15 March 2008
Gest8 {repeat: first aired on 10.11.07}
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Kaleidoscope is all over the place.. in the very best sense! It’s the debut CD from Gest8. Pleasingly unlike any other octet on earth, Gest8 really has nine members. One does not play regularly, six play ‘normal’ jazz instruments, one a Japanese zither, the other a computer.. Co-leaders/primary composers Sandy Evans and Tony Gorman have long been two of Australia’s most consistently rewarding/creative musicians in jazz....and in music well beyond what most people consider ‘jazz’.
Discover more, here: www.jazz-planet.com/sandy/gest8.htm
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Details of each track are presented in the following order:
BROADCAST TIME
TRACK NUMBER AND TITLE
COMPOSER
PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS
RECORDING COMPANY AND CD NUMBER
( distributor/ source details, in brackets like this, in lower-case)
ARTIST AND CD TITLE
Duration of track
Description of track, in lower-case.
Where relevant, further info links to information, gigs/events/related programs
’THE WEEKEND PLANET’ SAT 15.3.08
2205
THEME:
(details below, as per the original CD.. This cut is also on these compilations Ketama - ’Nuevos Medios Coleccion’ - Nuevos Medios NM 15 820
{ in Australia via MGM www.thegroovemerchants.com
worldwide, via: www.flamenco-world.com/noticias/nuevos.htm }
and ’Jarabi - the best of Toumani Diabate’ (Hannibal 334352 )
CD CUT 1, ’JARABI’
TRAD, ARR TOUMANI DIABATE
HAMILCAR MUSIC LTD
HANNIBAL HNCD 1323
( in Australia, some releases through Stomp Enquiries to: ben@stomp.com.au
worldwide: www.rykodisc.com )
KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATE, DANNY THOMPSON - ’SONGHAI’
THIRTY SECONDS (EXCERPT)
(retains a stately-Manding air, whilst also embracing flamenco elements. Toumani Diabate’s kora, Danny Thompson’s beautiful double bass and Ketama’s flamenco guitars )
2207
CD CUT 2, ’A SHOWER OF SUNBEAMS’
SANDY EVANS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
TALL POPPIES TP195
( www.tallpoppies.net
CDs available direct, and also {securely} via www.buywell.com )
GEST8 - ’KALEIDOSCOPE’
6: 00
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: very sunny, genial. Unusual, too. Sandy on soprano sax. Her colleagues are Paul Cutlan on bass clarinet, Satsuki Odamura on koto, trumpeter Phil Slater, guitarist Carl Dewhurst, bassist Steve Elphick, drummer Simon Barker, with Greg White’computer providing the sampled bird/bush sounds )
SEGUE
2213
CD CUT 9, ’MAKURA’
ANTHONY BRIGGS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
ORPHEUS MUSIC OM701
( available direct from: www.orpheusmusic.com.au )
SATSUKI ODAMURA - ’KOTO DREAMING’
5: 48
(AUSTRAL PERF AND COMP: absolutely solo jushichigen {17-stringed bass koto}. A new piece which alludes to erotic poetry.
YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW A DEAL MORE ABOUT THE KOTO, INCLUDING THE JUSHICHIGEN?
A good place to start {with many links} is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_%28musical_instrument%29 )
SEGUE
2219
CD CUT 11, ’SCHOOL’S OUT’
SANDY EVANS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
TALL POPPIES TP195
( www.tallpoppies.net
CDs available direct, and also {securely} via www.buywell.com )
GEST8 - ’KALEIDOSCOPE’
5: 29
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: a quirky, indigo-tinged slinker which features some very effective bass clarinet from Paul Cutlan, and Phil Slater’s trumpet. But everyone’s part of what makes this work so well - Satsuki Odamura’s koto, Steve Elphick’s ac bass, drummer Simon Barker , nicely-applied electronics from Greg White and the composer’s tenor sax )
2227
CD CUT 7, ’KALEIDOSCOPE’
TONY GORMAN
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
TALL POPPIES TP195
( www.tallpoppies.net
CDs available direct, and also {securely} via www.buywell.com )
GEST8 - ’KALEIDOSCOPE’
4: 34
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: cheerfully quirky-wheeling, with a definite whiff of ’circus. It rides atop the drumkit of Simon Barker and Steve Elphick’s no-wasted-notes bass - with nice solos on Carl; Dewhurst’s elec. guitar and Paul Cutlan’s Eb {e-flat} clarinet )
SEGUE
2232
CD CUT 2, ’EDITH AND THE KINGPIN’
JONI MITCHELL, ARR LARRY KLEIN AND HERBIE HANCOCK
PUB NOT SPEC BUT PROBABLY CRAZY COW MUSIC
VERVE 1744826
(Through Universal
www.vervemusicgroup.com/verve/default.asp )
HERBIE HANCOCK - ’RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS’
6: 30
(Tina Turner as you’ve never heard her - addressing a Joni Mitchell lyric, very effectively. Darkly-balladic-wry, husky vocal - very well-judged. Superbly accompanied by Herbie’s piano, Wayne Shorter’s tenor sax, Dave Holland’s ac bass, drummer Vinnie Colauita and Lionel Loueke on elec. guitar.
