@rostasi thanks for letting us know. I can remember buying and enjoying “The Best Of Curved Air” when it first came out in the mid 1970s particularly the tracks “Melinda (More Or Less)” and “Backstreet Luv”. And later, two other favourite albums on which he played, “801 Live” and “Sky 2”.
Also, George Winston died about 10 days ago — he was one of the leading lights on the old Windham Hill label. I think he was their best-selling artist, actually.
Doris Stockhausen died yesterday while living her 100th year on this planet.
One of the best, but kinda surreal, memories for me was being asked, by Doris, to sit with her and two of her children, Suja and Christel, in a pew in a church in Köln to watch a third "child" of hers, Markus, playing trumpet on stage that evening.
The next morning, I went to an internet cafe to go online to tell friends what had happened the night before - knowing that I had to rush back to the Sülztalhalle Kürten to continue my lessons with her ex-husband. It seems like yesterday.
Even though it was known he'd been badly ill this is still a hard one to take. I was lucky enough to see him play several times in different combos in three different countries. Legend.
It's funny to think that Meisner's passing won't have half the traction in the UK that the death of Sinead O'Connor has - and that despite, I would like to bet, there are more Eagles records floating around UK homes.
Born in Burlington, Vermont,
United States, Honsinger was given music lessons from a very early age,
as his mother had hopes of creating a chamber orchestra together with
his brother and sister. At the age of 12, Tristan would give concerts on
a nearly weekly basis. He studied classical cello at the New England Conservatory in Boston[1] before moving to Montreal in 1969 to avoid the draft.
While in Canada, he became interested in improvisational music.
Honsinger moved to Europe in 1974 and was active throughout the
continent.[1] He operates from Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Honsinger has a striking appearance, with body language reminiscent of that of a slapstick actor.
It is with sad news that Neotantra artist Helge Tømmervåg (Mind over MIDI) is no longer with us. He will be sadly missed. Love to his family at this time.
Well, this is a shocker. Steve Roden who created the genre of lowercase died yesterday. In the late 90s and early 00s, I used to be on an online forum for this music where we would talk, trade and create works. He made it possible for me to be on a few compilations released back then. I hadn’t heard anything new from him in a while, but I just thought it was because I had drifted away from that style (plus the forum was thru Yahoo then which went thru some changes in the later years). Anyway, it turned out that not only had he died at the relatively young age of 59, but, apparently, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s back in 2017 when he was just in his early 50s! You can read a very comprehensive obituary at the above link.
I just learned that Brian McBride passed away a little over a month ago.
McBride was one of the members of Stars of the Lid, but my personal association with his music is his 2005 solo debut, "When the Detail Lost Its Freedom," which was my First Music Of The Morning album for years. Simply gorgeous.
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Kaija Saariaho
and noticed that Francis Monkman (Curved Air & Sky) had died last month.
Doris Stockhausen died yesterday while living her 100th year on this planet.
One of the best, but kinda surreal, memories for me was being asked, by Doris,
to sit with her and two of her children, Suja and Christel, in a pew in a church in
Köln to watch a third "child" of hers, Markus, playing trumpet on stage that evening.
The next morning, I went to an internet cafe to go online to tell friends what had
happened the night before - knowing that I had to rush back to the Sülztalhalle Kürten
to continue my lessons with her ex-husband. It seems like yesterday.
Peter Brötzmann
Even though it was known he'd been badly ill this is still a hard one to take. I was lucky enough to see him play several times in different combos in three different countries. Legend.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/23/peter-brotzmann-legend-of-free-jazz-dies-at-82
It's funny to think that Meisner's passing won't have half the traction in the UK that the death of Sinead O'Connor has - and that despite, I would like to bet, there are more Eagles records floating around UK homes.
Tristan Honsinger (October 23, 1949 – August 5, 2023) was an American cello player active in free jazz and free improvisation. He is perhaps best known for his long-running collaboration with free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor and guitarist Derek Bailey.
Born in Burlington, Vermont, United States, Honsinger was given music lessons from a very early age, as his mother had hopes of creating a chamber orchestra together with his brother and sister. At the age of 12, Tristan would give concerts on a nearly weekly basis. He studied classical cello at the New England Conservatory in Boston[1] before moving to Montreal in 1969 to avoid the draft. While in Canada, he became interested in improvisational music. Honsinger moved to Europe in 1974 and was active throughout the continent.[1] He operates from Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Honsinger has a striking appearance, with body language reminiscent of that of a slapstick actor.
(24 June 1941 – 7 August 2023)
The man and album that all Anadolu pop is measured against.
Sixto Rodriguez
(July 10, 1942 – August 8, 2023)
David LaFlamme
(May 4, 1941 – August 7, 2023)
Jamie Reid
(16 January 1947 – 8 August 2023)
Robbie Robertson
(July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023)
Seconded.
In the late 90s and early 00s, I used to be on an online forum for this music where we would
talk, trade and create works. He made it possible for me to be on a few compilations released
back then. I hadn’t heard anything new from him in a while, but I just thought it was because
I had drifted away from that style (plus the forum was thru Yahoo then which went thru some
changes in the later years). Anyway, it turned out that not only had he died at the relatively
young age of 59, but, apparently, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s back in 2017 when he
was just in his early 50s! You can read a very comprehensive obituary at the above link.
Quietus too.
nice to see this.