tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post2478622064993003982..comments2024-03-03T13:59:25.573-08:00Comments on If You Know What I'm Saying: braxbites #1: jump or dieUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-62502055497084197122011-04-02T13:14:50.536-07:002011-04-02T13:14:50.536-07:00heh... i wouldn't worry too much about that :)...heh... i wouldn't worry too much about that :)<br /><br />yeah, i have a copy of that live duo with roach as well as a couple of bootlegs - they did a studio date (*birth and rebirth* on black saint, rec. 1978) before any of those, though for all i know they may have begun their "partnership" in concert... i am realy not sure.<br /><br />of course it makes sense that a (suburban) parisian library would have a lot more stuff than one in brittany. still, when i first got seriously interested in this sort of music i was living in (suburban) london and the libraries there didn't have any braxton either..! (or any art ensemble, c.t., sun ra etc etc ... plenty of mainstream jazz of course)centrifugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110896886246132385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-70778858869280073212011-04-02T08:28:12.970-07:002011-04-02T08:28:12.970-07:00Actually that library was in the parisian suburbs ...Actually that library was in the parisian suburbs where I grew up and lived until 2006 (even intra-muros Paris in 2005-2006, a considerable wealth of music to borrow as you know). Now I don't complain about my little coastal town in Brittany, I've known worse places, still I would love to see the promised multimedia library (médiathèque) see the light of day after many years of legal obstacles. (fingers crossed for 2012). The place (a wasteland) got covered with vegetation over the years, it's known as a little paradise for fox and other animals. For now we only have a book library, better than nothing of course, but rather... conservative and dull, with some rare exceptions.<br /><br />The duo with Max Roach is One in two-Two in one, on hatology. Recorded in concert at Willisau. <br />I haven't heard the Verona concert yet. <br /><br />(I hope we don't "spoil" too much this Jump or die post ;))Nuage fiché qui rêvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379323343291456318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-66169279375873676602011-03-31T05:37:41.880-07:002011-03-31T05:37:41.880-07:00your local library..? ah, the benefits of living i...your local library..? ah, the benefits of living in a country which has some conception of culture..! just to confirm my fears i entered the search string "anthony braxton" into MY local library catalogue online; it returned one result, some heinous r&b compilation album (that'll be *toni* braxton then). depressingly predictable :(<br /><br />which duo with roach - studio or live? i presume you've seen the verona bootleg at TCF... i haven't played that one yet.<br /><br />as for dortmund - well, it was significant in my listening development too, but as you know i am no longer as fond of it as i once was - still very good of course...centrifugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110896886246132385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-53791384194081819912011-03-30T13:23:37.601-07:002011-03-30T13:23:37.601-07:00After 2 listens, I gave Jump or die a 18/20.
Perh...After 2 listens, I gave Jump or die a 18/20. <br />Perhaps my next listen will earn them 5 stars ? <br />The Braxton records that I'm considering giving the 5 * are for the moment being the ones of particular importance in my listener experience. Dortmund 76 on hatology was my first Braxton coup de coeur, as I recall ; the duo with Max Roach I liked much too, the latter being my first exposure to this type of collaboration, along with the Shepp-Roach duo. Thanks to my local library in the nineties.Nuage fiché qui rêvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379323343291456318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-89227643835183449352011-03-22T11:46:12.502-07:002011-03-22T11:46:12.502-07:00haha, marks for each minute of course, or at least...haha, marks for each minute of course, or at least for each movement :)<br /><br />what score did you give *jump or die* just out of interest..?centrifugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110896886246132385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-28935891766699922542011-03-22T02:10:13.882-07:002011-03-22T02:10:13.882-07:00Lubie means whim.
I really think that this markin...Lubie means whim. <br />I really think that this marking trend I have will eventually pass, perhaps replaced by written impressions. For now both indications tend to be coupled (for the last couple of days I've been marking individual tracks of one record ; what's next ?)Nuage fiché qui rêvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379323343291456318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-67938810449419830422011-03-21T15:42:45.473-07:002011-03-21T15:42:45.473-07:00hadn't heard of your french author fredito - i...hadn't heard of your french author fredito - i did have a look at the page you linked to though. my french is apparently getting rusty! i struggled a bit with some of it :(<br /><br />i myself don't like marking or scoring things unless i have to. when i wrote for a magazine (years ago now) i was able to use the "five star" system and treated it as i said above, as a recommendation only, rather than a "score". after a certain time they changed it to a mark out of ten (or was it a percentage? can't remember now) and i was most unhappy about it, doubtless pissed and moaned about it to the editor. to me there is something far too cut and dried about it... anyway, if i am just listening for myself, it never occurs to me to score or mark anything... but i think i may be in a minority here.<br /><br />qu'est-ce que ca veut dire que "lubie"?centrifugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110896886246132385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-47070034943739379972011-03-17T15:22:24.445-07:002011-03-17T15:22:24.445-07:00Warning : please pardon the construction of my eng...Warning : please pardon the construction of my english phrases. Some of them might be correct, others might not.<br /><br />This mark system is a very recent habit I took after having evaluated some records at an online marketplace or at Discogs. I found that the stars were not accurate enough, particularly between 4 and 5 ; I needed more categories of good, very good and excellent-exceptional records. More nuance. I hope that the more I will use this evaluations (I do it for every listen now) the more accurate and clear my categories will appear. I think Mr Braxton's records are a good example because when using the five stars system I used to give four or five invariably. Came a point where I needed more subtle evaluations in order to consider minor standards like the sound quality, the short duration... (all this can be summarily written down aside the numbered mark). <br />Well, perhaps this is a temporary lubie ! At the moment I have some fun doing it. (sometimes I still use the stars. There is no strict reason for that)<br /><br />---<br /><br />Tonight I found par hasard a page by a french writer called Marc-Edouard Nabe ; it's about Braxton ; Nabe used to sing Composition 23A in the streets back in the seventies. http://www.alainzannini.