http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Tue, 13 May 2008 11:13:33 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/13/013430.php#comment-717660 And thank you for reading and commenting. It's much appreciated. 717660@blogcritics.org Tue, 13 May 2008 11:13:33 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/13/013430.php#comment-717659 And thank you for reading and commenting. It's much appreciated. 717659@blogcritics.org Tue, 13 May 2008 11:09:30 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/13/013430.php#comment-717616 I consider myself a huge fan of the ECM label, and a big fan of Jan Garbarek, but when I spotted this CD the other day I just couldn't even begin to talk myself into buying it. The two times that I saw the Jan Garbarek Group (struggling now to remember exact dates, but sometime in the past 5 to 8 years, once at the Sydney Opera House, and once at The Esplanade in Singapore) I remember thinking that Marilyn's contribution to the group was superfluous at best, and an annoying distraction at worst. And this from a fan of Jan Garbarek's work, and a lover of percussion in all its varied forms... The ECM distributor/retailer in Thailand has recently gone out of business, and to the best of my knowledge nobody has stepped in to take up the cause. But when I was in Singapore a few weeks ago I bought a batch of recent releases, including Nik Bartsch's Ronin, Manu Katche, Enrico Rava/Stefano Bollani, etc. from the ECM label, along with a slew of new titles in other genres... but Elixir didn't make the cut. Anyway, I see that All Music Guide also has given this a decent review... maybe I'll have to give Marilyn another chance some day. Thanks for putting your review out here so that I at least have to THINK about it! 717616@blogcritics.org Tue, 13 May 2008 03:45:43 EDT