i don't know, that sounds a little bit too ~adventurous~ for me...
― tylerw_sandbox, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
The Hank Mobley set looks pretty great; I already have all that stuff, but as a first purchase for a new listener it's kinda ideal.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i think i have most of that...was leaning towards the Three Sounds set, because I barely ever see CDs of a few of those records.
― tylerw_sandbox, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
This might be sacrilegious to mention on a proper jazz thread, but I've been listening to Michael Franks first 4 records constantly. Really love the first self titled one from 73, but all of them have really great moments.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
Who is "Popsicle Toes" holding up?
― zat you, wrinklepaws? (James Redd), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
Mazurek was part of the Chicago scene in the early 2000s, not sure where he is now.
― Another Suburbanite, Friday, December 16, 2011 5:27 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink
Apparently he lives in Sao Paolo now, but he's put out material pretty consistently since the early 2000s, (almost?) entirely on Chicago labels and often with Chicago musicians.
― Hurting, Friday, December 16, 2011 7:09 PM (1 week ago)
the other dudes on that album listed are Chicago dudes.
― nebneb cherry's ruffalo stance (sarahel), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
I've always been sort of curious about the economics of being a jazz artist who records a lot, or especially who recorded a lot back in the day. They made these records that would sell, idk, a few thousand copies on the first run? 10K? 20K? And probably not a modern indie-label style royalty deal either. But they make dozens of them over a career just as a leader (even assuming they don't get royalties on sideman dates), and then they keep getting re-pressed, reissued, and there's always that small core group of jazz fans who keeps buying.
― Hurting, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
i wonder about that too, though i have no answers for you...like, does Hank Mobley's family get money when someone buys a copy of Soul Station on CD?
― tylerw_sandbox, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
Afraid to ask about that one. I assume it doesn't add up to that much even for a Hank Mobley and that is why lots of jazz musicians these days get masters degrees so that they can teach.
― zat you, wrinklepaws? (James Redd), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i'm sure that even if they're getting some kind of royalty checks for reissues of old albums, it's not a ton of money. i assume some of those 50s records were just made for a flat fee. come in, record 5 songs, get $500 or something and sign away the rights to the recordings forever. which probably seemed like a good deal at the time, but 50 years and a dozen repackagings later, maybe not.
― tylerw_sandbox, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Other way to ramp it up would be some composer royalties if you got a song on a big soundtrack or some kind of crossover artist like Mrs. Elvis Costello covered you.
― zat you, wrinklepaws? (James Redd), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
Today OTOH you have guys who probably get better deals but are not going to be seeing RVG editions of their records because the 'classic jazz' era is sort of over. Like I can't even imagine how small sales of something like a Criss Cross release must be, although perhaps I'm underestimating Europe.
― Hurting, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
Jimmy Heath was on (national network prime time) tv last night. I wondered, when was the last time that happened, if ever?
(He killed, btw)
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
what was he on? that jimmy heath album i posted about upthread is great btw. hard bop meets semi-big band kind of thing.
― tylerw_sandbox, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
Did he talk about his book? Was is from Flushing Town Hall or somewhere else?
― zat you, wrinklepaws? (James Redd), Thursday, 29 December 2011 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
He was part of the group paying tribute to Sonny Rollins on the Kennedy Center Honors show. Also playing were Joe Lovano, Christian McBride, Ravi Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette, Benny Golson, Roy Hargrove, and a young unknown named Herbie Hancock. The played "Sonnymoon For Two," "St. Thomas," and I think one other tune. Everyone was great, but for me, Heath was the highlight.
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
cool stuff, will have to seek out clips of that show! got the new miles 1967 "bootleg series" for xmas. amazing, essential recordings! i've heard a bunch of recordings from that tour, but it's worth it for the cleaned up sound. DVD is nice too, cool to see the band at work. major flaw, as some have noted, is that ron carter gets lost in the mix often, but them's the breaks for bassists. But it's too bad, judging from the DVD, Carter is working twice as hard as everyone else! Also, he is really tall.
― tylerw_sandbox, Friday, 30 December 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
in other important jazz news: http://www.firmoo.com/anthony-braxton-eyeglasses.html
― tylerw_sandbox, Friday, 30 December 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
That's awesome. As is the "translation".
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 30 December 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
I believe those glasses employ frameless-lens logics simultaneously with the implementation of tortoise-shell-temple sublogics.
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Friday, 30 December 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
i tried on a pari and this is all i sawhttp://tricentricfoundation.org/images/homepage_banner.jpg?1283892916
― tylerw_sandbox, Friday, 30 December 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
a *pair* that is
― tylerw_sandbox, Friday, 30 December 2011 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe check your prescription? I'm seeing this:
http://blog.wfmu.org/.a/6a00d83451c29169e20134803ca438970c-800wi
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Saturday, 31 December 2011 03:51 (twelve years ago) link
Thought it was some kind of tribute to the late great Jackie Pari*s
― P-Moose (Wants To Get Moosed Up) (James Redd), Saturday, 31 December 2011 03:54 (twelve years ago) link
Tonight I have become a street team of one for this album: Count's Rock Band: Do Not Listen If You Hate Coltrane or Maggot Brain
― P-Moose (Wants To Get Moosed Up) (James Redd), Saturday, 31 December 2011 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
Streaming right now: Sam Rivers Memorial Broadcast
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Sunday, 1 January 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
Should have realized that would be going on. Thanks,
― I'm in the sandbox with the tombstone HOOS (James Redd), Sunday, 1 January 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
Can anyone tell me more about Christian Wallumrod? Really interesting style sort of on the border between jazz and modern chamber music.
― Hurting, Sunday, 1 January 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link