Jun
11, 2001 Lam
in Concert, Finally!!
26-28 July, 2001, 8 pm, HK Coliseum
已六年沒有舉行演唱會的林子祥﹐將於七月廿六至廿八日再踏紅館舞台舉行個唱﹐叫「最愛接觸林子祥演唱會」,
有許志安､陳奕迅與VRF任嘉賓, 等到頸到長的阿Lam歌迷切勿錯過!
Jun
9, 2001 Guy
Ritchie's "Star" on BMW Films.
The fourth BMW "Hire Series" film is finally
here.
Directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Clive Owen
and Madonna. This one is fun.
Jun
6, 2001 Stereo
Jack's - Best CD Store in Boston
1686
Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 (Porter Square T Station)
Tel: (617) 497 9447
Open 7 Days a Week, Stereo Jack's is a tiny store
that specializes in jazz and blues CD's and records and
has the cheapest and widest range of items in stock. Their
used CD's are on average at $4.99 and there are many appetizing
items. The store is run by three old hippies who have
exquisite knowledge in music (think storekeepers in "High
Fidelity"). Hands down the best CD store in the Boston
area.
Jun
4 , 2001 Cool
Jazz at Concord, Massachusetts
Who
would think a small town like Concord, MA has some coolest
jazz sounds in New England? Concord, a 45-minute train
ride from Boston, is not necessarily a jazz heaven, but
The Workingman's Jazz Band provides some of the
greatest entertainment every Friday night from 8-11 p.m.
at Concord's Colonial Inn, specializing in jazz
standards like "Sweet Lorriane" & "Have
You Met Miss Jones?," featuring Ric Maure (piano),
Rick Maida (bass) & Terry Marsh (drums).
No cover! Click here
to view the complete schedule (there are other jazz vocal
or blues performances in the week). Also check out Bluejay
Records & click here
to sample music from local artists.
The
Workingman's Jazz Band
May
10, 2001 Wong
Kar Wai's "The Follow"
on BMW Films!
Finally,
the long-awaited Wong Kar Wai short film has arrived
on BMW
Films.com. I think this is the best BMW film so far
with an incredible mood and texture. Featuring great performances
from Forest Whittaker, Clive Owen & Mickey Rourke.
Click here
to view "The Follow."
May
14, 2001 Calle
54: Revival of Latin Jazz
The
BVSC of Latin Jazz. Spanish director Fernando Trueba
(Belle Epoque, Two Much) pays homage to some largely
forgotten Latin jazz artists: Paquito D'rivera, Michel
Camilo, Chucho and Bebo Valdes, Jerry Gonzalez, Eliane
Elias, Cachao, Gato Barbieri and Tito Puente (one of his
last recordings). All taped 'live-in-the-studio' with
very little interview footage. Trueba films it in a more
traditional and "safer" method than Wim Wenders'
handheld style in BVSC. A true all-star treat for anyone
interested in real, heartfelt Latin music. The showing
I saw, the audience burst into 5 different applauses.
Soundtrack can be found at CDNow.com.
May
11, 2001 Sounds
Eclectic on KCRW
Warning:
Treasure Trove! Sounds
Eclectic is the U.S. version of Albert Au's RTHK show.
Hosted by Nic Harcourt, this morning show on KRCW
FM 89.9 (Santa Monica,
CA) brings in prominent artists of
our times such as Yo-Yo
Ma, Beck,
Willie
Nelson, Ryuichi
Sakamoto, Bebel
Gilberto, Los Lobos, k.d. lang & Tom Hanks (!!)
where they perform LIVE. Another free-of-charge pleasure
for music lovers in addition to Albert Au's and Uncle
Ray's shows. go
to Sounds Eclectic | go
to KCRW.com
May
10, 2001 New
Film By Ang
Lee on BMW Films!
For
those who are already hungry for new Ang Lee films
but can't wait til "The Incredible Hulk," we
are proud to present Ang Lee's new film on BMW
Films.com. This 6-minutes short film is called "Chosen"
and stars Clive Owen and Lee's son Mason. Expect more
candid shots from other directors John
Frankenheimer, Wong
Kar-Wai, Guy
Ritchie, and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
Click here
to go to "Chosen."
