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I concur. I just meant that this is a jazz record in the same way that Nirvana Unplugged is a 'folk' record. I agree that GoGo Penguin is actually okay. Too heavy on the repetitive cinematic piano and 'real instruments' hip-hop loops tropes, but the bits where the bass gets in there are pretty good. I like how Manchester seems to be positioning itself as a sort of jazz scene equivalent to 1990s Bristol.

GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star (Blue Note 2018) This really is "jazz" as brand name rather than genre. Some good stuff pokes through occasionally, but that's it.

Willis Jackson - Please Mr Jackson (Prestige, 1959)

Troyka - Ornithophobia (2015) Semi recent fusion record. My first time with this and really enjoying it. Quite a Brainfeeder type feel but a bit less processed. It has a weird spoken word section on track five about quarantines and lock downs caused by a mysterious avian flu which is bizarre given that it is released long ago, back in The Before.

Thanks!

Is this good? I don't know it. A wee bit Hellraiser.

Oh yeah. Got overexcited when I saw it was his birthday.

John McLaughlin as of today...

The Braxtonian Paradox. I'm definitely in the other camp. I like thinking that I am listening to a well-honed statement that exists as an important aesthetic moment. I feel lost in overdense and underdifferentiated discographies.

Nice one. A while since I listened to it. It's such a fun cover.

Thanks. I fear that I may have created the nichest joke in the history of time. Filling the landfill sites.

Thanks! I'm regretting that thread. The eternal war between The House of Powell on the one hand and the House of RadioDrakeChopins on the other.

Oh great. Been sizing this one up. It got 4.5 stars on FJB yesterday, but I wasn't sure whether that meant A or C+.

Currently got Porto Novo (1967) by Marion Brown spinning in the unlovely Arista reissue.

Now playing: The Tchicai Girls - The Tchicai Song (Touch My Bum, This is Life) (HatArt, 1996)

Pee Wee Russell - Ask Me Now (Impulse!, 1965) I’d never listened to this one before. Fascinating to heard how bassist Russell Brown slides in and out of prominence depending on the era of the tune they are playing.

Ernie Krivda and Friends - Satanic (Inner City, 1977)

Now on to this one. Lou Donaldson - Goodness Gracious! (Blue Note, 1964) It's been a while since I listened to this one. I forgot how much fun it is. John Patton keeps escaping.

Charles Gayle - Consecration (Black Saint, 1993) A bit of fire for a bank holiday morning. Always been my favourite of his records.

Oliver Nelson - Swiss Suite (Flying Dutchman, 1972)

I think that the answers to this thread are pretty clear: the reason these musicians are generally little discussed by fans of avant garde jazz is that people really aren’t that into them.

Chris Speed and Yeah No - Swell Henry (2004) A very likeable record, particularly the writing for Cuong Vu. It got big thumbs up from the youth and from my partner. Sadly, I've now been booted off the sound system and the elder one (4) has an audio book on. Is this one what it looks like?

Seems to be the Dave Douglas story.

I really enjoyed Hiljaisuus, so will check this out. I was feeling a bit oversaturated with Rempis and I've started to miss them as they come. Good to have a reminder!

Dave Douglas - Five (Soul Note, 1996)