tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148155132011-12-02T07:13:16.361-08:00Bob Elkjerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688173869346963291noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815513.post-1126124234246458102005-09-07T12:57:00.000-07:002005-12-21T12:25:05.930-08:00<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><strong>About <em><span style="font-size:180%;">"Clean Lines"</span></em></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Available at </span><a href="http://www.robertelkjer.com"><span style="font-size:78%;">www.robertelkjer.com</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://home.pacbell.net/melkjer/CleanLinesObcopy4copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1889/1353/320/CleanLinesObcopy4copy21.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Comments:</span></strong></em> </span></span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:78%;">"Clean Lines is 'contemplative<br />jazz'--thoughtful, striking.<br />Like "cool jazz" or "new age jazz".<br />-R. Dev, San Rafael CA<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">"Many moods, </span><span style="font-size:78%;">but it always<br />stays within a zone.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">It's a great companion."</span></strong></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">-Barbara Steele, Ashland OR<br /></span></strong></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong></strong></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:78%;"><br /><br />"Tea and Rain" is reminiscent of Keith Jarrett. "Parade of Westies" is a delight.<br />'Clean Lines' is a beautiful record.<br />-Kim Bromley, San Rafael CA</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><br /><br />"Each tune' is</strong></span></span></span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>clear, focused, </strong></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>arresting."<br />-Thom Elkjer, Boonville CA<br /></strong></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />"Elkjer's work here is</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"> truly </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;">amazing.... moving from </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;">complexity to simplicity with</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;">seamless </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;">brilliance. " -Dan Nichols</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"> , Sonoma CA</span></span><br /><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong></strong></span><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;"></span></strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>"Quite beautiful. In line with jazz albums I adore."<br />-Laura Legant, Providence RI</strong></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;">"A nice, light touch. And incredibly clear. It's hard to find music like this." </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;">-Peter Schmitz, San Francisco CA</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><br />"I missed my freeway exit twice, listening to "Clean Lines".<br />It's a wonderful CD."<br />- Michael Moskowitz, Mill Valley CA<br /><br /></strong></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"> "Love 'Clean Lines'--it's calming, sophisticated, jazzy, unique."<br />-Susan Granen, San Rafael CA</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);"><strong></strong></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong></strong></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;"><br /></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></span><br />------------------------------------------------------------<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><em><strong>Audio Clips:</strong></em></span> ( visit the <a href="http://www.robertelkjer.com">site</a> for more clips):</span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"><a href="http://home.pacbell.net/melkjer/CLTrainOfThoughtClip.mp3">"Train of Thought"</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">"<a href="http://home.pacbell.net/melkjer/CLBigRockRidgeClip4.mp3"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Big Rock Ridge"</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://home.pacbell.net/melkjer/CLRoundMidnightClip.mp3"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Round Midnight"</span></a></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br />----------------------------------------------------<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1889/1353/1600/Elkjer20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 237px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1889/1353/320/Elkjer20.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;">From Robert Elkjer:</span><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></em><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">With "Clean Lines", I've tried to edit </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">myself. To make </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">every note </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">count.<br />In this respect, "Clean Lines" is a<br />good record for jazz newcomers.<br />It's accessible.<br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Listen to "Clean </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Lines" </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">all the way </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">through. Or put it </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">on </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">behind<br />dinner,</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">during a quiet</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">party, while<br />working,</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">while </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">reading, while driving.<br />Let it be your</span></span> <span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">accompaniment.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></strong></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;">Influences: Miles Davis "Kinda Blue", "Milestones", "Seven </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;">Steps to</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;">Heaven", et a</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;">l. </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Stan Getz: "Getz/Gilberto". T</span><span style="font-size:85%;">hese</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">recordings whisper,</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">but also command our attention with inc</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">redible beauty.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Clifford Brown: "The Beginning and the End". </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Clifford </span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Brown's soft </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">(but bullet-like) </span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;">tonguing on fast passages still thrills me. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;">There is a softness there, a sweetness, but incredible passion.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;">Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chet Baker, JJ Johnson, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;">Freddie Hubbard, and too</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;"> many other recordings to list.</span><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><a href="http://home.pacbell.net/melkjer/SuburbanComposerSmaller2.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1889/1353/320/SuburbanComposerThumb.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">"Suburban Composer"</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"><em>oil on canvas</em></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.pblau.com"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Patricia Blau</span> </a><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">(click for larger image)</span></p><p><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span></p><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:78%;"></span></p></span> <p></p><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14815513-112612423424645810?l=whatsupwithbob.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Elkjerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688173869346963291noreply@blogger.com104