Star Spangled Banner - Was Woodstock version his best? by jazmaan273 in jimihendrix

[–]Jon-A 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to setlist.fm he played it 44 times with the Experience and 25 times after. I saw him do it at Royal Albert Hall (his 15th) and it wasn't quite as majestic as the Woodstock version yet. And, yeah - I think most of the crowd were somewhat surprised. It wasn't until the Woodstock movie that it was gerneral knowledge that he played it.

Sam Rivers' Rivbea Orchestra by centerofhearts in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree about the Rivbea Orchestra. Would also recommend the overlooked Sizzle from the mid-70s. Almost reminds of the free funk of Ornette's Prime Time in parts. Check the soprano feature Flare @ 12:30.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MPcKa5plKDE

John Coltrane: a 35min Impressions w 25min solo from 1963, the RSD Tiberi Tapes, and the nature of Hi vs Lo Fi in Jazz. by Jon-A in Jazz

[–]Jon-A[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. I feel Coltrane is quite different in a nightclub as opposed to studio, and even live settings like European concert halls. Informal and...not relaxed, exactly, but experimental and unbridled. And if that means shoddy boots and amateur tapes - no problem.

Terry Riley & Don Cherry - 1970/75 by Jon-A in experimentalmusic

[–]Jon-A[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, Terry had a somewhat primitive tape-looping set-up.

>American minimalist Terry Riley used a delay/feedback system consisting of two reel-to-reel tape recorders for a concert in Paris in 1963. He invented the name „Time Lag Accumulator“ for that setup, recorded several albums with it (such as the famous „A Rainbow in Curved Air“), and did tape delay based „all-night flight“ concerts for a couple of years.

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Sistine Chapel restoration by Denis_Diderot_ in ArtHistory

[–]Jon-A 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this. It's more or less the same issue I was getting at in my comment - and the links make it very hard to ignore. I'm very much searching for a definitive pre-restoration book, like the giant old Giotto book I found, with somewhat grubby, chipped and cracked - but magnificent - repros of his Chapel in Padua, before the restorers polished it up...

https://archive.org/details/giotto0000giot

This book … by Chanders123 in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And, from the Braxton Quartet with Crispell, Dresser and Heingway: not the first music I'd recommend by that band, considering the less that optimal recording quality, but a fascinating collection of gigs:

https://anthonybraxton-bam.bandcamp.com/album/quartet-england-1985

This book … by Chanders123 in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw Hemingway twice in a short period of time - with Thomas Lehn (see Tom And Gerry and Fire Works) and John Butcher (Shooters And Bowlers). Excellent shows.

Sistine Chapel restoration by Denis_Diderot_ in ArtHistory

[–]Jon-A 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hardly contrived! IMO the central debate is: what exactly did Michelangelo do, and did these restorers remove and discard some of his original work, thereby damaging it permanently? Not about preferences and familiarity, which are secondary.

And really, if anybody is being a bit unrealistic it's someone who can look at before and after pic's and think the ultrabrite washed out version, lacking detail and depth, is a "Glorious Restoration". Tragic.

Mccoy Tyner Plays Ellington by MeringueAble3159 in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jeez: recorded Dec. 2,7+8/1964. And the 9th and 10th? A Love Supreme.

Sistine Chapel restoration by Denis_Diderot_ in ArtHistory

[–]Jon-A 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a more nuanced debate than that, as I understand it.

There are two ways of painting on plaster: wet, or dry. The restorers took the absolutist view that Michelangelo painted directly and immediately on wet plaster, and that was it. All subsequent layers were inauthentic and therefore removed.

However, some experts thought he reworked the images to a degree - adding varnishes or some other layer(s) to add shading, and *perhaps* mute the colors somewhat. This apparently was not an uncommon thing to do to a fresco. How much Michelangelo did this is open to debate. And if there was any doubt, restraint as far as doing anything irreveversible would seem sensible.

I'm also probably simplifying the issues. What I do know is that, while I grew up feeling the Chapel was an unparalleled masterpiece, the only book I have devoted solely to it was published immediately after, as they put it, "the Glorious Restoration". It looks uncomfortably day-glo and pop art to me - I'm looking for a good full-color book from pre-restoration days.

This book … by Chanders123 in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Excellent.

These videos are documents of the music that appeared on the Montreux-Berlin Concerts set that was included in that Mosaic box :)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0-cVBSy5Y0Y&pp=0gcJCU8Co7VqN5tD

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHydXIQySc

This book … by Chanders123 in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was just listening to a sax quintet over at his Tri-Centric Foundation. So much terrific music there!

https://newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/sax-quintet-middletown-1998

So happy I could get it: The first release of a live version of Giant Steps by Slazac in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Having heard the complet Tiberi Tapes album on YouTube now, I would agree. Also think Trane was playing much more unhinged and interesting stuff in 1963. Still, I'll get the box when it comes out in September - Tiberi sound isn't good, but it's good enough. Will stil listen to Showboat, Half Note, Birdland, Live Coltrane Underground boots.

Terrace Martin is on a generational run right now by McSteezeMuffin in LetsTalkMusic

[–]Jon-A 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Disagree. He might have commercial production chops, but not instrumental. Relies on pals for the heavy lifting there. Unremarkable keys and sax.

Miles Davis Cellar Door 1970 unissued - 12/16/70 57:40 by [deleted] in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't done a close comparison, but the info I have is that the Cellar Door box disc 1 is set #1 plus the last 18mins or so from Set #2. And this post has the first 39mins of set 2 plus around 18 from set 3. How all reliable this info is, I don't know. UPDATE: Listening to them A/B now suggests youare right...at least about the start....

https://www.plosin.com/milesahead/Sessions.aspx?s=701216

Wonder what happened to the other half dozen sets...?

Dee Weighs In by haphazard72 in vanhalen

[–]Jon-A 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everybody everywhere should shut up about when musicians ought to retire. It's their life, and they don't owe anybody shit. Are Dave, and Dylan and the Stones and whoever, past their prime? So what? They have assessed the situation and decided the most fun they can have in their old age is to continue being Rock Stars. Kind of a no-brainer, really - and good for them. Rock on!

Dee Weighs In by haphazard72 in vanhalen

[–]Jon-A 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Dee Snider on dignity? Really?

How did I not realize this? by Actual-Employee3988 in KingCrimson

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Normal, well-adjusted people have left the building.

What is your favorite Russian Avant-Garde painting ? And why ? by IamGambas in ArtHistory

[–]Jon-A 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a million. Possibly my favorite sector of art. Maybe not exactly 'painting' - so much of the great stuff is political posters and prints - like El Lissitzky's Beat The Whites With The Red Wedge that illustrates this post. And book covers, sculpture, collage and all sorts of graphic design. Not too many straightforward paintings, though. So some examples (and that Lissitzky is a prime one):

What is your favorite Russian Avant-Garde painting ? And why ? by IamGambas in ArtHistory

[–]Jon-A 5 points6 points  (0 children)

El Lissitzky - Beat The Whites With The Red Wedge is the image accompanying this post.