Re: Concert Review: Erik Truffaz @ Knitting Factory LA

From: Alison Bassy (djcountessbassy@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Jun 24 2001 - 22:28:50 CEST

  • Next message: Elson Trinidad: "Re: Concert Review: Erik Truffaz @ Knitting Factory LA"

    maybe we are too caught up in the notion that "more is better". it doesn't

    necessarily pay the bills, but perhaps a small dialed-in crowd is a blessing both

    for the crowd and the artist.

     



     

    >From: "Steven Catanzaro"
    >Reply-To: stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com
    >To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    >Subject: Re: Concert Review: Erik Truffaz @ Knitting Factory LA
    >Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 7:5:7 -0700
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    > Elson wrote
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    >Depends on how you define "culture." And perhaps what color your skin
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    >is...Most of the (mostly east-of-the Mississippi-derived) gringos here who
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    >whine about the 'lack of culture' don't quite get it. I see lots of
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    >culture. But Hollywood (the industry, not the community) is blind to that
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    >for obvious reasons.
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    >Hey Elson;
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    >The LA area is so massive that they ought to have something here to reflect
    >*everyone's* culture, including whitey. And btw, classical music, as I'm sure
    >you're well aware, is not just a white man's game anymore. (Or even primarily,
    >maybe... check the enrollment at USC music school...)
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    > What exposure has Truffaz gotten here? His material is neither typical
    >KCRW
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    >material nor KLON material, yet ironically it's also both. I only heard of
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    >Truffaz through the net (this list and virtual word of mouth). I do own a
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    >copy of "The Mask."
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    >Yes, I was surprised not to hear the Truffaz date mentioned on KCRW,
    >especially since it seems they have close ties with the Knitting Factory. Well,
    >Nikka Costa's performance last night wasn't advertised either, I don't think. I
    >only found out about it on the 'net, and it was hella rough getting in there
    >(lines around the block!)
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    >But what I don't understand is that Truffaz is perfect music student
    >material. I played it for some muso cats in Phoenix and for the next 4
    >weeks, every time I saw them they were listening to Truffaz. (They would've
    >crawled on glass to see him, too, but they were already in Amsterdam before I
    >found out about the date.)
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    >As much as I dis Phoenix what with its mandatory gun racks and Skoal
    >stains on the sidewalk, I'll bet the music students in Tempe would've given
    >Truffaz more love than LA did.
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    >Have we reached a point when only slick entertainers playing booty-rocking
    >material can get crowds out here? Where have we come to when top flite jazz
    >musicians can't get but 40? There's probably more than 40 LA peeps viewing this
    >list alone!
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    >(As for KLON, don't get me started... except for the late night jocks, who
    >will pop on some "Thrust" or electric Miles, KLON will get anybody under 50
    >bored with jazz real fast...)
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    >Anyway, the more I think about it, the more depressed I get... If Truffaz,
    >with his nice, accessible blend of the conservative and the modern, can't get a
    >crowd in a big city like this, what hope is there for other modern jazz
    >ensembles?
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