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Тоже решил заполнить у себя эту анкету, увидел в журнале у одного чувака. Переводить вопросы было влом, поэтому оставил как есть.
Итак...

1.How did you get into no.29?
Sally Shapiro. Услышал её песню "I Know" здесь на ласте (какая это была станция, не помню) - и попёрло, очень понравилась такая элегантная музычка ночного города.

2. What's the first song you ever heard by no.22?
Basement Jaxx. Честно говоря, не помню уже, но могу предположить, что это была Bingo Bango.

3. Whats your favorite lyric by no.33?
Ramsey Lewis. Любимых текстов нету, есть только любимая музыка. Послушайте альбом "Between the Keys", не пожалеете!

4. How did you get into no.49?
Igor Butman. Давно увлекаюсь джазом (среди всего прочего), а его послушал только после его участия в проекте "Звёзды на льду".

5. How many albums by no.13 do you own?
Metallica. Ща сосчитаю... Пять штук, а какие не скажу :-D

6. What is your favorite song by no.50?
Brian Bromberg. Да у меня только его альбом "Metal" есть, мне нравится, а одну определённую песню выделить не могу.

7. Is there a song by no.39 that makes you sad?
Bloodhound Gang. Ну это такая группа, что опечалить она точно не может!

8. What is your favorite song by no.15?
Iron Maiden. Блин, их вагон! Но навскидку - Fear of the Dark.

9. What is your favorite song by no.5?
St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review. 4.70.

10. Is there a song by no.6 that makes you happy?
Русский Размер. Танцы (Как под вечер я пляшу, будто воздухом дышу. А наутро встану я, не выходит ни ...!) Да и вообще суперская же группа!

11. What is the worst song by no.40?
Yakuzi. Не могу сказать, ХЗ короче ))

12. What is your favorite song by no.10?
Алиса. Дождь.

13. What is a good memory you have involving no.30?
Jazzamor. Нету, просто музыка нравится, и всё.

14. What is your favorite song by no.38?
Чугунный Скороход. Afterparty.

15. Is there a song by no.19 that makes you happy?
Schiller. Нету, потому что музыка спокойная, но очень красивая!

16. Is there a song by no.25 that makes you sad?
Miles Davis. Тоже нету.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Spitfire. Антагонизм ("Есть такая публика, что от общения с ней мне дыра от бублика кажется ценней")

18. What's your favorite lyric by no.11?
Ska-P. Нету, в силу недостаточного знания испанского, да и нравятся они мне из-за музыки и зашибенно-бешеной энергии!

19. Who is a favorite member of no.1?
Brooklyn Bounce. Штефан Дэймон, конечно, он был самый харизматичный! (кто не знает, это тот мужик с таким низким голосом)

20. Is there a song by no.14 that makes you happy?
AC/DC. Ну наверно You Shook Me All Night Long.

21. What is a good memory involving no.27?
Фристайл. Как мы когда-то веселились под них и им подобных :-)

22. What is your favorite song by no.16?
Blank & Jones. Их много, одну не назову, но скажу, что они все с первых четырёх альбомов.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by no.47?
Ночные Снайперы. Ты дарила мне розы

24. What is your favorite album by no.18?
Jamiroquai. Synkronized

25. What is your favorite song by no.21?
Кар-Мэн. Лондон гуд-бай (в версии 1999, с альбома "Назад в будущее")

26. What is the first song you ever heard by no.26?
The Offspring. Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)

27. What is your favorite album by no.3?
Кино. Ну наверно Чёрный альбом.

28. What is your favorite song by no.2?
Ленинград. Их тоже вагон! :-)

29. What was the first song you ever heard by no.32?
Candy Dulfer. Lily Was Here, конечно!

30. What is you favorite song by no.8?
Pet Shop Boys. Тоже их до фига, ну с последнего альбома - Did you see me coming?

31. How many times have you seen no.17 live?
Markscheider Kunst. Представьте себе, был я на них! Правда, только один раз (а почему бы и ещё раз не сходить, если приедут?)