YOU’D LIKE TO SEE THE LYRIC?
It’s here: http://jonimitchell.com/musician/song.cfm?id=EdithAndTheKingpin )
SEGUE
2239
CD CUT 3, ’LESS STABLE ELEMENTS’
TONY GORMAN
CONTROL
RUFUS RECORDS RF020
( in Australia through Universal
Rufus website: www.rufusrecords.com.au )
CLARION FRACTURE ZONE - ’LESS STABLE ELEMENTS’
4: 08
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: quirkily to and fros, with a grin .. from keystone-cops to quasi-blues-free: Tony’s clarinet, Sandy Evans’ soprano sax, Alister Spence’s piano, Lloyd Swanton’s ac bass, Toby Hall’s drums)
SEGUE
2243
CD CUT 6, WHISTLING AT DINNER’
TONY GORMAN
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
TALL POPPIES TP195
( www.tallpoppies.net
CDs available direct, and also {securely} via www.buywell.com )
GEST8 - ’KALEIDOSCOPE’
7: 44
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: first several minutes are Steve Elphick’s eloquent plucked ac bass, alone.. then into a bluesy-loping-creeping groove with drums, elec. guitar and bass koto joining.. and later just a little tenor sax and bass clarinet and trumpet . If there’s such a thing as ’film noir’ bass koto, then Satsuki Odamura’s bass koto on this qualities. Carl Dewhust’s elec. guitar also stars )
2252
CD CUT 3, ’BOTH SIDES NOW’
JONI MITCHELL, ARR LARRY KLEIN AND HERBIE HANCOCK
PUB NOT SPEC BUT PROBABLY CRAZY COW MUSIC
VERVE 1744826
(Through Universal
www.vervemusicgroup.com/verve/default.asp )
HERBIE HANCOCK - ’RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS’
6: 40 (not quite complete)
(A beautiful, very ’open’, spacious instrumental elaboration on Joni’s song. Herbie’s piano alone, then with Dave Hollands ac bass and Vinnie Colaiuta’s brushes, then discreetly-swelling elec. guitar from Lionel Louke and - eventually - what really makes it sublime - Wayne Shorter’s quietly jaw-dropping, tenor sax , which is sublimely lyrical and cliché-free )
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2305
CD CUT 3, ’SANDANSKO HORO’
TRAD BULGARIAN/MECEDONIAN, ARR MARA!
(PRESUMABLY, RESPECTIVELY) PUBLIC DOMAIN/ APRA
MARA MUSIC MM002
(THROUGH MARA MUSIC.
WEBSITE: www.maramusic.com.au
EMAIL: admn@maramusic.com )
MARA! - ’:SORELLA’
3: 41
(AUSTRAL PERF AND ARR: Recognisably a Balkan dance, but treated individually. Strong saxophones played by Andrew Robson {who begins this , quite solo on alto sax, treating it as a slow dance. It moves up when the rest arrive} and Paul Cutlan, Llew Kiek’s bouzouki, Mara Kiek’s tapan {big drum} and well-anchored by Steve Elphick’s very woody ac bass.
FOR MARA GIG DETAILS GO TO:
www.maramusic.com.au/Marapages/Mara%20upcoming%20events.htm )
2310
CD CUT 1, ’MOSAIC’
SATUSKI ODAMURA AND SANDY EVANS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
TALL POPPIES TP195
( www.tallpoppies.net
CDs available direct, and also {securely} via www.buywell.com )
GEST8 - ’KALEIDOSCOPE’
3: 07
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: Darkly-dramatic, mysterioso piece which primarily features Satsuki Odamura’s bass koto { jushichigen }
YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW A DEAL MORE ABOUT THE KOTO, INCLUDING THE JUSHICHIGEN?
A good place to start {with many links} is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_%28musical_instrument%29 )
SEGUE
2313
CD CUT 5, ’IT’S YOU OR NO ONE’
STYNE/CAHN
PUB NOT SPEC
(This CD is NOT for sale. Provided by the artists and aired with their express permission
Paul can be contacted as: loosecut@optusnet.com.au )
SYDNEY JAZZ TRIO - ’..SO NICE TO COME HOME TO’
5 04:
(AUSTRAL PERF: the sweet and swinging, threesome are Paul Cutlan {here, on soprano sax - he also plays wonderful bass clarinet), ac bassist Steve Arie, and elec guitarist Steve Brien.)
