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  1. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    7 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

    Of the 37-minute Un Amore album, about 15 minutes' worth is jazz, generally of a minimal, abstract variety, played by a quartet.  There are also a couple of pop tunes, some orchestral, and some minimal pieces with percussion, the latter of which may intersect with jazz interests.

     

    Thank you TTK, certainly sounds like I should hear it

  2. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    30 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:

    never had the top one; Nuovi Sentimenti is an all-timer for me.

    I like Trovesi, but don't have the one pictured. Just when I thought I was mostly done collecting records...

    Who's ever truly done?

    Now a bit different

    Primary

    Milt Bernhart Brass Ensemble - Modern Brass [RCA Victor, 1955 Mono]

  4. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted · Edited by mjazzg

    Primary

    GianluigiTrovesi - Baghet [Dischi Della Quercia, Italy 1978]

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    Santucci-Scoppa - On The Underground Road [dire, Italy 1978 RE]

    1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said:

    Thanks.  I remembered I have one more, Un Amore.  I'll see if I can find online rips of those LPs.

    Does the quartet get much exposure on that or is it predominantly the orchestra and chorus?

  9. Solo Saxophone

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    My choices have been covered already I think. Brotzmann (every solo album), Parker (soprano and tenor albums), McPhee (I like the run he did on Roaratorio).

    As we're nearly all disregarding @Pim's limit of three I'll throw in these as well,

    I have a fondness for Hamiet Bluiett's 'Birthright' and Hemphill's 'Blue Boye'

    Evan Parker's 'Zanzou' took a while to track down and was definitely worth the effort.

    There's more recent examples too I'm sure but they're not coming to mind right now

     

  11. What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    2 hours ago, felser said:

    You'll have to explain the secret to me some time.  I lost heart with 'One World', and never regained it.  'Bless The Weather', 'Solid Air', and 'Inside Out' was a staggering run of albums in the early 70's, and I love 'Live at Leeds',  also enjoy the early folkie albums and 'Sunday's Child'.

    I think the secret for me was to not compare to the others you mention, all of which are favourites. I found myself listening to them almost as if they weren't John Martyn albums and therefore not freighted with the attendant expectations. I also think that the bands and arrangements can sound very of their time, and therefore dated, but again I tried, and largely succeeded in hearing them with fresh ears.

    I'm not sure how much sense this even makes and it was achieved after 30 years of largely disregarding them. Perhaps that distance helped.

    'One World' was my entry point, and played endlessly at the time so always sat on the right side of the divide for me.

  15. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    On 5/16/2024 at 7:52 PM, HutchFan said:

    NP:

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    The Herbie Mann Nonet - Flute, Brass, Vibes, and Percussion (Verve, 1961)

    Flute – Herbie Mann
    Trumpet – Doc Cheatham, Jerome Kail, Leo Ball, Siggy Schatz
    Vibraphone – Johnny Rae
    Bass – Nabil Totah
    Drums – Rudy Collins
    Bongos – Ray Barretto
    Congas – Ray Mantilla

    Mann in Afro-Latin mode.

     

    Took a few days but here myself now. It really is a cracking album

  18. What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    On 5/18/2024 at 3:34 PM, soulpope said:

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    Steel Pulse "Handsworth Revolution" (Island Records) 1978 .... superb debut LP .... made possible by Burning Spear for whom they performed as opening act in the later 70`s ....

    Bought it on release, saw them live at the time. Terrific album and band.

    Mykaell Riley co-curator of the British Library's 'Beyond the Bassline' exhibition 

    https://blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-vision/2024/04/beyond-the-bassline-500-years-of-black-british-music.html

    5 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

    Koerner, Ray & Glover – Blues, Rags And Hollers

     

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    Never heard of that album until today when I've come across it twice. Here and here

    https://open.substack.com/pub/sunra/p/michael-cuscuna-part-1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1tklsf

  22. What live music are you going to see tonight?

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted

    6 hours ago, HutchFan said:

    Last night was one of the most amazing musical performances I've seen in a long time.

    It was a cosmic extravaganza of ALL things -- from the profoundly silly to the sublime.  Also, it was simultaneously the TIGHTEST and the LOOSEST music you're ever going to hear.  A musically delicious paradox.  I've only heard Sun Ra and Charles Ives approach similar territory.  As in: "Is this going to fly apart into a spiraling, shambolic mess?"  Suddenly, you realize that the wiggle-waggle looseness is only half the equation because the band TURNS on a DIME and it's, "Oh my! We're on a chariot ride to heaven!"

    Honestly, I think much of what we heard was holy in the original sense of the word; i.e., "Extraordinary" or "Other" or "Not of this World"!  No exaggeration.

     

    That sounds like an evening to remember. Never seen them.

  23. Modern/Avant New Releases: A running thread

    in New Releases

    Posted · Edited by mjazzg

    4 hours ago, jazzbo said:

    Just got an email back from them. The set was returned to them and they are mailing it out to me again. Good customer service!

    That's good to hear. My interactions with them have always been positive from a customer service perspective. Here's hoping it makes it to you soon.

    I'm just back from the venue and spotted they have just two sets left now

  25. What live music are you going to see tonight?

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted

    8 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

    Saw Kahil El'Zabar tonight, with Corey Wilkes, Alexander Harding and a cellist I don't know, at the Union Chapel. Thanks go to @mjazzg for pointing it out to me. 

    A good gig. Not quite on the level with past times I have seen him, but still strong. I had the pleasure of taking my dad (80) and aunt (82), both of whom really loved it.

    Tomorrow taking my wife to see Nat Birchall at Cafe OTO. 

    Glad it was a success. I'll be at Birchall too.

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