32. Is there a song by no.44 that makes you happy?
Prague Ska Conspiracy. Да вообще это такая, весёлая, солнечная группка, так что одну какую-то песню выделить не могу!

33. How did you get into no.12?
Bangbros. Первый раз услышал их на каком-то миксе, а потом приобрёл альбом Bangerland. Жалко только, что после этого у них практически пошёл спад.

34. What is the worst song by no.45?
Discotronic. Shooting Star (Club Mix)

35. What was the first song you ever heard by no.34?
Bazzpitchers. We Are One (Extended)

36. What was the first song you ever heard by no.48?
Michael Brecker. Midnight Voyage

37. How many times have you seen no.42 live?
Edguy. Ни одного (хотя возможность была)

38. What is you favorite song by no.36?
Queens of the Stone Age. Бесспорно, выигрывает No One Knows.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by no.28?
Massive Attack. Be Thankful for What You Got

40. What is you favorite album by no.7?
Distemper. Ska Moscow Punk и Доброе утро!

41. Is there a song by no.31 that makes you happy?
Нету 31 (на данный момент, есть только два 30х)

42. What is your favorite album by no.41?
Less Than Jake. Есть только один - Hello Rockview.

43. What is your favorite song by no.24?
Esbjörn Svensson Trio. Tuesday Wonderland, по-любому.

44. What is a good memory you have involving no.46?
Junkie XL. Мемори нету, но его радио-альбом - просто класс, как будто в какой-нибудь виртуальный сказочный город попал!

45. What is your favorite song by no.35?
Bob Marley & The Wailers. Определённой нету :-)

46. Is there a song by no.9 that makes you happy?
Сплин. Самая прикольная - это Мы сидели и курили.

47. What is your favorite album by no.4?
Millencolin. For Monkeys

48. Who is your favorite member of no.37?
McCoy Tyner. Нравится сам как пианист, но конечно же с ритм-секцией.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by no.43?
Röyksopp. Eple

50. What is your favorite song by no.20?
Michael Jackson. Их тоже много, но самая любимая песня моего детства (и благодаря которой я так конкретно тогда на него запал) - это Billie Jean.


So well, now the English translation... I just can say that I've seen this survey in one guy's blog here on the site. So...

1.How did you get into no.29?
Sally Shapiro. Heard her song I Know here on last.fm (just don't remember which station) and I liked this elegant music of a night city.

2. What's the first song you ever heard by no.22?
Basement Jaxx. Honestly, can't remember any more, but suppose - Bingo Bango.

3. Whats your favorite lyric by no.33?
Ramsey Lewis. No favorite lyrics, just super music. Listen to the album Between the Keys, you won't be sorry about it!

4. How did you get into no.49?
Igor Butman. I have already been a jazz fan for a long time, and he comes from the same country I do (it's Russia). To him I started listening after he took part in the TV project "Stars on ice".

5. How many albums by no.13 do you own?
Metallica. Now I'm gonna count... Five, not gonna say which ones :-D

6. What is your favorite song by no.50?
Brian Bromberg. I've only got his album Metal. I like it but there isn't one best song for me.

7. Is there a song by no.39 that makes you sad?
Bloodhound Gang. This is such a band which can't make sad!

8. What is your favorite song by no.15?
Iron Maiden. Just remembering - Fear of the Dark. But there's such a lot of them!

9. What is your favorite song by no.5?
St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review. 4.70.

10. Is there a song by no.6 that makes you happy?
Русский Размер. Танцы A Russian dance band from St. Petersburg, and this song is especially funny if you understand lyrics (originally, not translated!)

