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OccultHawk 04-14-2020 01:51 PM

Yes. Cotrane was super into LSD and believed it helped him on his spiritual journey to defeat his heroin addiction.

Exo 04-14-2020 01:56 PM

I'm gunna read more about him.

Just found a book by Bill Cole on our shelves. Gunna read that one first.

Psy-Fi 04-21-2020 06:20 AM



Steve Coleman – Genesis & The Opening of the Way (1997)

grindy 04-24-2020 02:38 AM

David Friesen, Airto Moreira, Gary Barone ‎– Ancient Kings

Relaxed but intricate Jazz with a bit of an ambient and tribal (due to the percussion) feel.
OH and Exo, get on this.

grindy 04-28-2020 05:14 AM

https://img.discogs.com/UDWEWtsZ-gvK...89905.jpeg.jpg

grindy 04-28-2020 08:40 AM

And yet another sax/piano duet.
Beautiful and accessible, without being in any way boring or cheesy.

Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford - Spark!

https://img.discogs.com/0Zh5sLVk5H0C...67024.jpeg.jpg

OccultHawk 04-28-2020 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 2114994)
And yet another sax/piano duet.
Beautiful and accessible, without being in any way boring or cheesy.

Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford - Spark!

https://img.discogs.com/0Zh5sLVk5H0C...67024.jpeg.jpg

https://www.freejazzblog.org/2007/09...spark.html?m=1

Obviously I trust you as well but if you’re looking for new names to explore or whatever 4 or more stars on The Free Jazz Collective Blog damn near guarantees high quality.

grindy 04-28-2020 09:37 AM

Yeah, it's a great resource.

grindy 05-02-2020 08:23 AM

Scanner with The Post Modern Jazz Quartet – Blink Of An Eye

Very cool stuff. Experimental but groovy and fun.

https://img.discogs.com/y45XUgPIiT2I...52559.jpeg.jpg

Lisnaholic 05-03-2020 07:21 AM

^ I might give that a try, grindy, if only to work out more or less what post-modern jazz sounds like.

In the meantime, I'm listening to this happy discovery that arrived via youtube's recommendation system; Luis Gasca, For Those Who Chant:



No surprise that, according to MB's search function, Psy-Fi knows about this album already. Posted in 2014, I'm now only six years behind Psy-Fi, which I consider to be something of a personal best so far.

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi (Post 1415359)
http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...scb89de0e.jpeg
Luis Gasca - For Those Who Chant (1972)

Fantastic Latin jazz/rock from trumpet player Luis Gasca, featuring an impressive lineup of musicians lending their musical talents to the album...

Bass – Stanley Clark
Congas – Mike Carabello, Victor Pantoja
Drums – Lenny White, Mike Shrieve
Flute – Hadley Caliman
Guitar – Carlos Santana, Neal Schon
Organ – Richard Kermode
Percussion – Garnette Mims, Joan MacGregor, Rico Reyes, Snooky Flowers
Piano, Electric Piano – George Cables, Greg Rolie, Mark Levine
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson
Timbales – Carmelo Garcia, Coke Escovedo
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Luis Gasca
Vibraphone [Vibes] – José "Chepito" Areas


OccultHawk 05-03-2020 07:27 AM

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No surprise that, according to MB's search function, Psy-Fi knows about this album already. Posted in 2014, I'm now only six years behind Psy-Fi, which I consider to be something of a personal best so far
This place may have a small core of users but as far as music knowledge goes it goes deep af -

Lisnaholic 05-03-2020 07:50 AM

Yes, of the genres that I explore, I'm impressed by a small group that includes yourself, grindy, rostasi, frownland, psy-fi and neapolitan.
Mind you, this morning I helped a guy out by identifying the song Albatross by Fleetwood Mac. That must surely put me in the same league as you guys, right?

OccultHawk 05-03-2020 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2115739)
Yes, of the genres that I explore, I'm impressed by a small group that includes yourself, grindy, rostasi, frownland, psy-fi and neapolitan.
Mind you, this morning I helped a guy out by identifying the song Albatross by Fleetwood Mac. That must surely put me in the same league as you guys, right?

