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  1. Anthony Braxton, Harris Eisenstadt, Taylor Ho Bynum and many others seem to have no issue with working with female musicians on the regular. Not to have this descend in to men having a pissing contest about who got there first, like 'working with females' is some sort of musical innovation.
  2. xybert

    RIP

    Good album!
  3. Argh, now The Necks i can't stand! ?
  4. Hmmm. What audience though? Are we talking about the generation born after smooth jazz? If yes, i don't know anyone in real life that listens to them. What is the function of smooth jazz? Chill out music, back ground music, music to make love to your old lady by? Most would listen to downbeat instrumental hip hop, electronic music etc for that function. Actually kind of cracks me up picturing anyone listening to a TBP record. I may have a higher tolerance for smooth jazz than most though (i like some Bob James, Joe Farrell, Mike Stern etc).
  5. One guy says smooth jazz, another guy says Young Lions. I perceive them completely differently. Just goes to show how widely musical perceptions can differ. I'm sure that you're well aware that we could go on filling in blanks all day but... Nicole Mitchell! She's a giant in my world.
  6. Wow. I've followed TBP for a long time. I was initially sceptical of what i percieved as a 'lets market jazz to non-jazz fans by making it cool and edgy with tattoos and Nirvanas in 2005' thing, but Ethan's blog piqued my interest and made me actually listen. I won't go on about it but i think they are a great group. I don't want to diminish Iverson's role by any stretch but Anderson's compositions have always been the highlight for me, followed by King's. Iverson has increasingly felt like an odd fit; their latest, It's Hard, is the first album of theirs that i've taken a pass on, having almost always pre-ordered/bought immediately on release. Quite excited for Orrin Evans to bring something fresh.
  7. Harris Eisenstadt - On Parade in Parede A new arrival... Excellent.
  8. Yeah Time's Square is a good one. Slightly lesser known for some reason. Burton's discography is varied. Not *as* all over the map as Corea for example but similar in that there may be particular albums that you can dig but others might not be your cup of tea. His pre-fusion stuff is really enjoyable straight ahead jazz for example.
  9. Miles in Europe. Revisiting the George Coleman albums with Miles. This album kicks arse. Herbie is Amazing here.
  10. Despite the controversy around the sound, it's hard for me to not say the RVG remasters overall. So many albums that i wouldn't have heard otherwise. A bit of a cheat but also the multiple Japanese 1000/1500 yen budget reissues which fall under various series names
  11. Yeah saw this around and was wondering as well. I'm a big Corea fan, but ultimately decided that i don't really need it for now. I'll almost certainly pick it up at some point though. Samples can be heard here: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B06XCK3W66/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp
  12. Cheers, will let you know. Should clarify i'm just going through the leader albums of his that i have in my collection, which is about 15 starting with Rambler (1984) and ending with Beautiful Dreamers (2010). There's some gaps there but it's a pretty good overview. I'm a fan but for me he's a bit like Brubeck, in that he's not in my regular rotation but every now and again i get the bug and binge on him for a couple of weeks. I think some of the frustration with Frisell is that his early work as a leader and sideman was so creative and varied and seemed to be progressing... and then he kind of perfected his style sometime around the mid-late nineties and that's what we've been hearing ever since. This is over generalising as there are some curveballs here and there... the overall 'quality' has not dropped, it's just not as... essential/exciting/interesting(?). Random constructive criticism: I'm not sure if it is/was a Nonesuch thing but often i think his albums would benefit from being 40 minutes rather than 60-70. Anyway, don't want to turn this in to a Frisell thread. EDIT: Just to give closure, i did end up running out of steam, at around Music For The Films Of Buster Keaton: The High Sign/One Week. No reflection on Frisell, i think he's excellent, i had just really had my fill for the time being. No point in force-feeding yourself Frisell just for the sake of it.
  13. I can relate to this in some ways. For me it's not necessarily about 'never meet your heroes'. For example, i didn't really enjoy Robin Kelley's Monk biography that much. It didn't burst my bubble or anything, i just didn't need it. Had to read it to find that out though.
  14. Have been revisiting Bill Frisell's albums as a leader in chronological order (thought i'd run out of steam quite quickly but have actually quite enjoyed listening to one album every other night or so). Currently listening to This Land and had to look up who was on saxophone. Surprised to see a name that i wasn't familiar with, although reading this thread he's been on other stuff i've heard (including This Land). Dude can play!
  15. Cheers for the recommendations guys!
  16. Ray Bryant. Horace Parlan. Cedar Walton. It's funny because Blakey's Drum Suite was one of the first jazz album that i really got in to. Ditto with Mingus Ah Um. Free For All was also a big hit for me when i heard it much later (and i loved Walton on other Blue Notes, particularly Donald Byrd's Slow Drag). For some reason i never really checked out their leader dates. I think i must have heard something of Walton's which put me off checking out his leader dates further, but anyway those first 3 Eastern Rebellion albums are so, so good. Now that i think about it, i remember getting one of his quartet dates on Steeplechase and really liking it but having to bin it because it had a catastrophic scratch. I wonder why i never sought more of his stuff out... Ray Bryant... i had previously checked him out a bit on Spotify but didn't feel the need to buy an album. Recently got the trio albums on Epic and Prestige from the fifties and they are so good. Dude has such an amazing feel. I also have the Con Alma album on Columbia which is also excellent. Those three albums sit in my collection as favourites. I've actually been trying to get my head around why Bryant was not a bigger name, especially having been on Columbia. I have my half baked theories but can anyone provide any insight? Horace Parlan... i've only gotten started by getting Us Three, an outstanding trio record.
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