11. What is the worst song by no.40?
Yakuzi. Dunno :-)

12. What is your favorite song by no.10?
Алиса. Дождь (Rain).

13. What is a good memory you have involving no.30?
Jazzamor. No one, I simply like the music :-)

14. What is your favorite song by no.38?
Чугунный Скороход. Afterparty (Chugunny Skorohod - a Russian techno band).

15. Is there a song by no.19 that makes you happy?
Schiller. No, because this music is calm, but very pretty!

16. Is there a song by no.25 that makes you sad?
Miles Davis. No, either.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Spitfire. Антагонизм (Anthagonism)

18. What's your favorite lyric by no.11?
Ska-P. There's no one because of not enough knowledge of Spanish language (but their music and energy!)

19. Who is a favorite member of no.1?
Brooklyn Bounce. Of course Stefan Daemon (the man with a deep voice), he's the most charismatical one!

20. Is there a song by no.14 that makes you happy?
AC/DC. Well, I think You Shook Me All Night Long.

21. What is a good memory involving no.27?
Фристайл. An old Russian disco / dance band called Freestyle - I just remember how we partied to the music like that :-)

22. What is your favorite song by no.16?
Blank & Jones. There are many of them, and all come from their first four albums.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by no.47?
Ночные Снайперы. Ты дарила мне розы (Night Snipers - You Gave Me Roses)

24. What is your favorite album by no.18?
Jamiroquai. Synkronized

25. What is your favorite song by no.21?
Кар-Мэн. Лондон гуд-бай (version 1999)

26. What is the first song you ever heard by no.26?
The Offspring. Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)

27. What is your favorite album by no.3?
Кино. Чёрный альбом. (Kino - Black Album)

28. What is your favorite song by no.2?
Ленинград. A lot, too! :-)

29. What was the first song you ever heard by no.32?
Candy Dulfer. Lily Was Here, of course!

30. What is you favorite song by no.8?
Pet Shop Boys. A lot, too, but from the latest album - Did you see me coming?

31. How many times have you seen no.17 live?
Markscheider Kunst. Imagine, I really have! But only once (why not once more if they come!)

32. Is there a song by no.44 that makes you happy?
Prague Ska Conspiracy. Every one :-)

33. How did you get into no.12?
Bangbros. First time I heard them on some DJ set, and later I got the album Bangerland. Only a pity that after this they started losing.

34. What is the worst song by no.45?
Discotronic. Shooting Star (Club Mix)

35. What was the first song you ever heard by no.34?
Bazzpitchers. We Are One (Extended)

36. What was the first song you ever heard by no.48?
Michael Brecker. Midnight Voyage

37. How many times have you seen no.42 live?
Edguy. Not a single one (although there was a possibility)

38. What is you favorite song by no.36?
Queens of the Stone Age. No One Knows, without denying.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by no.28?
Massive Attack. Be Thankful for What You Got

40. What is you favorite album by no.7?
Distemper. Ska Moscow Punk and Доброе утро! (Good morning)

41. Is there a song by no.31 that makes you happy?
I've got no 31 (only two 30s)

42. What is your favorite album by no.41?
Less Than Jake. Got only one - Hello Rockview.

43. What is your favorite song by no.24?
Esbjörn Svensson Trio. Tuesday Wonderland, definitively.

44. What is a good memory you have involving no.46?
Junkie XL. No memory, but his radio-album is like a holiday in a virtual fairy-tale city!

45. What is your favorite song by no.35?
Bob Marley & The Wailers. They all :-)

46. Is there a song by no.9 that makes you happy?
Сплин. The most funny one is Мы сидели и курили (We were sittin' and smokin').

47. What is your favorite album by no.4?
Millencolin. For Monkeys

48. Who is your favorite member of no.37?
McCoy Tyner. I like him by himself as a pianist, of course with the rhythm section.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by no.43?
Röyksopp. Eple

50. What is your favorite song by no.20?
Michael Jackson. There's also a lot of them but my first one is Billie Jean (and this one made me his fan, that was long ago in the childhood :-) ).

