ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ OOOOOOOOOOO RRRRRRRRRRRRR NNN NNN Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ooooooooooooo r rr nnnn nnn zz o o r rr nnnnn nnn zzz o o r rr nnnnnn nnn zzz o o r rr nnn nnn nnn zzz o o r rr nnn nnn nnn zzz o o r rr nnn nnn nnn zzz o o rrrrrrrrrrrrr nnn nnn nnn zzz o o rr rr nnn nnn nnn zzz ooooooooooooo rr rr nnn nnnnnn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZ OOOOOOOOOOO rr rr nnn nnnnn ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ rr rr nnn nnnn rr rr NNN NNN RR RR (AND OTHER NYC DOWNTOWN MUSICIANS) posts: zorn@unh.edu sub/unsub: zorn-request@unh.edu *** BACK ISSUES of this digest can be obtained in 3 ways: *** 1) anonymous FTP at cs.uwp.edu *** 2) via my homepage: http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mpj1 *** 3) send mail to mpj1@kepler.unh.edu, on the subject line, put: send #, where # is the issue you want DIGEST #99, 10-16-95 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -From zampino@panix.com Fri Oct 13 10:05:42 1995 -Subject: Bruce @ Downtown Music Gallery demery@natlab.research.philips.com wrote: >and then dmg@panix.com wrote: >> --Subject: Zorn, Laswell and Other Downtown music by mail >[snip] >> >> Nobody know more about Zorn and Downtown than Bruce Gallanter > >I think there's a few contributors here who might contest that >assertion -- I don't number myself amongst them, though. You'd be pretty hard pressed to find anyone who knows more about Zorn than Bruce, or to find a better source for Zorn's records than Downtown Music Gallery. Bruce was there when Zorn was performing Pool and earlier gigs, when only a dozen people were in the Knitting Factory or similar venues checking out what Zorn was up to. He's kept a definitive discography of Zorn's releases for years, *and* he knows the man. Given all that, you'll also have a difficult time finding a more amiable person, or a better record store salesman. Unfortunately Bruce isn't on the net, but he's a great resource if you're looking for Zorn related records or information, or if you're in nyc. Phil Z (zampino@panix.com http://www.panix.com/~zampino/) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -From JonAbbey@aol.com Fri Oct 13 11:51:32 1995 -Subject: Re: ZORN DIGEST #98 > It's a trio-there's also some very interesting prepared piano >on the album, and my mind has just gone totally blank on what >the pianist's name is. Denman Maroney. He's touring Europe now w/ Dresser doing Caligari. Jon ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -From proussel@ichips.intel.com Fri Oct 13 16:09:57 1995 -Subject: Re: ZORN DIGEST #98 On Fri, 13 Oct 1995 09:51:13 -0400 mpj1@kepler.unh.edu wrote: > > --From awkword@sfsu.edu Thu Oct 12 17:58:26 1995 > --Subject: Phil Minton > > Phil Minton's voice on Bob Ostertag's Say No More and Say No More in > Person, is spellbinding. Is anyone familiar with his other work? Are his > other recordings consistent with what he did under Osterag's samplers and > direction? or is it radically different? One of the best place to check out Phil Minton's amazing voice is the Mike Westbrook Brass Band. I lost track of how many there are, but I can at least give advice about the ones I have: *** - MAMA CHICAGO: Mike Westbrook Brass Band (???? - RCA, ??? (2xLP)) *** - LIVE A LA CHAPELLE DES LOMBARDS: Mike Westbrook Brass Band (???? - Polydor (France), ??? (2xLP)) *** - WESTBROOK/BLAKE: Mike Westbrook Brass Band (???? - Impetus, ???) All three are amazing (Minton singing "Madam" with minimal piano by Westbrook gives me the goose flesh). But I am a big fan of early Westbrook's music. I need to say that these are mainly composed contexts. I don't know well Phil in improv ones. Patrice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -From zoopsi@inet.uni-c.dk Fri Oct 13 16:14:06 1995 -Subject: Last scream... Do you think we have heard the [end? -matt] of screams and noise from Zorn? Jonas ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -From kargatis@xfiles.gsfc.nasa.gov Fri Oct 13 16:17:43 1995 -Subject: Re: ZORN DIGEST #98 > I believe the album