[Dixielandjazz] Anachronic Jazz Band

[Gary Kiser]

Hey guts,

If I get thrown in the clink for putting this stuff up (music and book) 
on line, I hope some of you will come by for a visit.

As for Monk, you should all 'try' to listen to him seriously.  By the 
way, I play Round Midnight.  This melody works GREAT with tuba on the 
melody.

All the best,
Gary "Hey guard, this chain hurts my ankle" Kiser


Steve barbone wrote:

> <>Gary Kiser <gary at kiser.org> wrote (polite snip)

>>Hi all,
>>
>>The subject of the Anachronic Jazz Band comes up on this list now and
>>then.  Here I go reviving the subject.  But with sound to back up the
>>text.  I propose the audio tracks from the double CD issued (I think) in
>>1992.  The two disks contain the AJB's two vinyl LPs (1976 & 1978) plus
>>undistributed live cuts made by a fan with decent equipment.  These
>>latter seven were recorded at a concert in Nantes in Nov 1978.
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>>* Round Midnight -
>>http://www.mayakiser.com/ajb/cd1/02-Round_Midnight.mp3 - I don't care
>>what anyone says, almost everything Monk wrote is wonderful.  Rather
>>than a ballad, the AJB treats this as a bouncy 2-beat medium.
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>Snip to:
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>>* Ask Me Now - http://www.mayakiser.com/ajb/cd2/01-Ask_Me_Now.mp3 -
>>Jeez, I like Monk.
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>Now you've done it Ollie, this is another fine mess you've gotten us into.
>MONK? :-) VBG.
>
>I whole heartedly agree with you. Monk swings. But then, what do you expect
>from a stride pianist whose earliest mentor was a neighbor on San Juan Hill
>NYC, (now Lincoln Center) the veritable James P. Johnson? IMO, Lots of Monk
>tunes make for some wonderful Dixieland. Their short interval style as I
>hear it is clearly related to the earliest forms of jazz and are clearly not
>bebop as so many folks opine. Harmonics? That's a different matter as Monk
>was Monk. In that department, like Bix, . . . an individualistic genius
>
>Anachronic is a wonderful band. Thanks for posting these and bringing back
>some memories of both Monk & Anachronic.
>
>Cheers,
>Steve Barbone
>