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  3. 2023 Oscars

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Lanthimos is a great director, I've enjoyed all his films up to 'Poor Things' which I'm yet to see. There's been some interesting commentary over here on the power dynamic between the main male and female characters and whether it's exploitative of the Stone character. That will be interesting to judge for myself

    I also thought 'Flower Moon' was terrific and definitely not too long

  4. Album covers with burning candles

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    A Richter retrospective here about 10 years ago had the 'Daydream Nation' candle painting, such a privilege to see it in the flesh. The entire exhibition was knock out.

    I'd say the same about Richter's exposure here in late 80s. I had no idea when I bought the album, what an album too.

  6. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    1 hour ago, felser said:

    It's great, you'll love it, Mark.  I grab anything by her I can find that's not outrageously expensive.  Saw her live at the Philadelphia Art Museum several years ago along with my wife, board member LWayne, and some other board members.  Amazing show.

    I'm just entering the "grab everything" stage. Her Artist Share CDs are very costly here so it's downloads of them and then any other CD releases like this one.

    I saw her about five years ago, knock out evening, just blew me away. 

    56 minutes ago, medjuck said:

    There's a very nice selection of Kurt Weil songs on the 2nd disc. 

    That was an added attraction, I'm interested to hear her take on Weill

    37 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

    I'm going to see Maria Schneider & her orchestra at Birdland Thursday (3/14). I'm really looking forward to seeing/hearing this great group again.

    Very envious, enjoy it!

  12. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

    Azure or Standards? I'll have a listen if the former as I don't know that record. 

    I've always been a bit interested in the British scene of that time (the Silver Age?), as well as the equivalent scenes in other European countries. They're pretty much buried by history. Not golden age, so not reissued; not American, so not likely to be reissued; but also pre-internet, so generally not streamable.

    As for Standards, it struck me as a record that didn't have much ambition beyond just playing. Loved the trenchcoat though.

    Interesting, thanks! 

    Azure

  14. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by mjazzg

    15 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

    Tommy Smith – Standards

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    First listen (it is on Bandcamp).

    Ew.

    Great cover art, though 

    I was obsessed with his performance on this record as a teenager.

    For what it's worth, this was the one Tommy Smith album that made me sit up at the time

     

     

     

  18. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    29 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

    I find it has a dry style with very prominent bass.

    Whatever it is, it really doesn't sit well with me. Which is a shame, because it's right in the chronological sweet spot for me, and it has a great catalogue of musicians. I'm aware that this is a minority view.

     

    That's really interesting, I've never thought about this but I've not many Enjas in a collection that really should have far more given the chronology and when I started buying/listening.  There's few I've ever warmed to (whilst I have hundreds of ECMs), off the top of my head Sakata, Tolliver, Gary Thomas and a Woody Shaw.  Count me intrigued.

  19. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

    Binker And Moses – Dem Ones

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    Felt like a big moment at the time.

    From being everywhere Moses seems to have slipped from the spotlight for a while now whilst his contemporaries make the waves. Perhaps he's working in something new.

    Sold on my copy of the album recently, kept three later ones

  21. Horo Records

    in Discography

    Posted · Edited by mjazzg

    57 minutes ago, Д.Д. said:

    There is a short movie filmed in 2012 about Aldo Sinesio (shortly before his death in 2013) on youtube. Looks like he had a lot of sealed Horo LPs still...

       

    I think those are the ones they were trying to flog at inflated prices in 2014. See up thread

  22. Horo Records

    in Discography

    Posted

    5 hours ago, mhatta said:

    I'm not familiar with the Jazz A Confronto series (or Horo Records in general) as they were rarely reissued on CD, but Vol. 35 was the last? Personally, I like Enrico Pieranunzi on Vol. 24.

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    Jazz A Confronto 1 Irio De Paula
    Jazz A Confronto 2 Marcello Rosa
    Jazz A Confronto 3 Gianni Basso
    Jazz A Confronto 4 Frank Rosolino
    Jazz A Confronto 5 Giancarlo Schiaffini
    Jazz A Confronto 6 Giancarlo Barigozzi
    Jazz A Confronto 7 Martin Joseph
    Jazz A Confronto 8 Mario Schiano w/ Giorgio Gaslini
    Jazz A Confronto 9 Renato Sellani
    Jazz A Confronto 10 Johnny Griffin
    Jazz A Confronto 11 Franco Ambrosetti
    Jazz A Confronto 12 Teddy Wilson
    Jazz A Confronto 13 Massimo Urbani
    Jazz A Confronto 14 Enrico Rava
    Jazz A Confronto 15 Charlie Mariano
    Jazz A Confronto 16 Sal Nistico
    Jazz A Confronto 17 Jac's Anthology
    Jazz A Confronto 18 Slide Hampton & Dusko Gojkovic Big Band
    Jazz A Confronto 19 Mal Waldron
    Jazz A Confronto 20 Kenny Clarke
    Jazz A Confronto 21 Don Pullen
    Jazz A Confronto 22 George Adams
    Jazz A Confronto 23 Steve Grossman
    Jazz A Confronto 24 Enrico Pieranunzi
    Jazz A Confronto 25 Dannie Richmond
    Jazz A Confronto 26 Stafford James
    Jazz A Confronto 27 Archie Shepp
    Jazz A Confronto 28 The Paris Quartet
    Jazz A Confronto 29 Roy Haynes
    Jazz A Confronto 30 Gerardo Iacoucci
    Jazz A Confronto 31 Roberto Della Grotta
    Jazz A Confronto 32 Lee Konitz
    Jazz A Confronto 33 L. Agudo & A. Vieira
    Jazz A Confronto 34 O. Valdambrini & D. Piana
    Jazz A Confronto 35 Piero Umiliani

     

    The Schiaffini and De Paula are both highly recommended 

    1 hour ago, soulpope said:

    Horo HDP 13-14 Archie Shepp Trio "In The Tradition" feat Cameron Brown and Clifford Jarvis is outstanding ....

    It is indeed, and I'm going to give it a spin today because of this thread

  25. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted · Edited by mjazzg

    18 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

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    Kenny Wheeler Quintet - Flutter By, Butterfly (Soul Note, 1988)

     

    That's an old favourite, purchased on release I think. I must have seen Wheeler and Sulzman play together so many times back then, John Taylor a little less so but still enough

    On here now, something strongly connected and inspired by your recent posts

    Primary

    Norma Winstone - Edge Of Time [Wah Wah Records, Spain 2012 RE]

     

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