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I discovered through the same source, good substack

That's great

That's good to hear. I'm excited to hear how he presents his new music

Listening to the Base now @Pim. It sounds pretty good I have to say I have tickets for Shabaka in London in a few weeks but the Barbican venue doesn't have boxes so Andre 3000 will have to slum it with the rest of us in the unlikelihood he turns up 😀

To be honest I haven't really noticed either way, my expectations are never too high with ESP. I need to relisten

I don't know but it would make sense. Evidently, according to Shabaka yesterday talking to GP, we're calling all this stuff Ambient Jazz. If it means the death of Spiritual Jazz as a catch all label I'm on board Very nice, originals don't come cheap. I envy you as a Base owner...love Ric Colbeck on that

[ahmed] - giant beauty 5CD [fönstret] [ahmed] - wood blues 2LP [Astral Spirits] Some compensation for not making the Oto residency. Nice to have a brief chat with Seymour Wright whilst making the purchase>

[ahmed] - Giant Beauty, disc 1 Nights On Saturn [fonstret, 2024]

And Andre is on the Shabaka album, one track

That's been getting a lot of coverage here in the UK too. Some interesting interviews with Everett. Definitely on my 'to read' list

If you decide to sell this one just let me know...

Interesting interview with him about this album and the motivations behind the switch in instrument on Gilles Peterson Radio 6 just now. On BBC Sounds, not sure if available outside the UK.

That definitely needs a reissue

That's pretty much my take too. First and only listen for me too. Somehow I tend to like the ideas behind his music more than their execution and this is the same. I like the premise of ditching the saxophone soo definitely to take on a new direction. This has more immediacy than the Andre 3000 album(s) I think, more complete in conception and execution. It suffers a little from having too many different players which means it doesn't quite sit together as a whole though. An album of the Moran quarter would have been very 8nteresting. I like the vocal input more than I thought I would That said it's very listenable and I think will merit return listens. But I will still go to Yamamoto when I want to hear shakuhachi.

Thanks, didn't think to do that

Indeed...although I couldn't find a stream so you were one step ahead. Did you buy it?

And I think I know why, a certain Instagram sale perhaps... What is this? I'm intrigued

Kayhan Kalhor And Toumani Diabaté - The Sky Is The Same Colour Everywhere [RealWorld, UK 2023] Stunning followed by first listen to Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace [Impulse, 2024] I love 'Nuovi Sentimenti', and others I have always have enough interest to them to survive successive collection culls. The discography is such that I never can get an overview of it though, a real grasp.

Nice one, such a good album and such a good feeling when you snag a long sought after

Evan Parker & Barry Guy - 'So It Goes...' [Maya Recordings]

Glasper's a fine Jazz musician on the evidence of the few times I've seen him live. His music has always been informed by contemporary R&B and Hip Hop since his earlier albums and he has moved more into those areas on recent releases. He's widely acknowledged, not sure he's often called a genius, by a younger audience for creating music and facilitating others to do so in a contemporary take on an R&B/Hip Hop/Jazz crossover. I"d be surprised if his music is widely appreciated on this board, a place that doesn't really embrace, with a few exceptions, contemporary music where Jazz is influenced by Hip Hop and contemporary R&B. So, not a genius but an important musician in my view.

Or perhaps the message doesn't resonate 50 years on as it might have then? Gaslini wasn't afraid of a statement or two. I have one album recorded for a student movement record label of a 70s university concert. Not sure if it was during a sit in but it certainly has that feel.

The danger of holiday high spirits...many have done a lot worse I'd suggest Playing here: Ahmed Abdullah Quartet - Liquid Magic [Silk heart, 1987] Forgotten how joyous this is, Brackeen, Favors, Fielder with the leader.

Bet that's good. One I'd pick up if I ever see it

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