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DaleHauskins
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 23 2005 Location: So.California Status: Offline Points: 239 |
Topic: Playing The Band; Jon Hiseman biog Posted: January 11 2011 at 11:46 |
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Thanks soo much and God bless you Mr.Richardson ;blessings in 2011.
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Dale Hauskins
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londonjazzer
Forum Groupie Joined: October 25 2010 Location: bristol uk Status: Offline Points: 41 |
Posted: January 11 2011 at 11:28 | ||
PS more nice reviews can be seen on my blog-site: colinrichardsonjazz.typepad.com
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londonjazzer
Forum Groupie Joined: October 25 2010 Location: bristol uk Status: Offline Points: 41 |
Posted: January 11 2011 at 11:26 | ||
Nice sentiments, Dale. I will pass them on to Jon. You are not the only one to have experienced Jon's generous spirit. He has always supported fellow-musicians over the years and is always patient and responsive with his fans. In fact he is a total antithesis to the archetypal ego-driven 'star'.
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DaleHauskins
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 23 2005 Location: So.California Status: Offline Points: 239 |
Posted: January 11 2011 at 11:05 | ||
Mr.Hiseman was always very kind to this Los Angeles Californian guitarist ever since I sent him stuff I played on in Switzerland since the early 80's,(Flame Dream);and with southern Californian bands & musicians.
Mr.Hiseman would always send me his kind written letters;and many cassette tapes of different albums by Paraphernalia.Barbara Thompson is indeed an awesome player,writer;and serious flautist,saxophonist;and composer.(Her bassist Dave Ball is totally underrated.) As an a American,Los Angeles professional guitarist-musician,it's very very sad + depressing that Paraphernalia never got even known,never heard;nor ever toured in southern California let alone the United States. Blessings and a positive 2011 to all !! ☮♫♪♫♪♪♫☮♫♪♪♫☮♫♪♪♫♫♪♪♫♫♪♪♫☮ |
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Dale Hauskins
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Dick Heath
Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12812 |
Posted: December 27 2010 at 07:04 | ||
Check out my Amazon review on the best and most insightful biography I've read on the rock/blues/jazz (aka jazz rock fusion) musician(s) I've read in a very long time:
I was very impressed by this entertaining and informative biography of one the greats of British jazz and jazz fusion, Jon Hiseman. While not quite 'warts and all', we do get a clear sense of the author standing back to analyse the various periods and changes in Hiseman’s musical life, helped in no small way by his having the opportunity to talk and tease out all the background details with many of the key players in his musical history. While this book is relatively long, there no sense of overdoing things to a point of tedium – space is made to describe and discuss events and developments. For these reasons, you will find more clarity and understanding of what makes Jon Hiseman and his long-term colleagues tick, than found in most published musical biographies. If there were any major regrets by any of the former members of Hiseman’s bands, they aren't obvious, but rather more hinted at by a sense of omission. Indeed, the honesty of the text makes quite clear which players were hired and fired, but who then invariably speak of their time with Hiseman as being formative and/or educational. Later reunions clearly show that any bitterness was short-lived or even non-existent. Indeed, the most critical of his role here is Jon Hiseman himself, but nevertheless Jon comes across as a comparatively nice guy – albeit somewhat hard-nosed and self-critical, but certainly as a survivor in the tough business of fusing jazz, rock and blues.
I did start to think at one point, that author Hanson was going to over-do Colosseum’s original 3 year period, but with 400 plus pages of text in total, there is no shortage of detail about all the other bands forming Hiseman's musical family tree, with plenty to mull over with respect to the post-1972 years . There are individual, but interconnected histories of Colosseum, Tempest, Colosseum 2, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia as well as the Hiseman family business. This is not just the story of Jon Hiseman alone. In one sense, the neat, continual use of thumb-nail biogs of the key players reinforces the importance of each and every one of Hiseman’s bands, both to the author and Hiseman himself. In one particular area of importance we get to understand why Jon & Co. turned to Europe, achieving far more accolades and a large fan base here than in North America: Europe’s gain is America big, big loss. So, I am pleased to report that this is one of the most comprehensive rock/jazz/(blues) biographies I’ve read in respect of its completeness and balance, due in no small part, I'm sure, to the access Martin Hanson had to the main players and, more importantly, their enthusiastic willingness to talk honestly and openly to him. Thus you are getting the real deal, from the collective horses’ mouths, so to speak. All-in-all, this biography has a freshness, which clearly comes from the author’s enthusiasm for Hiseman and his music, but without any fawning or gratuitous flattery. I have to add the book is extremely readable – I can’t recall at any time flicking through any dull pages attempting to seek something more readable. Finally, I also have a sense of being brought right up to 2010 in the company of musicians who are still working hard and making music that is still very much alive and relevant today. |
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londonjazzer
Forum Groupie Joined: October 25 2010 Location: bristol uk Status: Offline Points: 41 |
Posted: December 24 2010 at 11:46 | ||
The above review is reproduced with kind permission of Russell Newmark (author).
LJ |
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londonjazzer
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Posted: December 24 2010 at 10:03 | ||
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martynh
Forum Newbie Joined: January 27 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3 |
Posted: November 15 2010 at 14:34 | ||
Jon recently invited me on tour with the band for a few dates to sign some books. I attended Hamburg, Worpswede, Paderborn and Bonn. Jon gave the book a great plug in the 'commercial break' part of the show and it was well received afterwards. I signed getting on for a 100 in all and can only imagine how well the book would have gone had it of been in German.
