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Sad news. I just played one of her records about a week ago and was wondering how she was doing. I knew she was in poor health. I went to look at her website but it had been taken offline. I heard about her passing via this tribute by Ted Gioia.
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I was watching an auction of Sun Ra - Atlantis, and it sold for over 3 grand today. Wow.
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On 4/19/2021 at 11:23 AM, Rabshakeh said:
If anyone happens to know of some mariachi fusion or razor sharp Norteno accordion jazz, I would be interested to know about it too, to be honest
This comment reminded me of these guys--no Mariachi influence, but they are a Mexican jazz fusion group. I have this one, their first US album, which came out in 1982, so it fits in the parameters of the original question. Not a big favorite to be honest, but I think they're the only Mexican jazz group that's come across my radar!
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5 minutes ago, JSngry said:
gotta ask...why would you want to hear Ask The Ages on vinyl?
I got the VMP issue. For one thing, though I still have a lot of CDs, I only listen to them in the car these days. I don't even have a CD player hooked up to my home stereo. I only listen to vinyl at home.
Second, the album isn't currently in print on CD, so if you want a new physical copy, vinyl it is. Or be prepared to spend more than a new LP costs for a used CD.
I live in an apartment, so I'm limited in how loud I can actually play it. But the VMP press sounds fine to me at moderate levels. I haven't heard the Hive Mind version, but the plusses of the VMP for me were 33 1/3 rpm (less flipping) and the original cover art. I could care less about colored vinyl, but the red does look nice.
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My system is extremely bare-bones and far from hi-fi, but it suits me fine (for now). I spend enough collecting records, I can't see collecting gear too!
AT-VM95E > Technics SL-D2 > Sansui Model 2000 > PSB Image 5T
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The back cover of A.B. Spellman's Four Lives in the Bebop Business:
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On 12/14/2020 at 3:02 PM, HutchFan said:
So, yes, Horizon is my favorite McCoy record of the decade. And, if I hadn't chosen Horizon, I probably would have gone with Sama Layuca. I realize that neither of these are particularly popular or well-known, relative to other McCoy records from the 70s. But they're the discs that I like best and play most frequently.
Thanks for the recommendation on Horizon, there's an LP copy sitting at my local shop, I think I'll pick it up next time I'm there.
HutchFan, I'm really enjoying this series. The 70s is probably my favorite decade for jazz, in part because I just like the sounds (can't get enough Rhodes!)--but in part because I'd say I'm a record collector first, and a jazz fan second. I mostly listen to vinyl these days. In practice, that means what I listen to is largely determined by what I can find and afford--so original Blue Notes are pretty much out of the question! (Not that I'm unfamiliar with that stuff, I just bought most of it on CD). But the fact that so many of these 70s records are still so cheap means it's easy to take a chance on something I don't know and discover something new!
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1 hour ago, HutchFan said:
The All Music Guide is a helpful resource, but its writers are not trustworthy when it comes to soul jazz and/or funky jazz.
In this listener's opinion.
I unfortunately took them at face value in my younger days, when that kind of stuff was (relatively) cheap and easy to find. I probably passed by a lot of great records because of AllMusic!
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1 hour ago, Dmitry said:
Jay Hoggard - Mystic Winds, Tropical Breezes
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Nice, I got that earlier this year. Some interesting stuff on India Navigation.
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If you do vinyl, Arista reissued it in the late 70s, and it can still be had inexpensively. I picked up a copy earlier this year for around $8-10 I think, along with the Arista press of Paper Man (another one that was originally on Polydor/Black Lion in the UK).
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By the way, thank you guys for the warm welcome.
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On 11/20/2020 at 11:45 AM, clifford_thornton said:
Now, wasn't Gravatt living in Minneapolis or at least that area for some time?
I am pretty sure I saw him with McCoy at least once.
Yeah, and I believe he did some recording with the group Natural Life there.
RIP Andrew White. Besides Asante, he was on the unreleased Tyner BN session which eventually came out under the name Cosmos.
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Pete Magadini/Don Menza/Dave Young/George Duke - Polyrhythm
Edit: This is my first spin, and it's pretty great. They do a version of Menza's "Samba De Rollins", which I knew from his album on Catalyst.
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1 hour ago, JSngry said:
ECM has stayed active and in business with the same owner longer than any jazz label. Ever. So I don't know that they really "need"anything.
Or I don't know, maybe they aren't a jazz label. Oh well! Kind of beside the point at this juncture. Lol!
Yes, as Richie was very careful to point out, they are a "contemporary improvised music" label!
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There is also an Instagram account dedicated to going through the whole catalog: https://www.instagram.com/ecm_listening/
I came across this interview with Richie Beirach that blew me away. He describes what it was like working with Manfred, and how their working relationship eventually soured.
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I'm flipping through the book Uncompromising Expressions (which, granted, is more of a coffeetable book than a serious history), but the years 1968-1983 are covered in just 15 pages! Out of a 400 page book! (And most of that is spent bashing the albums or damning them with faint praise.) The LT series is given one sentence. I would also like to hear more about this era.