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/bix-beiderbecke-t1122.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/mose-allison-a-dc-legend-t1739.htm pinhedz ]]> Jazz Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:47:35 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/mose-allison-a-dc-legend-t1739.htm#26578 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/mose-allison-a-dc-legend-t1739.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/ragtime-sounds-jerky-swing-sound-cool-says-schuller-t1701.htm pinhedz Gunther Schuller (who we all know and love) explained the difference between ragtime rhythm and jazz rhythm, giving credit to Louis Armstrong for converting the jazz community in the 1920s. According to Schuller, Ragtime used "dotted rhythm." In Fig. 1 below, the dotted rhythm is shown as "Staccato Swing." Schuller called it "jerky" compared compared to the easy loping feel of King Oliver and Louis Armstrong, who was actually playing in triplet rhythm instead ... Jazz Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:47:58 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/ragtime-sounds-jerky-swing-sound-cool-says-schuller-t1701.htm#25991 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/ragtime-sounds-jerky-swing-sound-cool-says-schuller-t1701.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/pinhedz-song-t1043.htm President Eisenhower ]]> Jazz Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:18:10 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/pinhedz-song-t1043.htm#12248 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/pinhedz-song-t1043.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/thelonius-monk-t1115.htm pinhedz The say that Monk had to learn to play his family's household piano, which was horribly out of tune. Then he spent the rest of his life trying to reproduce the sounds of that old piano on instruments that were, unfortunately, in tune. Jazz Sat, 23 May 2009 02:56:25 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/thelonius-monk-t1115.htm#13413 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/thelonius-monk-t1115.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/singer-songwriter-bandleader-raconteur-suave-sophisticate-t1637.htm pinhedz ]]> Jazz Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:21:33 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/singer-songwriter-bandleader-raconteur-suave-sophisticate-t1637.htm#24875 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/singer-songwriter-bandleader-raconteur-suave-sophisticate-t1637.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/best-jazz-t710.htm President Eisenhower What Jazz? Jazz Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:20:33 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/best-jazz-t710.htm#8380 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/best-jazz-t710.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/favorite-jazz-quotes-t1035.htm pinhedz
"Ah yes, habanera music. A little before my time."]]> Jazz Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:13:03 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/favorite-jazz-quotes-t1035.htm#12136 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/favorite-jazz-quotes-t1035.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/for-jazz-violin-lovers-t956.htm pinhedz Violin Impovisations Studies http://www.abar.net/index.html This is a labor of love for Anthony Barnett, who lives in a far-away foreign country called England. I've never met him, but I've sent him copies of some of my stuff, and he's sent me some of his. I consider him my good buddy. You can't find most of what what he's got any other place, and he's got 100s of times more than what he's put out. Jazz Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:16:40 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/for-jazz-violin-lovers-t956.htm#11087 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/for-jazz-violin-lovers-t956.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/there-s-got-to-be-more-to-harmolodics-t612.htm pinhedz ... than just griping about the way Western music is notated. But all I can find in this discussion is that harmolodics is about notation, and about refusing to transpose when you're supposed to, because you demand to be free, or something. This is Coleman Hawkins, allegedly explaining harmolodics: "When you play the piano you’re playing in the G clef, that’s the treble clef, but the soprano, alto, tenor, and the bass clefs are independent of the treble clef. If you take the soprano ... Jazz Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:16:51 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/there-s-got-to-be-more-to-harmolodics-t612.htm#7395 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/there-s-got-to-be-more-to-harmolodics-t612.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/charlie-mariano-1923-2009-t1425.htm TinyMontgomery He was a gentleman and a storyteller, a great musician who had the honour to play with even greater musicians (and there aren't many), a very distinguished composer (though his best works, like 'Zana', are largely unknown) and just generally likable.

Rest in peace, Chaz.

