hmm i think that one links to an actual postthis one should link you to the threadJAZZ IS LIKE HEROIN TO ME ! ! ! ~~~~ ILM POST-1945 JAZZ ALBUMS POLL - THE RESULTS COUNTDOWN ~~~~
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 29 August 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
Total # of jazz albums bought in 2011.... 130.
Here's the count:
26 - John Coltrane22 - Miles Davis10 - Sun Ra7 - Thelonious Monk6 - Albert Ayler5 - Herbie Hancock, Charles Mingus4 - Ornette Coleman, Pharoah Sanders3 - Don Cherry, Alice Coltrane, Mats Gustafsson, Joe Henderson, Andrew Hill, Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor2 - Derek Bailey, Art Blakey, Peter Brötzmann, Eric Dolphy, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter1 - Duke Ellington, Johnny Hartman, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Oliver Nelson, Sonny Sharrock, McCoy Tyner, Tony Williams
Pretty much picking up anything I see on Blue Note in the '60s at this point, and anything Blue Note or Impulse! related. But I wonder if I'm not pigeonholing myself.... I'm not listening or aiming much for pre '60s jazz as a general rule (with exceptions being Blakey and Monk and maybe a couple others) and most of this stuff falls into 60s or early 70s jazz, leaning toward free jazz (Sun Ra, Ayler, Cherry, Ornette) and spacey stuff (Pharoah, Alice, Hancock fusion era).
What else am I missing? I have a pretty good idea of my "tastes" at this point but still of course desire to (A) step outside the box to some degree, now that the box has formed, and (B) continue to find tons of really great albums within the box.
― ilxor, Friday, 13 January 2012 05:10 (twelve years ago) link
did you get mccoy tyner's "enlightenment"?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 13 January 2012 06:40 (twelve years ago) link
If you dig both the 1960s Blue Note hard bop and free/avant garde, you should definitely check out Charles Mingus. He did both some cool avant garde stuff and groovy-as-hell bluesy numbers. Blues & Roots, Tijuana Moods, or Mingus Ah Um are good places to start, though pretty much all of the official albums he released between 1956 and 1963 are great.
― Tuomas, Friday, 13 January 2012 07:35 (twelve years ago) link
Um, it says right there he bought five Mingus records
― extremely lewd and incredibly crass (Hurting 2), Friday, 13 January 2012 12:41 (twelve years ago) link
A band I just discovered last year was David Murray's Octet. A great mix of hard-swinging bluesy bop and outbursts of free blowing. Their five albums have been reissued in a budget-priced box that's totally worth getting. Killer stuff.
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 13 January 2012 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
Ellery Eskelin - The Sun DiedMihaly Dresch - Egyenes ZeneWilliam Parker - Double Sunrise over NeptuneJenny Scheinman - 12 SongsDinah Washington - Dinah JamsCharlie Parker - Dial MastersMax Roach - Deeds Not WordsHorace Silver - Song for my FatherCannonball Adderley - In San Francisco
― o. nate, Friday, 13 January 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, and Henry Threadgill too: "Everybody's Mouth a Book" and "Up Popped the Two Lips" are both recommended.
― o. nate, Friday, 13 January 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
"The Real McCoy"—only one i've found so far.
mingus ah um, mingus x5, mingus plays piano, oh yeah, black saint :)
― ilxor, Sunday, 15 January 2012 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for the rec's o. nate!!
