From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V4 #146 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Thursday, May 13 1999 Volume 04 : Number 146 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] montreux appearance ["mark shanahan" ] [AVALON] RE: Devoto thread [Jim Donato ] [AVALON] RE: Devoto thread [Jim Donato ] [AVALON] North Sea Jazz appearance [f2hb@casema.net] RE: [AVALON] Planned your vacation yet ?? ["Robert Fedder" ] [AVALON] Eno - the Holland Festival's musical guest [Bahi Para Subject: [AVALON] montreux appearance well, if the above comes to pass and is actually televised where someone on the list could be taping it, might this get onto the compilation tape? or is july way past the time this thing will be ready? wish i had the extras to go and see bwyan do some jazz in switzerland ... ohhhh well ... ms _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 10:28:45 -0400 From: Jim Donato Subject: [AVALON] RE: Devoto thread Magazine/Howard Devoto have long been favorites of mine. Magazine formed right after Devoto bailed from the Buzzcocks [after the "Spiral Scratch" EP, I believe] and featured a great lineup of talent: John McGeoch [Banshees, PIL, Visage,Armoury Show] - guitar, Barry Adamson [Visage, solo] - bass, Dave Formula [Visage, Devoto, Luxuria] - keys formed the core with a few different drummers coming and going. Three of the four Magazine studio albums are vital. There is a great live album, "Play" which features super keyboard work by Formula as its reason for being and a great b-side collection, "Scree." "Real Life," the debut is a classic of post-punk intensity but the followup, "Secondhand Daylight," is a disappointing record. Had it not contained the harrowing anti-classic "Permafrost" it could go to the recycling bins. The 3rd album "The CORRECT Use OF Soap" features their their most engagingly melodious music coupled with Devoto's memorably neurotic lyrics. Sample from "Philadelphia": "Your clean living, clear-eyed, clever, level-headed brother, says he'll put all the screws on your newest lover. Love is in the fireplace, the truth's in drugs from outerspace. Maybe it's right to be nervous now..." The 4th album sprawls in no particular direction and is unmemorable save for the Motown-pastiche "About The Weather." Devoto's sparse solo career began quickly enough with 1983's "Jerky Versions of the Dream" solo album; his happiest and most sardonically humorous record. The beautiful "Rainy Season" is a rare shot of Devoto at his most romantic. After a 7 year layoff he returned with instrumentalist Noko as Luxuria. Their first album, "Unanswerable Lust" sits very well with his classic work and the followup "Beast Box" is almost as good. Unfortunately, after that album in 90 [?] not a peep has been heard out of Howard. - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 10:28:45 -0400 From: Jim Donato Subject: [AVALON] RE: Devoto thread Magazine/Howard Devoto have long been favorites of mine. Magazine formed right after Devoto bailed from the Buzzcocks [after the "Spiral Scratch" EP, I believe] and featured a great lineup of talent: John McGeoch [Banshees, PIL, Visage,Armoury Show] - guitar, Barry Adamson [Visage, solo] - bass, Dave Formula [Visage, Devoto, Luxuria] - keys formed the core with a few different drummers coming and going. Three of the four Magazine studio albums are vital. There is a great live album, "Play" which features super keyboard work by Formula as its reason for being and a great b-side collection, "Scree." "Real Life," the debut is a classic of post-punk intensity but the followup, "Secondhand Daylight," is a disappointing record. Had it not contained the harrowing anti-classic "Permafrost" it could go to the recycling bins. The 3rd album "The CORRECT Use OF Soap" features their their most engagingly melodious music coupled with Devoto's memorably neurotic lyrics. Sample from "Philadelphia": "Your clean living, clear-eyed, clever, level-headed brother, says he'll put all the screws on your newest lover. Love is in the fireplace, the truth's in drugs from outerspace. Maybe it's right to be nervous now..." The 4th album sprawls in no particular direction and is unmemorable save for the Motown-pastiche "About The Weather." Devoto's sparse solo career began quickly enough with 1983's "Jerky Versions of the Dream" solo album; his happiest and most sardonically humorous record. The beautiful "Rainy Season" is a rare shot of Devoto at his most romantic. After a 7 year layoff he returned with instrumentalist Noko as Luxuria. Their first album, "Unanswerable Lust" sits very well with his classic work and the followup "Beast Box" is almost as good. Unfortunately, after that album in 90 [?] not a peep has been heard out of Howard. - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 20:20:59 +0200 From: f2hb@casema.net Subject: [AVALON] North Sea Jazz appearance Boys and Girls Avalonians, the following message saw the light: PRESS RELEASE dd. 11 May 1999 24th EDITION NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL CONGRESS CENTRE, THE HAGUE, JULY 9, 10, 11, 1999 During its existence jazz has always succeeded to renew itself in a strong, relevant, and controversial manner. The North Sea Jazz Festival (the worlds largest indoor jazz festival with approximately 220 concerts at sixteen stages) tries to present as much jazz highlights to the audience at large as possible, staging past, present and -if possible- the future of jazz next to each other. The festival proudly announces concerts of four legendary jazz drummers, Max Roach, Louie Bellson, Elvin Jones, and Al Foster on the same night at the very same stage. Moreover, the festival hosts a carefully compiled fusion program starring a.o. Pat Metheny, Dave Weckl, John