Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site convex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!ahearn From: ahearn@convex.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Net Activity Message-ID: <39000012@convex.UUCP> Date: Wed, 31-Oct-84 10:46:00 EST Article-I.D.: convex.39000012 Posted: Wed Oct 31 10:46:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Nov-84 07:46:26 EST References: <5472@brl-tgr.UUCP> Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #R:brl-tgr:-547200:convex:39000012:000:1037 Nf-From: convex!ahearn Oct 31 09:46:00 1984 Listen to "The Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass" (side 1?-- anyway, the non-vocal side) and "People in Sorrow" before you write off the Art Ensemble. Remember, though, that they're not cool rockin' daddies-- they're dedicated to the avant-garde. You'll probably have to spend some time with them to "get" what they're doing. (BTW, I maintain that even the Stones are sufficiently complex to require repeated listenings. Like: do you get the double entendre that motivates *Sticky Fingers*?) If you decide that you like the Art Ensemble, check out some of John Coltrane's later albums (*Meditations* is a personal favorite--art of the most serious intent), or some of Ornette Coleman's earlier ones (Science Fiction, The Shape of Jazz to Come). Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus are also great musicians well deserving of your attention. Regards, Joe Ahearn Convex Computer Corp. {allegra, ihnp4, uiucds, ctvax}!convex!ahearn ------------------------------------------------ There go the delicates to the final rinse ...