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| :: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Nov 19, 2007 |
Ending weeks of speculation in various online communities, Robert Fripp has revealed in his latest online diary that drummer Gavin Harrison (of Porcupine Tree) will be joining King Crimson. The band will be playing a series of live dates in Chicago’s Park West – most recently the venue to RF and the LoCG appearance in the windy city. Fripp notes “Park West is a fave venue, and one I have been working for 27 years. The LCG were here in 1989 & 1990…This is also the venue where, according to our current plans for King Crimson’s return to active-service in 2008, preparatory to the 40th. Anniversary Celebration of 2009, The Beast Of Crim will be playing a 4-night residency in August 2008 with KC’s third double-drumming formation. The first formation: Jamie Muir & Bill Bruford (1972-73);
the second formation: Pat Mastelotto & Bill Bruford (1994-97);
the third formation: Pat Mastelotto & Gavin Harrison. A fourth double-drumming formation, of 1981-84 (Adrian & Billy B), doesn’t quite count as Adrian’s primary focus was in the front line.” Harrison is one of the most respected drummers of his generation, adding a prodigious technique to the work of Porcupine Tree as well collaborating with Jakko Jakszyk on The Bruised Romantic Glee Club, and most recently, Drop – an album with bassist and singer, 05Ric and also featuring contributions from Fripp. Some may recall Drop was featured as a DGMLive giveaway (see my review on the blog), perhaps hinting at Harrison's proposed involvement. Only DGMLive regular, Chocolatefireguard, spotted the listing on King Crimson's myspace site: the top four musicians have been there for a couple of months now.
More details will be announced regarding rehearsal schedules and ticket availability as soon as we get them.
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Marquee Memories
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., May 25, 2013
BBC 4 screened a vintage episode of Jazz 625 - a TV show which Bill Bruford recalls being an avid viewer of in his youth. The episode features Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band and was recorded in the Marquee Club.
Bilk, who had a monumental hit with the lugubrious ballad Stranger On The Shore on both sides of the Atlantic in 1961, has a couple of connections to the world of Crimson.
A young Robert Fripp was swept up in the trad jazz phenomena that was all the rage in Britain during the late 50s and early 60s, queuing up to see bands led by Monty Sunshine, Chris Barber and Acker Bilk. The trad jazz craze was covered in an hour-long documentary also on BBC 4 last night and includes more footage of Bilk in action.
The trad jazz scene also led Ian Wallace to an epiphany. He’d been happy enough picking out tunes while listening to the radio on a guitar his mother had bought for him. However, it was not until he went to a performance of Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band at Bury’s Royal Cinema that his true musical interests were revealed. As he stood queuing for an ice cream near the front of the stage, Wallace looked up and saw the stage lights reflecting of the coloured shells of the drums. Looking at the kit, he underwent an almost religious experience. "The heavens opened up with a choir of angels and something said ’That’s what you’re supposed to do.’"
For those folks who’ve only ever seen photographs of the legendary club (such as this one)...
...the Jazz 625 show with Acker Bilk gives you a much better sense of the room which helped Crimson come to prominence.
The Marquee Club in Wardour Street, London played host to a memorable residency by Crimson and on this very date 44 years ago they were sharing the bill with John Surman’s Octet as part of the club’s New Paths initiative which sought to find a common ground between rock and jazz.
The band had first played at the club on May 16th (Fripp’s 23rd birthday) where they were supporting US visitor’s Steppenwolf. After witnessing KC do their thing, Steppenwolf vocalist John Kay was heard to have memorably quipped "Follow that. They sound like a bleeding orchestra."
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Chrysta Bell & Mastelotto In The UK
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., May 23, 2013
Pat Mastelotto is on tour in the UK this week with Chrysta Bell. Check out the dates in Manchester, Leicester, Bath and Ireland here.
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Keeling's Condensed KC
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., May 23, 2013
Andrew Keeling has a new book of musical analysis due out for June 1st. The Concise Musical Guide to King Crimson and Robert Fripp (1969 - 1984) is available from Burning Shed and direct from the publisher Spaceward where you can also nab it as an ebook.
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The TransKcription Of Light
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., May 21, 2013
Ever wanted to see what the track The ConstruKction Of Light transcribed with all the parts written out and then put into a midi file? Gabriel Lucas Gitin Riccio did and set about spending time doing just that.
Trey Gunn linked to the video on his Facebook page commenting "King Crimson's "The ConstruKction of Light" fully transcribed (ALL parts) and re-realized via midi. Unfortunate choices for the drum sounds, and I haven't checked all the notes, but my immediate impression is: "Holy crap! This person really put in the work on this one."
He even has all the double-stops in my right hand part. That is not easy to hear from the recording. And, even I had to put in a ton of work to get my hands back into it for each subsequent tour."
You can see the whole thing here.
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And The Winner Is...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., May 21, 2013
Congratulations to Syd Blair of Belfast. He was able to tell me that Tim Bowness's regular musical partner in No-Man is Steven Wilson. For that display of in-depth musical knowledge he wins himself a copy of the latest Henry Fool album, Men Singing. Stay tuned for another splendid giveaway later this week.
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Dyble Discussion
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., May 19, 2013
Judy Dyble, ex Fairport Convention and one-time member of GG&F, has been discussing her collaboration with Alistair Murphy and their work on a new album. Read it here.
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Happy Birthday BB
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., May 17, 2013
Birthday greetings and a bottle of wine to Bill Bruford who is 64 years young this very day.
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