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With this dude singing

Interesting.

Evan Parker was pretty great, although the area was kind of scary. And it was recorded, so maybe I'll hear it on CD some day! The problem with the improv guys though is that the live performances are never as good as the best takes culled for CD.

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Well the good one doesn't exist on its own. The final piece was actually very good because they finally gelled. I would say it's only a 3 star performance based on what I heard, but it might be better on repeated listens. Evan opened with a 10 minute solo on soprano saxophone that had no breathing pauses, which was technically very difficult, but not that great for me because it was just a lot of notes, but on repeated listens I might hear more of the logic of it. And the pedal steel guitarist was mixed too loud and didn't know when to shut up for the first half (I think she was too excited by being recorded playing with somebody famous because she was not), but maybe on the CD they can EQ that away.

But I didn't go there to hear a unique Evan Parker solo that blows my mind, I went there to sit 10 feet away from him while he played for an hour and a half and shake hands with him afterwards. And that alone was worth the 1.5 hour drive each way. I wanted to ask him if he was ever going to record with Peter Brotzmann again, but then I decided that maybe they had a falling out I didn't know about and it would be like asking him what is the deal with Derek Bailey. But it turns out on actually googling it they recorded an album together in 2004, so I would have just looked stupid! Although it seems they didn't play much together on that album so I guess it still would be a valid question.

Edited by Henry Plainview - April 18 2010 at 23:44

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Henry, have you listened to any of the Derek Bailey & the Ruins material?

I think I'm off for the night.

Here's the video I was talking about:

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that was incredible very Mahavishnu in places

Henry Plainview, I love your new sig!!!

just me. no one else. very lonely talking to myself at 1.43 inthe morning on a cold night tucked up in bed with my laptop. about to go to sleep and very tirrrrrrrrrrrrrrred. cant even be bothered doing capitals now

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