I am forwarding a note from Arthur Strand in hopes that someone on the list would be able to write something about jazz and the lute. See the 2 emails below for more information on what he is looking for. To contact him - his email is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nancy Carlin LSA >Hi! Nancy, > I had in mind the 2 approaches, the one from the > Jazz direction, the other from the Classical Music = Lute school of > thought. Whichever, the contributor would need to send a page with > a few facts about the subject with a paragraph stating location of > material, sheet music, records or cds and any other relevant facts. > I seem to recall the likes of Charlie Byrd & Charlie > Christian etc. doing some Lute music. Then mention could be made of > conventional Lutenists veering towards the Jazz world. A brief > description of the types of Lutes involved would seem pertinent. > My newsletter goes out to 50 stars resident in UK & is > available now on our website, as from today! > Thanks for your help. If you read about Sting's Lute > song CD in UK Lute soc December magazine, I helped to broker that. > Since then, Sting reformed the Police and started a > World tour in Vancouver a couple of weeeks back. >Regards: Arthur. > >>-----Original Message----- >> >From: ARTHUR STRAND <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Sent: May 30, 2007 4:26 AM >> >To: >> >Subject: jazz on Lute >> > >> >Hi! >> > I am a member of both the Lute Society in UK and The >> Association of British Jazz Musicians, also in the Jazz Section of >> the Musicians' Union (UK). >> > As a Freelance, I run a Newsletter and I am inviting a >> member of LSA to write a page on Jazz for Lute, bearing in mind >> that several World famous Jazz musicians dabbled in Lute music in >> the mid 20th century. >> > This is an honorary task and one off but the >> > idea is to connect musicians active in other genres & styles to >> become more versatile and to encourage listeners to broaden their horizons. >> > An attachment would be easy to email, just one page on >> Jazz and the Lute (6 course Renaissance G lute). >> > Thank you very much for your assistance. >> > Escutcheon Music, Records & Media is a non-profit making >> organisation run from Wokingham >> > (between Reading and Windsor) in Berkshire, England. UK >> > Arthur J.P. Strand >> > Nancy Carlin Associates P.O. Box 6499 Concord, CA 94524 USA phone 925/686-5800 fax 925/680-2582 web site - www.nancycarlinassociates.com Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA web site - http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
