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Based on above discussion I think this is #8...I have a different recording of this tune w. trumpeter as leader. Both are good!
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2 hours ago, JSngry said:
How far?
I was going to be a smartass and say "parsecs?", but revised it down to "astronomical units?"
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Thanks, John. Have briefly skimmed the tracks, expect to enjoy it when I listen all the way through.
#11 is the only obvious one...no spoilers for now, but a Brit organist who's somewhat topical these days (reissues) plus a well-known and respected vocalist. 👍
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6 hours ago, felser said:
It's a great set in every regard - music, remastering, packaging, price point. As is the previous Auger/Trinity box on the same label. This one is even better musically, though everyone should own 'Streetnoise' from the previous set.
CD copies of this [Complete Oblivion] box seem weirdly scarce. I missed the opportunity (months ago) to preorder cheaply from importcds and now am having trouble finding it from reasonable sources.
[Added] CD version finally showed up at Amazon, but for about $10 more than the old importcds preorder (granted that might not have gotten filled). I may have to hold my nose and go the Amazon route.
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6 hours ago, mjazzg said:
A classic
Yes, it's long been on the want list and a reasonably priced CD finally surfaced.
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1 hour ago, mjazzg said:
'On Broadway' always works for me
That was my favorite, too. I haven't listened to GB's vocals in ages (unless he randomly pops up on radio), but thought he was OK back in the '70s when he was topping the charts.
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On 11/21/2023 at 3:05 PM, HutchFan said:
NP:
I agree that Kako's music is much more classically-oriented than, say, Satoh or Kikuchi. Even so, I think he's made some excellent music.
For example, I like these two albums very much:
I've never heard Colour of Dream -- it sounds like I need to -- or Valencia.
Thanks. Both these albums are good, I've listened to some of each on Youtube.
Passage (the first one, piano + percussion) is much more to my taste.
Legend of the sea - myself (the second one, more instruments + some voice) reminds me of 12-tone chamber music, which isn't necessarily a bad thing (I recently went on a Second Viennese School binge), but is a sound world I rarely visit these days.
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I got e-mail saying that my preorder is being processed. Presumably my credit card has been charged.
The message promised a follow-up when the package is shipped. But in light of dismal experiences with Mosaic's shipping subcontractor (receiving wrong item among other things), I'm not holding my breath.
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On 11/17/2023 at 7:30 AM, Joe said:
Damn. Thanks for posting that. I've owned that Jarrett album forever. Used to like Steely Dan a lot, had tired of them by "Gaucho" (lyrics got too arch and music too polished), but still heard that tune an awful lot. Kicking myself that I never noticed.
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35 minutes ago, mjazzg said:
How is that? One of the Togashis I have steered away from fearing a lightweight travelogue.
It's probably streamable, I should look
It's not great. I wouldn't say lightweight, but it underperformed my expectations.
Part of it is that I'm having trouble getting a handle on Kako's playing. Certainly a fine pianist, but he sounds highly classical-oriented (he has written a lot of film scores and "composed music") and thus far I prefer other pianistic partners (Satoh, Y. Takahashi, etc) for Togashi.
This (quartet) recording with Kako is better IMO:
Cheap but weird package: 1 fusion album (Guerilla Band) and 2 straight-ahead standards sets (Rebop and Just Us). They are good recordings, though.
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Michael Bisio sent this out today:
On Sunday, December 10, 4pm as part of The Lace Mill presents series I will have the pleasure of performing with pianist John Blum. John is a visionary pianist who seldom leaves NYC … Not to be missed
John Blum is a Jazz Pianist/Composer born in New York City who has been performing internationally for over 30 years. He is known for his explosive high voltage pianism, and as a musician who aims for the very personal. Blum's Piano technique is an amalgam of Cecil Taylor and McCoy Tyner, decidedly percussive but with relentlessly fast right-hand linear structure. He plays with such forcefulness and rapidity that he sounds like Conlon Nancarrow’s player piano rolls, interpreted via human hands, freed up into a liquid state. His antecedents are apparent: Boogie-Woogie, Harlem Stride, Be-Bop and Free Jazz, but John has absorbed all of these styles to find a unique voice that defies classification.