Ain’t none of us in a league with ros. And it’s your style to be humble

Lisnaholic 05-03-2020 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2115740)
Ain’t none of us in a league with ros. And it’s your style to be humble

^ :laughing: Both absolutely true!

grindy 05-04-2020 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2115734)
^ I might give that a try, grindy, if only to work out more or less what post-modern jazz sounds like.

In the meantime, I'm listening to this happy discovery that arrived via youtube's recommendation system; Luis Gasca, For Those Who Chant:



No surprise that, according to MB's search function, Psy-Fi knows about this album already. Posted in 2014, I'm now only six years behind Psy-Fi, which I consider to be something of a personal best so far.

Never heard of this album. Very cool stuff! Thanks!

Now listening to
Die Like A Dog Quartet - Little Birds Have Fast Hearts No. 1

I somehow managed to not have listened to this band in over ten years.
Awesome, psychedelic free jazz.
I bet Exo would get a kick out of this (I assume OH already knows it),
but I bet once again nobody cares about my recs here. (Except Lisna <3)

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1861765715_5.jpg

OccultHawk 05-04-2020 03:40 AM

That’s a great line up but I don’t remember ever having seen that record.

I don’t think I ever met an avant grade record that mentions birds that I don’t like. It’s not on Spotify.

OccultHawk 05-04-2020 03:48 AM

It looks like partial tracks on bandcamp and youtube.

I can’t be ****ed with artists that still want me to pay for ****.

grindy 05-04-2020 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grindy (Post 2115893)
Never heard of this album. Very cool stuff! Thanks!

Now listening to
Die Like A Dog Quartet - Little Birds Have Fast Hearts No. 1

I somehow managed to not have listened to this band in over ten years.
Awesome, psychedelic free jazz.
I bet Exo would get a kick out of this (I assume OH already knows it),
but I bet once again nobody cares about my recs here. (Except Lisna <3)

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1861765715_5.jpg

Now listening to No. 2. Holy ****, this is killer.

Quote:

Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2115898)
It looks like partial tracks on bandcamp and youtube.

I can’t be ****ed with artists that still want me to pay for ****.

Get yourself soulseek, grandpa.

OccultHawk 05-04-2020 10:32 AM

I used it for years. **** downloading ****. Too burdensome and I don’t have a computer anymore anyway.

Frownland 05-04-2020 10:33 AM

Soulseek sucks, storing music is for suckers.

They used to have a DLADQ boxset on Spotify with four of their albums (all four?) but it looks like it's gone. They're on Bandcamp though: https://destination-out.bandcamp.com/music

OccultHawk 05-04-2020 10:38 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/D0qHvxtP/320-AD...210-F509-D.png

Lame and selfish

Lisnaholic 05-06-2020 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grindy (Post 2115893)
I somehow managed to not have listened to this band in over ten years.
Awesome, psychedelic free jazz.
I bet Exo would get a kick out of this (I assume OH already knows it),
but I bet once again nobody cares about my recs here. (Except Lisna <3)

Thanks grindy! After such a nice comment, I couldn't not listen to your recs!
TBH, for me, the best thing about Little Birds Have Fast Hearts was the title, but then free jazz is always a bit too out-there for me.

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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 2115577)
Scanner with The Post Modern Jazz Quartet – Blink Of An Eye

Very cool stuff. Experimental but groovy and fun.

https://img.discogs.com/y45XUgPIiT2I...52559.jpeg.jpg

I got on a lot better with this one. A couple of tracks have a simple piano rhythm running through them, and I liked those best. On other tracks, I found my attention drifting away rather. The same thing happens when I listen to the band that Scanner & the P-MJQ strongly reminded me of: The Kilimanjaro Dark Jazz Ensemble. This is Lead Squid, one of the better tracks from their rather slow-paced album, Here Be Dragons:-


grindy 05-07-2020 04:38 AM

Thanks for listening, Lisna!
I'm no the biggest fan of TKDJE but I like them as background music for driving at night.

