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>Andre La Fosse: > >It could just be my imagination, but it seems like there's actually an >increasing receptiveness for "new" music on the part of a lot of >listeners these days. I keep thinking of the cross-breeding that's been >going on between some of the "post-rock" or "alternative" schools of >thought with "new music" over the last few years -- Jim O'Rourke, Thrill >Jockey records, John Fahey, the Fibbers, the Sonic Youth EPs, etc. > >Me: > >I too would like to hear thoughts on this. I recently attended a show by >Charms of the Night Sky (quartet of Dave Douglas, Mark Feldman, Guy >Kluvesek(sp?), a bassist), with local Tampa Bay avant jazz band Shim >opening >at Club More in Clearwater. The place was packed! And I mean, packed, >in a >larger-than-normal sized club! > I had the honor of running sound for the Charms of the Night Sky band in Portland OR, and that show was sold out! It's Greg Cohen on bass, also plays with Zorn's Masada and Tom Waits. Amazing show, and very cool to see the audience it brought out. I find it pretty interesting that we still refer to this as "new" music. I mean, when was Ornette's Free Jazz recorded, 1964? Bitches Brew is over 30 years old! And this stuff still stirs controversy, at least among the Marsalis/Burns axis. I think that what Dave Douglas, among others, is doing is really the mainstream of jazz for the present day, he's just considered a radical because his history of jazz doesn't end in 1965. ____________________________________________ Dave Trenkel : improv@peak.org New & Improv Media http://www.newandimprov.com Now available: Admiral Twinkle Devil: Wabi Dub ____________________________________________