June Tunes

Posted by: John C on 10 June 2001

I went to see Wallace Roney live last night and apart from the misfortune of almost sitting on top of the drummer and now having a very painful right ear was very impressed.My lovely companion (the strife) was very impressed and bought his latest CD No Room for Argument. Roney is extremely talented but seriously Miles Davis influenced US trumpeter. The Cd is very good with clear Miles cira late 60s sound. Creative use of sampling and electronic stuff, great piano from Geri Allen. Pretty good really. If you like say Bitche Brew Miles or Nils Peter Molvaer you'll like this. Actually knocks NPM for six.

Charlie Haden/ Gonzalo Rubalcaba ... Nocturne (Verve)
Brilliant Cuban pianist meets worlds 2nd greatest living bass player with all star guests Joe Lovano/Pat Metheny/David Sanchez . Beautiful album of impeccably played Boleros and Cuban tinged mood music. This is not really my cup of tea these days but wouldn't like to put anyone off it. Sort of well recorded stuff you might find on the Naim label.

Archie Shepp "Four for Trane" and "The way Ahead"
Fantastic, brilliant joyful late sixties classics . A joy . Brillinat trombone on both and Shepp outstanding then. Highly recommended for anyone into the new wave of folk jazz on Impulse.

I also found a really nice original Mono Lp of Black Saint and Sinner Lady this week!!! Too dear though but may get it anyway.

John

Posted on: 19 June 2001 by Tony L

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Question: Where do I find the CD releases of this work? And how do I ensure I'm getting the "right stuff"?

The bootleg CDs do not have a visible record label, just a long bogus catalogue number. I will list these numbers when I get home. The official release has the EMI logo. The bootlegs are pretty rare, though I have seen them at Selectadisk, Sister Ray etc. I actually have the bootlegs of Neu! and Neu! 2 myself, as for a while they were the only way to hear the albums for a remotely reasonable price. The vinyl obviously sounds miles better, as will the new CDs.

There is an interesting Neu! interview in this months The Wire magazine.

Tony.

Posted on: 19 June 2001 by Pete

David Sylvian's "The First Day" isn't a collaboration with Brian Eno, it's with Robert Fripp. And it is very good.

That minor correction aside, my latest listening has been the two new CDs from Mr. McFall's Chamber, a group based around a string quartet of Scottish Chamber Orchestra musicians but with supplementary bass, sometimes drums, sometimes piano, sometimes vocals, sometimes musical saw. I went to the launch concert of "Upstart Jugglers" on Saturday and it was a sublime gig with a bit of everything (if you like an eclectic mix, this is a band you really should check out). The CD itself is good, but live it all fits into place much better. The other new disc from them is "Revolucionario!", which is all tango music. Very, very good, and IMHO the better of the two discs (mainly because the material just suits recording better, I think, rather than because it's intrinsically better music or recording). Piazolla seems quite fashionable lately, so hopefully that will translate into some sales. If you fancy some tango music in your life, it's a great place to start (you don't need to cavort about with a rose in your mouth, it stands up perfectly well on its own merits as fine music).

You can pick up both of these wee gems through the McFall's web site.

Pete.

[This message was edited by Pete on TUESDAY 19 June 2001 at 13:35.]

Posted on: 19 June 2001 by Rico

Oops - I stand corrected, Pete - a little morning brain-freeze

I miss the other three-quarters of my music collection

Rico - all your base are belong to us.

Posted on: 19 June 2001 by Tony L

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The bootleg CDs do not have a visible record label, just a long bogus catalogue number. I will list these numbers when I get home.

I have found Klaus Dinger's homepage (him being half of Neu!) - he lists the dogy bootlegs amongst other stuff: Dingerland

Tony.

Posted on: 19 June 2001 by Steve Catterall

I noticed that the large HMV on Oxford Street have a Krautrock display with all the new Neu CDs and Vinyl on prominent view