Now listening to yet another album that I used to love but haven't listened to in years.
Darren Johnston, Fred Frith, Devin Hoff, Larry Ochs & Ches Smith - Reasons For Moving
The names of participants should be enough to convey its quality. (Heads up Lisa, this is, while beautiful, probably too noisy and free for you.)

https://open.spotify.com/album/7oVXHs8cHgcM5w8NpN0yNV

https://darrenjohnstonmusic.com/wp-c...ving-cover.jpg

Psy-Fi 05-09-2020 06:14 AM


Frownland 05-09-2020 10:18 AM

Oh ****! I listened to that album when it came out and loved it, but I've been trying to figure out who it was by for years since I didn't take any note of it except for what the cover looked like and that it had good percussion. Thought it was by Ennio Morricone for some reason. Thanks for posting dawg

Psy-Fi 05-09-2020 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2117143)
Oh ****! I listened to that album when it came out and loved it, but I've been trying to figure out who it was by for years since I didn't take any note of it except for what the cover looked like and that it had good percussion. Thought it was by Ennio Morricone for some reason. Thanks for posting dawg

:thumb:

Strut records just released an expanded edition of his "Mulatu of Ethiopia" album from 1972, which I've also been listening to for the past week...




grindy 05-12-2020 02:33 PM

Mary Halvorson Quintet - Saturn Sings

Modern Jazz at its finest. Mary's kickass trio is augmented by equally kickass sax and trumpet and the result is some very groovy, angular yet beautiful, exciting music.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/...1b5af4981a.jpg

Exo 05-13-2020 09:39 AM

https://img.discogs.com/c14y2Uav-q32...-2645.jpeg.jpg

Albert Ayler
New Grass

Everybody hates this record who is into free jazz apparently. It's like Herbie Mann entered the mind of Ayler and forced his hand. It's like if a serial killer went on a childrens TV show and did a REALLY good job. It's that kind of whackiness that makes me like this.

OccultHawk 05-13-2020 10:31 AM

If you understand Ayler then you understand that his sound is not predicated on atonality but rather he works in a tonal realm in an abstract way. This album is at the root of what his art is every bit as much as his harshest dissonance. To disregard this work is the same as saying you don’t understand Ayler at his core.

Exo 05-13-2020 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2117757)
If you understand Ayler then you understand that his sound is not predicated on atonality but rather he works in a tonal realm in an abstract way. This album is at the root of what his art is every bit as much as his harshest dissonance. To disregard this work is the same as saying you don’t understand Ayler at his core.

I mean, I loved the record. It was just whacky.

OccultHawk 05-13-2020 11:04 AM

I respect that. I’m talking about professional critics and supposed fans of free jazz who dis this record. Your take is a good one.

TheBig3 05-14-2020 02:37 PM

https://youtu.be/7I7Vh7mXPug

I heard this track while working in a frame shop around the time I joined the forums here. Still remains one of the filthiest jams I've ever heard.

I'm not the butcher or the butcher's son, but I'll handle that meat until the butcher comes...

:pimp:

Exo 05-22-2020 08:46 AM

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Buddy Terry
Pure Dynamite

Aptly named. This thing KICKS. Great blend of fusion and avant-garde. Great players too. Shaw, Mtume, Airto, Eddie Henderson, Barron, Clarke. Fantastic talent.

Psy-Fi 05-23-2020 05:10 AM

https://i.ibb.co/r0qQYGC/JF.jpg

Johnny Frigo - Collected Works (2002)




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Johnny Frigo spent most of his career (until the mid-'80s) as a studio bassist in Chicago who played jazz now and then. In the early '70s, jazz dance teacher Gus Giordano persuaded Frigo to record some danceable jazz for his students to learn by. The result was 14 groovy tunes that are an R&B-ish and funky brand of jazz. Frigo is on bass throughout, keeping the rhythms going for a septet of local musicians that includes his son, Rick Frigo, on drums and pianist/organist Dick Marx. Along with some funky originals are such unexpected tunes as Buddy Miles' "Do Whatever Sets You Free," Isaac Hayes' "Walk From Regios," and a lengthy version of "Them Changes."

Frownland 05-23-2020 08:36 AM


grindy 07-13-2020 03:52 PM

Chet Baker, Philip Catherine & Jean-Louis Rassinfosse - Crystal Bells

Beautiful, very melodic, fun...
Everybody should seriously check this one out, Exos and Lisnas alike.


rostasi 07-13-2020 04:21 PM

Hmmmm... I don't recognize that cover.

Anteater 07-13-2020 09:42 PM

Explosive and really fun.


PatriciaAnnT 07-26-2020 09:56 PM

Cal Tjader - Latinos

rostasi 07-26-2020 11:10 PM

*Latino!*

Great album! I have it on red vinyl.


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