Questionnaire.....pt. 7

More drummers......interestingly, both of these guys run record labels that are putting out great music, so make sure you check out those links.

Simon Barker: here

1. Favorite/particularly interesting jazz album?

Crescent - John Coltrane

2. Favorite/particularly interesting 'world' recording?

Ritual Music from Korea's East Coast
Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama

3. Favorite/particularly interesting classical recording/piece?

Morton Feldman Piano and String Quartet - Aki Takahashi and Kronos Quartet

4. Name a Jazz recording you're mad about but not many other people would know.

Egberto Gismonti - Danca Das Cabecas
Anything by Hermeto

5. Name a (genre other than jazz or jazz) record you're mad about but no one would've thought you'd be into.

James Taylor (anything)
An Evening With John Denver
Nick Drake (anything)

6. Give me 3 of your favorite Australian Jazz recordings.

The Necks- Aether
Sean Wayland - fangin
Steve Hunter - Homebase

7. Most underrated Australian Jazz player?

Adam Ponting

8. Most underrated non-Australian Jazz player?

Craig Taborn (don't know if he's underrated but would love to hear more)

9. Name a gig (or two or three) you saw in Australia that really stays with you....

Mike Nock Qt - The Berlin Hotel (1991-2?)
Mark Simmonds Freeboppers - Strawberry Hills Hotel (Tinkler, Rex, Lambie)
The Necks (many times)
Jackie Orszaczky (many times)

10. Favorite book(s) on music?

Confronting Silence - Toru Takemitsu


and Ronny Ferella: here

1. Favorite/particularly interesting jazz album?

Old and New Dreams / Old and new Dreams
Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell

2. Favorite/particularly interesting 'world' recording?

Salif Kieta Soro

3. Favorite/particularly interesting classical recording/piece?

Messiaen Quartet For the End Of Time
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8

4. Name a Jazz recording you're mad about but not many other people
would know.

Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus- Too Much Sugar for a Dime
Fieldwork- The Door

5. Name a (genre other than jazz or jazz) record you're mad about but
no one would've thought you'd be into.

The Grass is Blue- Dolly Parton

6. Give me 3 of your favorite Australian Jazz recordings.

The Necks- Sex
Clarion Fracture Zone-Zones on Parade
Jackie Orzaczky Budget Orchestra-Deep Down and Out
Mark Simmonds- Fire

7. Most underrated Australian Jazz player?

Jonathan Zwartz

8. Most underrated non-Australian Jazz player?

Joe Zawinal

9. Name a gig (or two or three) you saw in Australia that really stays
with you....

Dewey Redman 1988 Club Foote Adelaide- Dewey Redman, Eddie Moore, Geri Allen, Lloyd Swanton
Ustad Nusrat Fatah Ali Kan (Pakastani vocalist)/ Salif Kieta (separate gigs) Womadelaide 1992? Can’t remember, reefer days.
Allan Browne, Ben Robertson, Stephen Grant—Monstalvat Festival

10. Favorite book(s) on music?

Treat it Gentle-Sidney Bechet
To Be or Not To Bop- Dizzy Gillespie and Al Fraser
Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music- Christoph Cox, Daniel Warner
Forces in Motion-Anthony Braxton
John Cage Writing-John Cage
African Rhthm and African Sensibility-John Miller Chernoff
Arcana: Musicians on Music-John Zorn
Bill Evans How My Heart Sings-Pettinger
Footprints The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter -Michelle Mercer