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OccultHawk · 08-07-2019, 10:15 AM

I’m not trying to imply you don’t understand this. I’m just popping in my two cents. Braxton can be a little bit of a conundrum because he plays really out there stuff while at the same time being a traditionalist. Perhaps very often when jazz is kicking you in the nuts it’s giving you that wild impression of being uprooted and ungrounded in way that shouts FREEDOM. It doesn’t have to be free jazz to do that. Charlie Parker does that, even though he’s well grounded all the time there’s this wildness that makes the listener forget it. But Braxton is rooted in a more scholarly way so the nutcrunching might demand a more academic listening approach. The album you’re talking highlights something he does incredibly well. And you mentioned it, bop to free, he connects the dots in such a fiercely logical way- so ****ing quickly - this isn’t just collage genre shifting - Braxton takes you there. Every note has a transitory quality and his skill and intuition is stunning.

**Exo** · 08-07-2019, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I’m not trying to imply you don’t understand this. I’m just popping in my two cents. Braxton can be a little bit of a conundrum because he plays really out there stuff while at the same time being a traditionalist. Perhaps very often when jazz is kicking you in the nuts it’s giving you that wild impression of being uprooted and ungrounded in way that shouts FREEDOM. It doesn’t have to be free jazz to do that. Charlie Parker does that, even though he’s well grounded all the time there’s this wildness that makes the listener forget it. But Braxton is rooted in a more scholarly way so the nutcrunching might demand a more academic listening approach. The album you’re talking highlights something he does incredibly well. And you mentioned it, bop to free, he connects the dots in such a fiercely logical way- so ****ing quickly - this isn’t just collage genre shifting - Braxton takes you there. Every note has a transitory quality and his skill and intuition is stunning.

I got busy towards the B-side. I gotta listen to this at home because I feel like there's something I missed. Braxton has always intrigued me like a complex and frustrating book can be. Sometimes I need multiple listens and more time to really get it.

OccultHawk · 08-23-2019, 10:30 AM

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Bobby Hutcherson

Love!

**Exo** · 08-23-2019, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Love!

I'm working the next two hours for free for this record dude. It's incredible.

**Exo** · 08-23-2019, 10:56 AM

Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben
Ogum Xangô

Clean Brazilian copy of this record in the shop at the moment. Very expensive. I won't be working for this one. Sounds great though.

**Exo** · 08-23-2019, 01:23 PM

Egberto Gismonti
Dança das cabeças

This thing slaps.

**Exo** · 09-04-2019, 02:28 PM

Loren Connors
Airs

Like floating in a f*cking cloud. Customers are digging it. I'm digging it. This is fantastic.

**Exo** · 09-05-2019, 09:15 AM

Sun Kil Moon
Ghosts of the Great Highway

This is like an autumn sunset giving you a metaphysical blowjob. It's funny how something that didn't resonate in the slightest with you when you were younger can have such an impact on your when you're older. This is a beautiful record that I didn't care for ten years ago but now almost perfect.

**Frownland** · 09-05-2019, 01:52 PM

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Loren Connors
Airs

Like floating in a f*cking cloud. Customers are digging it. I'm digging it. This is fantastic.

Love him, he's one of those musicians who's simultaneously ethereal and organic.

Keep an eye out for his collab with Haino if you don't already have a copy.

His stuff with Kath Bloom is pretty nice too, but it's very far removed from the rest of his discography.

OccultHawk · 12-25-2019, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Egberto Gismonti
Dança das cabeças

This thing slaps.

Just getting around to this. It really is fantastic.

08-07-2019, 10:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I’m not trying to imply you don’t understand this. I’m just popping in my two cents. Braxton can be a little bit of a conundrum because he plays really out there stuff while at the same time being a traditionalist. Perhaps very often when jazz is kicking you in the nuts it’s giving you that wild impression of being uprooted and ungrounded in way that shouts FREEDOM. It doesn’t have to be free jazz to do that. Charlie Parker does that, even though he’s well grounded all the time there’s this wildness that makes the listener forget it. But Braxton is rooted in a more scholarly way so the nutcrunching might demand a more academic listening approach. The album you’re talking highlights something he does incredibly well. And you mentioned it, bop to free, he connects the dots in such a fiercely logical way- so ****ing quickly - this isn’t just collage genre shifting - Braxton takes you there. Every note has a transitory quality and his skill and intuition is stunning. __________________ 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

08-23-2019, 10:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben Ogum Xangô Clean Brazilian copy of this record in the shop at the moment. Very expensive. I won't be working for this one. Sounds great though. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

08-23-2019, 01:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Egberto Gismonti Dança das cabeças This thing slaps. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

09-04-2019, 02:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Loren Connors Airs Like floating in a fcking cloud. Customers are digging it. I'm digging it. This is fantastic. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE*

09-05-2019, 09:15 AM	#8 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Sun Kil Moon Ghosts of the Great Highway This is like an autumn sunset giving you a metaphysical blowjob. It's funny how something that didn't resonate in the slightest with you when you were younger can have such an impact on your when you're older. This is a beautiful record that I didn't care for ten years ago but now almost perfect. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

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