From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V5 #85 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Monday, July 31 2000 Volume 05 : Number 085 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Joe comes out from under his rock!!! Lara and Kevyn ["Brian Cundieff] Kevyn Lettau [Larry Lipman ] Re: Ottmar Liebert & Basia, circa '91 or '92 ["Jeff Abrams" Subject: RE: Joe comes out from under his rock!!! Lara and Kevyn > From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of jp > Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 5:53 AM RE: Kevyn Lettau > I don't think we have. I had forgotten about her, but your note > prompted me > to listen to the two CDs I have by her - "Brazil Jazz" and > "Another Season" > both bought 4-5 years ago in the US. I like her, but find she > captures more > of the true Brazilian "saudade" - almost a mournful - or at least > wistful - > sound. I agree with that assessment. She has a beautiful clear voice, but it has a... distant quality, like you might feel from someone you're having lunch with whose mind is somewhere else. That probably doesn't make a lot of sense... Anyway, when I bought her first CD (while waiting for Basia), I couldn't stop listening to it. Good stuff. The following two didn't quite live up (IM ever so HO). Brian* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:39:14 -0500 From: Larry Lipman Subject: Kevyn Lettau I didn't think anyone else on the planet knew of Kevyn Lettau... Really enjoyed a few of her early albums...then she fell apart... sad really, since she had some interesting, fresh sounds... LL ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Larry Lipman - --------------------------------------------------------------- Division Coordinator; Recording Studio Manager Commercial Music degree programs in Recording Technology & Music Business - --------------------------------------------------------------- The University of Memphis Commercial Music Program 106 Communication/Fine Arts Bldg Memphis, TN 38152-3200 (901) 678-2559 [w/voice mail] FAX: (901) 678-5118 E-Mail: Llipman@memphis.edu ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:10:49 -0400 From: "Jeff Abrams" Subject: Re: Ottmar Liebert & Basia, circa '91 or '92 Yeah, I went to see that tour in Baltimore. - -- Jeff "Pepé" Abrams clavier@bellatlantic.net 1993 Brilliant Black SUPERCHARGED 2.5 MX-3 GSR http://members.bellatlantic.net/~clavier/mazda/index.htm "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence." - -Charles Austin Beard - ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Nash" To: ; Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 2:19 AM Subject: Ottmar Liebert & Basia, circa '91 or '92 > > Hi All, > 'Long-time listener, first-time caller.' > > My name is David Nash and I live in Portland Oregon. This evening, my family > and I went to see Ottmar Liebert perform at our local zoo. If you're not > familiar with Ottmar or his band, Luna Negra, they're from the Santa Fe area > and they play a style of contemporary flamenco. I'm a big fan and have seen > him perform several times over the years. So what, you ask? > > It struck me that the very first time I saw (or even heard of) him was when > he opened for Basia in the early 90's. I think it was November of either > '91 or '92 when I saw Basia at CW Post College (Tilles Center) on Long > Island in New York. I'm sure of the month, but not the year, as the concert > was a 'birthday present' for my wife. Yeah right :) It was an amazing > performance and made my top 10 live performance list of all time, but it's > also fair to say that I was particularly infatuated with Basia back then. I > also remember hearing Basia perform Masquerade for the first time that > night. Anybody remember that concert or that tour? > > It seems like a past lifetime when I could look forward to a Basia concert > or new album. I wait, and wait, and wait, like many of you, for the '2nd > coming' > > Cheers, -dn > > ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V5 #85 **************************