silly bass

Mp3.com has finally approved my free pitch bass improvs. They are
here:
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/288/uncle_stinky.html

John Starrett

on 8/11/01 8:47 AM, MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com at
MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> years ago, was Egberto Gismonti's "Dança Das Cabeças"

Gismonti is one of my all time favorites. There's really no other
guitarist/composer like him. His album of solo pieces is remarkable. There
doesn't seem to be the output from ECM that there used to be, I'm sure
economics has something to do with that, but there still seem to be some
recordings of interest coming from the label every now and then. In the last
couple of years I've picked up new releases from Towner, Frisell and a
player not mentioned by anyone, Steve Tibbetts. His last two recordings, one
with Tibetan nuns, and the other with a hardanger fiddler, are both
beautiful, and delve into the microtonal.

Seth

--
Seth Austen

http://www.sethausten.com
emails: seth@...
klezmusic@...

Seth,

{you wrote...}
>There's really no other guitarist/composer like him.

Absolutely an apt description - one of the rare talents that not only has the gift, but expresses it uniquely.

>a player not mentioned by anyone, Steve Tibbetts.

*very* interesting composer/player, certainly developing soundscapes long before that trend came about in ECM-style jazz and other 'fusions'. But I haven't listened to his recent things.

>His last two recordings, one with Tibetan nuns, and the other with a >hardanger fiddler, are both beautiful, and delve into the microtonal.

Sounds like looking into. BTW, since there are quite a few gtr-ists here on the list, how about David Torn? I've seen him in a couple of settings, and beyond his own projects he has always brought a very fresh approach to setting a musical stage. I can remember one night with Mark Isham that he just floated clouds of dense chords (by virtue of the bending and delay pedals, plenty of non-12tET) that seemed like odd fragrances.

Fun stuff...

Cheers,
Jon

You tore the word right out of my grey matter.
He has an e-list at Yahoo and is a frequent contributor
to the Loopers Delight list. http://loopersdelight.com

Jon Catler has told me that Torn came in to
Mannys when he (Jon) worked there and was somewhat
familar with Jon's rep.

Cloud About Mercury is an old fave, I saw the band @ the Bottom Line
way back then.

I think Terje Rypdal and Alan Holdsworth were a big influence on Torn.

* David Beardsley
* http://biink.com
* http://mp3.com/davidbeardsley
----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan M. Szanto

Sounds like looking into. BTW, since there are quite a few gtr-ists here on
the list, how about David Torn? I've seen him in a couple of settings, and
beyond his own projects he has always brought a very fresh approach to
setting a musical stage. I can remember one night with Mark Isham that he
just floated clouds of dense chords (by virtue of the bending and delay
pedals, plenty of non-12tET) that seemed like odd fragrances.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., Seth Austen <klezmusic@e...> wrote:
> on 8/11/01 8:47 AM, MakeMicroMusic@y... at
> MakeMicroMusic@y... wrote:
>
>
> > years ago, was Egberto Gismonti's "Dança Das Cabeças"
>
>
> Gismonti is one of my all time favorites. There's really no other
> guitarist/composer like him. His album of solo pieces is remarkable.
<snip>

Some can be heard here:
http://www.ecmrecords.com/ecm/artists/100.html

on 8/12/01 10:28 AM, MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com at
MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> From: "David Beardsley" <db@...>

> to the Loopers Delight list. http://loopersdelight.com

Cool link!

Seth

--
Seth Austen

http://www.sethausten.com
emails: seth@...
klezmusic@...

> > From: "David Beardsley" <db@b...>
>
> > to the Loopers Delight list. http://loopersdelight.com
>
> Cool link!
>
> Seth

I second that and third it. This link led me to Alvin Lucifer's "I am
sitting in a room" which I had never heard before. What a cool piece
of music!

John Starrett

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "John Starrett" <jstarret@c...> wrote:

/makemicromusic/topicId_520.html#602

> > > From: "David Beardsley" <db@b...>
> >
> > > to the Loopers Delight list. http://loopersdelight.com
> >
> > Cool link!
> >
> > Seth
>
> I second that and third it. This link led me to Alvin Lucifer's "I
am sitting in a room" which I had never heard before. What a cool
piece of music!
>
> John Starrett

Hi John!

Alvin Lucier... although I *do* admit there is something "devilish"
about this kind of sound processing!:

"Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, Lucier attended the Portsmouth Abbey
School, Yale and Brandeis universities. He lived in Rome for two
years on a Fulbright Scholarship. He has performed extensively in the
United States and Europe in solo concerts and with the Sonic Arts
Union, which he co-founded with composers Robert Ashley, David
Behrman, and Gordon Mumma. He is currently professor of music and
former chairperson of the music department at Wesleyan University.
Lucier has pioneered in many areas of music composition and
performance, including the notation of performers' physical gestures,
the use of brain waves in live musical performance, the generation of
visual imagery by sound in vibrating media, and the evocation of room
acoustics for musical purposes."

...

Also, a former member of the "Once" group (they only PREMIERED
compositions, hence the title) of Ann Arbor MI, where I heard one of
their final performances in the late 60's with Robert Ashley and
Gordon Mumma and my *own* former teacher, the now regrettably
forgotten George Caccioppo...

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Joseph Pehrson