Dub Modal

Track 11 is track 11 from this album. It's Golding's sound that made me think of yacht rock.

Hearing they just let their subscribers know they filed for bankruptcy. So probably no new releases forthcoming.

Late on the shirts dammit but kudos to all of y'all's efforts at getting healthier.

I follow Analog Africa on bandcamp. Any other recs on labels/artists?

Sleuthed the first track

Totally get it. It is full of flourishes that my journalism professor would have abhorred.

I'd like to see it. May be streaming on Prime?

When I started listening to jazz about a decade or so ago now, I didn't listen to any Bird and honestly wasn't all that interested in doing so for likely idiotic reasons. Fast forward to a couple of years ago when a lifelong friend suddenly became a jazz fan. He started asking me about Bird, and the best players on every instrument, top 10 songs from them etc. (we are both music lovers but we approach things and categorize them very differently - so I had no answers for these questions. I would just point to albums, performances and the like). So his first stop is Bird. And he starts sending me links to songs and the like and it becomes a real facepalm moment for me - like what the hell was I thinking avoiding Bird???? He was incredible. Now I would definitely consider myself a fan, thankful af that I got that Dial Mosaic way back when. Unfortunately not enough of a fan yet to recognize him on a BFT though 🤦‍♂️

No wonder!

Jimmy's out of work because of him! And I can't believe that's not Satchmo on that last track. Someone does a bang up impression.

Interesting read. I used to enjoy the writer's Twitter feed pre-elon. Haven't seen it since. She was big on poetry which I think informs her writing style.

1. Love this. I may have it but I'm stumped at the moment. My brain is linking it to Coleman Hawkins, possibly something from the Mosaic set but I'm not 100% on that. Whoever it is on sax, they are dancing away and it's fantastic. 2. Another good tune. Scofield with Larry Goldings? Probably not bc this doesn't sound like a song they'd do. But figured I'd hazard a guess. Actually that organ may be LeDonne? 3. Piano-less quartet. Love the drum and bass intro. And then continue to love what they're doing throughout. Sax player is familiar but can't place them. Bass solo is great. 4. Monk tune. Evolves into that barrel house style - interesting. Fast too, but no guesses. 5. Piano and guitar - wait, is that a bass? Duo playing nicely. Song itself is ok. Actually this gets better as they progress. Not bad. No guesses. 6. Familiar song that someone here will guess quickly. Another organ track on this bft. I like it. Guitar comping behind that B3 is excellent. McDuff? I'm listening to this on some really crappy headphones while at the office so I can't tell if that's an actual bass or if it's coming from the b3. If it's B3, then I'll change my guess to Lonnie Smith. 7. Guitar and b3 again! Sweet. Sounds more recent. Live as well. The tune is coming across as a bit stilted or even contrived to a degree. I think it's the organist doing that. Some of the lines aren't working for me at the moment. Guitarist flows so smoothly. Not as good as comping as the one earlier but the soloing more than makes up for it. 8. Familiar song. Red Norvo-ish on the vibes. Similar feel as the prior track. Not a huge fan of whatever style you'd call that. Bassist putting in work and is commendable. 9. Now for some serious arrangement. Dramatic for sure. No clue who this could be. 10. This is familiar. Gary Burton? 11. Lol a Shania Twain cover. You're still the one. Gotta be a BFT first right? Who would cover this song? It's borderline jazz meets yacht rock style. 12. New Orleans style on that trumpet. Great tone. Is this a trumpet summit? I didn't catch what was said after that first solo. Sounded like a credit thrown out. Ok, that's Satchmo. When you're smiling - I just saw the Seinfeld episode where Mel Torme sings this at the benefit. Hilarious moment in that show. Nice ending song!

Any good recs?

Beastie Boys coming out of nowhere. Great inclusion here. Hilarious I compared Mike D's drumming to a metronome...

White Lotus Season 1 Just wrapped it up. Good acting but hard to find redeemable qualities in a lot of these characters. Ultimately a waste of time. Not recommended. Won't be watching the next 2 seasons. Of course it's enormously popular so I must be missing something. Maybe people who frequent or want to frequent resorts dig it?

One of the best apps for exploring genres has to be bandcamp, so I highly recommend venturing there and tuning into R&B and it's sub genres. Seems like bandcamp is a really good vehicle for independent artists to platform their albums and their profiles. I went down the rnb rabbit hole there last year and found some good stuff. Shit that would never be heard elsewhere.

Thanks for the heads up

Check the Mack Avenue site. They have a digital anthology stream that has songs from several albums. Great idea I have to say. https://mackavenue.com/products/various-artists-strata-east-the-legacy-begins-digital-anthology

Enjoying the Hubbard more than I thought I would. This version of Breaking Point is, to me, a tad better than the one on Night of the Cookers; slower, more space. But Crisis is straight up fantastic. Getting to the Mingus and of course Dannie Richmond is on top of things as usual. Never disappoints.

Lmk if you find the solo piece. I won't be able to listen until later. I think I read the same somewhere.

Wow - so if I understand correctly these albums weren't streaming at all before this?

Indeed. I haven't listened in a while so I'm not sure if there's a solo track is on this one.

This one?

Interesting. Got to hand it to MacFarlane - get rich and famous THEN record jazz albums.

Great breakdown.