consider this bump an extra vote for hidden shadows. how can a music, be that good
mind you the other two tracks bristle with greatness as well
― imago, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 16:24 (nine months ago) link
^newb
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 16:26 (nine months ago) link
Glad you're enjoying Sextant (which I always think of as a classic old ILM fave)
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 16:27 (nine months ago) link
Why didn't old ILM sit me down and force me to listen to it then lol
― imago, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 16:29 (nine months ago) link
LJ here's his albums in order up until Perfect Machine. Don't sleep on the 60s stuff
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5nzf2b8snRpp2LwXeLrOnQ?si=27519d6011c84951
xp I've been trying for years to get you to
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 16:30 (nine months ago) link
For clarity's sake, I heard Head Hunters a while back and liked it a lot without having my mind blown. Sextant a whole different story
― imago, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 16:32 (nine months ago) link
Sextant is the 3rd and last of his Mwandishi line-up so ypu need to listen to the other 2
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 16:34 (nine months ago) link
40-minute "Hidden Shadows" here is outrageous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjwzVRSXtDE
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 17:06 (nine months ago) link
Crossings can't be a 10/10 as well can it? That'd be outrageous. I can't go around handing out 10s like confetti. But also, why is it this good? It has everything I like about my favourite avant-metal, but it's a jazz fusion album from 1972
― imago, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 22:35 (nine months ago) link
Mwandishi is probably even better (and the 1st of the trilogy)
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 22:40 (nine months ago) link
I heard that one earlier! It's great but these two are like, they ran a proof of concept and then set off for the fuckin cosmos
― imago, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 22:52 (nine months ago) link
Eddie Henderson's Realization (1973) and Inside/Out (1974) are basically Mwandishi albums, same personnel with Henderson as leader
― Brad C., Thursday, 24 August 2023 01:06 (nine months ago) link
in my personal universe “sextant”, “crossings and “mwandishi” make up a “super session album” in the sense of “bitches brew”
re eddie henderson don’t forget “sunburst”, no herbie but it’s got bennie maupin, buster williams (!!), george duke, bobby hutcherson, julian priester and harvey mason on drums
― the late great, Thursday, 24 August 2023 01:20 (nine months ago) link
i like “realization” a lot, it’s maybe not as gaseous sounding or as nebular as mwandishi but it gets into some sweet modal-spiritual strata east vibes
― the late great, Thursday, 24 August 2023 01:22 (nine months ago) link
magnificent albums
Dont forget the Bennie Maupin - The Jewel In The Lotus
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 24 August 2023 09:21 (nine months ago) link
The book You'll Know When You get There by Bob Gluck was a pretty good read.
There are a number of live sets around by the band where they stretch out even further than the studio sets. plus a couple of bits of live footage, one from the Molde festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lTimyz9T7k
and one live in the studio which si a bit longerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xExCa3ybzYAthankyou French tv from the early 70s.
I remember reading about Mwandishi in The Wire when i wasn't very familiar with them and it mentioning some live material I think with teh electronics taht had me salivating and dying to hear it. I did have a load of the live material on my walkman which would turn up at random back when i was listening to music that way daily.
― Stevo, Thursday, 24 August 2023 10:15 (nine months ago) link
I'm glad that imago is discovering the spirit of jazz! He will be wearing a spiritual jazz hat soon enough!
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 24 August 2023 10:53 (nine months ago) link