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I've been a frustrated jazz fan for so many years. I think it's because I was born with the internet age, and couldn't afford vinyls, so I listen on YouTube. 99% of the jazz I listen to have no lyrics. When I'm listening to Pink Floyd or The Doors, I can tell immediately, but not with jazz. But I think I'm not stuck on certain artists, but certain characteristics. I never got into early jazz. I love sad music. Minor keys with 7th chords, but diminished chords. Byzantine scales. I love slow-tempo so much, probably because I have enough anxiety, and I'm trying to listen to music that will make me feel better, as opposed to listening to the same 6,500 songs because I'm familiar with them, which gives me comfort. But I'm always looking to expand, so if you have recommendations, I would be grateful. When I say "greatest", I don't mean the most popular, but your favorites, OR, songs you think I'd love (and hopefully others reading this in the future).

I'm not completely finished (I'm on Episode #9), but it's full of platitudes. And a ton of clichés, truisms, or empty aphorisms, mostly by Wynt Marsalis, who takes up the most time in this documentary. I do like some of the interviews, and the narration covers some good stuff, and I like the chronological approach. I think some might overrated this because I think any documentary on jazz would be cool. I'd like to hear more about music. But I'm not "digging" Ken Burns. He seems guilty of something by his approach. I'd guess there's many black and white audiences who would complete this and think less of the other. Music is for everyone.

It does not. Ages ago, I had a friend who had that option on their turntable. I can't even remember the brand. I don't think I've ever listened to a 16 rpm record.

Yeah, this was my version:

I love this!

I would have bet that you did! I remember Hawes was prety much strung out during those months in New York.

I have read the memoir....40 or so years ago. Yikes!

Piano Sonatas No.3, No.23, No.26

Read his memoir .... the Prestige session was in May, the one with Mingus in July. Does your turntable play back at 16 rpm?

Roy Hargrove "Earfood" Emarcy Japan SHM-CD

For sale: Grateful Dead "Enjoying the Ride" 60th anniversary box set, 60 cds and book, cassette tape, and other items. Complete package, NM or M- condition. $670 including postage within the US. Payment via paypal. PM me here if interested. Thanks! Happy Holidays! Info about this box set: Grateful Dead Enjoying The Ride Tracklist Enjoying the Ride - Wikipedia

Leon Anderson: Live At The Snug Harbor. Outside In Music OiM 2504 [US 2025] https://www.thetonearm.com/professor-groove-leon-anderson-takes-the-lead/

Cued up for Christmas Eve eve dinner... Disc 2 of

Philology has quite a run, Paolo Piangiarelli was a dedicated fan but with a small marketing budget. He attended IAJE IN 2004 and raved about the young alto saxophonist FraHe was long frustrated with US jazz magazines not reviewing his recordings because he didn't have the funds to buy ads. Just his array of releases by Phil Woods and Lee Konitz, along with Italian jazz greats like Franco D'Andrea and Renato Sellani, to name just a few, is very impressive. I heard that he was battling depression around the time that his website went off line. He died on January 1, 2022. Philology titles regularly appear on Dusty Groove, but some are hard to find.

Yeah! Half of it is Dakar.

Since there has not been any interest on the 4lp Sun Ra record bundle, I have now decided to also offer these individually. Prices on individual records are noted below. Please add $6 extra for shipping for each record, plus $1 for each additional record. Of course, the offer of $91 (+ $8 shipping) for all 4 records still remains while all 4 are available I will keep these listed until Saturday, December 26. All are in NM/NM condition. I played each record one or two times. Each record is flat and plays perfectly. Stray Voltage 2 LP, Modern Harmonic, 2025. RSD 2025. Color (orange frosted) vinyl. Gatefold. Still in original clear plastic outer sleeve w/hype sticker attached. Although a few Arkestra members appear on a few tracks, this is mainly just Sun Ra on a variety of electronic keyboards and synthesizers. $33 Excelsior Mill Modern Harmonic, 2024. Color (violet) vinyl. Still in original clear plastic outer sleeve w/hype sticker attached. Another Sun Ra electronic keyboard and synthesizer workout. $23 Cosmos Inner City, recent (perhaps 2010 or so) 180gram reissue Still in original shrink wrap but shrink wrap open on side edge to retrieve record. $23 Sun Embassy Roaratorio, 2018 No shrink wrap or plastic outer sleeve on this one $25 Shipping is $6 extra (+ $1 for each additional lp). U.S. shipping only. I can only ship on the weekend. Payment by pay pal friends/family

Thanks for posting - These are the types of cats I love to hear. I need to track it down hopefully Jim has some copies for sale.

Not exactly a common date... The OG: 16 2/3 RPM!!!! So what was Hawes doing in the East?

Searching online for a list of less well known jazz labels (for no particular reason at all, just something to browse over lunch, thought maybe I’d see a handful I’d forgotten, or never knew)… And as with most all of my jazz searches, the results led back to an Organissmo thread (this one). So bump!!

I love that album. the Song of the World is wonderful, the lyrics really fit to me since in the warm season it happens often that after working all night long I spend the early morning at some lake and take a swim and feel about what that song expresses. And the whole album is great. Some boppish stuff, some ”free”, and some with a kind of backbeat. Very very nice !

I just learned from a Jim Alfredson Facebbok post that George Howard passed away at the age of 100. Jim brought George into his home studio in 2017 to record "How It's Done", Howard's first recording - undertaken at the age of 92! It is a great CD and I'm glad Jim convinced George to do it. Lansing's City Pulse did a story on the session: https://lansingcitypulse.com/stories/oh-yeah-george,2650 Here's George's obit: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/george-howard-obituary?id=60161751 I'm going to give this CD a spin again. discogs link: https://www.discogs.com/release/34602784-George-Howard-How-Its-Done

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