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62:anthony-braxton-a-linstant-meme&catid=37:textes - <br />I know he made a book on Ayler, I have to read some Nabe one of these days (when I find his books at affordable prices). <br /><br />---<br /><br />Second visit to the GTM Outpost (2003) today. Disc 2, with vocalist Molly Sturges joining the 2 saxophonists. There are some little instruments and objects involved too. <br /><br />See you Cent'Nuage fiché qui rêvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379323343291456318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-31985139028364250962011-03-16T08:48:33.395-07:002011-03-16T08:48:33.395-07:00hi man, and sorry i couldn't respond earlier t...hi man, and sorry i couldn't respond earlier to this - it came just before i lost my internet access... <br /><br />- you mark out of 20, that's interesting... i know other people do something similar... i never do when i don't "have to", just don't think like that (which is kinda interesting in itself). if i *did* it'd more likely be a "star" grading which is similar to what i use in the braxtothon - more of a recommendation system than a "score" or mark... but how does it work for you? do you have several different categories, scored out of five... or what?centrifugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110896886246132385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-29014412939000057062011-03-08T14:22:59.103-08:002011-03-08T14:22:59.103-08:00I got your e mail ;)
Yes, the 1992 Los Angeles Orc...I got your e mail ;)<br />Yes, the 1992 Los Angeles Orchestra concert is superb, received a 18/20 rating in my personal notes. <br /><br />Jump or die, which I have now played in its entirety, what a lovely record. <br />Delightful barkings on Comp. N° 50 (even a barking exchange, if I heard correctly) ; and so much more !Nuage fiché qui rêvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379323343291456318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-33615112284187148972011-03-03T11:49:19.117-08:002011-03-03T11:49:19.117-08:00i'm tellin' you man, you can't go wron...i'm tellin' you man, you can't go wrong with that album. the gods of music were smiling on that project :)<br /><br />yes! i plan to post soon about the site launch and the free music associated with it... pittsburgh septet is GREAT, i loved it... mailed you and several others while playing it..!<br /><br />there is other good stuff in the bootlegs section (not big yet, manageable) - check out the los angeles 92 gig...centrifugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110896886246132385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-66590007731550226442011-03-03T09:03:10.461-08:002011-03-03T09:03:10.461-08:00Cent', concerning the "purchase"&quo...Cent', concerning the "purchase"" of the free download, it goes as you guess. <br /><br />On Jump or die : I have played the first three tracks and enjoyed every second of them. <br />I like the exchanges between bass clarinet and guitar on 23D, as Ed Hazell did according to the liner notes. And those "additional" instruments, very spicy.<br />That's just a few examples !Nuage fiché qui rêvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379323343291456318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-64372094837848589602011-03-01T10:11:58.928-08:002011-03-01T10:11:58.928-08:00"you probably have seen the free dl..." ..."you probably have seen the free dl..." - only just, the mail from the TCF came through to the same address as your comment!<br /><br />yeah - not sure what to do with it, i guess you have to add it to the card and then check out paying $0.00?! maybe they hope you will feel guilty and buy something else at the same time ;-)<br /><br />i gotta contact them actually... me and them need to get hooked up somehow, i have talked to the man about this (once) and he agrees but there is no actual contact yet...<br /><br />GREAT to see the site launched and live though :))centrifugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110896886246132385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-89545579357592201872011-03-01T09:26:03.163-08:002011-03-01T09:26:03.163-08:00you probably have seen the free dl at the 'new...you probably have seen the free dl at the 'new braxton house':<br /><br />http://tricentricfoundation.org/label/albums/21<br /><br /><br />francois couture rolls the drums: <br /><br />"Anthony Braxton fans, PAY ATTENTION, for this is huge news. You read the title right: “New Braxton House.” The Braxton House label has been revived as a download-only netlabel and, starting March 1, 2011, it starts offering: 1) Braxton’s deleted catalog, and; 2) a series of official bootlegs and previously unavailable live recordings, all as download releases, in pay-per-download and subscription schemes. And just the release the beast, the label offers a free release: this Septet (Pittsburgh) 2008. So here is the septet – basically the same one that will perform at FIMAV 2011 in May – in “Composition No. 355,” recorded on May 30, 2008 in Pittsburgh. Excellent sound and a strong piece with an insisting pulse and many small-group passages - the duet between Taylor Ho Bynum and Mary Halvorson is in itself worthy of your time."<br /><br />(http://blog.monsieurdelire.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-8383398550934688772011-02-27T14:40:26.400-08:002011-02-27T14:40:26.400-08:00hey man... great to hear you scored yourself one o...hey man... great to hear you scored yourself one of these, i hope you enjoy it (sure you will!) - je te promets que je t'enverrai un 'tit message un de ces quat's<br /><br />:-D}}}>>>centrifugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110896886246132385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-70758853810793804612011-02-27T09:18:25.722-08:002011-02-27T09:18:25.722-08:00I received the cd a couple of days ago, currently ...I received the cd a couple of days ago, currently savouring the liner notes. I don't want to "jump" on the listening experience... <br />Merci pour les conseils et la chronique, Cent' !Nuage fiché qui rêvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379323343291456318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475713415991677653.post-30981879937988653172011-02-07T17:07:32.260-08:002011-02-07T17:07:32.260-08:00the liners make hopeful mention of a possible foll...the liners make hopeful mention of a possible follow-up... realistically we're pretty lucky we got the first one, so let's all just be happy with that ;-)centrifugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110896886246132385noreply@blogger.com