From: http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/recommend.php

Take the 50 top artists in your musical profile, and create a cloud of the similar artists that are not in your top 50. The result is a collection of highly recommended artists for your personal profile. You can generate your own cloud (in BBCode) at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/recommend.php

My recommendations are

9 Lazy 9 Avishai Cohen Trio Bill Evans Trio Bobby Womack Bobo Stenson Bobo Stenson Trio Boozoo Bajou Brad Mehldau Trio Bud Powell Charles Lloyd Charlie Haden Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny Chick Corea & Gary Burton Chick Corea Akoustic Band Curtis Mayfield Donny Hathaway Earth, Wind & Fire Gonzalo Rubalcaba John Abercrombie John Surman Jon Kennedy Joshua Redman Ketil Bjørnstad Kid Loco Koop Kruder & Dorfmeister Lemongrass Marvin Gaye McCoy Tyner Michael Brecker Miroslav Vitous Mo' Horizons Ohio Players Oscar Peterson Pat Metheny Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau Paul Bley Paul Motian Peace Orchestra Ralph Towner Sofa Surfers Terje Rypdal The Isley Brothers The O'Jays The Temptations Tomasz Stańko Quartet Wayne Shorter Yonderboi Zero 7 dZihan & Kamien

A friend did a similar thing and although I wanted to do the same, I realized there was a problem: not very many people would be familiar with my music. Thus listing off the top x albums as my favorite would be silly. So I explained each. Sometimes to a general audience, and sometimes to a more familiar audience.
These are listed in no particular order (not entirely true - I listed off some as they came to mind, but generally went through my music alphabetically so as to not miss anything). There are many great albums out there that I love that I haven't included.
Oh, and I guess if I tagged you you're all supposed to do the same, or something.

A Tribute to Jack Johnson (Miles Davis): Miles Davis once claimed that he could create "the greatest rock band you ever heard." Miles Davis was a lot of [ridiculous] things, but he was never frivolous [as can be easily seen by the style he matured into]. Obviously, questions like this will never be settled, but if he did do it, it was this album, and not undeserving either. This will make casual jazz listeners question what they think of both jazz and rock as genres - separate, and fused.

Kind of Blue (Miles Davis): I could probably include nearly every Miles album I have, but I guess that defeats the purpose. I can't say how many times I've listened to this - in a row. Probably the most precise jazz album I've ever heard, strange because it is both the most revolutionary [arguably] and one of the most open as well. Yet every note is where it should be.

Just Feelin' (McCoy Tyner): McCoy Tyner in a comfortable setting in a trio. Certainly not his most technical work, but for some reason, the song Manha De Carnaval moved me almost immediately like nothing I've heard before - enough to make the list. I'm not entirely sure why, but this is one I won't be forgetting any time soon.

Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber): To be fair, I deserve at least one guilty pleasure. And if so, then this is it. The concept of the show is fantastic, but it's the music that, every time I hear it, I concoct ridiculous plans to put it on here at school. It's fun, serious, blah blah, all the things a musical should have, it has. But just right, not too much either.

Carnegie Hall 1938 (Benny Goodman): Perhaps I'm just trying to be elitist, but this concert was really good. I mean, really. Regardless of the hurdles and challenges they faced to pull it off, it's a swinging show.

Keep the Customer Satisfied (Buddy Rich): This is what swing is all about. Buddy Rich drives the band and the audience through the wall. Nothing else by him has come close.

Paris Jazz Concert (Cannonball Adderley): Cannonball, his brother, and Joe Zawinul have all never sounded better. It's energetic, and let Cannonball open up. Plus I'm particularly weak for Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.

The Enchantment (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck): Yes, I saw this live, but the melodious nature of the compositions is so fresh and relaxing. It's not in your face, but then again, that's hard without a drummer or a bass. In fact, much of anything is hard without a drummer or a bass, but they pull this one off. Perhaps a bit too well - the studio nature and obvious rehearsal time would be the only drawbacks, but if you listen to the notes played, the rest won't matter.

Count Basie at Newport: The energy is not only unmistakable, but massively transforming. Not that Basie's band lacks anything in studio recordings per-se, their precision performance is plenty for me, but they don't even lose any of that in front of a wild audience.

