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Currently Listening: Robstar Lobster

Meet an old old friend Pat yesterday and had a great time at the airport. He just got back from an acappella competition in Taiwan and got me 2 CDs.

The 2 CDs are from a japanese acappella group - Robstar Lobster.

  

Just started listening and if you're interested in acappella groups as well, let me know and you can get the CD from me!!

Jazz Festival coming!!

guys, quickly get the tickets or it's gonna be too late!!

Currently listening

5 cds:

Chemistry - face to face

Fish Leong - J*Adore

Rene Liu - Selection

Santana - Ultimate Santana
- went to the one and only one santana live on friday night. Real impressed, you really got the money worth, the 10 ppl band gave you the world class performance that doesnt only mean a night for party, you'd be amazed by those musicians!!!!!!
(my favourite is the bass solo)

back to classics

Went for New York phiharmonic orchestra tonight.

Haven't been to classical concerts for quite a while since i am no longer so engaged in classicals.
It was a great concert, 3 pieces (2 main ones). The oboe concerto was a bit boring, maybe not of my taste. especially liked the 2nd movement of brahms's no. 4, mysterous but sweet.

Most of the players are rather mature (old la), which i think really lacks the passion and energy (as most of them appeared really tired when they are done with the 2 hour performance). But i like the guest conductor a lot (Zhang Xian), she's a chinese, tiny but energetic and expressive. I can watch the conductor and feel the music just by watching her conducting, which is rather amazing.

The famous Lorin Maazel appear quite old as well, he was more lay back while conducting (when comparing to Zhang Xian) but he made a lot of eye contacts with players.

wanna listen to new world symphony someday............

The loveliest jazz concert

Really tried because of work these days.

But i managed to go to a JAZZ concert tonight, the amazing Jacques Loussier Trio.

WONDERFUL and i got no other words to describe. All 3 of them are rather old, Jacques Loussier even walk real slow on the stage. But his figures are just incredibly flexible when playing the music.

I think classical is boring, because of the "long-winded" and fixed structure. Loussier tried to make classical more fun. I really love it and i am sooo glad to have chance to hear them play live, because i am not sure whether they are gonna continue this kind of tiring tour at their old age.

They even played by favourite classical piece - Bolero!!! How could they played this piece with only 3 people yet still managed to build up from the begining to the end to give you a feeling that you're listening to an orchestra instead of a trio?

AMAZING!! actually the concert is a bit short (just until 10pm) with 1 piece for encore, but i guess their physical strengh must not be as capable as before. I can only go back and listen to my cd then.....

emilie simon

Listening to her cd recently

Thinking whether i should go to her concert in cultural centre.

asking for accompany

Anyone interested in going to the following jazz concert? drop a line if you are interested in Jazz as well!

太美麗

昨天吃飯的時候聽到細佬哼起陶喆的歌, 才發現原來他也很喜歡"太美麗"這張專輯!

很久沒有每天都聽當同一張專輯，維持了大約一個月。我想他的音樂最吸引人之處是"很好玩"，令你很想參與在其中!

最喜歡的歌:

似曾相識

《落花流水》

一句平常得不得了的「落花流水」，竟然幻化成如此「美」的故事。不得不佩服Wyman填詞的功力!

my favourite recently, just because of the great combination of melody and lyrics, with the imagination of the beautiful scenary in my brain!

Bossa nova

Bossa Nova
Stylistic origins: American jazz and Brazilian samba
Cultural origins: Late 1950s beaches of Rio de Janeiro
Typical instruments: Guitar (The piano and flute have also featured prominently)
Mainstream popularity: Significant in Brazil, but not as popular there as it was in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan.