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« on: 11:23:28, 03-08-2008 » |
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Might be some way off still but Charles Mingus is scheduled to be the featured Composer of the Week on Radio 3, week commencing September 29th. They are moving the jazz progs around the schedules post Proms too. Jazz Library moves to Saturday afternoon and Jazz on 3 does a straight swap with World on 3 ( Friday to Monday late night ) Does anyone care what happens to Jazz Line up ? ( late night Sunday in case anyone does )
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Antheil
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« Reply #1 on: 12:00:20, 03-08-2008 » |
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Good news about Mingus CotW but not good about Jazz Library being shunted off into the Saturday afternoon ghetto  I realise jazz is a minority interest but honestly, who is around to listen at that time, plus jazz fans are predominantly male and Saturday afternoon means only one thing - rugby! (or football if you must, I suppose) and JLU late on Sunday when folks have to get up early on Monday for work? |
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« Reply #2 on: 12:03:43, 03-08-2008 » |
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Excellent news about Mingus being CotW - that ought to give the TOP Little Englanders something to howl and scream about  |
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Antheil
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« Reply #3 on: 13:07:44, 03-08-2008 » |
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Actually I rather hoped BobbyZ (although he has posted about it on the Jazz MB) or someone else might have posted on Platform 3  As I recall I think the only other jazz composer to be on CotW was Duke Ellington? |
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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« Reply #4 on: 13:30:48, 03-08-2008 » |
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Also Miles Davis, the Welsh jazzer, Antheil.
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« Reply #5 on: 14:05:01, 03-08-2008 » |
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Thanks from me too for flagging this up, BobbyZ.
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Antheil
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« Reply #6 on: 14:06:27, 03-08-2008 » |
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Also Miles Davis, the Welsh jazzer, Antheil.
Ah George, now look you, if he was Welsh he would be Miles Davi es which is the correct and honourable spelling of the name but, in fact, he must be English and terribly Upper Class with a Christian name like Miles |
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BobbyZ
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« Reply #7 on: 15:33:35, 03-08-2008 » |
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Actually I rather hoped BobbyZ (although he has posted about it on the Jazz MB) or someone else might have posted on Platform 3 I thought they would have plenty of time to get apoplectic closer to the broadcasts. And I didn't really want to get into the habit of posting over there either to be honest ! They should be fascinating programmes though. Alyn Shipton has done a Jazz Library of course but that only served to illustrate that there was so much else to highlight. |
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« Reply #8 on: 23:09:19, 03-08-2008 » |
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Who will be intoducing these programmes, I wonder- Brian Priestley? Will they play 'Black saint...' in its entirety, as they would a Schubert quartet?
If people are into DVDs there's a pretty good one of Mingus on the European tour of 1964 with Dolphy, Clifford Jordan, Johnny Coles & Dannie Richmond. Well recorded on the whole, some wild music, & the man himself appears in quite genial mood. No trashing of tape recorders & calling the audience Nazis, which reportedly happened later on in Germany.
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« Reply #9 on: 17:51:15, 04-08-2008 » |
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now look you
Now look you? Amazing, how it conveys in mere pixels I saw these boys recently, they're pretty good. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=126521536Makes me wonder about the phenomenon of "Welsh jazz". I'm not really a Mingus fan. There are some tunes with parts I like a lot but not in their entirety, but that's about it. Still, good to see a CotW appearance and I'll be tuning in to see if there's something to learn. |
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BobbyZ
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« Reply #10 on: 22:06:37, 25-09-2008 » |
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Who will be intoducing these programmes, I wonder- Brian Priestley? Will they play 'Black saint...' in its entirety, as they would a Schubert quartet?
Giving this topic a bump since the programmes are on next week. And yes, they are playing "Black Saint..." in its entirety ( on Thursday ) and Brian Priestley is co-presenting with the usual Donald Macleod. The whole week looks pretty much unmissable. |
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« Reply #11 on: 09:17:52, 26-09-2008 » |
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Thanks, BobbyZ. Ashamed to admit I don't know Black Saint so I'll be listening out (or in) ...
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« Reply #12 on: 13:00:40, 26-09-2008 » |
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Thanks, BobbyZ. Ashamed to admit I don't know Black Saint so I'll be listening out (or in) ...
Mingus was a force of nature, and Black Saint is a masterpiece. Can I also mention Beneath the Underdog, Mingus' autobiography of sorts, at once scatalogical, subversive and erotic ... |
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BobbyZ
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« Reply #13 on: 23:11:59, 29-09-2008 » |
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Goodness, there are some posters at TOP who do not like the idea of such a musician being on COTW. Whoever would have predicted that ?
Well, I'm going to enjoy the week. A good start today and an indication of the range of material to be considered.
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« Reply #14 on: 23:15:54, 29-09-2008 » |
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I did not see the other board, but whatever the poster write there the program attracts many more thousands of people who love to listen to Mingus.
I have to ask people like my hairdresser, my former students-programmers etc.
People who post there are sour grapes.
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