The Complete Atomic Basie: Perhaps to contrast Basie at Newport, this time they play the songs as they're meant to be. Not that Newport was incorrect, but the Atomic Basie is almost like a library - a guide, no the guide, on how to play the Basie standards. A title like that isn't given lightly.

The Far East Suite (Duke Ellington): There are obviously a lot of choices for Duke, but I decided to go with something outside the standard repertoire. While maintaining the same band as always, Duke manages to still send us to places we've never been. There are, perhaps, better choices for his writing, but nothing better for his arranging. And an entire album of it makes it a truly impressive work.

Red Clay (Freddie Hubbard): I have some other earlier Freddie Hubbard that establishes him as a solid player, but Red Clay puts him above the rest. Not only does Freddie play fabulously, the band is no sideshow. Joe Henderson does an impressive job, but Stanley Turrentine on the live take of the title track is phenomenal. Not to mention Herbie Hancock plays the set so comfortably.

Song For My Father (Horace Silver): Joe Henderson just keeps showing up, and he almost steals the show here and would have, had it been with anyone other than Horace Silver.

Giant Steps (John Coltrane): Yes giant steps. For anyone who has played the title track, they know that it's hard. But almost more importantly than that, the chords are brilliant. Moving through flatted fifth progressions creates a tonality that is simply unmistakable, as are all the tracks. Moreover, his solos promptly polarized saxophones and general jazz followers alike. The so-called "vertical" style of soloing is, new. But jazz is about more than new, it still has to sound good and he does that first. The reason for his vertical solos is, I feel, connected back to the chords themselves. Moving linearly or "horizontally" across them, particularly at the speed he played it at would be a muddled mess no matter who's horn it comes out of.

A Love Supreme (John Coltrane): This was the first album I ever purchased so it obviously hold a special place in my collection. I had a project for English class and chose a poet to write about because in the one sentence description about him, it said he wrote about jazz, and I had figured out that much about myself thus far, so I decided to choose him. One of the poems was an ode to Coltrane focusing on this album. I figured I ought to give it a listen. And listen I did. And listen I do. This is one of those albums that when I hear alternate takes put together in a hodgepodge format elsewhere, or even the final takes, I skip them. I can't listen them without listening to the whole thing. The progression from section to section is essential in this massive single work. While there are perhaps other albums I might like to place here (notably Blue Train), I feel that these two present Coltrane expertly well.

Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival (John Handy): I know nothing about the artist or the even [I'm not even sure where the album turned up from] and two long tracks of extended open soloing wouldn't have been my thing in most cases. But John Handy pulls it off. Rather, he blows it away in every sense. It includes exceptional work by the whole band (I recall the bass in particular) but his solos are what I listen to when I feel I need more passion - more individualism, infused in my own work.

The Koln Concert (Keith Jarrett): It may be cliche, and I could probably select another Keith Jarrett album as well (I won't) but I have honestly never seen, heard, or experienced in any way anything like this. Had someone told me before hand the names of the songs and the composers, this concert would have still made the list. My mind is blown every time I hear it.

Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane: Older and generally less popular than the "recently discovered" work between the two, I also feel better. While recorded in the studio as opposed to live (and at Carnegie Hall at that), as far as I can tell, Coltrane wouldn't really know the difference. Miles once said that a woman could start dancing in front of him while soloing and the rest of the band would stop, but Trane would keep on playing none the wiser. On Monk, I feel the work is incredibly inventive and declarative - especially considering how early it was.

