Yahoo Tuning Groups Ultimate Backup makemicromusic Re: [MMM] Catler Bros .

I'm a Catler fan. I'd also recommend 'Steel Blue' from http://justintonation.net . I'm also told he's on 7 tracks on Hansford Rowe's 'No Other' available on http://guitar9.com . He's got 2 appearances on http://wync.org radio under 'New Sounds' (lots of other good guests on there too.), and also 1 video so far on http://video.google.com

Joe

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From: daniel_anthony_stearns <daniel_anthony_stearns@...>
To: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:45:48 PM
Subject: [MMM] Catler Bros .

Every so often something sneaks in under the radar undetected and no

one seems to notice that a paradigm shift has occurred... that

someone's seriously upped the collective ante.

Once upon a time, David Torn brought Eddie Van Halen to jazz guitar

with his playing on the Everyman Band records, and he did it with

style and verve. This is an accomplishment that directly parallels

Larry Coryell and John McLaughlin enriching the jazz guitar lexicon by

embracing the innovations of Jimi Hendrix, but in this case hardly

anyone seemed to notice and few would follow suit. That doesn't

diminish the accomplishment, however. Not one bit.

Jon Catler's playing on the Catler Bros. "Crash Landing" is a similar

accomplishment. Catler is the first guitarist to bring Just Intonation

to jazz guitar. And like Torn, he too ups the ante with style and verve.

Catler has been developing his very personal approach to microtonality

since he was a student at Berklee College of Music in the late 70s.

He's a member of the legendary La Monte Young's Forever Bad Blues Band

he recently had his "Evolution for Electric Guitar and Orchestra"

recorded with Grammy award winning conductor Joel Thome.

The Catler Bros. is a trio made up of (what else) brothers Jon and

Brad Catler and drummer Jonathan Kane. The music is a stripped down,

raw and punchy jazz-rock with a compositional aesthetic somewhat

reminiscent of early Ornette.

On "Crash Landing" Catler primarily plays a Schecter Strat that

utilizes a 49-tone just intonation tuning system of his own design,

and the effect of hearing this tuning is somewhat akin to suddenly

seeing alarmingly vivid colors that you never knew existed. Catler's a

gifted, classy player too, and his measured yet forceful work on

"Crash Landing" often suggests some prismatic mean of Ornette Coleman

and Jeff Beck.

Jazz guitar doesn't have to pretend that everything post-Hendrix never

happened. But it really doesn't matter either: "Crash Landing" is a

landmark recording with or without the recognition.

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🔗Carl Lumma <ekin@...>

🔗Joe <tamahome02000@...>

http://www.wnyc.org

Also, there's a new video here with Haverstick & Catler:

http://zebox.com/nycfretlessguitarfestival/music/

Do you have Cowpeople?

Joe

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From: Carl Lumma <ekin@...>
To: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 2:33:45 AM
Subject: Re: [MMM] Catler Bros .

At 10:17 AM 12/11/2006, you wrote:
>I'm a Catler fan. I'd also recommend 'Steel Blue' from
>http://justintonati on.net .

Yup, it's no slouch. Also I like the Birdhouse album.

>I'm also told he's on 7 tracks on
>Hansford Rowe's 'No Other' available on http://guitar9. com .

Ah, interesting. I don't have that.

>He's got 2 appearances on http://wync. org radio under 'New Sounds'
>(lots of other good guests on there too.),

That page won't load.

>and also 1 video so far on
>http://video. google.com

Seen that.

-Carl

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🔗Carl Lumma <ekin@...>

🔗Joe <tamahome02000@...>

That's right. Those links are all for show #2331. There's also show #1925 with a clip from Birdhouse:

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/newsounds/episodes/2003/05/10

Cowpeople is an old ep with 31 tone guitar. I don't have it, but it's listed on Jon's site, http://microtones.com . You can also get Crash Landing mp3's from there. Looks like he'll have a live show in nyc on dec 27th, and a Willie McBlind blues cd with vocals coming out.

Joe

----- Original Message ----
From: Carl Lumma <ekin@...>
To: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:44:05 PM
Subject: Re: [MMM] Catler Bros .

> http://www.wnyc. org

Thanks for the updated link. Did you mean:

http://www.wnyc. org/shows/ newsounds/ episodes/ 2006/08/20

http://www.wnyc. org/shows/ newsounds/ episodes/ 2005/09/28

and

http://www.wnyc. org/shows/ newsounds/ episodes/ 2004/10/15

>Also, there's a new video here with Haverstick & Catler:

>http://zebox. com/nycfretlessg uitarfestival/ music/

>Do you have Cowpeople?

I don't, but I've heard of it. Refresh my memory?

There is an AFMM with Catler cut on one of the JI Network

tapes... Sleeping Beauty, Queen of the Ogres, maybe?

-Carl

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🔗Joe <tamahome02000@...>

That's sucks about Cowpeople. Catler talks on those shows too, btw. There's also shows with guests Toby Twining, Johnny 'nya nya' Reinhard, John Schneider, Pauline Oliveros, Partch's conductor Danlee Mitchell, Kyle Gann, also (not necessarily micro stuff) Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Michael Hedges, Danny Elfman, and Sheila Chandra. I also learned what 'Glitch music' was from a New Sounds show, lol.

Joe

----- Original Message ----
From: Carl Lumma <ekin@...>
To: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 2:13:30 PM
Subject: Re: [MMM] Catler Bros .

At 10:45 AM 12/12/2006, you wrote:
>That's right. Those links are all for show #2331. There's also show
>#1925 with a clip from Birdhouse:
>
>http://www.wnyc. org/shows/ newsounds/ episodes/ 2003/05/10

Tx. I guess I've heard all the Catler cuts from these shows
already.

>Cowpeople is an old ep with 31 tone guitar. I don't have it, but it's
>listed on Jon's site, http://microtones. com .

"Temporarily sold out."

-Carl

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