Peter Brötzmann & Jason Adasiewicz - Going All Fancy

It's great. Duh. Pretty subdued for Brötzmann.

Mark Isham - Castalia (1988)
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Pretty much a masterclass in ambient jazz. Isham on trumpet and synths, Patrick O'Hearn on bass, David Torn on guitar and Terry Bozzio on drums. It isn't atypical for the time, but it is extremely well done and atmospheric.

Path by Bill Connors, Roger Jannotta, and Tom van der Geld

A laidback late 70’s ECM release with vibes and a guitarist who worked with Return to Forever

I think both Nea and lisna would probably consider this worth a listen

I just gave this one a listen. It's good but It didn't grab me on the first spin like the two previous albums did. It might turn out to be the type of album that grows on me after a while. Maybe a "slow burner" for me.

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Return to Forever
Chick Corea

Definitely has a high dose of Miles but the interludes of dissonance give it a different one two. First listen. Thanks for the rec.

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Closeness by Charlie Haden

Newark had some fine musicians. Another nice version of "Baba Hengates" is on that album -
a little tighter than the one from the Umoja Ensemble from about the same time if that's your thing.
Watch for a copy of "Awareness" to come thru your door. Stanley Cowell is especially great on that one!

:bowdown::clap::beer:

Kenton '76 is one i've been listening to a fair amount lately, along with a lot of the Mingus Big Band's Gunslinging Birds. This is a fair amount of big band stuff.

Bob Moses ‎– When Elephants Dream Of Music

I agree. There was a guy who used to be here (nameless, because he’s not here to defend himself) who generally had an interest in a good variety of music who thought that the opening to Sometime Ago was a total waste of vinyl (the same for the Illusion section during Crimson‘s Moonchild). Actually, the pacing of that medley is beautifully done - a lot like the earlier albums from that time like ”Now He Sings...“, “...Joan’s Bones” and those improv albums he did back then. It still holds up incredibly well even today.

After enjoying that album for about 6 months or so, I went on a summer trip to study with Gary Burton in 1973. When I got home, I found my copy of that album on the floor of my bedroom with the bottom left hand corner of the cover in shreds (with teeth marks!). It turned out that this small, annoying poodle that we had decided to chew it up for some reason. Luckily the vinyl was spared. I still have that copy.

That Kenton ‘76 album mentioned above too is a great album. Those Hank Levy charts are excellent (but I could’ve done without the Sondheim tho). One of Stan‘s last recordings.

My last dog loved to chomp on books and CD cases, but he never went for my vinyl for whatever reason.

I dunno why some people get turned off by improvisation. That's part of the charm, especially on anything Corea is involved in.

While I slightly prefer Light As A Feather over RTF's self-titled, I think they're pretty much unassailable up to and including Romantic Warrior.

Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra ‎– Bill Dixon With Exploding Star Orchestra

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Spiritualized by Lisbon Improvisation Players

https://rodrigoamado.bandcamp.com/album/spiritualized

Christer Bothén Acoustic Ensemble ‎– 7 Pieces

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Acoustic Bass – Johan Berthling
Bass Clarinet – Christer Bothén
Drums – Paal Nilssen-Love
Guitar – David Stackenäs
Vibraphone – Kjell Nordeson

Great modern jazz. Experimental but with awesome grooves and structures.

That dude gets around more than the horniest hooker in Hanoi.

Lots of talent to spread around.

Just got to this today lol

Wonderful stuff

Hedvig Mollestad - Ekhidna (2020)

- Some jazz-rock-fusion stuff that melts the brain in a good way.

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Is it instrumental?

Yeah, and it is very good. She's an excellent guitarist.

Sure took you a while.
Glad you liked it.

As grindy has just posted, same day, in both these threads:-

https://www.musicbanter.com/jazz-blu...tening-51.html = What jazz album are you listening to?
https://www.musicbanter.com/jazz-blu...aganza-49.html = What are you listening to Jazztravaganza?

I thought it might be a good moment to ask why we have two threads asking essentially the same question. Is there any difference between them? Am I the only person bugged by the fact that they weren't merged long ago?

The other one has the sticky advantage but this one perseveres with pure grit and determination!

Art Ensemble of Chicago - We Are On the Edge

Between Heaven and Earth by The Andy Statman Quartet

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One I picked up from a rec by Lisna

Bitches Brew Live

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A Portrait of Thelonious by Bud Powell

I'm rediscovering Billy Bang whom I haven't listened to in about ten years.
Too bad because he has some amazing albums.

Currently listening to:
Billy Bang Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe ‎– Above & Beyond: An Evening In Grand Rapids

https://open.spotify.com/album/5vkDqYF9IM3fg6CmWgRqD0

It's far from smooth jazz but this should be very listenable even for people who aren't into avantgarde jazz.
Not to say that there aren't some delicous dissonant flourishes here and there keeping it interesting.
This album is also a farewell to the great sax player Frank Lowe who died from lung cancer not long after this concert.
He sounds great here and you'd never guess that this is the playing of a dying man with just one lung left.
Recommended for pretty much everybody here who likes jazz.

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I'll put that on my listening list! Right now I'm playing this, which is one of my favourite jazz albums I've heard so far:
Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda

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The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks (Verve, 1994)

Spent all morning with this wonderful box set. Moving on but wanted to give a plug. Must have, imo.

He was also a radical af black revolutionary. He was in the American War of Aggression against the Vietnamese when he found Marxist literature that stated “Black GI This is not you war Go Home” and when he finally did get back to the so called United States he read Mao’s Red Book and then used his military training to pick out and purchase guns (mostly pistols) for underground black revolutionary marxists but he did not identify which specific organization by name in any interviews.

His Vietnam themed albums (Vietnam: The Aftermath and Vietnam: Reflections) are also highly recommended listening.

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When Sun Ra is your sideman it’s pretty clear you’re a badass. I can’t wait to listen to this but I’m going to spend the rest of the day with with Sonny Rollins.

Never heard that one.
Interesting. Sun Ra as a sideman is rare af.
The only other album that comes to my mind atm where this is the case is Walt Dickerson's Impressions Of A Patch Of Blue.

I listened to John Coltrane's Ascension today; now and then I was struck by the beauty but mostly I just felt overwhelmed. Big ensemble free jazz à la Coltrane is truly something else.

I enjoyed grindy's Billy Bang rec, especially the deeply soothing quiet part near the end of the third track, and the delightful violin outburst at the end of the record

Praise be!

:beer:

Fred Anderson - Timeless

Bass – Harrison Bankhead
Drums, Percussion – Hamid Drake
Tenor Saxophone – Fred Anderson

https://open.spotify.com/album/1oVvRdAr1insHAiC3PishL

Effortlessly inventive and beautiful.
Absolutely amazing, telepathic interplay.
All three are god tier but Hamid Drake's drumming stands out especially to me.