So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[John Tapscott]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

 

 

Now listening:

[aparxa]

[Dub Modal]

[jlhoots]

Rudolph Johnson: The Second Coming (Black Jazz CD reissue - goofy cover, very nice music)

[John Tapscott]

[Chuck Nessa]

[Rabshakeh]

4 hours ago, aparxa said:

I think this one is very underrated. 

[duaneiac]

11 hours ago, aparxa said:

Mmmmmmmmm . . . Fudgemunk . . . . .

[BillF]

[Rabshakeh]

Paul Desmond - Easy Living (RCA, 1966)

[Referentzhunter]

[Rabshakeh]

Shirley Scott Trio - For Members Only (Impulse!, 1963)

 

My favourite of her Impulse! records.

[aparxa]

12 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

I think this one is very underrated. 

Indeed. I like the musicians involved but was a bit wary at first given the nature of the project. I was very pleasantly surprised, it is both a solid jazz & hip-hop record.  It is a well-thought and executed project. Between the music of the band, the scratches&mastering from Damu and the (fluid but not flowing) rapping of Raw Poetic, 82 years old Shepp blends in as a charm.

NP: Gene Ammons - Got my own
 

[Rabshakeh]

4 minutes ago, aparxa said:

Indeed. I like the musicians involved but was a bit wary at first given the nature of the project. I was very pleasantly surprised, it is both a solid jazz & hip-hop record.  It is a well-thought and executed project. Between the music of the band, the scratches&mastering from Damu and the (fluid but not flowing) rapping of Raw Poetic, 82 years old Shepp blends in as a charm.
 

I’m extremely allergic to crossover attempts between jazz and hip hop (as opposed to other electronic, “urban” or rap genres, which I think work more naturally, or hip hop with jazz samples), but I think that so much love and time has gone into this one that it really works.

Edited November 6, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[aparxa]

20 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I’m extremely allergic to crossover attempts between jazz and hip hop (as opposed to other electronic, “urban” or rap genres, which I think work more naturally, or hip hop with jazz samples), but I think that so much love and time has gone into this one that it really works.

I agree. A few hip hop bands mix jazz samples with rapping in a way I really enjoy (The Roots, Mos Def, The Sound Providers, Digable, PUTS, J5, Kero One, Guru etc), but the crossover attempts have been mostly disappointing so far. Which is a bit of a surprise, I see no actual reason why a strong jazz band with someone on the scratches/beats and a decent MC should not be working.  BTW, discussing hip-hop on this forum reminds me of this (no offense ):

NP: Duke Ellington - The Greatest Paris Concert

[BillF]

2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Paul Desmond - Easy Living (RCA, 1966)

[John Tapscott]

 

Slide Hampton is apparently ambidextrous! 

Edited November 6, 2021 by John Tapscott

[mikeweil]

[BillF]

2 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

 

[soulpope]

[Chuck Nessa]

Haven't listened to this in years.

[BillF]

[sonnyhill]

 

 

Olie Brice / Tobias Delius / Mark Sanders - somersaults (Two Rivers Records)

[mjazzg]

9 minutes ago, sonnyhill said:

 

 

Olie Brice / Tobias Delius / Mark Sanders - somersaults (Two Rivers Records)

That's a good album 

I'm reacquainting myself, after far too long, with 

Tomas Stanko New York Quartet - Wislawa 

Very strong 

 

 

Edited November 6, 2021 by mjazzg

[Rooster_Ties]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Haven't listened to this in years.

I listened to this a LOT back around 1991-92 (and I know the year, because it was when I was working on my second BA) — and now whenever I go back to it every 4-5 years or so, I’m shocked how familiar it all seems, even all these years later.

I’ve never made any sense of it, but I do feel like I connected with it pretty darn well back then, when I was about 21.