threadgill

threadgill
Originally uploaded by tim posgate.

Boy I would like to hear Henry Threadgill live again. I heard him in Montreal in around 1993 with Very Very Circus (who I am listening to right now ...thanks for the loan Randall!!)

So nice to hang out with friends tonight that we have so much in common with, they have two boys, randall loves much of the same music that I do, hockey fan....

anyways, great neighbours, great friends and I came home with this cd and a sonic youth cd called sister (save it for tommorrow perhaps)

by the way....pickerel from winnipeg cooked with a wasabi flour mmmmmmmmmm.......Riesling. mmmmm

we are lucky folks.

HoserCity

HoserCity
Originally uploaded by tim posgate.

I was just looking at the preview for this weekend's CBC radio show Definitely Not the Opera. I love this show. The theme this saturday 1-4pm is Hosers.

do you think they know that a Canadian jazz artist released as Cd in l993 called Hoser City?

They do now. You can count on me to keep them informed. This Cd cover and layout etc. was done by one of my oldest friends Steve Szigeti. We go back to Kindergarten!! (I happen to know that at least one other person from that same class occasionally reads this blog too!)

Anyways, I still like this cover and the music (heck you can buy it at www.guildwoodrecords.com

It features my pal andy milne as well as brent bodrug victor bateman and kevin dempsey. My first canadian tour was in support of this fine piece of Canadian art. (ok, enough modesty for now)

tune in to DNTO....I know Ill be listening.

tim

Lots of listening in these home days. Whether I am with the kids or working alone I keep those cds spinning. How fast do they go?

Jean Martin's new Laconner disc is really good. take Jesse Zubot and Francois Houle improvising, let Jean mix, compose, record, improvise, sing, you name it....it is really interesting. I am anxious to hear the mini disc I have of the Jazzstory gig from the other night. I havent had a new jazzstory set to listen to in sometime. I am getting quite a bit of smiles from the Grossman/Posgate gig (yes we need a name for our duo) the other night.

Enjoying the Shostakovich string quartets that andrew downing loaned me. Checking out a new disc by guitar player Matt Stevens. Not sure how I feel about that one yet. Certainly some good guitar playing on it.

My guilty pleasure, I suppose is the new Rheostatics disc. I like it. Not all of it but some of it is great.

I think I need a bowl of shreddies. (that is so Burlington eh?)

tim

jim hall

jim hall
Originally uploaded by tim posgate.

As I listen to this beautiful recording by the jim hall trio with carl perkins and red mitchell (thanks Mark Eiserman!) I realize the paradox I have as a listener;

When I hear today's players I find they are either copying this older style and almost completely missing the point (or the magic). Then when i listen to the hot young guitar player doing the modern thing i feel that they are missing the elements in this older style that could make their modern music much more beautiful. I find it a little confusing (and I am sure that this entry is not helping one bit)

ok, got it off my chest.

tim

bob wiseman

bob wiseman
Originally uploaded by tim posgate.

the last night was like a closing party. Great attendance, good fun and lots of friends.

Bob Wiseman was so good. I really like his films with his live music accompaniment. His accordion playing, beautiful songs with his unique vocal timbre and phrasing made for a fantastic set of music.

Jazzstory is always fun for me. Picking what we will play is always a bit tricky but we had a lot of new tunes last night which always makes it exciting for me.

It was extra special for me as we were able to play our music for many new people (and lots of old friends) and they seemed to respond positively to our sound.

I can hardly wait till next year already. Thanks again to Mike Hansen!!