I really wish ECM would put their shit on Spotify so I could embed something from the Potter.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 9 December 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
I forgot that I have an eMusic subscription, and it just sparked back into life after I suspended it for three months, so I downloaded three Donald Byrd albums: Street Lady, Stepping into Tomorrow and Places and Spaces.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 04:15 (ten years ago) link
Anyone heard the Dawn of Midi album, Dysnomia? Not sure if it's jazz or postrock or just really, really minimal. 9 songs, 46 minutes, piano, bass, drums, recorded live, feels like one long track. Reminds me of The Necks, Fugazi, VERY minimal techno perhaps. Very metronomic, repetitive, subdued, but absolutely fascinating. Know almost nothing about them.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 09:29 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I like it a lot. If you like it, you should check out early albums (the ones not on ECM) by Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, who do a similar thing but slightly more organic-sounding, even though they're driven by electric rather than acoustic piano.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 12:01 (ten years ago) link
I wish I liked Dawn of Midi more than I do.
Currently enjoying Next Collective, Cover Art: songs by D'Angelo, Kanye/Jay-Z, N*E*R*D, Pearl Jam, Stereolab, Meshell Ndegeocello, Bon Iver, Dido, and Little Dragon.
― Noblesse J. Blige (jaymc), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 01:54 (ten years ago) link
heh, here's another Cover Art that came out this year: http://hellfyreclub.bandcamp.com/album/cover-art
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 14:24 (ten years ago) link
Well-said http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/12/the-quietly-revolutionary-guitar-of-jim-hall.html(Forgot Hall was in Jimmy Giuffre 3, who turned out to be quite the forerunners of atmospheric woodsy etc. Here they are, performing "The Train and the River" in Jazz On A Summer's Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfLsEH4csQ4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfLsEH4csQ4 So good.
― dow, Thursday, 12 December 2013 00:32 (ten years ago) link
What happened there---sorry, here they are with *Hall*, not Brookmeyer (this is the original recording)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-4ZqhHOFsM
― dow, Thursday, 12 December 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
The Burning Ambulance 25 Best Jazz Albums of 2013:
25. Meg Okura and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, Music of Ryuichi Sakamoto24. Tim Warfield, Eye of the Beholder23. Tarbaby, Ballad of Sam Langford22. Chris Potter, The Sirens21. Jeremy Pelt, Water and Earth20. David Ake, Bridges19. Joel Harrison 19, Infinite Possibility18. JD Allen, Grace17. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 216. Melodic Art-Tet, Melodic Art-Tet15. Various Artists, Long Story Short14. Nicolas Masson/Roberto Pianca/Emanuele Maniscanco, Third Reel13. Rich Halley 4, Crossing the Passes12. Little Women, Lung11. Dead Neanderthals, ...And It Ended Badly10. William Parker, Wood Flute Songs9. Dave Douglas Quintet, Time Travel8. Michael Bates/Samuel Blaser Quintet, One From None7. Aaron Parks, Arborescence6. Matthew Shipp, Piano Sutras5. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile4. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Slippery Rock3. Ghost Train Orchestra, Book of Rhapsodies2. Hush Point, Hush Point1. Nick Hempton, Odd Man Out
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 13 December 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
nice. i got excited thinking that the aaron parks was a new group record, oh well.
judging from your list i think you would dig this record i posted upthread.
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 13 December 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
Cool; I like the people in his band. I'll check it out as soon as The Wire tops off my Paypal account.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 13 December 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
Francis Davis, with comments on the year in Jazz and overall poll results (agree w his disappointed minority opinion of the latest Shorter), but I prefer reading about his own choices and comments on same (damn, a New York Art Quartet box?!)http://www.npr.org/blogs/bestmusic2013/2013/12/18/252001963/wayne-shorter-and-the-years-other-passing-scenery
― dow, Friday, 20 December 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
I'm on his side w/r/t Shorter too (that album was never even in contention for my ballot).
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 20 December 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
oh shit there was a new mary halvorson?
― j., Friday, 20 December 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
There several mary halvorson cd´s this year.i guess this one was too late for Davis´ list:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxBE7SyKzoAIt was reviewed at Stef´s freejazz blog.
There was also a bass/guitar release on Intakt with Halvorson and Stephen Crumb calles ´Super 8´.A new Meg Okura cd? Nice.
― EvR, Saturday, 21 December 2013 09:19 (ten years ago) link
Started new thread, hopefully the title will not confuse you: I don't know what they mean when they say 'swing hard' anyway. Rolling Jazz Dflat 2014 Thread
― Can One Hear the Shape of a Ron Decline Bottle? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 January 2014 00:38 (ten years ago) link