okay wait deej and whiney are both banned now? someone explain this to me
― ice cr?m's world of female people (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 February 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
but sure I'll take a week
also it's March now fyi
― ice cr?m's world of female people (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 February 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
they were 51'd a few weeks ago
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 28 February 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
oh yeahMarch 2 - Algerian GoalkeeperMarch 9 - IlxorMarch 16 - Shakey Mo
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 28 February 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
did they have an img bomb war or something
― ice cr?m's world of female people (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 February 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Infact this is better
March 2 - Shakey MoMarch 9 - IlxorMarch 16 - Algerian Goalkeeper
you have a couple of days to select picks. email me and I'll get you spotify links (i only have your old email the one you never use i forget your proper one)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 28 February 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
they have a beef thats been going on over ilx threads and they picked up 51 sb's. it just so happened they got it at the same time. dont think it was anything major. they must be due back v soon
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 28 February 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
you alright with this weeks picks?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 28 February 2011 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I think ice cr?m has volunteered via pm. I didn't get your email to reply to. I'll send you those spotify links when it's your go. I will put you in before me.
March 2 - Shakey MoMarch 9 - IlxorMarch 16 - ice cr?mMarch 23 - Algerian Goalie
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 28 February 2011 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
hey goalkeeper- can u plz bump me toward the bottom of the list as it fills up? thx
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 28 February 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
okice cr?m you want to swap places with ilxor?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 28 February 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i wouldn't mind a crack at this
― Ride, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 05:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Awesome, you're in!
March 2 - Shakey MoMarch 9 - IlxorMarch 16 - ice cr?mMarch 23 - RideMarch 30 Algerian Goalie
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 15:59 (thirteen years ago) link
switch spots w/ me AG
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
not if you have measles
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll give it a shot...but I'm very much a jazz noob/novice. If that disqualifies me, I'll just happily join in the listening/following.
― xtianDC, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
no way-- we're in the same boat!
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
ok it seems ice cr?m didnt volunteer it was just shaky webmailing me WITHOUT LEAVING AN EMAIL TO REPLY TO
March 2 - Shakey MoMarch 9 - IlxorMarch 16 - Algerian GoalieMarch 23 - RideMarch 30 - xtian DC
ilxor youre staying there unless 1 of the other 2 want to swap with you!
webmail tuomas, im sure he will want a shot.
shakey you should post your albums tonight, will be weds here by then anyway.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
my week's pics:
http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album-Donald-Byrd-A-New-Perspective.jpgDonald Byrd - A New Perspective
http://www.soundstagedirect.com/media/art_ensemble_chicago_message_folks.jpgArt Ensemble of Chicago - Message to Our Folks
You could argue that both of these are worth picking up just for the iconic covers alone. They are roughly a decade apart, and both diverge rather widely from traditional jazz structures, albeit in completely different ways. A New Perspective is unlike anything else I've heard in Byrd's catalog and, tbh, I can't really think of any other jazz album quite like it. The emphasis is on the vocal ensemble arrangements, which marry trad gospel harmonizing with much looser jazz melodies and phrasing, and is gorgeous, tightly arranged, and beautifully slick from front to back. Possibly my favorite Byrd album. Message to Our Folks, on the other hand, goes in the opposite direction, and reflects AEC's penchant for wide-ranging genre explorations - going from field hollers to African percussion to free jazz skronk to blues grooves to elegiac soloing and back again. A lot of it seems of a piece with Can's various "ethnological forgery series", except that these are black American guys in Paris, rather than German hippies fantasizing about Africa/Asia/S. America.
― ice cr?m's world of female people (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
lol sorry I am bad at following rules
― ice cr?m's world of female people (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
(eh I guess the albums are only 6-7 years apart fwiw)
― ice cr?m's world of female people (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
you were supposed to email me so i can provide spotify links
Donald Byrd - A New Perspective http://open.spotify.com/album/2ZXECfiklUdtYcDZTU6jOF
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Message to Our Folkshttp://open.spotify.com/album/5XvmZV63Y8OPDbD2cS0mXU
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ujEFsaInk
― ice cr?m's world of female people (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Heard much about A New Perspective...and had it in my hands the last time I was in the shop. Next time I'll be leaving with it.
BTW, for us non-UK, spotifyless folks, I've found that just about record can be at the very least be sample via youtube.
― xtianDC, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Best track off that great album IMO. Good picks, thanks.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
btw the reason I ever even heard of the Byrd album in the first place:
http://mykec.net/mykec/images/mly/tone_loc__loced_after_dark.jpg
― ice cr?m's world of female people (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Didn't participate in the last one but am interested in a week this time. Still okay to post, uh, non-spotify links?
― I am on a drug. It's called (doug watson), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Agreed on Cristo, it's sublime.
― Ride, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 00:28 (thirteen years ago) link
you want to swap with ilxor then? xp
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, I'll hit it on March 9.
― I am on a drug. It's called (doug watson), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link
wooo!