SEGUE
2318
CD CUT 6, ’TEA LEAF PROPHECY’
LYRIC BY JONI MITCHELL MUSIC BY HER AND LARRY KLEIN
CRAZY COW MUSIC
VERVE 1744826
(Through Universal
www.vervemusicgroup.com/verve/default.asp )
HERBIE HANCOCK - ’RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS’
6: 31
(Joni herself sings a fine, new version of song which first appeared on her 1988 album ’Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm’. Unhurried, nice groove, with Herbie’s piano, Wayne Shorter’s mostly-soprano sax {plus a spot of overdubbed harmony saxes, inc tenor} Dave Hollands ac bass, Vinnie Colaiuta’s brushes Lionel Louke’s nylon-stringed ac guitar. Alludes to wars and to ’normalcy’, and to chance, memory, love and to selective ’blindness’.
YOU’D LIKE TO SEE THE LYRIC?
It’s here: http://jonimitchell.com/musician/song.cfm?id=TheTeaLeafProphecy )
SEGUE
2325
CD CUT 8, ’LAMBENT’
TONY GORMAN
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
TALL POPPIES TP195
( www.tallpoppies.net
CDs available direct, and also {securely} via www.buywell.com )
GEST8 - ’KALEIDOSCOPE’
9: 10
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: meditative, with a contentedly-misterioso quality - primarily a vehicle for Satsuki Odamura’s koto, but with various other instruments/ instrumental colours deployed nicely, unpredictably )
2338
CD CUT 3, ’SAMA GÀMMU’ (MY RIVAL )
YOUSSOU N’DOUR/ MODY BA/ KABOU GUÈYE
AFRICAN BROADBAND PUBOISHING (BMI) AS ADMINISTRATOR FOR XIPPI INTERNATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHING (BSDA)
NONESUCH 7559 799745
in Australia, through Warner Music: www.warnermusic.com.au
worldwide: www.nonesuch.com )
YOUSSOU N’DOUR - ’ROKKU MU ROKKA’ (GIVE AND TAKE)
3: 56
(playful-taunting Senegalese song with a killer groove and wonderful high-limber male vocal from Youssou - with a good backing vocal and very effective thwacko-brushed percussion and marvellous, twangy ngoni {here identified by its Senegalese Wolofo name - ’xalam’ } played by Bassekou Kouyate, from Mali {where it is known as ’ngoni’}
ABC RADIO NATIONAL YOUSSOU N’DOUR ALERT
His new CD will be explored on ’The Daily Planet’ through the week of Mon Nov 26 - Fri Nov 30.
’The Daily Planet’ with Lucky Oceans airs Monday to Friday at 2.20pm
Except on Fridays, it has a second airing at 11.20 pm
website {includes audio} : www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyplanet )
SEGUE
2342
CD CUT 4’ INNER SPACE’
SANDY EVANS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
TALL POPPIES TP195
( www.tallpoppies.net
CDs available direct, and also {securely} via www.buywell.com )
GEST8 - ’KALEIDOSCOPE’
8: 23
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: meditative and beautiful, with an edge. Primarily a vehicle for Satsuki Odamura’s koto, but also crucially involves some beautifully-voiced horns {the composer’s soprano sax, Paul Cutlan’s tenor and Phil Slater’s trumpet), plus ac bass, drums, elec. guitar and electronic-scape)
SEGUE
2350
CD CUT 9, ’NEFERTITI’
WAYNE SHORTER
PUB NOT SPEC
VERVE 1744826
(Through Universal
www.vervemusicgroup.com/verve/default.asp )
HERBIE HANCOCK - ’RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS’
7: 27
( The author’s genius-level tenor sax - just uncanny, lots of inventiveness, no chest-beating - with Herbie’s piano, Dave Holland’s ac bass, Vinnie Colaiuta’s drums, Lionel Louke’s elec. guitar. Wafting lyrical-beautiful-abstract, but with an edge, groove, and power, too. It becomes darker-stronger at end.. A Shorter staple, beautifully, newly, tackled )
2358
CD CUT 2, ’SUZURU’ (NESTING CRANES)
TRAD, ARR RILEY LEE
PUBLIC DOMAIN
TALL POPPIES RECORDS TP151
( www.tallpoppies.net
CDs available direct, and also {securely} via www.buywell.com )
RILEY LEE - ’DEEP NIGHT’ (YEARNING FOR THE BELL - VOLUME 5)
0: 35 (excerpt)
(AUSTRAL PERF: solo shakuhachi {end-blown Japanese bamboo flute}, playing what’s believed to the oldest of many Japanese musical pieces inspired by nesting cranes.
YOU’D LIKE TO HEAR MORE FLUTES, MORE CRANE-INSPIRED MUSIC AND MORE BIRD-INSPIRED MUSIC?
Be here for ’The Weekend Planet’ tomorrow night, Sunday March 16th
More details here: www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendplanet/comingup )
Presenter
Doug Spencer
Producer
Doug Spencer
