What Jazz album are you listening to?

OccultHawk · 05-04-2020, 10:38 AM

Lame and selfish

Lisnaholic · 05-06-2020, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

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

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

Very cool stuff. Experimental but groovy and fun.

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

Psy-Fi · 05-09-2020, 06:14 AM

Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead (2010)

**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

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

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...

Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia (Expanded Edition)

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.

**Exo** · 05-13-2020, 09:39 AM

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

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

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.

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Lame and selfish __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

05-07-2020, 04:38 AM	#463 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	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 __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	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 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

05-12-2020, 02:33 PM	#467 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	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. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

05-13-2020, 09:39 AM	#468 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,359	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. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

05-13-2020, 10:31 AM	#469 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	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. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html