What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Rabshakeh]

21 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

The danger of holiday high spirits...many have done a lot worse I'd suggest

That 70s thing where the group feels it wants to make a statement but maybe doesn't have that much to say.

45 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Bruno Tommaso an excellent bassplayer ....

Yeah. Centazzo on drums too. I bought it because I liked who was on it.

[mjazzg]

4 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

That 70s thing where the group feels it wants to make a statement but maybe doesn't have that much to say.

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.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

Playing here:

Ahmed Abdullah Quartet - Liquid Magic [Silk heart, 1987]

Forgotten how joyous this is, Brackeen, Favors, Fielder with the leader.

That's a good one ....

[clifford_thornton]

20 hours ago, mjazzg said:

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.

Yeah, I have that one too. Gaslini was an utterly fascinating musician and composer, kind of reminds me of an Italian George Russell. That being said, not all of his records -- or at least those that I have -- blow me away but I'm usually quite interested in what he put out there, regardless of the end result.

[mjazzg]

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]

1 hour ago, clifford_thornton said:

Yeah, I have that one too. Gaslini was an utterly fascinating musician and composer, kind of reminds me of an Italian George Russell. That being said, not all of his records -- or at least those that I have -- blow me away but I'm usually quite interested in what he put out there, regardless of the end result.

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.

[Brad]

[clifford_thornton]

6 hours ago, mjazzg said:

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.

yeah, that one and Newport in Milan are my two favorites. The latter reminds me a bit of Bill Dixon at times.

[Rabshakeh]

14 hours ago, mjazzg said:

 

Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace [Impulse, 2024]

From @dougcrates too, who I noticed posted it.

What's your view? Strong? Weak? Interesting? Go back to tenor please? Team Andre3000? 

I've only had one listen myself and thought it had depth, deserving of more listens, but possibly not quite the full deal. Perhaps too in love with the calming potentialities of the flute. Maybe it gradually opens though. I like Hutchings a lot and this is an interesting facet to him.

[mjazzg]

7 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

From @dougcrates too, who I noticed posted it.

What's your view? Strong? Weak? Interesting? Go back to tenor please? Team Andre3000? 

I've only had one listen myself and thought it had depth, deserving of more listens, but possibly not quite the full deal. Perhaps too in love with the calming potentialities of the flute. Maybe it gradually opens though. I like Hutchings a lot and this is an interesting facet to him.

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.

[Rabshakeh]

Blind Connie Williams

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

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.

Yes. So many great flute records out there. Not sure this sits up there with Wess, Kirk, Hemphill and Newton. But we shall see.

[Clunky]

 

Making my way through the J section of my LPs - I came across three Leroy Jenkins sessions that I'd not played in years. All on Black Saint - Mixed, Lifelong Ambitions, Urban Blues. All very different.  Currently spinning the duet with Muhal Richard Abrams. It's pretty raw and bleak sounding with both musician pretty exposed. Well worth hearing again. 

[Chuck Nessa]

[Rabshakeh]

Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushmen

With the bloody obi.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Good one with a top Rhythm Section ....

[kh1958]

Phineas Newborn, Fabulous Phineas (RCA Living Stereo)

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

This might be my favorite Charles Davis on record 

[Rabshakeh]

Han Bennink / Willem Breuker – New Acoustic Swing Duo

 

[Chuck Nessa]

[dougcrates]

18 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

From @dougcrates too, who I noticed posted it.

What's your view? Strong? Weak? Interesting? Go back to tenor please? Team Andre3000? 

I've only had one listen myself and thought it had depth, deserving of more listens, but possibly not quite the full deal. Perhaps too in love with the calming potentialities of the flute. Maybe it gradually opens though. I like Hutchings a lot and this is an interesting facet to him.

I've listened to it a few times already and like it a lot.  Maybe I caught it at the right time as the warm, textural vibe of the album is a nice counterpoint to the crazy last month I've had working on a big project.  

I haven't given the Andre 3000 an open minded listen yet.  I was a huge fan of Outkast since their first single in 1993 and Andre became one of my favourite rappers but I'm not ready to embrace his flute endeavours.    

[jazzcorner]

12 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Phineas Newborn, Fabulous Phineas (RCA Living Stereo)

👍

[Rabshakeh]

4 hours ago, dougcrates said:

I've listened to it a few times already and like it a lot.  Maybe I caught it at the right time as the warm, textural vibe of the album is a nice counterpoint to the crazy last month I've had working on a big project.  

I haven't given the Andre 3000 an open minded listen yet.  I was a huge fan of Outkast since their first single in 1993 and Andre became one of my favourite rappers but I'm not ready to embrace his flute endeavours.    

Thanks! I'll definitely revisit.

The Andre 3000 thing was a joke, although it is interesting that they both made the same step at the same time.

[mjazzg]

46 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Thanks! I'll definitely revisit.

The Andre 3000 thing was a joke, although it is interesting that they both made the same step at the same time.

And Andre is on the Shabaka album, one track

[Rabshakeh]

35 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

And Andre is on the Shabaka album, one track

Isn't Shabaka on the Andre album too?

[Pim]

Hooray I own an original pressing. I think this one of Noah’s more accessible works. It’s one my favorites anyway. 

[mjazzg]

6 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Isn't Shabaka on the Andre album too?

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

5 hours ago, Pim said:

Hooray I own an original pressing. I think this one of Noah’s more accessible works. It’s one my favorites anyway. 

Very nice, originals don't come cheap. I envy you as a Base owner...love Ric Colbeck on that