So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[kh1958]

Mingus in Argentina (Resonance0

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

[Chuck Nessa]

[rostasi]

[Peter Friedman]

[rostasi]

[mjazzg]

35 minutes ago, rostasi said:

Two good players

[jazzbo]

Decided to play this one, and starting off with “Leo: Rosebud” in honor of today’s big event.

Cannonball Adderley “Love, Sex, and the Zodiac” P-Vine cd

 

[jazzbo]

 

[T.D.]

Have known about Dumitrescu for a long time but haven't listened recently.

Surprised to (randomly) find this on bandcamp today. Google indicates hits on the Corbett vs Dempsey website but the C vs D site itself shows no trace of Dumitrescu. Forced Exposure seems to have the CD as a C vs D release, though.

Edited May 8 by T.D.

[jazzbo]

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Kenny Burrell “Blues–The Common Ground” Verve Japan SHM-CD

 

[John Tapscott]

[felser]

1961 recordings, shockingly good (as is much 60's-70's Kenton I encounter):

[rostasi]

6 hours ago, T.D. said:

Have known about Dumitrescu for a long time but haven't listened recently.

Surprised to (randomly) find this on bandcamp today. Google indicates hits on the Corbett vs Dempsey website but the C vs D site itself shows no trace of Dumitrescu. Forced Exposure seems to have the CD as a C vs D release, though.

An electronic music musician sent me a CD-R.
It sounded too much like Dumitrescu and not the person(s)
he said was supposed to be on it. A bit of research turned up
the recording above, so I ended up getting that disc inadvertently.

Slightly related: I've often wondered how Ana-Maria Avram had died - 
a talented composer who died way too young.
 

[T.D.]

25 minutes ago, rostasi said:

An electronic music musician sent me a CD-R.
It sounded too much like Dumitrescu and not the person(s)
he said was supposed to be on it. A bit of research turned up
the recording above, so I ended up getting that disc inadvertently.

Slightly related: I've often wondered how Ana-Maria Avram had died - 
a talented composer who died way too young.
 

It's a pretty good album. I really enjoy the first 3 (of 4) pieces, not wild about the fourth. Dumitrescu only wrote the first piece but conducts the others. I haven't heard that much by Dumitrescu, my bad. Discovered his music after seeing some comparisons to Radulescu, but didn't follow up sufficiently (it was ancient pre-bandcamp era when CDs were scarce on the ground). Going to look for more online. Very sad about A-M Avram, haven't heard any details.

[dougcrates]

[rostasi]

35 minutes ago, T.D. said:

It's a pretty good album. I really enjoy the first 3 (of 4) pieces, not wild about the fourth. Dumitrescu only wrote the first piece but conducts the others. I haven't heard that much by Dumitrescu, my bad. Discovered his music after seeing some comparisons to Radulescu, but didn't follow up sufficiently (it was ancient pre-bandcamp era when CDs were scarce on the ground). Going to look for more online. Very sad about A-M Avram, haven't heard any details.

I have about two dozen releases of theirs on Edition Modern.
Awful looking covers (and the CD-Rs are very cheaply made),
but the music is superb - tho it's hard to tell the difference
between Dumitrescu and Avram at times.

[Rabshakeh]

Johnathan Blake – Passage

Amazing to think that jazz used to be a disreputable party music. Listening to this record is like being stuck in a stuffy lecture theatre. 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

45 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Johnathan Blake – Passage

Amazing to think that jazz used to be a disreputable party music. Listening to this record is like being stuck in a stuffy lecture theatre. 

So I take it you don't like it? I have yet to pick this up but it sounds like maybe I don't need to.

[jazzbo]

4 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

So I take it you don't like it? I have yet to pick this up but it sounds like maybe I don't need to.

Personally I really like it. I like this new direction towards a more "intellectual" jazz--that's how I hear it and similar recordings with these musicians.

[Rabshakeh]

14 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

So I take it you don't like it? I have yet to pick this up but it sounds like maybe I don't need to.

8 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Personally I really like it. I like this new direction towards a more "intellectual" jazz--that's how I hear it and similar recordings with these musicians.

I think Jazzbo is right in his description. It is modern post bop and studious with it.

I personally found it very boring. Whilst it certainly is "intellectual" I found it perhaps not creative or very fresh. Everything is in the mix and played with slick facility but my feeling was that the songs aren't great and excitement doesn't even seem to be a goal.

However, that is just my idiot opinion. I am at any point in time slightly agnostic about these players (I quite like Ross and Wilkins), so if you normally like these musicians a lot it is worth probably following Jazzbo's tastes over mine.  In any case, it is streamable, so there's the opportunity to give it a go and see who is right.

[jazzbo]

I hear it differently but that's cool. We all get excited over things others don't and vice versa. What I like about these recordings is that they are exploring a new direction without diluting the jazz tradition with so many other influences. That's a fresh approach to my ears. I don't dig "jazz" with so much rock and world etc. influences.

Edited May 9 by jazzbo

[Kevin Bresnahan]

50 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I think Jazzbo is right in his description. It is modern post bop and studious with it.

I personally found it very boring. Whilst it certainly is "intellectual" I found it perhaps not creative or very fresh. Everything is in the mix and played with slick facility but my feeling was that the songs aren't great and excitement doesn't even seem to be a goal.

However, that is just my idiot opinion. I am at any point in time slightly agnostic about these players (I quite like Ross and Wilkins), so if you normally like these musicians a lot it is worth probably following Jazzbo's tastes over mine.  In any case, it is streamable, so there's the opportunity to give it a go and see who is right.

I've been going to quite a few Jazz shows lately where this style is in play. I wouldn't call it boring but comparing it to a lecture hall is a good analogy. To be honest, seeing a whole set of this style of music isn't my idea of a great show. Not a bad show, but not great.

[John Tapscott]