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
March 2 - Shakey MoMarch 9 - Doug WatsonMarch 16 - Algerian GoalieMarch 23 - RideMarch 30 - xtian DCApril 6 - ilxor
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, here are some free fusion gems from the less obvious decades (read, I avoided anything from the 70s.)
Pinski Zoo - Introduce Me To The Doctor (Despatch, 1981)http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/8854/00introducemetothedocto.jpgNot a Spotify linkThe debut disc of this frenzied post-punk jazz outfit from the UK. Fronted by reed player Jan Kopinski and-- for this album at least-- keyboardist Steve Iliffe. Kinda like if Rip Rig & Panic had eschewed the vocals and had developed under the tutelage of Ornette Coleman rather than Don Cherry.
Corporate Art - Corporate Art (JMT, 1991)http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/7403/00corporateart.jpgNot a Spotify linkA sort of supergroup that happily manages to deliver on expectations. Bobby Previte, Gary Thomas, Christy Doran and Mark Helias recorded this one-off session that blends angular jazz rock with the funky tensions of M-Base. Doran really shines here, with a style that reminds a bit of John McLaughlin's more soulful comping (Miles' "Right Off", Joe Farrell's "Follow Your Heart")
Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden - Report From Iron Mountain (P-Vine, 2001)http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/3597/00reportfromironmountai.jpgNot a Spotify linkDon't know that much about this Japanese ensemble. There's some involvement by Otomo Yoshide and it's led by Naruyoshi Kikuchi, who may be related to keyboardist Masabumi Kikuchi (whose "Circle/Line" is covered here.) Actually, the whole affair pursues that digitized free funk filter that Masabumi stretched over Miles' apocalyptic funk concept. For more reading, Sonic Asymmetry has a very worthy read here.
― I am on a drug. It's called (doug watson), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
lol never heard of any of this!
― You hurt me deeply. You hurt me deeply in my heart. (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Hopefully that's a good thing?
― I am on a drug. It's called (doug watson), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
totally
― You hurt me deeply. You hurt me deeply in my heart. (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Seem to remember Pinski Zoo having at least one release on SST...? Would have been mid 90s.
― WmC, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't think SST ever released a Pinski Zoo record. Zoogz Rift, maybe?
― I am on a drug. It's called (doug watson), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link
dunno these either!
March 16 - Algerian GoalieMarch 23 - RideMarch 30 - xtian DCApril 6 - ilxor
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 10 March 2011 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I think we will move to 1 album per week, see if that stimulates more chat.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 10 March 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I remember back in my days as a high school "radio station" "dj" we had that Byrd record floating around. I think my hip-hop-loving friend was also into it because of some sample on it. At the time I was sort of still sorting things out and categorizing things and being kind of uptight and purist, and I didn't really know what basket to put the record in, so I wasn't so keen on it. Would be curious to give it another chance.
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Thursday, 10 March 2011 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Fair enough. Since we've still some time before next week, why don't we limit my above selection to just the Pinski Zoo? Am interested in hearing other impressions.
― I am on a drug. It's called (doug watson), Thursday, 10 March 2011 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
no no thats ok. your picks are fine. Hopefully there will be some discussion
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 10 March 2011 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i still need to listen, anyone else play them?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Hank Mobley - Soul Station (1960)https://www.ifmusic.co.uk/images/product_images/HankMobley-SoulStation.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/6LgMSHDA0nBRV9Vlgy8j5r
Often overlooked, perhaps because he wasn't a great innovator in jazz but merely a stellar performer, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley was at the peak of his powers on Soul Station. Recorded with a superstar quartet including Art Blakey on drums, Paul Chambers on bass, and Wynton Kelly on piano, it was the first album since Mobley's 1955 debut to feature him as a leader without any other accompanying horns. The clean, uncomplicated sound that resulted from that grouping helps make it the best among his albums and a peak moment during a particularly strong period in his career. Mobley has no problem running the show here, and he does it without being flashy or burying the strong work of his sidemen. The solidness of his technique means that he can handle material that is occasionally rhythmically intricate, while still maintaining the kind of easy roundness and warmth displayed by the best players of the swing era. Two carefully chosen standards, "Remember" and "If I Should Lose You," help to reinforce that impression by casting an eye back to the classic jazz era. They bookend four Mobley originals that, in contrast, reflect the best of small-group composition with their lightness and tight dynamics. Overall, this is a stellar set from one of the more underrated musicians of the bop era.
I left this out the last time i took a turn so here it is. Enjoy!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Like that album a lot. If you enjoy it I also recommend checking out No Room for Squares
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Great album...the only Mobley I own so far. Curious to hear more. Gonna give it some more spins tonight and tomorrow now.
Btw, my copy has more of a green-blue sepia tone. Any story with the subtle variations of the cover?
― xtianDC, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
i have no idea
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Blakey's solo on This I Dig Of You owns. (What a great song title, btw!)
― xtianDC, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Mtume - Alkebu-Lan (Land of the Blacks)
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3602/218/1600/alke_front.jpg
Heavy shit, cats! Dig!
Nothing Is' description
Listen
― Ride, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link