This is interesting! I have (and enjoy) Blum's quartet CD on Eremite but know little about him.
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On bandcamp. I enjoy older vintage Sakata, didn't know what to expect here, but it sounds rather good.
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11 hours ago, Gheorghe said:
Paul Chambers, I was only 10 years old when he died so I didn´t have the chance to hear him live. But he was the first jazz bass I had heard on record (Miles Davis "Steamin´), and you know how boys are: You find your heroes, and each of those men, Miles,Trane,Garland, Paul, Philly became "my men".
I´m not sure if Paul Chambers would have made a career like Ron Carter after 1970 since he was so worn out as early as from the mid 60´s on. Former the most recorded bass players in the 50´s , his appearances on BN sessions on decade later became fewer and he sounds quite strugglin on a late 60´s Lee Morgan date. I thing he was wandering around, someone said he looked poorish and always wore his "eternal black suit" which had seen better times.
He was so desparate, that in his last year he was considering to buy an electric bass to get more gigs, but I cannot imagine he would have had a big comeback even if he lived longer......, it wasn´t his times anymore.Same thing like Chambers. Wilbur Ware was so much in demand in the 50´s, he recorded with Monk, and all, but seemed to be quite out of it as the 60´s went on. The only later appearances I heard on record is on the Mozaic set "Clifford Jordan Strata East" but on many of those late 60´s sessions there is an air of mortality on it. Some near forgotten players are on it, Kenny Dorham, who hadn´t made more records after his early 60´s BN, and like Wynton Kelly with only 1 or 2 more years to live, and I think there is a solo side of Wilbur Ware also, but it sounds rough, and there is a strange little interview with him. Practically I don´t know anything about his life. Was he also involved in harmful stuff like Paul Chambers ?
I don't know much about Paul Chambers, but I recall that Miles Davis, in his autobiography (the Quincy Troupe ghostwritten one), basically said that Mr. PC was so messed up that he was bound to have a short lifespan. He cited (iirc) an incident where Chambers was so drunk that he passed out in a restaurant with his face in a plate of spaghetti.
Agreed on that Strata-East Mosaic, there's something spooky about some of the discs. The Wilbur Ware session didn't impress me so much, and the interview was so weird that I only listened once. Wikipedia said that Ware had a bout with heroin addiction and was incarcerated for a spell.
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2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:
Andre 3000 - New Blue Sun
Andre 3000's jazz flute record. More like new age EWI record, to be honest.
I knew nothing of this.
But it got a writeup today on Bloomberg News, of all places.🤣 I subscribe to Bloomberg for news, esp. financial.
Link (should be viewable via incognito/private windows) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-11-17/andre-3000-s-flute-album-is-exactly-what-hip-hop-is-about
BTW, check the author's CV: A.D. Carson is an associate professor of hip-hop and the Global South at the University of Virginia. His albums include "V: Illicit" and the academically peer-reviewed "I Used to Love to Dream."
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"The Bastards" had this for $2.99, so it went in the cart
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1 hour ago, tranemonk said:
Thanks. If my memory serves me correctly (and it may not be due to old age...:) A long time ago, when Mosaic used to post the discography, they also had the run time for each song, I think. That's helpful though. Thanks....
The Mosaic website ain't what it used to be (could say a lot more, but refrain...😢). I also expected a lot more in the way of discography there.
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BFT 237 Discussion Thread
in Blindfold Test
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Thanks.
Really enjoying the music, that probably closes out the low-hanging fruit I can guess. A lot of the tunes sound like things I should know, but I can't even figure out who the leaders are, which makes ID more difficult. The saxophonist on #3 occasionally brings to mind a couple of Japanese players - Matsukaze (who plays in a lot of styles, sometimes a bit like Dolphy) and Mine - but I can't imagine either is involved. The vocal tracks could likely be sleuthed, but it's far too early for that. Will have to play the selections through a couple more times, and stay away from the thread to avoid spoilers (no offense intended 😉).