NP - Musician RIP's or the P-list habitus

[Allan Balliett]

Just hearing this one Annette Peacock song a very long time ago was enough
to motivate me to buy album she's ever released (including the early synth
stuff with Paul)

You can hear it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUcE9cdQdkM

-Allan in WV where incest isn't a joking matter

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 10:35 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I didn't realize that Annette and Paul were involved in a relationship as
> well...
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 7, 2016, at 8:37 PM, Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks for forwarding this information about an important musician whose
> death has drawn little attention in even the music media (or so it appears.
> Maybe they just didn't have a canned obit ready for Mr Bley?)
>
> I know him best through Annette Peacock. Nothing bout his death on her
> site. (which isn't very carefully maintained)
>
> Do you know anything about their relationship?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Allan in WV
>
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 7:55 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Paul Bley was one of the most influential jazz pianists of the last 60
>> years. He was a pioneer in the free jazz "movement", and performed with
>> many of the great jazz artists, from Ornette Coleman to Gary Peacock,
>> Charlie Haden, Paul Motian...As the obit that I shared states, he was
>> fearless! He was a huge influence on many modern pianists, Keith Jarrett in
>> particular, and was a mentor and close of my friend Frank Kimbrough, one of
>> the best of contemporary jazz pianists. RIP Paul Bley!
>>
>> Www.innergroovemusic.com <http://www.innergroovemusic.com>
>>
>> On Jan 7, 2016, at 7:17 PM, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, January 7, 2016, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> fwiw, have no clue who Bley or Boulez were (no offense).
>>>
>>
>>
>> Pierre Boulez was one of the outstanding living classical  composer at
>> the dawn of the year. Not sure who would be considered 'living greats'
>> nowadays.
>>
>> Perendecki? Reich? Glass? Part? John Adams?  Maybe even Morricone.
>>
>> Boulez was more widely loved as a conductor than as a composer, as his
>> own music was a bit too difficult for most contemporary tastes. Perhaps
>> opinion will catch up with him, as it did with Mahler (whose obituary in
>> the Times focussed almost exclusively on his career as a conductor, with
>> only a cursory mention of his symphonies).
>>
>>
>> more of a Crim/Fripp universe fan myself. Lemmy, of course though I find
>>> it interesting that many talk more about his lifestyle than about the
>>> music. same thing happens with Hawkwind--more articles about sex groupies
>>> than anything. and why motorhead is lumped and labelled heavy metal is
>>> beyond me--even the man himself said it was only r-n-r.
>>>
>>
>> Lemmy was a die hard Little Richard fan in particular.
>>
>> I suppose I'll always remember Motörhead for their performance of Ace of
>> Spades on my favourite edition of The Young Ones.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> high (very high) spark of low-heeled boy
>>>
>>> yrs
>>>
>>> rich
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 5:56 AM, matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So as the winter D-list  piles up (Mr. Bones do work xmas eve and other
>>>> holidays), I noticed that some folks get our P-list homage and others
>>>> don't. Why?
>>>>
>>>> Of course, the loss of Bley and Boulez are sure to be felt  among the
>>>> crowds of those who went to their concerts or bought their ablums - some of
>>>> whom appear to be on the P-list.
>>>>
>>>> And the loss of Lemmy? Now, I know that Motorhead can't possibly
>>>> compare to Boulez, but what about a shout-out to the man who sang "Eat the
>>>> Rich!"?
>>>>
>>>> Might I conclude from this that our tastes tend toward the consecrated
>>>> artists of so-called 'high culture'?
>>>>
>>>> By the way, Lemmy got an Obit in The Econmist, worth reading.
>>>>
>>>> ciao
>>>> mc otis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
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