Looking for Charles Lloyd on Bandcamp, found Manhattan Stories (2014), comprised ofTwo 1965 New York Concerts, Disc 1 recorded at Judson Hall & Disc 2 recorded at Slugs' Saloon.
A remarkable and previously unrecorded quartet featuring three jazz giants: guitarist Gábor Szabó, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Pete La Roca.
'It was a specific time and place'; Lloyd told Manhattan Stories annotator Don Heckman. 'We all felt like the boundaries were being dissolved and we could do or try anything. This is a music of freedom and wonder -- we were young and on the move.' Which is just what the sample track, "Sweet Georgia Brown," sounds like (17' 49", but quite spritely). Especially digging the interplay of guitar and sax, bass and cymbals, also succinct solos, esp. PLR's and Szabo's---the latter bright and brittle, autumn leaves, but def not drifting. What other Szabo should I check? Used to see his LPs...https://charleslloyd.bandcamp.com/
― dow, Friday, 22 February 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
Here's my Stereogum column. I talk about Theon Cross, James Brandon Lewis, Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Lioness, Jeremy Pelt, Chris Potter, Anna Webber, Joe Fiedler, Maurice Louca, Itamar Borochov, Brent Birckhead, Miho Hazama, OK:KO, Matt Brewer, and Tom Rainey.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 22 February 2019 18:22 (five years ago) link
Thanks, Phil. Don (do you guys have a father named Ike?), see this thread: Gabor Szabo: Who Cares About His MIddle Eastern Modalities Aside From Me And Hurting?
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 February 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
Interesting that Maurice Louca has gone jazz. His last was egyptian dance music, great album. Looking forward to hearing it.
― Frederik B, Friday, 22 February 2019 21:41 (five years ago) link
Something Ethan Iverson said on Twitter got me to check out the Brecker Brothers' Heavy Metal Be-Bop (an album I'd never heard before). I like a lot of 70s fusion - I have albums by Billy Cobham, Jean-Luc Ponty, Al DiMeola, Return to Forever, Weather Report and probably some others in my (digital) Walkman - but this shit is a step too far. This shit is gross.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 22 February 2019 23:28 (five years ago) link
the Maurice Louca album is very pretty and the vocal track is nice, it is quite a short and slight album - but definitely worth a listen I think.
― calzino, Saturday, 23 February 2019 09:01 (five years ago) link
xxp
you should check out the Anna Weber alb fred, the king of denmark part of the suite is probably the best new music I've heard this year!
― calzino, Saturday, 23 February 2019 09:22 (five years ago) link
Anna Webber
Yeah, thanks for the rec, I really like this.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 23 February 2019 15:51 (five years ago) link
glad you like it. For me I don't there is much on Pi Recordings that hasn't been A to A+ in recent years.
― calzino, Saturday, 23 February 2019 15:58 (five years ago) link
I listened to Heavy Metal Bebop in high school because of the title (and because we played Some Skunk Funk), but it's my ground zero for why effects on horns are almost always bad.
Also a rare Terry Bozzio appearance before he became a professional drum soloist (I never really got into Zappa).
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 23 February 2019 17:19 (five years ago) link
Jim Black is doing a week at The Stone starting tonight; well worth the Jackson imo!http://thestonenyc.com/calendar.php
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
Sigh, changing from Apple Music to Spotify means I lose access to the Pi Recordings catalogue :(
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 22:12 (five years ago) link
Is there something I should especially focus on in the next ten days?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
Henry Threadgill, Steve Coleman, Tyshawn Sorey, Miles Okazaki, Dan Weiss imo.
― calzino, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link
You might check the new Allison Miller & Boom Tic Boom, which unperson linked above---very appealing review by Kevin Whitehead on this morning's Fresh Air, with excerpts well-chosen to match his comments:https://www.npr.org/2019/02/28/698903730/all-the-parts-fit-together-like-clockwork-on-allison-millers-glitter-wolf?ft=nprml&f=
― dow, Thursday, 28 February 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
Just found out that Ed Bickert passed on Thursday. I listened to him a lot in Grade 10. RIP:( https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/jazzblog/rip-ed-bickert
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Saturday, 2 March 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
Listening to him this weekend for the first time. Great stuff. Doesn’t hurt that he plays with an excellent bass player, Don Thompson. Apologies for thinking that there was only room for one good Canadian jazz guitarist and that guitarist was Lenny Breau.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 March 2019 02:16 (five years ago) link
Also---Sonny Greenwich? Heard him only a little bit, long ago, but seemed good, kinda out there.
― dow, Monday, 4 March 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link
Thanks Youtube for recommending this banger of a clip with Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Mingus, Roy Haynes, and Archie Shepp (etc) on Ed Sullivan, it was new to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzGj_-5FGT8
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 21:10 (five years ago) link
about as cool as it gets.
