THE DRY CLEANER FROM DES MOINES/GONE
>HEJIRA/GONE
among the many outstanding contributions of michael brecker, a 1979 live recording of joni mitchell: SHADOWS AND LIGHTS is a very particular one. featuring maybe the greatest band ever: jaco pastorius on bass, pat metheny on guitar, lyle mays on keys, don alias on drums and brecker on sax, backing vocals provided by the persuasions. to give you an idea, i'll quote the wise words of a certain mr. o. dubhaight, who reviewed for cd now online :
"This is a terrific listening experience, rewarding from almost every conceivable perspective. The musicians here changed her and she herself responded with challenges to her own abilities. I wish I had caught this tour. Pastorious is possessed, Mays is at his impressionistic best and Metheny is a foil for Mitchell the likes of which she'd never again replicate. Becker brings that East Coast jazz vibe that only he can muster and he is incendiary, smokey, subtle and brilliant."
well, i kinda agree with that. please note that on the "hejira" track, brecker plays the soprano saxophone instead of the tenor, which is one of a kind to my knowledge.
IN THE NEIGHBOROOD
thanks for info to Herr K. from totally fuzzy, newcomer XANAXTAXI cruises the backstreets of "jazz, improvisation, fusion, funk (and the rest)" and great jazz covers of sade or bjork.
i particularly enjoyed a live version of jamiroquai's "space cowboy". mp3s are delivered at 256 kbps which is a real treat for music lovers. GATHERING DUST is another new daily stop ran by "a swedish guy of 38 named dan who lives in france". named after a ThisMortalCoil track, GD deals with early "white" electronic music. i think its TDK cassette visual is a great lo-fi symbol of our tape-to-mp3 full- circle music history. dan caresses the fantasy of running 3 musicblogs at the same time... THE NATION seems more focused on "emerging music" and is already on, the 3rd will be be about black music... good luck with such a task. like maybe many of you out there, i got a message from joshua ellis @ MPERIA.com
"Mperia is basically the Internet version of an indie record store.
We allow artists to upload, price and sell their music. We don't charge them any fees for this; instead, we take a 30% cut of each sale, for which we provide hosting and streaming and useful tools for indie artists, like free mini-blogs and the ability to post their upcoming gigs where fans can see them and optionally be reminded of them via e-mail..." i didn't get a chance to browse around here yet but it seems like artists cut a better deal here than with iTunes/iMusic...
Monday, February 21, 2005
god must be a boogie man
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thanks nick. i knew you're a fan and would like this one. actually i was surprised to discover there was a dvd of this historical concert. it seems like some kind of genius had the strange idea to interpolate scenes from james dean movies during some of the solos- and deserves to be hung for that... i need to have it anyway...
xanax, i'm proud to stand in such good company on your poll! about sound quality, most of the mp3s are encoded at 128 kbps, which is the average standard-iTunes format, i went for a 192 kbps solution but 256 is even better. we sure could hold a debate about how the human ear really makes a difference (dogs do)...maybe it's just my imagination but i feel like the higher the bitrate is the better the sound... see ya online
well, we won't hang joni for sure... so, even with that silly footage is the dvd worth it? just to see jaco bringin' the noise it is, i guess. actually, i dwld your jamiroquai live tune at 256 kbps and it sounded very good. from which album comes this version? is the rest on that level?
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