May
6 , 2001 Albert
Au 2000 靚歌再重聚
on
RTHK
區瑞強Albert
Au主持的2000靚歌再重聚，以舊歌為主，間中邀請嘉賓，共享以往美妙難忘時刻；興之所致，又會用結他、鋼琴伴奏，邊談邊唱，更請聽眾來電一齊分享。
嘉賓: 2000 5月7日: 奚秀蘭
5月21日: 方伊琪
6月11日: 盧業媚
6月25日: 麥潔文
7月9日: 李龍基
2001 4月15日: Christine
Samson 4月22日: Eugenia
Ma 5月06日: 麥潤壽,鄧惠欣,李炳文,區桂芬
Apr
29, 2001 Christine
Samson
Live
on Albert Au & RTHK
4月15日Albert主持的2000靚歌再重聚，嘉賓是70-80年代的一個流行組合Topnotes主音─Christine
Samson，她動聽的嗓子和清純的樣貌，真是值得介紹大家認識；以下是當晚她與Albert的表演合照。Click
here
to listen to the show.
Apr
28, 2001 Blue Note
Dims the Lights
香港爵士蒲點Blue
Note在經過一年的光輝歲月之後，終於要在月尾關門大吉。下星期一(April
30) Alexia Gardner同Brooks Giles III Trio將玩埋告別場。
Apr
18, 2001 New
Miles Davis Remastered CDs on Columbia!!
Ever
since Columbia released Miles' Kind of Blue album,
there has been a criving for more Miles remasters, as
evidenced by the increasing number of Miles re-releases
in a two-year span. To end Miles fans' thirst, Columbia
released four more remastered discs yesterday, celebrating
the 75th Anniversary of great jazz music. These CDs are:
Miles at Newport
1958(live), Jazz
at the Plaza (live), Round
About Midnight (studio) and Milestones
(studio). The first two live recordings are never before
released and the studio recordings contain alternative
tracks. For those who want to reminisce Miles' best band
ever, with John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly, Bill
Evans, Red Garland, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb,
don't miss these discs in your essential Miles Davis collection.
The cheapest place you can find online is Amazon.com
and CDNow.
We'll let you know later how you can get them even cheaper!!
Apr
13, 2001 Diana Krall
Jazz Up HK
7 May, 8pm, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Concert Hall, Tickets:$400, 300, 220, 150
挾去年Grammy 的Best Jazz Vocal Performance而來，名乎其實先聲奪人。Diana
Krall來自加拿大，能歌亦能琴，Time評論其表演充滿soul味(大過「Soul永康」)。文化中心只演一場，撲飛要快。值得一讚，LCSD今次頗具國際視野和綽頭。
Apr
13, 2001 The Double
Bass Orchestra stir Your Senses
26 May, 8pm, Hong Kong Cultural
Centre Studio Theatre, Tickets:$200
聽過年前香港一隻發燒碟「低音王」，一定記得有隊六支bass玩的Bass,
Bass, Bass, Bass, Bass & Bass。撇下歌名難讀不談，六支double
bass確實合奏得出神入化，而且六人深諳娛人之道，玩音樂之餘，仲有連串花式傍身(睇相就知)，保證拍到手掌爛哂。玩奏曲目包括爵士和歐洲音樂，係香港法國文化協會Le
French May的重頭戲之一，二百蚊，抵！ go
to Le French May
Apr
8, 2001 Anthony
Fernandes Big Band
Apr 7, 10:30pm, Jazz & Blues
Club & Bar, Tickets:$270(advance), $300(door) 又一隊玩得起的Big Band。由鼓王Anthony
Fernandes帶隊，成員包括負責vocals的Jheena Lodwick、彈琴的Roel
Garcia、玩sax的Benny Inot以及玩trumpet的Bert Amperado和Kenny
Matsuura等十九人，早三年已經開始jam野，奈何香港市場未能接。今日時來運到，4月7號在Jazz
Club演出。風格包羅萬有，由standard、Latin、funk、tango甚至pop。Anthony話，要乜都玩先有進步嘛。祈望呢隊野勁如非洲雄獅尼日利亞，令香港Jazz壇龍精虎猛。
Apr
1, 2001 18th
Street Lounge
(Tue-Thurs
9:30 p.m.-2:00 a.m.; Fri-Sat 10:00 p.m.-3:00 a.m., 1210
18th NW, Washington DC 20036 USA Tel: (202) 293-7753) Beautiful
girls. Cool music. Classy environment. A nice and elegant
hangout place for yuppies and swift individuals for
after hours parties. 18th
Street Lounge is never advertised and operates strictly
on a word-of-mouth basis. The music is often acid-jazzy,
hip-hoppish, laid-back Braziliian
selections. ESL has its own record
label and produces DJ only CDs for their good stuff.
