Rolling Jazz Thread 2022

That's good, but you may be an exception. Ken Barnes, a media consultant as well as music writer, once said that there are enough fans to make jazz radio a commercially viable format, but many are too intolerant of different subgenres, also of some artists within the subgenre they do favor.

It's not really a new thing, I suppose Wes Montgomery's last studio records fall into a 'smooth' category and were both very popular with the public.

'Charlie Parker with Strings'

EKU's station does quite a bit of jazz programming along side news and classical music. I like Jazz Night in a America, that show always has some good stuff. I rarely know of any of the music, but it is all pretty well done.

Oh yeah, college/Public Radio do a lot, but far as I know, it's still rare to find a commercial station with a consistently jazz-related format, one that lasts very long, anyway. (NPR itself used to originate/distribute more jazz, judging by dead links.)

Like they had a live performance of Kamasi Washington's The Epic, with just the right interview clips: posted for a while, but it's long gone----they do still have a little collection of KW performances from various stations' live-in-the-studio sessions.

Aye, I love my skronk, but I also love my tunes and my grooves, and I'm quite fond of some smooth jazz through hip-hop samples and the like. Certainly object to smooth less than I do tasteful designer coffee table stuff, whether its ECM at its reverb drenched fjord evoking/orientalist worst or Floating Points style ambient guff.

You and I may be the only ones who can't float with FP: always put me right to sleep, literally, like I never want music to do---though if I did, would be great, admittedly (rec to insomniacs, no lie).

I don't like FP.

But I also love a lot of ECM stuff, more on the Tibbetts and Eberhard Weber end of things than the orientalist stuff tho.

I find the Nordic ambient jazz stuff on ECM to be soporific too. But so much of that label is great, including the classical.

Don't get me wrong, some amazing music on ECM, but when it's bad...

My fave ECM is Conference of the Birds, also dig some by DeJohnette, among others.

Speak of the xpost devils:

Doom & Gloom guest post! @AtBestIsKorny takes a deep dive into the Hermeto Pascoal / Airto Moreira / Flora Purim universe via a bunch of great live rarities. https://t.co/Qg7EgroyuK pic.twitter.com/qziFdd5h1w

— Tyler Wilcox (@tywilc) July 12, 2022

My interest level is increased by degrees of Hermeto.

The new Anna Butterss album is excellent: https://annabutterss.bandcamp.com/album/activities

― rob, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:00 (one week ago)

Seconded! Has that chunky technicolour mid-90s-Money-Mark vibe that's so pleasurable - similar to last year's Ben LaMar Gay album.

Sounding great this morning. This is the kind of thing I read ILM for.

My first thought on hearing Jeff Parker's The New Breed was "Money Mark!", and yes, this has a similar feel.

Ha that's interesting, I only vaguely recall what Money Mark sounds like, but Activities definitely wouldn't sound out of place on Intl Anthem (while being v distinct in its own right imo—I need to relisten to it, but iirc it's more notably more spare than LaMar Gay's & Parker's albums). I was impressed by how much of it is entirely solo.

New Chloe Jackson-Reynolds coming out this week.

― And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Tuesday, April 26, 2022 8:42 AM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink

just getting to this. awesome. i love her work.

https://sr3323.bandcamp.com/album/the-spring-concert

Yeah, it's really good!

I woke up Saturday thinking of Money Mark's Keyboard Repair, will have to check this out, thanks!

"waves crash" sounds like ... terry riley. except instead of a reed organ it's somebody actually overdubbing herself with various recorders, flutes, and saxophones. very awesome.

Good comparison!

Late last night Archie Shepp was talking about how he and Herbie Nichols used to play sessions together in the downtown loft that Shepp and Baraka shared. Shepp begged Nichols to start a group, didn’t happen. Now I am sharing the Nichols intv with Shepp.https://t.co/7Rp8FjgDcP

— Jason Moran (@morethan88) July 15, 2022

My latest Stereogum column is out. I interviewed Moor Mother about her new album, Woody Shaw, Amina Claudine Myers, and much more, and reviewed new records by Tyshawn Sorey, Tarbaby, Tumi Mogorosi, Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity, Thandi Ntuli, Theo Croker and more.

Thought for a second that said you interviewed Woody Shaw and did a double take.

New Bennie Maupin/Adam Rudolph thing on Strut is killer: https://adamrudolph.bandcamp.com/album/symphonic-tone-poem-for-brother-yusef

(where killer = meditative, spacious, full of weird clatter)

two thumbs up

I just did a long interview with Rudolph for my podcast; link is here. We talked about that album, the concept of "world music," and a whole lot more.

That is great, many thanks.

I also want to thank you, unperson, for turning me onto Binker Golding's new record. It reminds me sometimes of Jarrett's 'Expectations,' which is my favorite of his from that period.

Just read a positive review of your new book the other day, unperson. Kudos!

Thanks! Where was it published? I think I've seen them all, but just in case...

Anna Butterss record is really dope, catching up with the thread and having a great time.

JazzTimes

New Life Trio's Visions of the Third Eye reviewed at @SpectrumCulture

As contemporary jazz albums go, it’s excellent. But as a historical artifact, it’s downright fascinating.

(@KeepersFinders)https://t.co/fHmW3ptwu2 pic.twitter.com/sdhBccbMFP

— Forced Exposure (@FORCEDEXPOSURE) July 11, 2022

I was interviewed for All About Jazz. It's pegged to my book, of course, but there's a lot of talk about The State Of Jazz, so, you know, check it out if you want.

How do you feel about being compared to Bernard Pivot and James Lipton?

OK, I guess. My wife met Lipton once and was surprised by how short he was. (Various sources have him between 5'6" and 5'9".)

Very cool interview- interesting thoughts.

a friend told me a funny story about being invited to witness a Lipton taping.

new Arkestra preview track sounds GREAT. album coming in oct.

https://sunrastrut.bandcamp.com/album/living-sky

James Brandon Lewis has signed to Anti- and released a new track featuring the Messthetics (guitarist Anthony Pirog, already a longtime JBL collaborator, and bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty, formerly of Fugazi).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2_9gR1y5zI

Oh man, I used to watch this series on the original/embryonic A&E, but missed this episode (mainly remember the science fiction one, w Gene Wolfe, Frederick Pohl, Harlan Ellison, more)

Ian Harrison, MOJO News Editor, just sent me this. #BringBackNightcap pic.twitter.com/wsfle2UUSS

— Andrew Male (@Andr6wMale) July 27, 2022

Revturn

OK! Awake Nu and boil the Brown Rice!
The next @MOJOmagazine How To Buy will be on...
Don Cherry! Solo, Old And New Dreams, Organic Music Society, Codona, NYC5, Summer House Sessions, the lot. Where to start, where to go next? You help is needed! RT's welcome. pic.twitter.com/hC9AhURpcD

— Andrew Male (@Andr6wMale) July 28, 2022

Comments and especially excerpts in Kevin Whitehead's Fresh Air coverage of Sorey's Mesmerism indicate more variety and shades of interest than I expected: an "Autumn Leaves" I didn't recognize even when he gave the title after playing it, and a couple I didn't know at all: Horace Silver's "Enchantment," where

they leave open space, but every part fits together drum choir-style. Bass becomes a percussion instrument like piano, drums and cymbals.

i was just coming hear to say the same thing, or nearly the same thing, which is that i like how it sounded much more than i was expecting to, and that the MR abrams-penned track piqued my interest

http://twitter.com/0wlred

Yes--- original line-up of thee string band Henri's Notions, some ov whom were my sometyme housemates, did a great version of title track. Otherwise, Braxton x Rivers blew my mynd, had to put it away for a while---listened again: yadda yadda my fave rave ECM evah https://t.co/BQIszf0w7U

— Don Allred (@0wlred) July 29, 2022

dow, are you 0wlred?