So I'll just recommend this, Mr. Hec, Haunted Heart by Charlie Haden's Quartet West.
I've got that! That was a cool project.
The thing with the Verve remixes is that they smooth out the playing-with-rhythm which is an inextricable part of bop and after jazz. It's all dance beats of one kind or another. That works fine on something like "Summertime" which can survive any number of interpretations. Less defensible is the way they chopped up Carmen McRae's vocals on "How Long Has This Been Going On" - essentially undoing her timing. Tricky remaking "Strange Fruit" sounds interesting on paper - but it doesn't work as well in actual execution.
But Nina Simone's "See-Line Woman" works pretty well as a groove number.
As creative sampling, it's not nearly as interesting as something like Tipsy or
Paul's Boutique
or a Bomb Squad production. It definitely trends towards the loungey/chill/ambient side of the spectrum.
Damn, that's a good band name: The Wrath of Pat Metheny!
Would also make a good Yo La Tengo song title.
ETA: I thought about breaking this into paragraphs, but I didn't want to disappoint Misha
Aw, Joe! You're too good to me.
You around this weekend, btw?
Would also make a good Yo La Tengo song title.
Or The Lothars. ijs
I need to share the following exchange from the wedding:
Me: Alex, I want to introduce you to Jon. He's a theremin player in a couple bands, The Pee Wee Fist and The Lothars...
Alex [my best man]: No way! I love The Lothars - they're one of my favorite new bands.
It was all highly unlikely, though Alex does listen to a lot of stuff like Sigur Ros which has a similarly experimental/psych/trippy feel.
I'm going to "Homebody/Kabul" at BAM tonight. Upstate with the Sorels for the weekend. Should be back Monday & may be getting together with Nathaniel, so I may be on your block. Would be delighted to see you.
I'm going to "Homebody/Kabul" at BAM tonight.
*Seriously*?? I really really REALLY want to see it. Jealous now.
I need to share the following exchange from the wedding:
That was pretty cool. Except that it happened
nothing
like how you describe it. Alex was wearing a Bardo Pond shirt at Emmett's baseball game. I mentioned that I'd played with them; he asked what band I was in; yadda yadda yadda; we bonded.
*Seriously*??
If you were here it's even money (probably more like 1 to 3 actually) that you could buy my GF's ticket. She wants to see it but it's a) 4 hours long b) she's been up since 6 (teacher) and c) she didn't go to bed until around 1 last night. It's ending this weekend, but Trudy & I have tentative plans to go see this if you'd like to join us. You know you want to visit NY in the next couple weeks. I'll even buy your ticket. To the play, that is. Airfare's on you. Now I'm really leaving. Enjoy the long weekend everybody!
I really dig Sigur Ros. The whole Vanilla Sky soundtrack has their essentially experimental feel, and I'm fond of it.
Some website (I think it's Sigur Ros's own site) has a bunch of their mp3s available for free download. And yes, they are great.
