hi again joni,
i could see why your friends might be turned off of jazzanova and,
potentially, the rest of the compost roster. they just ain't shakespear
caliber (and rushdie's not in that class either, imho ; ) can i give my
props to umberto eco? aj_lit thread anybody?
i think it really depends on which tracks you present them with because they
really have fluctuated in their quality. but your friends would be insane
not to go for the Circe and Burnin' jazzanova remixes or The Season and
Charles by Beanfield. those tracks are truly transcendent.
also check out some of amon tobin's work under the cujo alias. there's some
nice work in there. i still dig the Fat Ass Joint and Brazillionaire
tracks. i gotta a little burnt out on the
shuffling-saturated-cymbals-cinematic thing.
tschau,
aaron dario
look out for the new ron carter album on blue note. i caught him at the
regatta bar on saturday night and his pianist, steve scott, is phenomenal!
on a latin vibe with too many percussion instruments for me to count
----- Original Message -----
From: Joni . <bigorangecat@hotmail.com>
To: <icehouse@redshift.com>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: tourist
> >it has been great as conduit to bring my listeners into contact with >AJ
> >and related musical forms, Tourist has some easily identifiable >>>>ideas
> >and concepts that allow for ready connection for the uninitiated
>
> I have to agree on this one. I try to turn my friends on to AJ every
chance
> I get. One friday night I put on St Germain, Amon Tobin, and Jazzanova
for
> them to check out. St Germain and Amon Tobin both got great responses,
> but Jazzanova..they hated!! I thought how can this be? Then I got to
> thinking that new souls need to mature in to things like Jazzanova or 4
> Hero. I guess it's the equivalent of reading horror novels for a very
long
> time and then jumping into Shakespear, Salman Rushdie, Tsi Tsi
Dengerambe...
>
> >From what i hear, the live conglomeration that St. Germain put together
to
> >tour behind the album also really smoked and that says a lot for the
> >underlying music to my mind!
>
> Yes! St Germain were really impressive in the CD/Vinyl form but seeing
them
> live was sick...they made me dance AND had my respect as creative artists.
> See 'em if you can.
>
> I think it comes down to what YOU are looking for and how you prioritize
> things like making a, Well Informed, crowd dance...or blowing their minds
w/
> something insane...ie Freeform Arkestra (these guys are really doing it
for
> me lately!!)
>
> joni
>
>
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