David Murray's Octet
yess Ming is a classic album
― demolition with discretion (m coleman), Sunday, 15 January 2012 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
I like o. nate's eclectic approach
― Mayne ... Or Astro-Mayne? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 January 2012 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
just bought -
Art Blakey - Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious MonkGrant Green - Idle MomentsCharles Mingus - Blues and RootsThelonious Monk - Monk.Wayne Shorter - Night Dreamer
― ilxor, Friday, 20 January 2012 06:10 (twelve years ago) link
really getting into the Atavistic reissues on their Unheard Music Series, i've picked up all of the following recently:
Peter Brotzmann Sextet - Fuck de BoereGlobe Unity Orchestra - ??? (forget the name of this one)Haazz & Company - Unlawful NoiseMount Everest Trio - Waves from Albert AylerLuther Thomas & Human Arts Ensemble - Funky DonkeyLuther Thomas & Human Arts Ensemble - Banana
other recent stuff i've picked up:
Albert Ayler - Holy Ghost (box set... fucking amazing)Ornette Coleman - Town Hall 1962John Coltrane - Live in Seattle (double disc edition)Art Blakey - A Night in TunisiaPeter Brotzmann & Bill Laswell - Low Life
― ilxor, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 05:08 (twelve years ago) link
Can anyone please suggest contemporary ('90s - '00s), somewhat avant-garde & interesting modern jazz musicians-- in the vein of Mats Gustafsson and The Thing, Ken Vandermark / Vandermark 5, Colin Stetson, Fire! with Jim O'Rourke, the Peter Brötzmann Tentet, etc.?
Thanks...
― ilxor, Monday, 10 June 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
You might like Zs. It's not really jazz, but neither is Colin Stetson arguably.
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 June 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
You might also like Mostly Other People Do the Killing -- Kevin Shea on drums
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 June 2013 18:56 (ten years ago) link
oh, would also check out Ches Smith's projects -- Good for Cows (metal influence upright bass/drum duo) and These Arches (featuring the awesome Mary Halvorson on Guitar).
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 June 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
Oh and you kind of need to listen to William Parker/Hamid Drake if you don't already
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 June 2013 19:06 (ten years ago) link
Thanks much! i've already got Parker/Drake on my radar, heard Zs a bit but never really listened, but the others are new to me...
anyone else help out?
― ilxor, Thursday, 13 June 2013 04:43 (ten years ago) link
Vijay Iyer? David S. Ware?
They're not quite like the people you mentioned now but, based on your other descriptions of what you like ("stuff that moves and breathes and evolves slowly as it unfolds"), E. S. T. (Esbjorn Svensson Trio) and Steve Lehman Octet might appeal to you.
Do you know Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, Nels Cline?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 13 June 2013 04:51 (ten years ago) link
See if you can find some Tim Posgate.
If you want something really slow and druggy, maybe try Tord Gustavsen.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 13 June 2013 05:01 (ten years ago) link
Evan Parker of course. His trio with Barry Guy and Paul Lytton is killer.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 13 June 2013 06:19 (ten years ago) link
really enjoyed the performance by lllλ - seymour wright on sax, paul abbott on drums, Daichi Yoshikama on electronics - that i saw recently, dunno if they've got any recs out yet - super-crunchy free jazz pummelling
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 13 June 2013 06:27 (ten years ago) link
Oh, and Evan Parker made a great trio recording with Eddie Prévost out of AMM and John Edwards, All Told.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 13 June 2013 07:31 (ten years ago) link
I don't think I've ever heard Evan Parker's actual jazz recordings. I've only listened to his non-idiomatic improv stuff + the disc with Jah Wobble.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 13 June 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link
Today, I'm pulling out this relatively unsung Swedish album from 2004 that I really enjoyed and it still holds up quite well (besides also reminding me of a time when I went to see live music): http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7681280&style=music
They put on a great performance in Ottawa that year, described pretty well here: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=14138&pg=5#.Ub-ifhaJzZg
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 00:00 (ten years ago) link
Parker/Drake in general deserve attention. Associated with that crowd, I would also pick out Matthew Shipp. sund4r mentioned E.S.T. I particularly liked Leucocyte.
I'm still a fan of 2003's Assif Tsahar/Cooper-Moore album America (but you might like those two in general).
Maybe a bit off topic, but I've been finding myself going back to Richard Gallo's Urdimbres y Maranas and thinking it's almost as good as I initially thought it was.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 00:21 (ten years ago) link