Notable Exceptions:
Charlie Parker - Obviously one of the greatest alto players ever, his short life hindered his potential tremendously. I have yet to find an album of him that, I feel, really showcases his work. I certainly have some nice songs, but nothing cohesive yet.
Oscar Peterson - I love Oscar Peterson, I just haven't found THE Oscar Peterson album. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

My charts on last.fm clearly tell you what I've listened to the most in the past year, but it isn't necessarily accurate, as I still stockpile CDs like they're going out of style... oh wait, apparently they are. Here are some lists in no particular order. (in interests of full disclosure, '**' indicates artist is or was a client of mine during 2008)

Good releases of 2008:
Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
Rudresh Mahanthappa - Kinsmen
Nomo - Ghost Rock
**Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza
The Blessing - All is Yes
**The Bad Plus - For All I Care
**Ari Hest - 52
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Kaki King - Dreaming Of Revenge
**McCoy Tyner - Guitars
**Soweto Kinch - iTunes Live: London Sessions - EP
Todd Sickafoose - Tiny Resistors
Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation
Nate Smith - Workday - Waterbaby Music Vol 1.0
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Janelle Monáe - Metropolis: The Chase Suite
Greg Osby - 9 levels
Dungen - 4
David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Common - Universal Mind Control
**Brad Mehldau Trio - Live
Sam Yahel, Ari Hoenig, Mike Moreno, Seamus Blake - Jazz Side Of The Moon: Music Of Pink Floyd
The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion


Disappointments of 2008:
Brian Wilson - Lucky Old Sun
Mike Gordon - The Green Sparrow
**Roy Hargrove Quintet - Earfood
Stereolab - Chemical Chords


Best live shows I caught in 2008:
St. Vincent @ The Middle East, Cambridge
Erykah Badu @ The Orpheum, Boston
The Bird and the Bee @ World Cafe Live, Philadelphia
Kaki King @ Newport Folk Fest
Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar @ Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
Chick Corea and Return to Forever @ Mann Center, Philadelphia, PA (though I don't condone "legacy" acts in general...)
Levon Helm @ moe.down (even though I didn't think his set was all that @ Newport Folk)


Looking forward to in 2009:
The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
Brian Patneaude - Riverview
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone

Not a complete listing yet... will probably update as I remember stuff!

Following in strong footsteps, I played McCoy Tyner's Manha de Carnaval from his 1985 album, Just Feelin'. It is amazing. Avery Sharpe on bass is out of this world. This is what music is about and is missing so much of. I suggest everyone listen to it and to hear what they are telling you. Also, I have officially decided that McCoy Tyner is the greatest pianist of all time completely independently of the fact that I now have nearly 60 Tyner albums =P.
Edit: Manha de Carnaval aka Black Orpheus

I'm streaming radio this morning, visiting some old roots music friends. This week is FUNdrive week at community radio,KRFC-FM in Fort Collins, Colorado. We started out 5-1/2 years ago to bring a diverse mix of roots music and public affairs programming from a local perspective. As a volunteer effort (the manager was the only paid staff to start), the programming ebbs and flows over time. Here's a snapshot of where they're at today:

KRFC Top Spins for September 13th - September 19th, 2008

Top 30

Lila Downs - Shake Away (World)
Little Feat - Join The Band (Rock)
McCoy Tyner - Guitars (Jazz)
Joe Cocker - Hymn For My Soul (Rock)
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Live@Lunch Vol. 1 Locals Only (Local)
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Putumayo Presents: Quebec (World)
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Calypsoul 70: Caribbean Soul And Calypsoul Crossover 1969-1979 (World)
Johnny Flynn - A Larum (Americana)
Old Crow Medicine Show - Tennessee Pusher (Americana)
Todd Snider - Peace Queer (Americana)
Rodney Crowell - Sex And Gasoline (Americana)
Elephant Revival - Elephant Revival (Americana, Local)
Crooked Still - Still Crooked (Americana)
Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be (Americana)
Richie Havens - Nobody Left To Crown (Americana)
Darrell Scott - Modern Hymns (Americana)
Eliza Gilkyson - Beautiful World (Americana)
Fiona Boyes - Live From Bluesville (Blues)
Growling Old Men - Shuttle Diplomacy (Bluegrass)
Organissimo - Groovadelphia (Jazz)
Chuck Perkins - Voices Of The Big Easy: A Love Song For Nola (Jazz)
Holly Yarbrough - Mister Rogers Swings (Jazz)
Boz Scaggs - Speak Low (Jazz)
Sub Swara - Coup D'Yah (World)
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim (Rock)
Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun (Rock)
Red Molly - Love And Other Tragedies (Americana)
Taj Mahal - Maestro (Blues)
JJ Grey And Mofro - Orange Blossoms (Blues)
Paper Bird - Anything Nameless And Joymaking (Folk Local)


