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LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Oscar in Europe !
Gordon -- 02/15/2005, 06:30:53 -- #11220
Oscar Peterson European Tour: 07/01/2005 Royal Albert Hall London ENGLAND 07/03/2005 Bridgewater Hall Manchester ENGLAND 07/05/2005 Palais De Congres Paris FRANCE 07/07/2005 Roman Ampitheatre Vienne FRANCE 07/19/2005 Sporting Club Monte Carlo FRANCE 07/10/2005 North Sea Jazz Festival - Pwa Hall The Hague HOLLAND 07/13/2005 The Arena Santa Giuliana Perugia ITALY
Barry_UK -- 02/15/2005, 08:01:10 -- #11221
Hey Gordon, thanks for posting, but if you're gonna post dates for us Brits, please use the correct format!!!
7 -- 02/15/2005, 12:07:29 -- #11225
07/19/2005 Sporting Club Monte Carlo FRANCE That's on the 7th day of the 19th month, right? Gee, that's hard to figure out! Let's see: 19 minus 12 = 7. So, that means in the 7th month on the 7th day, seven doctors say "He was born for good luck and this you'll see, I got 700 dollars so doncha mess wit' me" Oh, and when Oscar does a tour of the Middle East be sure to use the Mohammedan calendar and not the infidel American calendar. When speaking of music to the British, don't you dare use terms like whole note, half note, etc either! Full stop! The words semi-breve, minim, crotchet, and semi-hemi-demi-quaver are much more descriptive and infinitely more efficient. Don't you agree?
Barry -- 02/15/2005, 13:13:46 -- #11227
My dear seven, Just a couple of corrections - 'semibreve' is not hyphenated and the correct term is hemidemisemiquaver. Without your ridiculous mistakes, this system is obviously much clearer! ;-)
Gordon -- 02/15/2005, 13:32:37 -- #11228
Stop it you two - I may be just in a good mood because I'm going to see Oscar - but you're making me laugh too much :) Maybe we used to have a bureau of confusion in charge of nomenclature, spelling and distances/measurements.
paddyallen -- 02/15/2005, 13:47:59 -- #11229
Barry, I'm not sure where all this is coming from but I cannot see what Gordon's post has shown incorrectly. American dates are with the month first, ours (British)are with the month second. I see no reason what so ever to ask someone from the United States to alter anything. I enjoy using our English language which is coloured with plenty of American terms and I enjoy the close relationship we have with their people, a very great many of whom are decendants that came from England. American culture and their special music called Jazz has given me over 60 years of immense pleasure. And I just gel with the vibes and accept their slight variations in speech and spelling. It makes the world a friendlier place I think. Alan
Gordon -- 02/15/2005, 14:25:02 -- #11230
Paddy, Barry was right in a way - I'm from the UK, the post was mostly relevant to Brits, but I copied the dates from a website and was too lazy to Anglicize them.
marksdg -- 02/15/2005, 14:52:00 -- #11231
Hmmmmmmmm..... Putting the day first would seem to make more sense, because then the numbers are all going in order from smaller increments to larger increments (days, months, years). On the other hand, the month/day/year fits better with the way we (at least Americans) use dates in conversation (we say "The concert will be held on March 25th, 2005"). In the UK, would you say "The concert will be held on the 25th of March, 2005" or would you put the month first in conversation? Americans could say it either way, but would be more likely to say the month first. Also, what system do other countries use for dates?
Bonzo -- 02/15/2005, 15:04:47 -- #11232
The Netherlands use British style too, or the British use our style:) That gives us another reason too put days up front because Oscar Peterson will also be playing in The Hague.
Gordon -- 02/15/2005, 17:08:31 -- #11238
We Brits usually use - "25th of March" ie "I say old bean ,the jolly old concert will be on the 25th of March 2005 by jove" But one would suffer neither incomprehension nor social opprobrium for saying "March the 25th".
Dr. Whack -- 02/15/2005, 23:40:00 -- #11244
Or Adar 14 5765 for jewish pianists...
Dr. Mike -- 02/16/2005, 01:06:17 -- #11247
The most valuable part of this thread has been the long overdue creation of "The Bureau of Confusion" by Gordon What a better world it would be if all towns had such bureaus and posssably answered to the Central Confusion Agency.
Barry_UK -- 02/16/2005, 08:10:55 -- #11248
OK guys. Sheesh, I didn't want to start a philosophical discussion about this. In my excitement to book to see Oscar (in Manchester) I inadvertently mistook the date, not bothering to look further down the list. It was meant as a (not very funny) laugh. Personally, I don't care a flying crap how our cousins across the duck pond choose to do anything except play jazz... Anyway, thanks again Gordon for posting. Roll on 3/7!
Barry_UK -- 02/16/2005, 08:16:25 -- #11249
Incidentally, EST are on tour in the UK and Ireland in May - 18.5. GB - Brighton Dome 19.5. GB - Bristol Colston Hall 20.5. GB - London Barbican 21.5. SCO - Glasgow The Arches 22.5. GB - Manchester Bridgewater Hall 23.5. GB - Buxton Opera House 24.5. GB - Leicester De Montfort Hall 26.5. GB - Coventry Coventry Jazz Festival 27.5. N.I. - Belfast Elmwood Hall 28.5. IRE - Dublin Vicar Street 29.5. IRE - Cork Opera House
Dr. Whack -- 02/16/2005, 09:57:41 -- #11250
well...I thought we were just being silly too...
Barry -- 02/17/2005, 05:21:13 -- #11274
This could be a good idea for a room - Scot, what about a 'noticeboard' room for people to post upcoming events and gig dates. We all know that jazz doesn't always get the publicity it should. As well as 'big names' people could also post details of their own jazz gigs...
Father Mike -- 02/17/2005, 07:47:53 -- #11277
noted. The Bureau shall take that into consideration and forward it to to the Central Agency if necessary.
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