It's hard to believe the book is out at last as I started it so long ago.
It is my fourth book - the other ones being ELP, The Nice and The Groundhogs.
best
Martyn Hanson
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londonjazzer
Forum Groupie Joined: October 25 2010 Location: bristol uk Status: Offline Points: 41 |
Posted: November 15 2010 at 06:50 | ||
I hadn't heard about this TV programme...the first mention that Jon Hiseman makes is when they were recording 'Rockpalast' for WDR. The reaction to these appearances was so good that they decided to play some live gigs...and the rest is (jazz/rock) history.
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Dick Heath
Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12812 |
Posted: November 12 2010 at 04:42 | ||
No argument - indeed I played a track off the group's Teamwork album last night on my show to illustrate Jon Hiseman's intricate stickwork. And indeed their albums would benefit from being more generally available - I followed you guidance BF and eventually got two albums for Germany but it should be easier for anybody outside your country..
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BaldFriede
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 02 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10261 |
Posted: November 11 2010 at 05:59 | ||
The United Jazz And Rock Ensemble definitely deserve a lot more attention. They suffer from the problem that for a long time their albums were only available from 2001, a small shop chain with shops in Frankfurt, Cologne and Hamburg. But they were a fantastic abnd, as these videos prove:
I grew up with that band, in a way; they first appeared in a TV sitcom named "Goldener Sonntag" ("Goilden Sunday"), which was quite popular in Germany in the late 70s and was shown, you guessed, on Sundays at 11 am.. The sitcom had an interesting concept; it was played live, and the actors all called each other by their real first names. And at one point in each episode someone would switch on the TV, where the United Jazz And Rock Ensemble played one track live, and after that the TV was switched off again. The band did not have a name back then, and they were not always exac tly the same musicians, but when the TV-show turned out to be so popular the band finally was formed. Edited by BaldFriede - November 12 2010 at 13:16 |
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Dick Heath
Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12812 |
Posted: November 11 2010 at 04:25 | ||
Ah!! Cool!
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Formentera Lady
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 20 2010 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 1795 |
Posted: November 09 2010 at 16:33 | ||
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londonjazzer
Forum Groupie Joined: October 25 2010 Location: bristol uk Status: Offline Points: 41 |
Posted: November 09 2010 at 11:39 | ||
Duly noted, Sean. I'll watch what happens.
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Sean Trane
Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20239 |
Posted: November 09 2010 at 11:12 | ||
nothing too blatant, as long as it's related to the site's focus
Well I'm not an Admin here, but posting this in the blog section is probably not going to sit well with them... They might move it of place.....
So if you don't find it here, don't panic...
Maybe in the Books and Misc forum or in the get the word out forum
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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londonjazzer
Forum Groupie Joined: October 25 2010 Location: bristol uk Status: Offline Points: 41 |
Posted: November 09 2010 at 09:40 | ||
Sure thing Sean...wasn't too sure that wouldn't be a bit too blatant a plug! Here you go:
You can order through Jon's website: http://www.temple-music.com/ or direct from the online shop @ http://www.cka-net.com/acatalog/Temple_Music_Books.html My blogsite also has some stuff on it. It's @ colinrichardsonjazz.typepad.com and thanks for the friendly welcome. |
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Sean Trane
Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20239 |
Posted: November 09 2010 at 09:11 | ||
Hey, I see you're new here.... welcome...
Dio you have anymore informations on this book (publisher, author, ISBN# etc....) and maybe a link to Hiseman's site???
It's customary to post these, here.
Thanks
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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londonjazzer
Forum Groupie Joined: October 25 2010 Location: bristol uk Status: Offline Points: 41 |
Posted: November 09 2010 at 07:53 | ||
How satisfying it is when something you have been working on for over two years - correcting, honing, correcting again and then finessing...finally becomes reality and you hold the finished book in your hands."Playing the band" ended up being bigger than originally planned...452 pages instead of around 350, mainly because Jon wanted to include over a hundred photos (many of which had never been published before), as well as adding a drum mini-tutorial and a computer appendix. Then a much more comprehensive index added several more pages. Jon also decided that, in the interest of readability, the type size should be increased, as well as the line-spacing. Up goes the production cost and, of course, the cost of shipping it, so the book's price had to be upped a bit to cover these unforeseen extra expenses. So now the cover price is £16.95, a bit higher than we wanted, though various discounting means that, in all likelihood, no-one will actually have to pay the full price.Sales on the tour gigs in Germany so far have been very encouraging and it looks like it will do well over there...and so it should, as Colosseum have always had a larger fan-base in Europe than in the UK, who remain loyal to the band, as Jon, Barbara Thompson, Chris Farlowe and Clem Clempson have been touring on and off there with various groups for more than four decades. Barbara's band, Paraphernalia, built up an incredible following through the '80s & '90s and both she and Jon enjoyed further exposure, playing with the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble (aka "the Band of Bandleaders"...definitely worth checking out!) during that period.All of which can be read about in this comprehensive biography of Jon Hiseman's life in music. If you're at all interested in how the British jazz-rock and blues scene evolved from the '60s to the present day...you ought to read this book! |
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Dick Heath
Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12812 |
Posted: November 09 2010 at 06:50 | ||
Please explain.
I will certainly write a review for PA once I've completed reading the book.
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Formentera Lady
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 20 2010 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 1795 |
Posted: November 08 2010 at 16:11 | ||
Yep, I have it too, and it's littered with unreadable signatures, see:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72527 Do you write a review? Then I do not have to (no time)... |
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