you're thinking of is "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari--Music > for the Silent Film," and yes, Dave Douglas is the trumpet player. It's a > trio-there's also some very interesting prepared piano on the album, and my > mind has just gone totally blank on what the pianist's name is. [and one other wrote:] > and I think just one other person, but I can't > remember who. Denman Maroney is the pianist's name. Plays lots of inside-the-piano stuff, adding a much more textural feel than a straight pianist could. He is also featured, along with Dresser, Gerry Hemingway, and Robert Dick, on a great recording called TAMBASTICS on Music & Arts. It's another very textural improv album, which should highly interest fans of the Euro-free-improv sound. (I like CABINET a lot too - very moody) vince ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -From IOUaLive1@aol.com Fri Oct 13 20:31:55 1995 -Subject: Elliot Sharp gig at the Knitting Factory Greetings all! I just saw Elliot Sharp with Carbon at the Kntting Factory last night, it was the first time I've seen him and also the first time I've been to the new KF. It's so nice to be able to hear music like this- I just moved into the area, and where I come from you'd never have opportunities to see music such as this. Anyway, the band sounded incredible, they can be very tight when they want to be. Elliot sounded great, and he is just cool to watch as well as hear. I think they mostly played tunes from his new CD, which I haven't heard, but it's definitely on my list of "things to get as soon as the rent is paid". A group called Blastula opened the show- four electric guitars, a little distortion, some feedback, some e-bows- very refreshing to my ears. After Blastula came Percy Jones. He is the main reason I went to this gig. To me, Percy is THE unsung hero of the bass guitar. He is most noted for being the bassist in Brand X, but he is definitely a part of the "downtown" scene. He's done gigs with Elliot, Tim Berne, Bill Frisell- in fact he and Bill had a band together in the early 80's called Stone Tiger, which I don't know very much about, except that they played together for a couple of years but never recorded anything. If anyone can shed some light on this project, please let me know. Anyway, Percy played some solo bass stuff, just kind of improvising around some motifs, and then played a couple of tunes along with a sequencer. If you want to hear some really original and innovative bass playing, check Percy out!! That does it for my first real post to this list. I really enjoy reading what others have to say here, and I've been turned on to some really great music. Thanks! IOUaLive1@aol.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -From wesley@interaccess.com Fri Oct 13 20:41:39 1995 -Subject: Ruins in Chicago, Mortal Kombat score, Blue Planet Man, George Lewis Four things- 1) I'm sure this is much too late to help anyone, but the Ruins are playing at the Empty Bottle in Chicago tonight, 10/13. Unfortunately, seeing as how I am only 18, I can't go. The Ruins got a good mention in the new issue of the Reader, a Chicago entertainment newspaper. Maybe I'll post it if I get the time. Mention was made of the two CDs on Tzadik. 2) The Mortal Kombat score by George S. Clinton has been released. I seem to remember someone posting that Buckethead was the "featured score guitarist", and if anyone buys this, please let me know if he is on the CD. 3) Big John Patton's "Blue Planet Man" has been re-released (or is it released for the first time here in the US?). The CD features Zorn on alto sax. 4) Trombone player and Zorn collegue on Yankees, News For Lulu, and More News For Lulu, George Lewis was here in Chicago last Saturday premiering a new "multimedia work." If anyone went, I would love to hear about how it went. Again, the Reader had a writeup of the event that mentioned Zorn, maybe I'll post it. Paul The Visionary wesley@interaccess.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Think. It ain't illegal yet." -George Clinton, "Maggot Brain" --------------------------