― calzino, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 21:19 (five years ago) link
Buried in the announcement of a pair of April gigs at the Jazz Standard was the announcement that JD Allen's next album will be called Barracoon and be released in June; it features a new trio (Ian Kenselaar on bass, Nic Cacioppo on drums). He'll be playing at the Standard with them, plus Liberty Ellman on guitar.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 21:38 (five years ago) link
Got a promo of the upcoming Art Ensemble of Chicago album, We Are On The Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration, today. It's a 2CD set (1 studio, 1 live, 70 minutes each) out in late April on Pi Recordings and features a ton of guests:
Roscoe Mitchell – sopranino, soprano and alto saxophonesFamoudou Don Moye – drums, congas, djembe, dundun, gongs, Congo bells, bendir, triangles, Thai bells, shakersMoor Mother (Camae Ayewa) – voice, poetry (Disc One #3, 4, 10)Rodolfo Cordova-Lebron – voice (Disc One #1, 6, 9)Hugh Ragin – trumpets, flugelhorn, Thai bellsFred Berry – trumpet, flugelhornNicole Mitchell – piccolo, flute, bass fluteChristina Wheeler – voice, Array mbira, autoharp, Q-Chord, Moog Theremini, sampler, electronicsJean Cook – violinEdward Yoon Kwon – violaTomeka Reid – celloSilvia Bolognesi – bassJaribu Shahid – bass, tuned brass bowlsJunius Paul – bassDudù Kouaté – djembe, tama/talking drum, calabashes, kanjira, whistles, chimes, bells and small percussions (Disc One only)Enoch Williamson – bongos, congas, djembe, kenkeni, okonkolo, Congo bells, chekeré, shakers, tama/talking drumTitos Sompa – vocals, congas, mbira, Congo bells, cuica, shakersStephen Rush – conductor
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 7 March 2019 00:39 (five years ago) link
Just heard this great version of “Stella By Starlight” on WKCR with the melody played on a bass but I can’t figure out who was the leader, because the jock didn’t say and they didn’t update the playlist. Damn you, Pledge Week!
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 March 2019 12:10 (five years ago) link
Maybe it was Paul Chambers but can’t seem to locate such a recording, especially since it is overshadowed by his playing it with Miles.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 March 2019 12:12 (five years ago) link
It wasn't this, was it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xCwCjYQwJ4
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 7 March 2019 15:16 (five years ago) link
Not 100% sure, but it’s certainly close enough, thanks!
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 March 2019 15:51 (five years ago) link
What about The Comet Is Coming, now streaming on NPR?
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2019 13:06 (five years ago) link
#FirstListen: Stream The Comet is Coming's (@cometcoming) 'Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery' before it comes out March 15. https://t.co/b5qfLSNn84 pic.twitter.com/dTEyL5mfaR— NPR Music (@nprmusic) March 7, 2019
yes!
― calzino, Saturday, 9 March 2019 13:09 (five years ago) link
I can't tell whether I am going to go for the gimmick or not.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2019 13:13 (five years ago) link
The TCIC album is really good. I didn't like their stuff at first but it's grown on me quite a bit. I interviewed all three members for a feature that'll be out next week on Tidal's website.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 9 March 2019 13:17 (five years ago) link
listening to both the new vijay iyer/craig taborn + alexander hawkins piano albums today. Love the hawkins one best at the moment.
― calzino, Sunday, 10 March 2019 16:24 (five years ago) link
Last night on the radio: didn't catch the titles, but first a Hank Mobley septet, incl. the aforementioned Sonny Greenwich, and Lee Morgan, who wrote this theme of some sharp-edged curvature--ace of spades, cut and folded from sheet metal, at least as played---from around the same time as Mobley's employment w Miles, sounds like; maybe this is what got him hired---followed by the steady jolt of a strict funk note--jackhammer meeting great resistance, but persisting---over which layers kept tilting and shifting: this was Bill Warfield and the Hell's Kitchen Orchestra, an octet, so one more than Mobley's group, duh, but more of an expansion and flourish (yet no BS) than Mobley's meld. Only seeing one album by this Warfield crew, Mercy Mercy Mercy---good? Anybody here heard them live?
― dow, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra.
― dow, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
Wow, really into TCIC so far. It soundss fantastic.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 18:08 (five years ago) link
Yeah, sounded great on first listen.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Sunday, 17 March 2019 12:50 (five years ago) link
Here's a link to my TCIC feature.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 17 March 2019 13:39 (five years ago) link
Thanks!
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 March 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link
unperson, enjoyed your Branford interview. I met him long ago in New Orleans and it's always entertaining to hear him talk shit (actually what most struck me is his lack of snobbery about basically any kind of music).
Also, I only say this with love, but you should really change the name of the podcast to "Yeah, Yeah" ;)
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 21:18 (five years ago) link
Oh, I have definitely had this thought, trust me.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 21:21 (five years ago) link
the new christian scott is so so so so so good https://christianscott.bandcamp.com/album/ancestral-recall
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 24 March 2019 14:37 (five years ago) link
otm
― Frederik B, Sunday, 24 March 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link
My album of the year so far, probably.
Weirdly, it reminds me (in overall vibe rather than style per se) to Shafiq Husayn's 'Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka' (which resonance led me to learn that there is a new Shafiq album out later this week!).
― Tim F, Sunday, 24 March 2019 22:36 (five years ago) link
Anna Webber still my aoty, but Christian Scott is definitely up there
― Frederik B, Sunday, 24 March 2019 23:07 (five years ago) link
the Scott album is astonishing
― rob, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
I don't love the sound of processed trumpet, it just never sounds as cool or modern as it wants to, but I do love the percussion on this record.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 16:30 (five years ago) link
Makaya is playing around the corner from me tonight, I should really go, right? I'm gonna go. I'm going.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
Listening to that Christian Scott album a whole bunch. Most of the percussion on this is looped, right? Is that something that’s becoming more common in jazz?
― Heez, Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
There are def loops, the whole thing is very layered and constructed in a non-jazz manner. I guess it depends on what's considered 'jazz', but I think everyone these days is more comfortable with using software and production to various degrees.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
I'm listening to the last Makaya album, which I had not fully dug into before (possibly because it's 90 min!), but it is indeed great.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link