The Köln or Coimbra Concert?

 

Spot the differences 😏😉😏

No comparisons … but it seems more a tribute than plain copy-catting…

Herbie Hancock’s insight 💫

 

Why is jazz no longer a part of the pop scene? "Because music doesn't matter anymore. People don’t care anymore about the music itself, they care about who makes the music. The public is more interested in celebrities and how a certain artist is more famous than music. 

The way audiences relate to music has changed. She no longer has a transcendental connection with music and its quality. she just wants the charm. Jazz doesn't want to be a part of it. Do you know why? It's not about humility or arrogance, a position "we don't want to be famous, we are 'underground'", none of that. Jazz is about the human soul, not the appearance. Jazz has values, it teaches us to live in the moment, to work together and above all to respect the neighbor. When musicians get together to play together, you need to respect and understand what the other person is doing. Jazz in particular is an international language that represents freedom, thanks to its roots in slavery. Jazz makes people feel good about themselves. ” - Herbie Hancock

Tuck Andress’ 1953 Gibson L5 at Gryphon in Palo Alto, CA

 

From Gryphon workshop:

FIX IT FRIDAY: repairing Tuck Andress' 1953 Gibson L-5!

We first met Tuck Andress and his 1953 Gibson L-5 in the mid-1980s, back when he and his wife Patti Cathcart were still performing in the courtyard of the New Varsity Theater in downtown Palo Alto. Over the decades Tuck has toured and recorded extensively with this guitar and it has had more than its fair share of hard knocks. During its last check-up, it didn’t need any major work, but we did grab a few photos of the kinds of things that can happen to a guitar that has lived most of its life on the road. 

In the first photo, when Tuck needed to raise the action at the nut before a concert, and he didn’t have time to find a luthier, he shimmed the nut using the cardboard from a string package. In the second photo, you can see the L-5 has been refretted so many times the inlay at the third fret has been sanded down to about two thirds of its original size. The third photo shows two cracks in the top caused by a falling microphone stand. We made a new nut and repaired the cracks. We also refretted the guitar but Tuck is used to the way the worn inlay looks and feels, so we leveled the fretboard but left the inlay as is.

Keef

 

An anagram or a wise suggestion?

 

Phallus Dei

 

From today date, Phallus Dei won’t be only beloved Amon Düül II disc, but also Giordano Tedoldi’s book, titled this way both because of topic - i.e. - sex and power - and because author was listening to some krautrock classics when writing/editing his book.

… and: yes! I own all three the editions of the disc 💫

P.S. - listening to this music while reading the book enhances the “experience”…

Music in a picture?

 

A vintage Martin D-28, what else?!?

Benjamin Britten’s Noye’s Fludde 💫

 

The most sought after, as rare as rare can be 🍀

Melancholia ❤️‍🩹

 

Phytahoras was right 💫

 

They say that music is a science, yes! Pythagoras is considered the originator of music theory, combining intervals and mathematical calculations to create the notes of the major scale. However, perhaps only Leonard Bernstein, in his famous Harvard speech, [The Unanswered Question 1973], truly explained the why and how. Through his explanation of the harmonic series, he demonstrated the scientific basis of music theory.

The top image is a graph of the first nine harmonics of a harmonic series. The bottom image is an x-ray of the internal structure of a shell.

However, he also observed something profound:

"What we calculate and explain, or try to explain, through the musical theory of Pythagoras, only Indian music lovers can hear; they can demonstrate any mood through their scales, which they call Raaga. And a Raaga is not just a scale; it's something more. If you can't appreciate it or feel it, it will put you to sleep in minutes."

After observing how a harmonic series and a conch shell are similar, I feel that this connection and our ancient understanding of music could lead to a deeper understanding. Our ancestors understood everything before the father of music theory, Pythagoras.

The only word that comes to mind after seeing this image is PANCHAJANYA.

"The highest goal of music is to connect the soul to its Divine Nature, not entertainment." — Pythagoras

Yin/Yang

 

Leo 🥇

 

Wait for it! 💫

 

Jerry’s hand 💫💫💫

 

Yes, it’s “that” hot 😱😵‍💫😱

 

ECC83

 

The most ubiquitous tube, ever 💫🥇💫

Manygoodears

 

Thanks to Quino 💫

Weasels

 

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

 

On this date, August 4, 1967, Pink Floyd's debut album The Piper At The Gates of Dawn, taking its title from chapter seven of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows, was released in the UK (not until October in North America on Tower Records, a Capitol Records subsidiary). The album was recorded at EMI Studios in London from February to May 1967 with producer Norman Smith. It is the only album where guitarist/songwriter Syd Barrett played a leadership role. The album has been hailed as a pivotal psychedelic rock album.

The album is made up of two different styles of songs: lengthy improvisations from the band's live performances (that would become the cornerstone of the band's sound) and shorter whimsical songs that Barrett had written, often with nonsensical lyrics. Barrett's ingesting of LSD increased during the recording of the album making him difficult at times to work with and frustrating producer Smith. "With Syd, I eventually realized I was wasting my time," recalled Smith. Barrett would end up writing eight of the album's songs and contributing to two instrumentals credited to the whole band, with Waters creating the sole remaining composition "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk".

The original UK LP was released on 4 August 1967 in both monaural and stereophonic mixes. While the US and UK track listings differed slightly, the American album including the band's recent single "See Emily Play" in place of "Astronomy Domine", "Flaming" and "Bike", the Canadian LP, on Capitol Records, had the same title and track listing as the UK version.

At the time of release, both Record Mirror and NME gave the album four stars out of five. Record Mirror commented that "the psychedelic image of the group really comes to life, record wise, on this LP which is a fine showcase for both their talent and the recording technique. Plenty of mind blowing sound, both blatant and subtle here, and the whole thing is extremely well performed." In July 2006, Billboard described The Piper at the Gates of Dawn as "one of the best psychedelic rock albums ever, driven by Barrett's oddball narratives and the band's skill with both long jams and perfect pop nuggets".

Nipper’s Story

 

Behind the image of one of the most recognizable advertising icons in the world, lies a fascinating and little-known story.

The English painter Francis Barraud, upon the death of his brother Mark, inherited a hand-cranked phonograph, some wax cylinders and a small dog, a crossbreed with a Fox Terrier, called Nipper. Francis noticed that when the cylinders played his deceased brother's voice, the little dog approached the horn and listened attentively.

The painter captured this moment on canvas, titling it very logically: "His Master's Voice". It was 1895 and Francis thought that he might be of interest to the Edison Bell Co. of London, creator of the cylinder phonograph, but the work was rejected. Thus, the painting returned to his studio, where it remained for four years, until William Barry Owen, head of relations and propaganda for the "Gramophone" record company, suggested to Francis to replace Edison's 1877 cylinder phonograph with the disc gramophone invented by Emile Berliner in 1888. The painter made the change, painting the gramophone instead of the phonograph, and Owen then purchased the work.

The trademark was registered by Berliner on July 10, 1900. The following year, Berliner, together with Eldridge R. Johnson, founded RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey, on October 3, 1901. From that point on, the image of Nipper listening attentively to the gramophone became famous throughout the world, as all products manufactured by the company bore that symbol without exception.

From the first acoustic recordings on wax matrix to current laser, compact or digital recordings, Nipper sitting in front of a trumpet has become a universal symbol of music.