Grasshopper

DeRank ™: 5,88

DeAge™ : 7973 days • Here since 11 august 2004

Maurice Ravel Bolero

11 sep 06

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Here, you have said it perfectly: a timeless music that goes far beyond its era and perhaps even outside the boundaries of classical music itself. The true Ravel for me is another one, the one of the other orchestral works, where the reference to traditional forms (minuet, pavane, waltz, and other more or less ancient dances) merges with an entirely modern mastery in the use of orchestral timbres. But the Bolero, even though it is an isolated episode, remains a masterpiece of which you have perfectly captured the hypnotic magic, linked precisely to its obsessiveness.

Dizzy Gillespie And The United Nation Orchestra Live At The Royal Festival Hall London

7 jul 06

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Someone stepped on it before a concert, but he realized that bent this way he could hear it better and he never changed it again (at least that's what I read).

Lila Downs La cantina "Entre copa y copa"

7 jul 06

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Even with a grasshopper nickname, I’m already fed up with this dry heat that’s killing me. But this inspired and picturesque Hemingwayesque scene still makes me want to listen to a type of music that (alas) I’ve never really explored much.

Alberto Fortis Alberto Fortis

7 jul 06

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(Answer to the question posed to me about the review of Sonny Rollins) I think it’s no coincidence that it ended up this way. Besides, it brings back good times and a decent album (decent, not exceptional) from an artist who unfortunately has lost his way. And the fact that he’s now at Music Farm shows that he really is lost and doesn’t know how to return, like the famous Andrea. I wonder why it slipped my mind... it must be the upcoming holidays (3 weeks away from debaser: how will I manage?)

Sergei Rachmaninoff Concerto per pianoforte n° 3 in re minore

6 jul 06

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Boh?! What can I say? If you really can't stand it, don't listen to it... I adore almost everything that's Mozartian (I've already sent three reviews about it, full of enthusiastic comments), but I don't see why that should prevent me from properly appreciating what is described as the last of the great late-Romantic concerts. Moreover, I don't see why merely thinking differently from me should automatically lead you to trash the review, which didn’t seem that bad to me... (and not to the others who commented, I’d say). Anyway, feel free to think whatever you want, that’s fine... (the remark about earwax is just a joke)

Sonny Rollins The Bridge

6 jul 06

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It seemed to me... anyway, my instinct to explain everything in minute detail, with plenty of specifics, surged once again.

Sonny Rollins The Bridge

6 jul 06

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Or rather "otherwise I wouldn't have continued," etc. etc.

Sonny Rollins The Bridge

6 jul 06

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Or rather "if I hadn't continued" etc. etc.

Sonny Rollins The Bridge

6 jul 06

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For Saputello: I really appreciate the compliments, but I’d like to point out that I'm not that "new." On August 9 or 10, I will celebrate 2 years of debaserian life, and as for reviews, I've sent them out quite a lot, to the point that this should be around number 110, if I’ve counted correctly. My details (life, death, miracles, tastes, etc.) are on the reviewer profile: just click on the "Grasshopper" link above. Out of laziness, I haven’t filled out the other form yet (by the way, why are there two?). As for the more or less anonymous idiots who insult, they seem to be on vacation lately, and anyway, they don’t bother me much; otherwise, I wouldn't have kept cranking out reviews for almost 2 years.

Charlie Parker The Complete Dial Sessions

6 jul 06

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A splendid and touching portrait of the greatest saxophonist of all time, at least for me. I have a lot of his stuff, but most of the time (alas) it's recorded so-so. After all, we are still in the '40s. I don’t know if this record (which I don’t have) is an exception. A curiosity: in what sense can a locomotive be lush?