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Originally Posted by Rexorcist
SOOOO.... apparently... the last post on this thread was over a year ago... seriously? I remember when this place was far more active back on my first account. I spent a good deal of time here. It almost makes me wanna say something controversial just to start a fight.
Anyway, I'm going to binge the works of modern avant-garde jazz band Ahmed. Starting with New Jazz Imagination, and I gotta say... this over repetition of simple, "rusty squeeze box" chopsticks note playing is kind of annoying me. The second act has some more imagination, but nothing that's stirring up an emotional experience. First track is about 4/10 at max, second at 6, so I might give this a 5/10 and put it roughly in the same league as Bob Dylan's Shadows in the Night and Charlie Puth's CHARLIE.
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Here's a jazz-related post I made in the Unpopular Music Opinions thread under General Music:
"I haven't heard all of Bitches Brew. But while Miles Davis was certainly an innovator, the constant praise for him, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and a few others to the exclusion of everyone else, gets tiring. It would be healthy for those who want to see jazz stay alive and prosper to check out the work of others, including living jazz musicians who are doing great work.
And if that isn't an unpopular music opinion, I don't know what is"
I thought that might start a war of words. Instead, I got agreement. Oh well. In any event, thanks for mentioning a living jazz act. I will check out Ahmed's music.