May 2008
1 post
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“Let’s play the music and not its background!”
– Ornette Coleman
February 2008
8 posts
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Masada obsession
I just can’t understand it. Whenever I heard about Jewish music, I was never interested. What’s interesting in it anyway? Same melodies played in such a characteristic way, that you can’t recognize which band is playing. All those violin solos and similar rhythms — it’s just boring, isn’t it? Of course it is. Until you hear Masada playing.
It’s a...
Bach
There’s nothing like a good Bach for goodnight. As we used to call him in music school: “The first jazz man. Ever.”
(Leon)
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“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t...”
– attributed to Charlie “Bird” Parker
Sketches of Spain
I’m really amazed by Sketches of Spain these days. I’d compare Aranjuez Concerto to Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture or Ellington’s Harlem (maybe also Isfahan). But: greatly instrumented by Gil Evans masterpiece is… well, I’d say is worth to hear as much as original Rodrigo’s composition. Both are impressive and pleasant for ears. Btw, what do you think about...
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Punk and Freud
I don’t know if Pink Freud is commonly known outside of Poland, but they’ve recently released a new album called “Punk Freud”, which happens to be the fourth in their career, and in my opinion, also happens to be the best. Why’s that? Becuase it’s the bravest one.
Their form of a simple trio (Ziętek — trumpet and electronic noises, Mazolewski —...
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“There’s two kinds of music: good and bad. I like both.”
– atrributed to Duke Ellington
good day all
Hello,
this site, the Bluetrain, is yet another music weblog about jazz. It’s maintained by me (that is: king.pest) and my friend Leon, and we intend to present everything that is in our opinion somehow interesting, and somehow related to jazz. We are Polish so our level of English may vary (depending on the amount of alcohol in blood, amount of hours spent at work/school and the strength...