Maybe it's in the boxed set.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 December 2023 19:35 (six months ago) link
Box just arrived. The packaging is pretty sweet...
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0xNbD-vNNV/
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 22:10 (six months ago) link
Nice. Wish I could check out the book.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 22:12 (six months ago) link
Looks fantastic. Let's see if one of these boxes makes it to Europe these days. Tzadik website is still down.
― EvR, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 10:39 (six months ago) link
Does anyone know if the 'hour of rare alternate takes, rehearsals, and inserts' on the Masada box duplicates anything from the Sanhedrin two-disc set of unreleased Masada studio recordings?
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 10:49 (six months ago) link
Not 100% sure, but I don't think so. There's only one overlapping track from Sanhedrin and Disc 4 of the box set ("Tiferet") and the new box set it says it's a rehearsal take. Discogs listing of the 10xCD box has no track times though so I'm not entirely sure.
― EvR, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 11:41 (six months ago) link
Thanks!
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 11:43 (six months ago) link
Wait, the box is billed as the complete studio recordings, but it doesn't include Sanhedrin?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 13:29 (six months ago) link
The box is the original 10 albums as they were issued in Japan in the 90s, with 7 bonus tracks (rehearsals, punch-ins and alternate takes) added to the fourth disc to bring it up from 20 minutes to 78. There’s a note in the book saying basically “there’s even more stuff on Sanhedrin!”.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 14:11 (six months ago) link
Huh. At least "Sanhedrin" is on streaming.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 14:16 (six months ago) link
I may wind up buying Sanhedrin at some point, but I got this box because I'd never owned any Masada stuff in physical form; I just downloaded the albums (and Sanhedrin) at some point.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 17:01 (six months ago) link
I've got to admit, my adult brain is fighting the fomo ...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 14:09 (five months ago) link
I came super close to buying this but didn't. I did, however, see that Second City Prints, which was handling Tzadik Limited stuff, just declared bankruptcy, and that some people that bought the autographed copy got a regular copy instead (and that SCP has not always been responding/refunding). Didn't Zorn recently get hosed by a *different* third party label that went bankrupt? Dude needs to find/pick better businesses.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 January 2024 12:25 (five months ago) link
Shoestring gonna shoestring, what can you really doAnyway, you can get them mail order from Downtown Music Gallery
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 January 2024 16:52 (five months ago) link
https://roulette.org/event/improv-nights-2024/
A BENEFIT FOR TZADIK RECORDSLimited Run, the online distributor for Tzadik’s direct-to-consumer mail order projects has declared bankruptcy owing the label $70,000. To help rebalance this loss these kind musicians have generously offered to make these three concerts benefits for Tzadik.Please come, donate, and help Tzadik continue its mission to support and document new music in the 21st century.A three-night run bringing together master improvisers to perform in multiple configurations and combinations, organized by and featuring John Zorn with Ikue Mori, Wendy Eisenberg, Dave Douglas, Sean Ono Lennon, Peter Evans, Kalia Vandever, Miles Okazaki, and many others.
Limited Run, the online distributor for Tzadik’s direct-to-consumer mail order projects has declared bankruptcy owing the label $70,000. To help rebalance this loss these kind musicians have generously offered to make these three concerts benefits for Tzadik.
Please come, donate, and help Tzadik continue its mission to support and document new music in the 21st century.
A three-night run bringing together master improvisers to perform in multiple configurations and combinations, organized by and featuring John Zorn with Ikue Mori, Wendy Eisenberg, Dave Douglas, Sean Ono Lennon, Peter Evans, Kalia Vandever, Miles Okazaki, and many others.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 17:57 (five months ago) link
It's crazy to me how even artists I've been listening to for more than 30 years, who are known worldwide, are balancing on a knife's edge financially. Zorn, Laswell...these are major cultural figures, and they're basically living gig to gig.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 18:11 (five months ago) link
Laswell I believe, especially after the last couple of years. But Zorn, I suspect he's doing fine between gigs, grants, etc. If people are curating multi-night festival appearances featuring him and several of his bands, I'd hope he's at least got some pretty good guarantees coming to him. Granted, he likely rolls a lot of that into his labels/projects, but that's a choice. (A choice I'm glad he's making, mind.)
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 19:01 (five months ago) link
Interview with Heung-Heung Chin: https://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/01/the-art-and-design-world-of-heung-heung.html
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 19:31 (four months ago) link
Cool ty, I always wondered about the art!
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:01 (four months ago) link
Yeah, that was great.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:04 (four months ago) link
Yeah, that's great stuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:05 (four months ago) link
It's crazy to me how even artists I've been listening to for more than 30 years, who are known worldwide, are balancing on a knife's edge financially.
It's not that crazy. thanks, Spotify!
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:07 (four months ago) link
I gotta be honest, I wish Zorn would sell more merch! Bring on the posters, the prints, t-shirts, the coffee table books! The Tzadik site has pretty slim pickings.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:13 (four months ago) link
Related, I wonder when/if they are going to (home) release the Zorn docs that the actor Mathieu Amalric has been making:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ybQOI5M3g
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:28 (four months ago) link