In Case The Horse Is Still Breathing
jporter
jp4321 at idt.net
Tue Apr 25 21:08:20 CDT 2000
>>>>Music speaks to the "thymic" part, if I am
>not mistaken, the emotional cosmos, the psyche itself, if you will.<<<
>
>According to today's NY Times, Evan Parker and Ned Rothenberg stretch beyond
>thymicity as well. And, I'll be damned.....there's a literary reference:
>
>
>"The first (Evan Parker duet)was with Ned Rothenberg, and it came close to
>an ideal partnership. Mr. Rothenberg spent much of the set as accompanist,
>interjecting notes and chords on the bass clarinet that guided the listener
>harmonically through the gnarled rush of Mr. Parker's playing. You could see
>the melody and the logic in it, and it was an illumination, like reading
>Joyce with clear explanatory footnotes. But then he came out of his
>secondary role and took the spotlight himself for a short while; instead of
>Mr. Parker's leonine serenity, he played with a thicker, more athletic
>sound."
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/00/04/25/news/arts/parker-music-review.html
>
>When it comes to music, this Left Coaster wishes he was more to the Right.
Little Charlie and the Night Cats, Thursday, April 27th at The Turning
Point, Piermont, N.Y.
http://www.turningpointcafe.com Be there, or be un-round.
jody
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