Jazzmoose Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 (edited) Blue Oyster Cult (the first three LPs). All I have to do is see the cover of Tyranny and Mutation, and the memories of another time come flooding back... Wow. Cool! Yeah, they don't call me 'cutting edge' for nothing; I have to pay them... I think I had a "vested identity interest" in not liking the Grateful Dead, if that makes sense. I was proud to be part of the crowd that believed Terrapin Station had some points, but the rest of it was meaningless. Stupid ego. Edited March 25, 2010 by Jazzmoose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imeanyou Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 Recently got into Eric Alexander. I started with 'Man With a Horn' and was sold. He's really 'in the tradition'. He seems to have a pretty big discography and a lovely sound. Something of a light heavyweight to my ears- between 'Trane and Mobley. I can pick up his early Criss Cross output pretty cheaply at the Disk Union stores in Tokyo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted June 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 (edited) Lester Bowie. How did I not get into his playing before now I don't know. Wynton Marsalis had criticism of Bowie, saying he didn't have a traditional approach to playing the trumpet, I disagree 100%. He had an original approach to playing the trumpet. He left this world to young. Edited June 23, 2010 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Believe it or not, the Grateful Dead. Better forty years late than never, I suppose. Me too. Haven't drunk the Kool Aid yet, but I'm finding quite a bit of stuff I enjoy. Basically the country-tinged stuff still has me running for the exit...but the trippy fusion-y stuff is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 I've come to love some of the country stuff, and some of the country treatments of songs that are sometimes flat out rockin' tunes later. I guess I've come to love how they touch parts of almost all American music, and their addressing these different styles enriches all they do. What a band they are. Today I'll probably get the new Road Trips delivered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Blue Oyster Cult (the first three LPs). Those 3 records are killer. They were in that interesting "proto-metal" era that spans from about 1968-1975, a time when even "hard rock" bands were experimenting in all kinds of interesting directions. Wasn't really until Judas Priest came out with Sad Wings Of Destiny in 1976 that the accepted "classic metal" style formed (constructed with the basic building blocks provided by Sabbath, Zeppelin & Deep Purple). Unfortunately, the experimentation went away for quite awhile, at least until 1983. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Pianist Donald Vega. Vega is from Latin America and lived in California for a while but is now in NYC. I heard him live a number of times over two days last month at the Paradise Valley Jazz Party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 lately: Poco Johnny Cash (well, expanding my collection, not really a new discovery) Elvis Little Feat (amazing! though I've only heard early stuff w/Lowell, not sure if I ought to check out more... not right now anyway.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Oh, and a wonderful young American singer/songwriter, Eilen Jewell http://www.eilenjewell.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Tony Fruscella. I knew the name, but had never heard the music. This album, which I've just bought, includes his 1955 session with Allen Eager and it's gorgeous stuff: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Fruscella is wonderful! For once, this is one of the better ways to get his music (most of it): http://www.amazon.fr/Complete-Works-Tony-Fruscella/dp/B00004LMQY/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1278336068&sr=1-8 Seems pretty OOP, but maybe you'll be lucky and find it somewhere... it duplicates the Atlantic album with Eager of course but that Eager 2CD set you picture above is mostly a cheapo hack job anyway (I have it as well and was slighty pissed to see how much of it I already had elsewhere...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wallace Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Joachim Kuhn's late 60's to early 70's stuff. Some of his MPS titles are very interesting, especially the very rare "Cinemascope" lp (with the wonderful foc art) and "Bold". "The Mad Rockers" lp is never spoken of as being cornerstone (as is something like the first King Crimson) but it should be. Practically nobody was playing that sort of music - especially the first track - that early in the game. A fav 70s work is his most proggiest fusion lp , "Sunshower". (Or perhaps Im mixing this up with another Kuhn??) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Tony Fruscella. most of the rest of his discography should be on deezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1969 Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Don Sugarcane Harris. Here's some sugar: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Cocteau Twins. I don't know where I was at the time to miss this; I guess once you 'age out of the loop', you could miss anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Pusey Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Besh o Drom, hungarian Roma/jazz mash! awesome! Time for a Roma music thread methinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Weather Report. yeah, I know, what took me so long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Barton Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Rafi Malkiel. This Israeli-born musician has a new CD on Zorn's Tzadik label, Water. Very impressive... Highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Trio Minsarah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coreymwamba Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Not altogether sure if this counts - but it's an archivist rather than a musician. Hugh Tracey founded the International Library of African Music in 1954, travelling the continent and recording all sorts of things. I've been listening to "Forgotten Sounds from Mozambique" and it's a fascinating document - so I will be looking for more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegheadjones Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Vijay Ayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manfred Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Joachim Kuhn's late 60's to early 70's stuff. ....so try to get "Monday Morning", "Dear Prof. Leary", "Paris is wonderful", "Bold Music", "Piano", "solos" and "Joachim Kühn/Eje Thelin", they are all worth..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Oh yeah. I'm not so enthused by the HorZu pressing on "Monday Morning," but it is a cool record. Too bad so little of this stuff is on CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Blue Oyster Cult - and no, I don't feel the slightest bit guilty about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Red Garland's 50s/60s things on Fantasy; and a number of things in the same sort of area by the likes of Gene Ammons and Teddy Edwards. Also a bit of a Sonny Stitt/Sonny Criss spate taking me well beyond the few recordings I own. I appear to have the blues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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