The girls are always as beautiful as they are well-dressed.
Guys are, hmm..., occasionally scumbags, but most of
the time well-behaved. If you're looking for a fun evening
for either a date or a relaxing atmosphere, this place
is hands down the best club in DC!! Oh, did I mention
beautiful girls? go
to ESL Homepage | go
to Washington Post's Review of ESL
Mar
31, 2001 Brown
Big Band (Fri,
10pm, 30 Robinson Road, Mid Levels, Tel:2971 0012) 中環羅便臣道有間Brown，逢月尾禮拜五Big Band演出，叫返做Brown
Big Band。由Taka Hirohama帥領，lead tenor sax係Tim
Wilson，vocal係Elaine
Liu，不知何許人，但同十六人大樂隊合作，少d力水都唔得(本周太古坊爵士表演又有佢份！)。一百蚊可以重溫Duke
Ellington昔日鐘鼓齊名的美好時光，在香港地實在冇幾可。
Mar
31, 2001 In the Mood For
Great Music- Swinging In Spring
(30 Mar- 1
Apr, 4pm onwards, Countryard II, Harbour City, Tsim Sha
Tsui, Free) 香港商場似乎想學人搞中產(純屬誤會，Jazz其實好草根)，繼太古坊逢周五有街頭Jazz
Show後，尖沙咀海港城又有免費表演。由月尾30號至4月1號，猛人Slyvian
Gagnon, Gemma Mac Trio, Angelita Li(Unique)
and Dan, Roel Garcia, The Flying Machine以及William Tang輪流出場，樂迷大飽耳福了。
Mar 25, 2001 Concert by Tommy
Emmanuel
(10
April 2001, 8pm, 高山劇場劇院,
$150, $110, $70) 聽過William Tang "Movin'
On"的朋友，必會記得這名字。事關此君結他堅實有火，jam起來搶鏡過包以正。(唯其本人的專輯反而冇咁奔放)今次在高山玩jazz，又係LCSD從中作梗，真係好事多為。票價大眾化，演出令人期待，算是工餘不錯的消遣。
Mar
25, 2001 Laura Fygi at Macau
Jazz Club
(28
Marl 2001, about 11.30pm, Macau Jazz Club at the Glass
House, Entry Free) Laura Fygi去年9 月來港唱過後，人氣勁升，既出碟唱鄧麗君，又跑澳門碼頭，十分旺場。今勻係演出澳門文化中心官式大型節目後的餘興，由澳門Jazz
Club主持人Pedro Ascensao推動。話說澳門Jazz Club原來有十五年歷史，一直偏隅橫街窄巷，至去年搬新地方，積極吸引猛人如Tiger
Okoshi，星加坡琴手的Jeremy Monterio，香港代表Eugene,
Dave Packer叔等，越來越有聲有色。更重要是Jazz Club從不旨在謀利，大部分收入都用作樂手報酬，其餘款項捐俾澳門一間音樂學校，推廣音樂精神，令人敬佩。(更值得香港學習！)
Mar
10, 2001 The Jazzin' Room
Concert- Jazzmeup
Tiger Okoshi/ Trumpet,
Eugene Pao/Guitar, Fiona Burnet/ Soprano Sax, Ted Lo/
Piano, Sylvain Gagnon/ Bass, Andrew Collier/Drums
最近樂壇猛料多。康樂及文化事務署再獻新猷，邀請Tiger
Okoshi來港演出，同台還有Soprano Sax手Fiona Burnet，香港方面由Eugene和Ted
Lo作東道主招呼，非常俾面。票價僅四十蚊，平過Jazz Club，抵到爛，可惜只演一場，撲飛都無行。(11
March 2001, 8 pm. 上環文娛中心劇院)
Mar
10, 2001 Deep
Purple
Ian Gillan/ Vocal, Roger Glover/
Bass, Steve Morse/ Guitar, Ian Paice/ Drums
Heavy metal叔父Deep
Purple又搖到紅館，雖然樂途多變，人事幾返新，但仍可以話俾大家知，乜野係真正嘈的音樂。(20
March 2001, 8 pm. Hong Kong Coliseum). Read review
