Anyone hear the Alice Coltrane bit on NPR this morning?

bif

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Tue Nov-09-04 10:18 AM
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Anyone hear the Alice Coltrane bit on NPR this morning?

She was interviewed along with her son Ravi on Morning Edition. Her new album sound excellent. A lot easier that her older stuff. And it's her first new album in a long time.

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mr_hat

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Tue Nov-09-04 10:21 AM
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1. I did -- it sounded great. And Robbie is so well-spoken. >

John's busting with pride somewhere.

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bif

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Tue Nov-09-04 10:24 AM
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2. Actually it's Ravi

Not to be a jerk or anything. It's the Hindi name for sun I believe.

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mr_hat

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Tue Nov-09-04 10:27 AM
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4. Oops! Robbie Coltrane is Hagrid!

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Richardo

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Tue Nov-09-04 10:27 AM
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3. I did - and immediately thought of ChavezSpeakstheTruth...

Edited on Tue Nov-09-04 10:31 AM by Richardo

Am I on DU too much? :D

Very nice story - but Alice's music is still a bit too avant-garde for my taste. :shrug: Great to have her back, though.

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bif

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Tue Nov-09-04 10:29 AM
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5. I have one of her albums from the early 70s

It's pretty out there. But I think I could listen to this one. And I thought of Chavez as well.

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ProfessorGAC

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Tue Nov-09-04 10:33 AM
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6. It's Pretty Out There?!?!?

And that's a bad thing, how? Her and John (after Monk and Cecil Taylor) changed my understanding of what music was.

For me, there is nothing too avant-garde. I WANT to be forced to pay attention.
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bif

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Tue Nov-09-04 10:37 AM
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7. To each his own, dude.

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ProfessorGAC

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Tue Nov-09-04 03:32 PM
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8. No Offense Intended

I guess that was my way of saying the same thing as your reply to me. I would guess there is no music too out there for me. Part of my intrinsic weirdness.
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bif

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Tue Nov-09-04 05:05 PM
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9. No offense taken.

I used to enjoy some of the more avant stuff. But maybe I'm just mellowing in my old age. These days I like my jazz to have great melodies and it's gotta swing.

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Tue Nov-09-04 05:48 PM
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11. I'm with you...the outter, the better.....

I listened to Alice's CD this past weekend, but I didn't have the opportunity to really listen to it...too much going on around me. I have to give it a serious listen. I liked what I heard, but it is much more accessible than her earlier work, as has been said. A friend of mine, a percussionist, played with her for years. He has a story or three. ;)

Recently I found a copy of the CD reissue of Sonny Sharrock's "Black Woman" in a used record store. Man, oh man... Blew my mind.

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pdx_prog

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Tue Nov-09-04 05:32 PM
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10. Yep....

was quite cool.....defintely way ahead of it's time...

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