So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

1 hour ago, porcy62 said:

I still don't understand why Mosaic had to reverse this image. They could have used it the right way and cropped it accordingly.

[felser]

[jazzbo]

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers "First Flight to Tokyo" cd 2

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Disc 3

Edited January 4, 2022 by jazzbo

[HutchFan]

 

[Rabshakeh]

Troyka - Ornithophobia (2015)

Semi recent fusion record. My first time with this and really enjoying it. Quite a Brainfeeder type feel but a bit less processed.

It has a weird spoken word section on track five about quarantines and lock downs caused by a mysterious avian flu which is bizarre given that it is released long ago, back in The Before.

Edited January 4, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[porcy62]

2 hours ago, bresna said:

I still don't understand why Mosaic had to reverse this image. They could have used it the right way and cropped it accordingly.

I was asking myself the same thing.

[John Tapscott]

[Rabshakeh]

Willis Jackson - Please Mr Jackson (Prestige, 1959)

[felser]

[Chuck Nessa]

[HutchFan]

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Promises fulfilled by an All-Star cast .... btw can't go wrong with Andy Gonzalez ....

[Gheorghe]

6 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Time flies, I saw him with Thad Jones-Mel Lewis in 1978, he was one of the major soloists, he and Steve Coleman played and soloed on alto....., it was 43 years ago and I still remember it. 

[Referentzhunter]

[BillF]

[jazzcorner]

19 minutes ago, BillF said:

Superbe West Coast album

reissued in the GNP Crescendo "Vintage Series"

 

 

[Referentzhunter]

[Rabshakeh]

GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star (Blue Note 2018)

This really is "jazz" as brand name rather than genre.

Some good stuff pokes through occasionally, but that's it.

[mjazzg]

15 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star (Blue Note 2018)

This really is "jazz" as brand name rather than genre.

Some good stuff pokes through occasionally, but that's it.

One trick pony but it's a good trick. Saw them live and after three tunes you could predict exactly what form the rest would take. Exciting though, for one sitting.

Haven't bothered with the last couple of albums, maybe I'd be surprised

Jazz Not Jazz? Not that that matters dreadfully

[Rabshakeh]

17 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Jazz Not Jazz? Not that that matters dreadfully

I concur. I just meant that this is a jazz record in the same way that Nirvana Unplugged is a 'folk' record. 

I agree that GoGo Penguin is actually okay. Too heavy on the repetitive cinematic piano and 'real instruments' hip-hop loops tropes, but the bits where the bass gets in there are pretty good. I like how Manchester seems to be positioning itself as a sort of jazz scene equivalent to 1990s Bristol.

[mjazzg]

Who else from Manchester should I be checking out, Halsall apart?

21 hours ago, BillF said:

 

What NYC musicians had to do during the lockdown of clubs.

It may have damaged their income, but judging from this album it left their jazz talents untouched.

Really enjoying this. I liked the cover photo so thought I'd give a spin  No names I know. A bit more straight ahead than much of my listening to contemporary releases 

Edited January 5, 2022 by mjazzg

[Peter Friedman]