colinmce Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but this record is tremendous. It's Neneh Cherry (one-time pop star and Don's stepdaughter) backed by The Thing: Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love and Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten. This is the kind of collaboration that just doesn't happen enough; it's all very natural and thrilling. Nothing about it is "this + jazz", it's a total group effort. The music includes titles by Don Cherry, The Stooges, MF Doom, Suicide and Ornette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Did you get an advance copy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but this record is tremendous. It's Neneh Cherry (one-time pop star and Don's stepdaughter) backed by The Thing: Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love and Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten. This is the kind of collaboration that just doesn't happen enough; it's all very natural and thrilling. Nothing about it is "this + jazz", it's a total group effort. The music includes titles by Don Cherry, The Stooges, MF Doom, Suicide and Ornette. glad to hear it's good as I've got my ticket for their London gig next month.When i heard about the collaboration it just seemed a good fit somehow so thought I'd take a punt on the concert. Edited June 11, 2012 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 No advance copy; you can listen in full on NPR.com. Can't grab a link right now but it should be easy to find off Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Waiting to hear the full monty until it comes out, but I'm looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 I've heard a pair of tracks - very interesting, to say the least. Not sure how well I can deal with Neneh's voice, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 No advance copy; you can listen in full on NPR.com. Can't grab a link right now but it should be easy to find off Google. Listening on NPR now, thanks. Liking what I'm hearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 I caved and listened on NPR last night. It's really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Was just about to post this; glad to find a thread already here. I'm really digging this one... http://www.npr.org/2012/06/10/154159413/first-listen-neneh-cherry-and-the-thing-the-cherry-thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Impressive review in the NY Times today. Gonna have to get this one! Patti Smith and Ravi Coltrane albums (reviewed here) sound like keepers, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 The Patti Smith is good! But I need to give it some more time to come to a valid judgement, only gave it two spins so far (got the book edition with photos from the JLG filming on ... "Costa Concordia", of all ocean crappers - it also has one more tune, I think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hate Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 NPR's link no longer has an audio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 They remove the audio once the records are released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Finally getting around to listening to this. I can't think of ANYone who is doing (or could do) music remotely like this. A unique mixture of hip vocal performances over a backdrop of 60s/70s-era progressive/outside jazz. Gotta be one of the most outrageous albums of the year and could be appreciated by pretty much anyone on this board. One thing's for sure - it's NOT commercial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 (edited) Finally getting around to listening to this. I can't think of ANYone who is doing (or could do) music remotely like this. How about Kahil El Zabar and the ethnics? i have only heard the Cherry Thing once when it was available on NPR but for me it's at least remotely similar. Edited July 4, 2012 by uli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Good one, Uli. You might be onto something there. Any other singers doing this from a vocal perspective? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Finally getting around to listening to this. I can't think of ANYone who is doing (or could do) music remotely like this. How about Kahil El Zabar and the ethnics? i have only heard the Cherry Thing once when it was available on NPR but for me it's at least remotely similar. http://www.youtube.c...&feature=relmfu thoroughly enjoyed that, thanks for posting. Just seen there's an album with Nona Hendryx, might be interesting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 My wife pointed out to me in the car yesterday that People magazine featured it among four other albums. Wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Really been enjoying this record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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