Exo's Record Shop

**Exo** · 11-29-2018, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

That’s a great Ron Carter album with BS repackaging.

Dolphy is an unassailable genius. He took Charlie Parker’s digestion of Stravinsky and Bartók and bridged it over into free jazz. There’s these fragments of Ornette’s free jazz and Coltrane’s Africa/Brass - it’s Dolphy and he’s so ****ing celebratory with his freedom. It screams **** yes we did it! And the influence of his incredibly intelligent and disciplined wildness changed the landscape of jazz forever. He was one of the most important voices that said we can take this **** anywhere we ****ing want.

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.

**Frownland** · 11-29-2018, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

That’s a great Ron Carter album with BS repackaging.

Dolphy is an unassailable genius. He took Charlie Parker’s digestion of Stravinsky and Bartók and bridged it over into free jazz. There’s these fragments of Ornette’s free jazz and Coltrane’s Africa/Brass - it’s Dolphy and he’s so ****ing celebratory with his freedom. It screams **** yes we did it! And the influence of his incredibly intelligent and disciplined wildness changed the landscape of jazz forever. He was one of the most important voices that said we can take this **** anywhere we ****ing want.

Ja what he said. One of those absolutely perfect improvisers. I can see how his more sultry side doesn't set your hair on fire though, Exo.

**Exo** · 11-29-2018, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

Ja what he said. One of those absolutely perfect improvisers. I can see how his more sultry side doesn't set your hair on fire though, Exo.

Not bad by any sense. It just kind of happens and then the record is over.

**Exo** · 11-29-2018, 11:00 AM

Synergy
Jupiter Menace

I'm going through the soundtracks and shaving off some prices and just cleaning up a bit. This is the first one that caught my eye. Very very very synthy. Because, you know, SPACE AND SH*T!

OccultHawk · 11-29-2018, 11:25 AM

Quote:

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.

**Frownland** · 11-29-2018, 11:27 AM

His contribution to Schuller's Jazz Abstractions is phenomenal as well.

**Exo** · 11-29-2018, 11:28 AM

Quote:

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.

OccultHawk · 11-29-2018, 11:37 AM

Pharoah Sanders is a really fun musician to listen for on any record he’s on.

**Exo** · 11-29-2018, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Pharoah Sanders is a really fun musician to listen for on any record he’s on.

I've heard some of his solo work. I'll check out his credits.

Ninetales · 11-29-2018, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exo

Synergy
Jupiter Menace

I'm going through the soundtracks and shaving off some prices and just cleaning up a bit. This is the first one that caught my eye. Very very very synthy. Because, you know, SPACE AND SH*T!

and I mean its a "documentary" on how the world is going to end in 2000 because of some grand planetary alignment.

pretty much this (both came out the same year and are based on similar sciences):

11-29-2018, 11:00 AM	#144 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,359	Synergy Jupiter Menace I'm going through the soundtracks and shaving off some prices and just cleaning up a bit. This is the first one that caught my eye. Very very very synthy. Because, you know, SPACE AND SHT! __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE*

11-29-2018, 11:27 AM	#146 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	His contribution to Schuller's Jazz Abstractions is phenomenal as well. __________________ 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

11-29-2018, 11:37 AM	#148 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Pharoah Sanders is a really fun musician to listen for on any record he’s on. __________________ 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

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode