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.
― dow, Thursday, 14 July 2022 02:03 (one year ago) link
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'
― earlnash, Thursday, 14 July 2022 02:21 (one year ago) link
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.
― earlnash, Thursday, 14 July 2022 02:24 (one year ago) link
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.)
― dow, Thursday, 14 July 2022 02:49 (one year ago) link
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.
― dow, Thursday, 14 July 2022 03:02 (one year ago) link
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.
― Composition 40b (Stew), Thursday, 14 July 2022 16:25 (one year ago) link
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).
― dow, Thursday, 14 July 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link
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.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 14 July 2022 22:49 (one year ago) link
I find the Nordic ambient jazz stuff on ECM to be soporific too. But so much of that label is great, including the classical.
― Antifa Sandwich Artist (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 14 July 2022 23:35 (one year ago) link
Don't get me wrong, some amazing music on ECM, but when it's bad...
― Composition 40b (Stew), Friday, 15 July 2022 09:26 (one year ago) link
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
― dow, Saturday, 16 July 2022 01:25 (one year ago) link
My interest level is increased by degrees of Hermeto.
― dow, Saturday, 16 July 2022 01:26 (one year ago) link
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.
― technopolis, Monday, 18 July 2022 06:52 (one year ago) link
Sounding great this morning. This is the kind of thing I read ILM for.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 18 July 2022 10:41 (one year ago) link
My first thought on hearing Jeff Parker's The New Breed was "Money Mark!", and yes, this has a similar feel.
― fetter, Monday, 18 July 2022 11:15 (one year ago) link
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.
― rob, Monday, 18 July 2022 14:48 (one year ago) link
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.
― budo jeru, Monday, 18 July 2022 22:54 (one year ago) link
https://sr3323.bandcamp.com/album/the-spring-concert
Yeah, it's really good!
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 18 July 2022 23:14 (one year ago) link
I woke up Saturday thinking of Money Mark's Keyboard Repair, will have to check this out, thanks!
― dow, Monday, 18 July 2022 23:27 (one year ago) link
"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.
― budo jeru, Monday, 18 July 2022 23:36 (one year ago) link
Good comparison!
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 19 July 2022 01:49 (one year ago) link
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
― dow, Tuesday, 19 July 2022 04:05 (one year ago) link
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.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 19 July 2022 18:29 (one year ago) link
Thought for a second that said you interviewed Woody Shaw and did a double take.
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 19 July 2022 18:40 (one year ago) link
New Bennie Maupin/Adam Rudolph thing on Strut is killer: https://adamrudolph.bandcamp.com/album/symphonic-tone-poem-for-brother-yusef
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 14:49 (one year ago) link
(where killer = meditative, spacious, full of weird clatter)
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 14:53 (one year ago) link
two thumbs up
― calzino, Wednesday, 20 July 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
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.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 15:23 (one year ago) link
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.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 21 July 2022 19:24 (one year ago) link
Just read a positive review of your new book the other day, unperson. Kudos!
― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 21 July 2022 20:04 (one year ago) link
Thanks! Where was it published? I think I've seen them all, but just in case...
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 21 July 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
Anna Butterss record is really dope, catching up with the thread and having a great time.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 22 July 2022 00:39 (one year ago) link
JazzTimes
― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 July 2022 01:00 (one year ago) link
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
― dow, Saturday, 23 July 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
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.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 14:13 (one year ago) link
How do you feel about being compared to Bernard Pivot and James Lipton?
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 14:32 (one year ago) link
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".)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
Very cool interview- interesting thoughts.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 14:48 (one year ago) link
a friend told me a funny story about being invited to witness a Lipton taping.
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 15:00 (one year ago) link
new Arkestra preview track sounds GREAT. album coming in oct.
https://sunrastrut.bandcamp.com/album/living-sky
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 17:57 (one year ago) link
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
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 21:33 (one year ago) link
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
― dow, Thursday, 28 July 2022 00:49 (one year ago) link
Revturn
― Antifa Sandwich Artist (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 28 July 2022 01:59 (one year ago) link
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
― dow, Thursday, 28 July 2022 22:42 (one year ago) link
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.
― dow, Friday, 29 July 2022 02:18 (one year ago) link
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
― budo jeru, Friday, 29 July 2022 13:41 (one year ago) link
http://twitter.com/0wlred
― dow, Friday, 29 July 2022 23:03 (one year ago) link
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, Friday, 29 July 2022 23:04 (one year ago) link
dow, are you 0wlred?
― budo jeru, Sunday, 31 July 2022 03:22 (one year ago) link