Oh, it's wonderful of course and I still absolutely love it. Second half was a lot more enjoyable than I remembered it and McCoy Tyner sounds as great as ever (but I am also much more excited to hear it this time). Nothing beats side A though. I think I like it so much because it was just a unique thing for a jazz guy to do a Mike Oldfield kind of setup. And it's just filled with all of those lovely percussive harmonic layers give it a very exotic feel. Almost Martin Denny meets Miles Davis — so much fun! Very classic album in desperate need of a proper reissue.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 23:57 (two years ago) link
*; gives
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 23:58 (two years ago) link
Classic! Might have to whip out the record now.
― cooldix, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 00:03 (one year ago) link
I find no fault in doing so! Used vinyl leaning towards the cheapish end for now, but going up (just like everything else!). Worth every penny, I'd say.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 00:12 (one year ago) link
this Calvin Keys album that was reissued recently is so great: https://www.discogs.com/master/592769-Calvin-Keys-Proceed-With-Caution
― brimstead, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 01:02 (one year ago) link
have been really rockin hubbard's keep your soul together lately
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 01:08 (one year ago) link
How has Grant Green not been mentioned yet in this thread? Alive and Live At The Lighthouse are both in the pantheon here. Also Herbie Hancock's Fat Albert Rotunda.
(I'm definitely going to check out Solo/Quartet based on Austin's write-up... I'm only familiar with San Francisco and Montara)
― enochroot, Thursday, 31 March 2022 02:29 (one year ago) link
not exactly the right thread for this, but then again i can trace the discovery of the opening tune here back to cooldix's march 2020 post. so here's my covid summer jazz mixtape, which i gave to a friend and promptly forgot about until tonight while rummaging through old cassettes in his basement:
https://soundcloud.com/arquivo_fssr/covid-summer-jazz-mixtape
1. bobby hutcherson - gotcha2. binder quintet w/ john tchicai - közép-európai zajongások (excerpt)3. dave holland and sam rivers - conference of the birds4. chico freeman - kings of mali5. harmut geerken and john tchicai - invocations for angels and demons6. don cherry and latif khan - airmail7. wendell harrison - where am i8. ?9. the pyramids - black man and woman of the nile
props to anyone who can help me ID track 8. starts around 46:40, it's a live recording with like a bongo solo, then a flute joins in, and then a band comes in briefly before it fades out.
― budo jeru, Friday, 16 September 2022 05:22 (one year ago) link
I never really considered checking out that Solo/Quartet album (solo vibes? from 1980?!), but listening to "Gotcha" now, I realize the error of my ways. I should have just trusted Austin.
― enochroot, Friday, 16 September 2022 16:07 (one year ago) link
I'm definitely going to check out Solo/Quartet based on Austin's write-up― enochroot, Wednesday, March 30, 2022
― enochroot, Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Heh, ok, I guess I did consider it.
― enochroot, Friday, 16 September 2022 16:10 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c15pI0i9JAc
eddie henderson - say you will
this is music from heaven
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 3 April 2023 21:41 (eleven months ago) link
Nice. Now that I have a working turntable setup at home again I'm scooping up some Eddie Harris records, because you can always find them cheap and they always have some delights. Last one was Live at Newport, which has 1) a fantastic drum sound (with conveniently naked samples on the second track) and 2) at least a few bangers, including a cool 'reed trumpet' solo.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 3 April 2023 21:59 (eleven months ago) link