Rabshakeh Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 Papa Bue's Viking Jazzband with Wingy Manone & Edmond Hall – Papa Bue's Viking Jazzband With Wingy Manone & Edmond Hall More for the second side with Edmond Hall. One of my favourite arrangements of St. Louis Blues on record. Now dipping my toes back into this: Anthony Braxton – 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 This is the first listen in over a decade, during which I have retrospectively warmed to some of Braxton's box sets. I still don't care for this one at all. I find it very charmless and undercooked. Quote
mjazzg Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 6 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: Papa Bue's Viking Jazzband with Wingy Manone & Edmond Hall – Papa Bue's Viking Jazzband With Wingy Manone & Edmond Hall Anthony Braxton – 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 This is the first listen in over a decade, during which I have retrospectively warmed to some of Braxton's box sets. I still don't care for this one at all. I find it very charmless and undercooked. I never got on with that one either, in fact all Ghost Trance Music left me bewildered. The only period of AB's music that has done so Quote
Peter Friedman Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 A very good Canadian trumpet player. If you like Art Farmer, you will enjoy Kevin Dean's playing. Quote
Rabshakeh Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 (edited) 37 minutes ago, mjazzg said: I never got on with that one either, in fact all Ghost Trance Music left me bewildered. The only period of AB's music that has done so I generally agree (although there are other periods when I sometimes allow myself to question whether he is just winging it...). But the Ghost Trance stuff always seemed to be designed with a view to securing funding, more than making music worth releasing. I'm impressed, looking back through the power of Google, at both how unanimously full of praise the critics were at the time, and just how many academic treatments of the music and concept are returned by a simple search. But what an amazing line up of musicians! Almost half of them went on to be future leaders. Not so young now, sadly, but for a long time the great hopes. Edited January 3 by Rabshakeh Quote
mjazzg Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 4 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: I generally agree (although there are other periods when I sometimes allow myself to question whether he is just winging it...). But the Ghost Trance stuff always seemed to be designed with a view to securing funding, more than making music worth releasing. I'm impressed, looking back through the power of Google, at both how unanimously full of praise the critics were at the time, and just how many academic treatments of the music and concept are returned by a simple search. But what an amazing line up of musicians! Almost half of them went on to be future leaders. Not so young now, sadly, but for a long time the great hopes. I have a friend whose taste is usually reliable who thinks that box is one of Braxton's greatest achievements. I think it may have helped that he saw the band, or one very similar play GTM live Quote
Rabshakeh Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 Cecil Taylor and Feel Trio - Celebrated Blazons Quote
JSngry Posted January 3 Author Report Posted January 3 Ghost Trance Music...I once got stuck for about an hour in an accident cleanup on an interstate. The weather was drizzly and a bit foggy. There were yellow-jacketed police and fireman SLOWLY walking to and from through the still, stuck lanes of traffic. They were very ghosty and trancey in there movement in the blurry weather All the while I had a GTM disc playing. Somehow it seemed to be perfectly synced to the ongoing scenario outside my vehicle. So that's my imprinted impression of "Ghost Trance" music. Nothing "happy" about it, but very real. Quote
mjazzg Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 2 hours ago, JSngry said: Ghost Trance Music...I once got stuck for about an hour in an accident cleanup on an interstate. The weather was drizzly and a bit foggy. There were yellow-jacketed police and fireman SLOWLY walking to and from through the still, stuck lanes of traffic. They were very ghosty and trancey in there movement in the blurry weather All the while I had a GTM disc playing. Somehow it seemed to be perfectly synced to the ongoing scenario outside my vehicle. So that's my imprinted impression of "Ghost Trance" music. Nothing "happy" about it, but very real. At least it wasn't box set duration Quote
Rabshakeh Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 9 minutes ago, mjazzg said: At least it wasn't box set duration If it was Iridium, then he'd still be there. Quote
HutchFan Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said: Good one! Edited January 3 by HutchFan Quote
HutchFan Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 Prompted by @Peter Friedman, I'm giving this a listen too: Quote
jazzcorner Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 4 hours ago, HutchFan said: 😁 ❤️ love it- excellent! Quote
jazzbo Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 I really dislike those Venus covers. But that's me. Right now Duke Ellington “Midnight in Paris” CBS France cd This session gets panned. . .but I have always liked it. Quote
HutchFan Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 22 minutes ago, jazzbo said: This session gets panned. . .but I have always liked it. I like it too. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 What a great trio behind Ella–Jimmy Jones, Bob Cranshaw and Sam Woodyard! Ella Fitzgerald “Live In East Berlin 1967” Lost Recordings 2 UHQCD set, disc 1 Quote
rostasi Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 (edited) Brenton Wood (1941-2025) Edited January 4 by rostasi Quote
_forumlogo.png.a607ef20a6e0c299ab2aa6443aa1f32e.png)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.