Mr_Iko

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DeAge™ : 8580 days • Here since 12 december 2002

David Bowie Best Of Bowie - Double DVD Set

24 jan 03

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I mean Dude from "All the young dudes," an iconic song written by Bowie for Mott the Hoople, which you have surely heard at some point.

David Bowie Best Of Bowie - Double DVD Set

24 jan 03

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Thanks! :-)

David Bowie Best Of Bowie - Double DVD Set

24 jan 03

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For the editorial team of de-baser: given that when I reviewed "the best of the BBC session" you called me out for having conveniently removed a "the" and put me on the spot for the freedom I took, justifying it with the necessity of formal purity, I invite you to notice how in the title of the album within the review I sent you, "best of bowie," it is written in lowercase. I sadly note that you have inserted capital letters. Therefore, I invite you, in homage to the "formal purity" you taught me, to modify the name of the DVD set, restoring the lowercase letters, because the name of the box is indeed written in lowercase. Thank you. A "controversial" Mr_Iko

David Bowie Best Of Bowie - Double DVD Set

24 jan 03

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they are not exceptional when compared to Bowie’s discography, but if you relate them to the music of that kind, even "Tonight" and "Never Let Me Down" are quite respectable albums. Of course, I prefer Ziggy or Heroes or Hunky Dory or The Man Who Sold the World. But let's leave Let's Dance aside; that one is truly great, it’s the symbol album of a generation, a decade, copied and re-proposed in its fundamental lines even by modern DJs...

Esbjörn Svensson Trio Strange Place for Snow

24 jan 03

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Turkish, your thought has already been discussed and shared by a lot of jazz artists who have, one way or another, echoed the necessity of the warmth that only the audience can provide in order to achieve excellent performances. However, there is actually a strong counter-thought that stems from the fact that in the 40s and 50s, artists who played in small, smoky venues would eventually close themselves off at the end of the night, practically isolating themselves, and the few (and lucky) attendees who were able to witness and listen to those improvisations recount "incredible things." I believe that by "live necessity," it should be understood that there must always and in any case be a space dedicated to improvisation, whether it's during a recording studio session or a performance with an audience.

Esbjörn Svensson Trio Strange Place for Snow

23 jan 03

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Early 20th-century jazz doesn’t interest me: ragtime, Dixieland, traditional Swing... I’m not particularly fond of Bebop either, although the frenzy of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie piques my curiosity. What I find rewarding is Cool, Modal, and Free (Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Hancock, Gary Burton, Jarrett, Chick Corea, Coltrane, the M.J.Q.), Jazz-rock (Miles Davis), and Fusion (Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, Miles Davis who is always there!). Latin Jazz puts me off a bit, and the mainstream Acid Jazz annoys me. Jazz is great; you just need someone to guide you in your choices...

Esbjörn Svensson Trio Strange Place for Snow

23 jan 03

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In reality, all it takes is a couple of chromatic notes in a song and voilà... jazz! Jazz encompasses everything, it originated before everything else (except classical) and it will endure after everything else. Unfortunately, I became fond of it late. Hurry up! I guarantee that after about a hundred hours of listening, you’ll start to understand why it’s so ahead of its time. And let it be clear: there’s also bad jazz, I assure you! You just have to know how to choose, like in rock or dance or any other type of music. For example, I find the early 20th century jazz (ragtime, swing, etc.) a bit tedious. I listen to it for... let’s say, cultural reasons!

Esbjörn Svensson Trio Strange Place for Snow

23 jan 03

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sorry, I don't know the Tortoise. Are they cool? Can you describe them to me, please? By Jazzeggianti, do you mean that they have rock constructions on which they insert scales and jazz-style improvisations? Or what do you mean?

Esbjörn Svensson Trio Strange Place for Snow

23 jan 03

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Dexter has an impressive discography! But I'm not really into the be-bop of the sixties, music that feels a bit too... "undulating" and "monothematic," long solo embellishments over well-defined structures, for my experimental tastes... Try watching the film "Round Midnight" by Bertrand Tavernier, in which Gordon stars. You might like it! P.S. If I’m not mistaken, I rated the album 4/5, but it could also be 5/5 even though I would have preferred a score slightly below perfection. I mean, Bitches Brew is a 5/5, this one just a bit less...