Exo's Record Shop

OccultHawk · 11-29-2018, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Out There, Far Cry, Out to Lunch, Iron Man, and Caribé. That's the juice.

The rest of his work is just hit or miss with me. To be fair, I haven't gone too far down the rabbit hole though which is why I asked you. Your enthusiasm might change that.

Cool. Thank you for the respect.

Don’t forget the work he did for Mingus. And Oliver Nelson’s The Blues and the Abstract Truth. Dolphy did great stuff as a leader but I don’t think judging him by every record issued under his name is the right way to gauge Dolphy’s contributions to jazz.

Case in point, this reissue of Where?. Dolphy is playing his role beside Carter and also making space for Mal Waldron who was an idiosyncratic (and great) musician himself.

**Exo** · 11-29-2018, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Cool. Thank you for the respect.

Don’t forget the work he did for Mingus. And Oliver Nelson’s The Blues and the Abstract Truth. Dolphy did great stuff as a leader but I don’t think judging him by every record issued under his name is the right way to gauge Dolphy’s contributions to jazz.

Case in point, this reissue of Where?. Dolphy is playing his role beside Carter and also making space for Mal Waldron who was an idiosyncratic (and great) musician himself.

That's fair. I'm honestly just starting to pay attention to the players on other records now. I just never did it for the longest time. Jazz is amazing when you start to recognize names from solo albums as players on other albums. Sounds silly that I never really did it until now. It's like lyrics, I just never looked them up so I never know the words to my favorite songs.

**Exo** · 12-07-2018, 12:15 PM

Van Morrison
Veedon Fleece

Certainly not his best but there's something about Van's voice that washes over the shop well. It's just always a nice play when he's spinning. Customers like it. I like it. Everybody happy. I'll branch out later in the day.

OccultHawk · 12-07-2018, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Van Morrison
Veedon Fleece

Certainly not his best but there's something about Van's voice that washes over the shop well. It's just always a nice play when he's spinning. Customers like it. I like it. Everybody happy. I'll branch out later in the day.

Everybody’s happy because it’s a masterpiece. You Don't Pull No Punches, but You Don't Push the River is as good as anything else he ever did.

**Exo** · 12-07-2018, 01:12 PM

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Everybody’s happy because it’s a masterpiece. You Don't Pull No Punches, but You Don't Push the River is as good as anything else he ever did.

It just kind of flutters along though. Astral Weeks is his masterpiece IMO. Veedon Fleece is just kind of a meander-er but a nice one at that.

**Exo** · 12-07-2018, 12:38 PM

Sun Ra
Lanquidity

Now it's my time to shine. I'll say that I did pick a rather accessible Sun Ra to spin but it's f*cking Friday and I'm going to play what I god damn please. This is a re-issue. If it was an original it'd be behind glass.

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Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Van Morrison Veedon Fleece Certainly not his best but there's something about Van's voice that washes over the shop well. It's just always a nice play when he's spinning. Customers like it. I like it. Everybody happy. I'll branch out later in the day. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

12-07-2018, 12:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Sun Ra Lanquidity Now it's my time to shine. I'll say that I did pick a rather accessible Sun Ra to spin but it's fcking Friday and I'm going to play what I god damn please. This is a re-issue. If it was an original it'd be behind glass. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE*