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Michael Moore, Expat American Genius
[...] Monitor is probably not the right place to start with Michael Moore. Between the Lines is an unabashedly avant garde label, with Monitor being one of the tamer releases. Better to start with, perhaps, The Clusone 3 (Moore with the incredible Ernst Reijseger and playful Han Bennink), Available Jelly (a sort of little big band), or MGM trio. These works are both more...
Published on July 18, 2001 by Jan P. Dennis
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Not exactly what I expected!
I read Stuart Nicholson's article in the New York Times about European vs. American jazz and bought several albums he recommended, including this one by Michael Moore et al. Best thing about it is the cool silver and green cover! I like to think I am open to new musical forms, but this one I found unappealing in the extreme: percussion, mixing, more style than content...
Published on June 25, 2001 by Peter Gerdine
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Michael Moore, Expat American Genius, July 18, 2001
This review is from: Monitor (Dig) (Audio CD)
[...] Monitor is probably not the right place to start with Michael Moore. Between the Lines is an unabashedly avant garde label, with Monitor being one of the tamer releases. Better to start with, perhaps, The Clusone 3 (Moore with the incredible Ernst Reijseger and playful Han Bennink), Available Jelly (a sort of little big band), or MGM trio. These works are both more accessible and more representative of Moore's unique genius (good luck finding them, however). Moore has an extensive discography--over a dozen discs on his own Dutch label, Ramboy, solid representation on several Gerry Hemingway discs, he's a featured player in the Instant Composer's Orchestra, etc. [...] Yes, it is a lot about textures, and it has a certain European austerity, but if you can get beyond what often to American ears is a somewhat sterile esthetic real beauty emerges. It is safe to say that there are sounds on here heard nowhere else in recorded music. It's worth a listen just for that.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Not exactly what I expected!, June 25, 2001
This review is from: Monitor (Dig) (Audio CD)
I read Stuart Nicholson's article in the New York Times about European vs. American jazz and bought several albums he recommended, including this one by Michael Moore et al. Best thing about it is the cool silver and green cover! I like to think I am open to new musical forms, but this one I found unappealing in the extreme: percussion, mixing, more style than content. Nils Petter Molvaer I found more accessible ("Khmer"). See the replies in the Letters section of the Times, 6/17/01 for other perspectives.
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