of concert. (
Mar
10, 2001 2nd Hand DVD and
more... 百視達自推出甚麼「保證租到」服務後，令某些熱門片屯積大量存貨。據了解，為確保貨品新陳代謝，該店全線擺出二手貨架，大量前度熱門片DVD、VCD、Video買到開巷。其中以DVD最有瞄頭，諸如《雷霆救兵》、《帝國驕雄》等貨色售九十幾至一百一十幾不等。期待早前在旺角以海鮮價發售的《臥虎藏龍》有此大眾價，推廣好片，送俾人都抵。
Jan
5, 2001 尋日幫襯尖沙咀一所新Live
Jazz Club名叫Blue
Note，住於尖東香格里拉酒店二樓。地方寬敞，唔收Cover，仲有Dance
Floor供應俾聽到悶悶地但又想印身印世之朋友跳舞。隊Band叫Eldie
Young Quartet，阿叔作風傳統穩健，唔玩Avant-garde，但high過隊草，仲玩足一週六晚
9p.m.-12:30a.m. ，絕對對得住觀眾及爵士始祖。如閣下覺得蘭桂坊Jazz
Club地方淺窄或Eugene之流玩得唔夠high，係時候轉地方了。Tel:
2721 2111
Aug 2, 2000
灣仔東方188商場內有一間叫<<The Records Master>>的CD舖
(238舖位)，面積狹窄，但貨色精簡，應有則有，廢物則沒有，專營guitar碟，如
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Albert
King, Peter Green, Santana, Pink Floyd 等，價錢屬全港最低。我在那裏以HK$67買了陳昇<<思念人之屋>>，至今仍津津樂道，如喜愛
Eugene Pao 之朋友，<<This Window>>只賣$98，比HMV便宜五十元有多。
Jul
12, 2000 HBO
is proud to present Santana
Supernatural Live! on July 15 (Sat) 10:45 p.m. For
those who are not familiar with Carlos Santana,
he was the most emotional and fiery hispanic guitar
player who received his worldwide fame in the 70's
with hits like "Black Magic Woman," "Oye Como Va,"
"Europa," and "Evil Ways." His career went downhill
starting in the 80's, but he is having a tremendous
comeback performance at this instance after his
multi-platinum selling"Supernatural" album with
the hit song "Smooth." Don't miss his emotional
and poignant performance on HBO! Maybe Eric Clapton
is his guest, stay tuned!
Jun 28, 2000
Breaking News! Eugene Fan屎期待己久的Kindred Spirits系列現已有售，可惜行勻全港九唱片舖，只得一間售賣這些碟。這公司為<搖擺廊>，位於灣仔英皇集團中心地庫，即東方188商場左近。價錢方面頗為昂貴，大約HK$160一只。但機不可失，本人相信售完即止。For
more information about the Kindred Spirits albums,
click here.
Jun 27, 2000: 銅鑼灣<鳳凰唱片>周不時有平二手CD，價錢HK$15-40，認真超值，貨式有林憶蓮、陶吉吉、古巨基新碟，DVD種類繁多，上次見到
<<The Matrix>>，約HK$120。VCD一隻十五元，行過可以望o下!!
<鳳凰唱片>位於怡和街麥記附近。
Lam
in Concert, Finally!!
Jun
9, 2001
May
10, 2001
May
6 , 2001
Christine
Samson
Live
on Albert Au & RTHK
Apr
13, 2001
Apr
13, 2001
Apr
8, 2001
18th
Street Lounge
Brown
Big Band
(Fri,
10pm, 30 Robinson Road, Mid Levels, Tel:2971 0012)
Mar
10, 2001
Deep
Purple
Laura
Fygi
Tango
Orkestret 
Jean-jacques
Milteau Quintet
Charlie Haden Quartet West
Eugene Pao & Ulf Wakenius