Top 10 Local (That would be Colorado Local)

Joe Cocker - Hymn For My Soul
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Live@Lunch Vol. 1 Locals Only
Elephant Revival - Elephant Revival
Paper Bird - Anything Nameless And Joymaking
DeVotchKa - A Mad and Faithful Telling
FINDERS & YOUNGBERG - Keep Your Suitcase Packed
Debajo Del Agua - Arte-Santo
LITTLEAGUE - The Littleague
jimi austin - Suits EP
Boulder Acoustic Society - The Caged Bird


Top 10 Americana

Johnny Flynn - A Larum
Old Crow Medicine Show - Tennessee Pusher
Todd Snider - Peace Queer
Rodney Crowell - Sex And Gasoline
Elephant Revival - Elephant Revival
Crooked Still - Still Crooked
Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be
Richie Havens - Nobody Left To Crown
Darrell Scott - Modern Hymns
Eliza Gilkyson - Beautiful World

So it does look like the Americana Chart still has some influence on the midsection of the new albums at KRFC. Give 'em a listen online--more acoustic mornings, more wierd stuff later in the day. Stream for yourself, you might be like what you find.

-jc

The idea is to go to the page of your number one artist, and follow the link of it's number one similar artist, then repeating that for this artist and so on, noting down each artist as you go. Do this until you've got to 50 artists (not including your number one). If you get any repeats, just go to the second similar artist or the nearest one that you haven't already had.

Starting with Ścianka:

1. Something Like Elvis
2. Ewa Braun
3. Mordy
4. Ludzie
5. 100nka
6. Sing Sing Penelope
7. Jerzy Milian
8. Wojciech Karolak
9. Jarek Śmietana
10. chromosomos
11. Novi Singers
12. Andrzej Kurylewicz Quintet
13. Zbigniew Namysłowski
14. Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski
15. Przemek Dyakowski
16. Oles-Trzaska-Oles
17. Miłość & Lester Bowie
18. Miłość
19. Tymon i Trupy
20. Czan
21. NRD
22. Mikołaj Trzaska
23. Baaba
24. Maestro Trytony
25. ecstasy project trio
26. Simple Acoustic Trio
27. Bobo Stenson Trio
28. Arild Andersen
29. Jan Garbarek Group
30. Jan Garbarek
31. Terje Rypdal
32. Keith Jarrett
33. Keith Jarrett Trio
34. Bill Evans
35. Bill Evans Trio
36. Bud Powell
37. Sonny Clark
38. Hank Mobley
39. Dexter Gordon
40. Joe Henderson
41. Freddie Hubbard
42. Lee Morgan
43. Horace Silver
44. Donald Byrd
45. Bobbi Humphrey
46. Bobby Hutcherson
47. Duke Pearson
48. Horace Parlan
49. McCoy Tyner
50. Wayne Shorter

Interesting... I started from experimental alternative band, then I got through some alternative jazz bands, then some Polish jazz musicians, Tymon Tymanski's many projects, Norwegian modern jazz musicians to end on American classic jazz.

Whew... That was an intriguing trip since I don't listen to jazz music a lot. Only to nu-jazz or Polish yass bands and I don't listen to classic jazz at all. Maybe I should. :-)

I noticed that I recently passed one hundred thousand plays as a last.fm user/subscriber. Yes, I am an obsessive who had to know what the tune was.

As befits, it was a particularly poorly tagged short piece from the Last Tango in Paris (OST); the track was Last Tango in Paris Suite: Part 4, but of course if you count back in my plays, you won't find it tagged so neatly.

I have fond memories of both the artist Gato Barbieri, anda the movie.

