From: BRIAN (bbaltin_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 2003-02-15 03:29:17
Hello all,
As I started to say last week, this week continues with much female vocal
loveliness in NYC. Most importantly, the great Vanessa Rubin starts a
two-night stint tonight. Anyone who has Snowboy's essential first Hi-Hat
comp (The True Jazz-Dance Session) will no doubt remember her sublime
Latin/Jazz-Dance killer "Mosaic." Beyond that, there's another Tessa Souter
gig, (the still-outclassed) Cassandra Wilson, and Anita O'Day. As for Anita,
the old records are still miraculous (as is her ridiculously brilliant
performance in "Jazz on a Summer's Day"). but I saw her in January, and
she's just in bad shape. She's frail, scattered, forgetful, and not in the
best voice. I wish I could have remembered her as she was. Back to better
things, the great Blossom Dearie has a new Friday/Saturday residency @
Danny's Skylight Room.
Also in NY, the massive DJ Vadim + Russian Percussion tour starts @ the
Knitting Factory. If anyone sees the live show, please drop me a note to let
me know how it is. Looking forward to the LA gig, but not sure what to
expect.
Elsewhere, there's much electronic and house loveliness in LA, with Dimitri
from Paris, Herbert, and Cosmo Vitelli.
A f**king great week in Chicago, with the Paul Weller tour coming through,
Ron Trent stopping in, and the sublime (in every way) Kinky, who I'm just in
love with right now. I know there's far too much hype surrounding them at
the moment, but f**k it, they're just plain brilliant (and most of them are
FINE AS HELL).
Respectfully,
Brian Baltin
Aesthetic Rejuvenator
Liquidator Graphics
For much more please visit www.liquidatorgraphics.com. The newly redesigned
Culture page is now up:
http://www.liquidatorgraphics.com/culture/culture_home.htm
Also now up, the long-promised and lavishly packaged 28-page excerpt from
Babs Gonzales's classic jazz tome, "I Paid My Dues.":
http://www.liquidatorgraphics.com/culture/ipaidmydues1.htm
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London:
http://www.liquidatorgraphics.com/culture/gigs_london.htm
RESTLESS SOUL (TERRI WALKER + PHIL ASHER) + DJS ATTICA BLUES + BUGZ IN THE
ATTIC, LOUNGIN' COLLABORATIONS @ 93 FEET EAST 2/14
AMON TOBIN (DJ SET), ELECTROWERKS 2/20
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Los Angeles:
http://www.liquidatorgraphics.com/culture/gigs_losangeles.htm
HERBERT, BOSSANOVA @ ZANZIBAR 2/14
DIMITRI FROM PARIS, WAX @ THE LARCHMONT (MARTINI LOUNGE) 2/15
SLUM VILLAGE, TEMPLE BAR 2/15
GROOVE JUNKIES, TWISTER @ THE DERBY 2/17
MOSE ALLISON, JAZZ BAKERY 2/18-23
COSMO VITELLI + TELEPOPMUSIK, 1650 2/19
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New York:
http://www.liquidatorgraphics.com/culture/gigs_nyc.htm
VANESSA RUBIN, SMOKE 2/14-15
TESSA SOUTER, CORNELIA STREET CAFE 2/14
CASSANDRA WILSON, JAZZ STANDARD 2/14-16
ANITA O'DAY, IRIDIUM 2/14-16
DJ VADIM + RUSSIAN PERCUSSION, KNITTING FACTORY 2/19
ATERCIOPELADOS, IRVING PLAZA 2/19
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Chicago:
http://www.liquidatorgraphics.com/culture/gigs_chicago.htm
JUDY ROBERTS, JAZZ SHOWCASE 2/14-16
PAUL WELLER, THE VIC THEATRE 2/15
RON TRENT, METRO SMART BAR 2/15
KINKY, HOUSE OF BLUES 2/16
SONNY FORTUNE, JAZZ SHOWCASE 2/20-23
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The new CD by Baltin:
"Bellissima Idyll (Chasing After the Sun)" is now available:
http://www.liquidatorgraphics.com/cdsbybaltin/bellissima_idyll.htm
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