Scofield, Tuck & Patti, Vertu (with Stanley Clarke and Lenny White), and Steps Ahead Acoustic Band. Several special themes deepen the understanding of topics like French improvisational jazz or the free-spirited jazz of the Bay Area. The influence of klezmer on the development of jazz is researched during a special Klezmer Meets Jazz program. The new South-African jazz is presented on a South Africa stage. This program is produced exclusively for the festival by the young booking agency ESP Afrika, Cape Town, South Africa. This year many artists visit the festival for the first time, like Kirk Franklin and the Family, Stefon Harris, Omar Sosa, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, and Chuck E. Weiss. Among the headlining artists this year are Elvis Costello, Bryan Ferry, Incognito, Al Jarreau, BB King, Wilson Pickett, Herbie Hancock, Youssou NDour, Oleta Adams, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. For full details goto: Frank (looking forward to see his hero in his own hometown :-)~~ - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 May 99 20:41:55 UT From: "Robert Fedder" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Planned your vacation yet ?? Bahi wrote: News about Roxy and Glastonbury was a boost but that's just not happening, I guess. What news. Last time I heard that story was from Nicky Horne about 3 years ago. It seems to keep coming around... Robert - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 May 99 20:40:07 UT From: "Robert Fedder" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Another Roxy/Ferry soundtrack? Bahi wrote: You've prompted another of my dreaded hazy recollections, too. In the late '80s, there was an article in the UK music paper Record Mirror claiming that Bryan was working on music for a BBC documentary series about the Himalayas. The story was written while Bryan was going through his soundtrack phase and I was quite looking forward to the result. Does anyone know anything more about it? I always thought that the first few seconds of The Name of the Game came from some of that stuff. Those 10 seconds might be all that ever surfaced from hours of himilayan monk sessions. Robert - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 22:12:03 +0100 From: Bahi Para Subject: Re: [AVALON] North Sea Jazz appearance Frank wrote: >24th EDITION NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL CONGRESS CENTRE, THE HAGUE [...] More good news - thanks, Frank. Many of those names will sound kind of familiar to those who've visited the Montreux festival site after reading Chris's earlier message. Bryan Ferry and the Jazz Circuitiers. Odd, too, to see Alanis play the the Montreux festival and receive hardly a mention. Are they trying to keep this thing small? Ferry plays Montreux on 2 July, the first night. "Bryan Ferry Sings Jazz" it says, slightly worryingly, on the downloadable pdf doc. Bahi - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 22:12:12 +0100 From: Bahi Para Subject: [AVALON] Eno - the Holland Festival's musical guest Brian Eno is the special musical guest at the festival of Holland. This is from the Eno list: "Brian Eno is the special guest at the Holland Festival this year. The 'musical tribute' includes the following: Bang on a Can will perform 'Music for Airports' on Schiphol Plaza, the concourse of the airport, on June 8th at 16.00, and will go through the motions again at 20.00. No admission fee. Furthermore, the 'Metropole Orkest' will do Brian's 'The Shutov Assembly, which may be very interesting.This gig will take place in Paradiso, Amsterdam, on June 19th and 20th at 20.30 pm. (Winfrid de Munck)" The URLs so far: Holland Festival (Eno): Montreux Festival (Ferry): 24th North Sea Jazz Festival (Ferry): - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:34:58 -0700 From: William Sommers Subject: Re: [AVALON] Eno - the Holland Festival's musical guest At 22:12 5/12/99 +0100, Bahi Para wrote: > The URLs so far: > > Holland Festival (Eno): > > > Montreux Festival (Ferry): > > > 24th North Sea Jazz Festival (Ferry): > This is now officially annoying. Any suggestions on how to delicately propose that my step-brother move the date of his near-Paris wedding from August to, say, something in the late-June mid-July time frame? I simply don't have the time to make two treks half-way 'round the world this summer. (Note: for purposes of maintaining family harmony, skipping the wedding is not an option.) *sigh* -wfs - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 03:12:36 +0200 From: f2hb@casema.net Subject: Re: [AVALON] North Sea Jazz appearance >Frank wrote: > >>24th EDITION NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL CONGRESS CENTRE, THE HAGUE [...] > >More good news - thanks, Frank. Many of those names will sound kind of >familiar to those who've visited the Montreux festival site after reading >Chris's earlier message. Bryan Ferry and the Jazz Circuitiers. Odd, too, to >see Alanis play the the Montreux festival and receive hardly a mention. Are >they trying to keep this thing small? > >Ferry plays Montreux on 2 July, the first night. "Bryan Ferry Sings Jazz" >it says, slightly worryingly, on the downloadable pdf doc. > >Bahi Perhaps nothing to worry about Bahi, maybe we should see it as an easy way to promote Maestro's (forthcoming?) 30's album and dito 'testcase' The same happened with Debby who has been invited too at past NSJ Festival and later on appeared with Blondie at Paradiso Amsterdam. Knowing Ferry, he will give his twist to pop-jazz vice verse. And hey, you will be overseas won't you? It's only a 75 mins travel by that Catamaran Ferry? Frank - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V4 #146 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest