(We decided to keep our list of MySpace friends limited, so that it won't turn into a generic "Hall of Fame" selection. Thanks for the support to our REAL friends).
**************The 9:30 Collective presented their performance entitled “Momentary Fame†in late 2005, which is a unique blend of an electro-acoustic jazz concert and a grimly ironic cartoon about the state of the music industry. The story describes how a jazz album could find its way to the commercial radios (at least to the criminal news).The story of The 9:30 Collective dates back to 1998, when the band released its first album in Hungary, which received an unusually intensive media response for a jazz album. The teeming lineup has only made a limited number of live appearances, one of which was at the first Hungarian Jazz Festival. The show was televised in a separate program on National TV. This period was followed by a six year creation phase, during which the recording sessions of the new album took place, involving a growing number of contributors each year. First in Budapest, Hungary, where the Hungarian and American players were recorded, then in Warsaw, Poland to record Kris Scieranski and where the mixing was also done, and finally in Melbourne, Australia, where the album attained its final sonic character.The payoff is an impeccably sounding, up-to-date, yet still “listenable†album and on top of it all, a little story about what a jazz album's way to the commercial media could look like. The album contains a cartoon version of the story, too, (made by the Balfilm team which is projected at the shows of The 9:30 Collective. Here's a sample from the cartoon that clearly shows how we think about the future of music:The Long Awaited Answer About The Future Of Music (This is the 6th Scene of the cartoon on the "Momentary Fame" album of the 9:30 Collective)
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and will be downloadable soon from Apple iTunes , too.Due to the high technical complexity that make the production relatively expensive, the live appearances of the band are limited to a few shows a year at larger festivals and venues.The following two movie clips were recorded live at the Budapest New Theatre on 12-29-06.The 9:30 Collective - Sometimes (live)
Add to My Profile | More VideosThe 9:30 Collective - Momentary Fame (live)
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