Start with the artist, Leandro "El Gato" Barbieri, the Argentinian tenor saxophonist. I think the earliest I heard him was on a Don Cherry album, either Complete Communion or Symphony for Improvisors.

But it equally could have been Gary Burton's A Genuine Tong Funeral.

All of these albums were out for several years by the time I started getting into jazz, and I found that my meager part-time-job funds traveled a lot farther when I went downtown Chicago to the third floor of Rose Records or over to Washington Blvd. to Rolling Stone Record Outlet. Part of the third floor of Rose and nearly all of Rolling Stone were devoted to cut-outs, the cents-on-the-dollar castoffs of the music business.

Rose probably bought truckloads from whatever source--this was where I could get Actuel and America label French disks along with the Candid and Barnaby and RCA/Victor lps for 99 cents. Alan Silva, claude delcloo, jacques coursil unit. Charles Mingus, Cecil Taylor, Buell Niedlinger. And the Blue Notes that had passed their expiration date, like the Cherry classics and most of Wayne Shorter and McCoy Tyner's albums from the 60s.

Over at Rolling Stone, the big finds were almost always the Atlantic or United Artists records, especially the twofer best-ofs on Atlantic. Mingus again, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. On UA, the twofer best-ofs had a plain-brown-wrapper kind of look, and some were from Polydor's Blue Note family and others were not: Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, McCoy (again), but also Steve Winwood. $1.99 would get two disks.

But the Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi for our Italian friends) OST was rarely found in the new albums or the cutouts. I looked for that thing for years. OLiver Nelson leads the orchestra and Gato swells, swirls, and wails against a romantic wash of strings. Fortunately for all of us who are captivated by Barbieri's tenor can get the Rykodisk CD that Barbieri himself presided over, adding the Last Tango Suite to the original soundtrack, a suite he put together from the bits and pieces he recorded as cues for the film.

From about 1972 to 1975, Barbieri was part of the Impulse! jazz family, which at that time featured and released amazing albums from Barbieri, Michael White, Keith Jarrett, Marion Brown, and Sun Ra among others, and they seemed to tour through Chicago endlessly.

Go see Jarrett with the American quintet at Alice's Restaurant in Evanston, and next week Barbieri at Ratzo's or Michael White at the Brown Shoe.

Ratzo's was a restaurant & club on Lincoln (iirc), and that's where we saw Barbieri several times. I'm rather tall, so I was surprised to meet Barbieri and find that those sounds came out of a fairly diminuitive man--no more than 5 ft. 5 or 6 inches, but a giant none the less.

Oh yeah, what about the movie? Ah, well, one of the reasons that you couldn't find the OST is that when it was released, LTiP was X-rated, which at that time in Chicago meant age 21+. It came out in the states sometime in 1973 and played to critical acclaim, but I knew nothing from films (a streak I have kept pretty well intact) and so in 1974, my friends & I were all turning 21.

Phil K-- the older brother of one of my friends was one of our musical and cultural guides. We'd go to Phil's apartment and get pretty toasted in one form or another, listen to music or go out for cheap entertainment. One night, Phil saw that the local cheap movie house was showing an X rated double feature: The Naughty Stewardesses in 3-D (slightly NSFW)and Last Tango in Paris.

Well, you didn't have to use much arm-twisting to get a carload of horny 20 year olds to spend one dollar to see a literary achievement like The Naughty Stewardesses in 3-D. I mean, Flaubert probably wrote the screenplay, right?

We sat through that abomination--the 3-D effects were about on the same level as House of Wax, except instead of a fli-back paddle, they used a pool cue that might've poked an eye out. No, none of the naughty bits were 3-D enhanced, at least as far as I recall. I might've fallen asleep.

Ah, but Last Tango in Paris. For years I thought it was a comedy (my evening's preparations included a giggle inducing substance), but I fell in love with Maria Schneider (the actress, not the band leader, though she's not bad either) and I fell in love all over again with Barbieri's keening tenor.