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During the 1970s and 1980s, the Woodstock-based Creative Music Studio was widely considered as the premier center for the study of contemporary creative music.
This full-day colloquium will capture many oral histories concerning the Creative Music Studio years and the variegated impact of those experiences on the musical outlook of its participants and the larger world of music and culture.
“You have to learn all those notes and scales…that’s a beautiful foundation but then you have to spend a lifetime finding out what to leave out”Percy Heath
Jerry Lee Williams( 61, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 23, 1948) died of liver problems in Yucca Valley, California, September 18!
I got this news two days ago from Tony Mann who was a friend of his. He visited him a couple of months ago in Joshua Tree, California, and took this picture. It is the last photo of Williams.
As I write this, I’m listening to Herbert Von Karajan conducting the Berlin Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven’s 7th symphony, allegretto, 2nd movement.
This is what I’m hearing: Beethoven is getting old. Death is no longer an abstract idea; it is becoming real. He accepts it, as we all must. But the pain of his life is weighing on him. He struggles with memories and loneliness. And from time to time, glimpses of joy and moments happiness come to him, suggesting a great reward at the end of his trials. But for now, he must endure his pain. And his passion.
Bachir Attar & The Master Musicians of Jajouka (photo by Cherie Nutting)
"Hadj"Abdesalam Attar, Ornette Coleman & Robert Palmer 1973 (photo by Joel Rubiner)
In this video, Malim Ali El Attar, one of the oldest residents of Jajouka, comes to visit Bachir Attar, the current leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka. Malim Ali is in his nineties and played on both Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka (1971) and Ornette Coleman’s “Midnight Sunrise,” a collaboration between the Master Musicians and Mr. Coleman recorded in 1973. Against his will, Malim Ali’s image has been used over the last two years to support a band billing themselves as the “Master Musicians of Joujouka,” a group of wedding musicians from a neighboring village managed by an Irishman. Exploiting a confusion in transliteration that allowed Brian Jones’ recording to be initially released using the name “Joujouka,” these wedding musicians managed by a foreigner attempt to compete with the genuine article, The Master Musicians of Jajouka, often capitalizing on or taking credit for the accomplishments of Mr. Attar’s group. As this video proves, the “Joujouka” group also falsely use people like Malim Ali to sow dissension in the village and to prop up their unsubstantiated claims to authenticity. For more information on Mr. Attar’s band and its history, see www.jajouka.com.
Katie Roiphe caused a stir with her recent New York Times essay “The Naked and the Conflicted,” which argues that a large chunk of today’s heterosexual male authors tend to not only shy away from sex, but also express disgust and even boredom with it. But we’re not here to rehash the ample controversy she incited. Instead, we’ve decided to see whether her thesis applies to young, male artists in another arena: indie rock. We examined some of last year’s buzziest hits to determine whether their creators find sex as passé as their literary counterparts. Will hipster rockers prove the exception by summoning the libido of Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes? Also: Where the ladies at, and are their sexual antics stealing the striptease?
Animal Collective, “My Girls” – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)
Animal Collective are so over sex that their human forms actually melt down and disintegrate in the last 45 seconds of the video for “My Girls.” Body parts! Who needs ‘em? And make no mistake: “My Girls” does not address a bevy of doe-eyed indie-rock princesses, but instead the wife and daughter for whom our fine, upstanding citizens want a “proper house” of “four walls and adobe slats.” We’re also guessing that this humble abode won’t contain a rotating bed or mirrors on the ceilings, as they “don’t care for fancy things.” Devotion to simplicity, celibacy, and love of music? Sounds like the Shaker community is about to get some new recruits.
Tonight after midnight while practising on my sax, I listened to the radio station BBC World SERVICE which featured the Afghani rock band KABUL DREAMS. They were interviewed and did a short acapella.
So I got the idea to look for them in YouTube and check out how they sound as a band. I found one. After watching it I wondered how Rock bands in Iran, Pakistan and India would sound. You know, Afghanistan’s neighbors. Again YouTube helped me out. I found some interesting videos which I really enjoyed. Each video has a personal touch and tells a specific story. Please enjoy and listen to their stories and messages.
During the 1970s and 1980s, the Woodstock-based Creative Music Studio was widely considered as the premier center for the study of contemporary creative music.
