Dub Modal

nah. Here's a David Benoit soundcheck from 2012. Those drums might grab you but those melodies?

Solid Never heard this album but the cover photo is excellent.

He's credited with percussion on this album: Despite the fact that Acapulco is in Mexico, the sound here is decidedly more Brazilian.

Whenever I hear the smooth jazz of the past decades up to current times, I hear Desmond influence all over those sax players. Whether the players themselves would cite him or not I have no idea. Take Ten to me is a proto-smooth jazz record.

Confirmed that the PBS app allows streaming of this documentary, along with the Max Roach American Masters doc. Watching the Roach now, and will probably rewatch the Sun Ra one later.

I really enjoyed it. The interviews and footage were top notch. Made me want to deep dive Sun Ra afterwards. Don't know if anyone else caught the King Records doc right after but the first 15 mins of that were great. Hopefully the PBS app allows streaming of these.

Sun Ra's Hidden Fire Synthesizer – Sun Ra Tenor Saxophone – John Gilmore Alto Saxophone – Eloe Omoe, Marshall Allen Bass Saxophone – Danny Ray Thompson, Kenny Williams Bassoon – James Jacson Trombone – Tyrone Hill Trumpet – Ahmed Abdullah, Michael Ray Violin – Billy Bang, June Tyson Guitar – Bruce Edwards Bass – John Ore, Rollo Radford Drums – Buster Smith, Luqman Ali Vocals – Art Jenkins, June Tyson

An hour in and I think they've done a really good job on this; connecting his roots, music and philosophy in a cohesive presentation.

Yeah, will be checking it out. Cheers! 🍻

Who else is watching this documentary tonight?

Nice find Niko. Thanks for the links. Terrible to read about Gage's suicide though.

Yeah, Amad really stood out to me on a recent listen

If anyone is interested, this is the discussion from the Hegel folks from yesterday. Unfortunately I didn't win the drawing but educational nonetheless.

Those speakers are incredible. Does anyone have experience with Hegel amps? Listened to an interview yesterday with their reps and came away with the impression that they come with a lot of bang for the buck.

The live Pepper from '59 is really intriguing. Are there any other live shows from him available from this time? He's playing well on these despite the rhythm section.

Some discussion here as well:

Edit - this was playing at the same time as the Tjader version above, so I mistakenly thought this wasn't actually a solo guitar tune. Kind of cool actually. But the solo version is good too, once I figured out what was going on.

Tony Tuff's Wha we a go do Sly on drums (RIP). Amazing album that VP just reissued, digitizing it for the first time. Been a reggae fan for decades now and have never seen this one before. Better late than never.

Leroy Smart's Musical Don: https://leroysmart.bandcamp.com/album/musical-don From '88. Recently remastered by Crucial Bunny. Steely & Clevie involved, as was Jackie Mittoo. Unexpected quality on this one. Definitely recommend if you dig reggae and don't mind/enjoy that 80s Jamaican sound.

Thanks 🍻 Looks like a great price.

Thanks guys. Makes me wish they could include those liners in their downloads then. Any recs for shopping their CDs online?

Does Storyville include quality liners with their archive CDs? I've never seen them in US stores and only know about them via Bandcamp. The pics and descriptions don't seem to indicate anything.

I had no idea this was even made. Wondering if it was even distributed in the US at all. Edit: Nvm. See it's the premier of the movie so it's brand new. Reading comprehension is a great thing that I should practice more of.

I can't think of Jekyll & Hyde without thinking of this tune. It's burned into my brain at this point: