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Date:         Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:25:00 CDT
From:         CV01@SWTEXAS.BITNET
Subject:      Thursday's oh so sad

   First a question for all you jazz fanatics out there (and you know who
you are).
   Has anyone seen and heard the videotape _The Coltrane Legacy_?  I'm
trying to decide whether to order it, but considering the quality of some
of the audio that you get with Rare Footage (tm), I'm hesitant to plop down
$30 for it.


>Date:         Wed, 29 Jul 1992 14:51:18 CDT
>From:         Lee=Jenkins%Factory=Sup%Mfg=Hou@BANGATE.COMPAQ.COM
>Subject:      sharrock, jazz, etc
>
>
>i picked up sharrock's _ask the ages_ based on the list recommendation,
and it
>is actually quite good.  i was very impressed with the way the guitar and
>saxaphone(s) play in and around each other, and just how the guitar shines
in
>general.  very nice.
>
> [poor mix discussion deleted]
>
>anyhow, i would highly recommend this cd to anyone who is still undecided
>about this whole jazz/sharrock concept.  it is very good.

Lee,

   If you are coming from a metal background, you might want to go for
_Seize The Rainbow_ next.  It's worth it for "Dick Dogs" alone.


>Date:         Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:19:18 EDT
>From:         Sonia Kovitz <skovitz@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
>Subject:      Re: Losing My Religion
>
>
>Well, let's just get it said re:
>various recent exchanges on the solar plexus, the metabolism, as the way
music
>affects you: IMHO all great music (that includes EVERYBODY's definition,
i.e.
>regarding your personal solar plexus, not mine.... to clarify, any music
YOU
>think is GREAT fits what I am saying here) is religious in the sense that
it
>MOVES you, you "transcend" your daily ordinary crap.... OK, flame me for
this
>nonsense (my son would--I'm sure glad he would never consider joining this
>net).

   I guess this goes back to the question of the intellectual, analytical
approach to music vs. the gut-level response.  I don't care for the
connotations of the word "religion", mostly because of all the horrific
things that have been perpetrated in its name.  Also, great music is just
as capable of taking you into a sort of personal hell, which is probably
not what we normally think of when we talk about a "religious experience",
(even though the concept obviously exists within the scope of religion).  I
can live with the idea of transcendence.  That is what music is for me --
whether it be to lift me up, or to carry me down so far that when it's over
I feel elated.
   Others may take a more clinical approach to their music.  If I remember
correctly, Michael even admitted to over-intellectualizing his music (but I
don't want to put words in his mouth -- he doesn't need my help  ;*).  If
he gets his musical kicks from that, I wouldn't try to tell him that he's
going about it the wrong way.


>Date:         Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:22:00 EDT
>From:         Sonia Kovitz <skovitz@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
>Subject:      Re: Tunnel hearing
>
>
>Apparently some French anthropologists in New Guinea brought along some
Edith
>Piaf and played it for some aborigines who had never heard
>Western music--they couldn't stand the sound of it and ran away screaming.

   That's understandable -- I would have reacted the same way.

   Now I wonder what would have happened if they'd played some Ornette for
them?  ;*)


      bye,
      cmv ("chuck")
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