]]> Jazz Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:09:51 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/charlie-mariano-1923-2009-t1425.htm#20333 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/charlie-mariano-1923-2009-t1425.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/scandinavian-jazz-t1416.htm pinhedz
But are you up with the very latest? Would you like to be? "Atomic" is one of the 'new wave' of Scandinavian jazz, and they have three CD’s out on Bugge Wesseltoft’s Jazzland label: “Feet Music” (2001), "Boom Boom" (2003) and "The Bikini Tapes" (2005).]]> Jazz Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:21:31 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/scandinavian-jazz-t1416.htm#20175 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/scandinavian-jazz-t1416.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/newest-jazz-releases-t1191.htm TinyMontgomery Here are my most recent favourites (2008/09): * John Scofield - Piety Street Marvellous gospel album by master SCO, recorded in the legendary Piety Street studios in New Orleans! * Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog - Party Intellectuals "Is that Jazz?" - I don't know but it's a helluva great rock album with jazz improvisations, the occasional chanson, surf music allusions and a ramshackle Doors cover. * John Zorn - The Dreamers Zorn's new band is celebrating easy-going ... Jazz Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:14:54 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/newest-jazz-releases-t1191.htm#14280 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/newest-jazz-releases-t1191.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/george-russell-t923.htm TinyMontgomery The man who invented mod jazz so Miles could steal the idea! Little of his music is known to younger scholars so I'd like to make a shout-out, if only because his "Jazz Workshop" is one of the best albums ever to have been recorded! If 7 is your lucky number you may find a good sample here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zyzigy0zrzb So whaddaya think of Russell? Did he really invent mod jazz? Or did Miles give it a whirl and thus invent a whole new style? ... Jazz Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:38:42 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/george-russell-t923.htm#10618 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/george-russell-t923.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-music-or-twiddly-shit-t59.htm Ste - Jazz Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:40:01 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-music-or-twiddly-shit-t59.htm#825 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-music-or-twiddly-shit-t59.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/dave-brubeck-and-svetlana-will-get-together-on-19-november-t887.htm pinhedz On Wednesday, November 19 at the Russian Embassy, Washington D.C., Dave Brubeck will receive an award from the American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation. http://web.pacific.edu/x24824.xml The Russian ambassador is a newbie, but he's already got the word that if it ain't got Svetlana it ain't a real party at the embassy, so Svetlana will be there to play "Take 5" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk." Wouldn't it be my luck if Mrs. Pinz gets invited, and I don't. ... Jazz Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:47:29 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/dave-brubeck-and-svetlana-will-get-together-on-19-november-t887.htm#10179 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/dave-brubeck-and-svetlana-will-get-together-on-19-november-t887.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jimmy-giuffre-t260.htm pinhedz I've been meaning to say something good about this here record; I just don't know how to explain it. But I see from the notes that I have Nat Hentoff's permission to not explain it: "The sound images are so intriguing--and they become so personal to the listener--that any attempt at a verbal 'interpretation' of each tune gets in the way of the music. These are shapes of sound that ought to be heard without preconceptions and 'guidelines,' but rather in and of themselves." Maybe he ... Jazz Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:44:43 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jimmy-giuffre-t260.htm#3251 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jimmy-giuffre-t260.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/aacm-art-ensemble-of-chicago-anthony-braxton-etc-t1192.htm TinyMontgomery
Is Roscoe Mitchell the Arnold Schoenberg of Jazz?

Did they ever find heirs to carry their torch?]]> Jazz Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:22:30 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/aacm-art-ensemble-of-chicago-anthony-braxton-etc-t1192.htm#14284 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/aacm-art-ensemble-of-chicago-anthony-braxton-etc-t1192.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/hep-cats-of-the-warsaw-pact-t643.htm pinhedz ]]> Jazz Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:17:11 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/hep-cats-of-the-warsaw-pact-t643.htm#7635 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/hep-cats-of-the-warsaw-pact-t643.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/lee-morgan-t1116.htm Le Néant A few days ago I was listening to it again and I was thinking to myself: 'Waw, the trumpet-playing on this record is really outstanding'.
Then I found the player was basically just a kid during the recording-sessions. Far out!]]> Jazz Sat, 23 May 2009 20:01:56 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/lee-morgan-t1116.htm#13420 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/lee-morgan-t1116.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-jokes-t974.htm pinhedz I just remembered one. They tell the story of the hapless seafaring man that found himself shipwrecked on a jungle island. As he pulled himself onto the beach, he heard the sound of native drums loudly pounding. He was terrified and tried to hide, but the island was too small to hide, so the natives found him and brought him before the chief. He told the chief "I come in peace, I mean no harm." The chief said "No worries, man, this island is cool and mellow, and all the ... Jazz Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:40:10 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-jokes-t974.htm#11450 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/jazz-jokes-t974.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/can-girls-really-play-jazz-t849.htm pinhedz




]]> Jazz Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:42:40 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/can-girls-really-play-jazz-t849.htm#9792 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/can-girls-really-play-jazz-t849.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/commercial-free-jazz-91-fm-t1078.htm President Eisenhower I don't buy many jazz records because I can always listen to this great station. Commercial free, and they don't do that many pledge drives. Do you get it in your neck of the forest? Jazz Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:32:44 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/commercial-free-jazz-91-fm-t1078.htm#12901 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/commercial-free-jazz-91-fm-t1078.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/can-bollywood-musical-orchestras-play-jazz-t1014.htm pinhedz In the 1968 film "Kismat," there's a number called "One Two Three Baby, ya ya ya ya," sung by Asha Boshie and Mahendra Kapoor. But before the singing starts, the band starts out playing "Diga Diga Doo," first introduced by the Jimmie McHugh orchestra in 1928, which then segues into "I Found a New Baby," recorded by Ethel Waters in 1925. Unfortunately, in the youtube clip the beginning is chopped up, so you hear the "Diga Diga Doo" part, ... Jazz Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:43:22 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/can-bollywood-musical-orchestras-play-jazz-t1014.htm#11884 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/can-bollywood-musical-orchestras-play-jazz-t1014.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/there-s-jazz-sounds-and-there-s-jazz-pictures-t868.htm pinhedz
He took this photo of Chet and Helima Baker:

]]> Jazz Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:45:02 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/there-s-jazz-sounds-and-there-s-jazz-pictures-t868.htm#9982 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/jazz-f2/there-s-jazz-sounds-and-there-s-jazz-pictures-t868.htm