So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Peter Friedman]

[rostasi]

Random Radio 250528 (465)

 

Sounds & Silence - Alleluia
Patten - Locq
Alex Sabo - R.I.P. Don't Forget
Tubby Hayes - Lament for Cello
Annabel (Lee) - Invisible Barriers
Spice - Born in a Trunk
Wishbone Ash - Leaf and Stream
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
UFO - Lights Out
Babe Ruth - The Mexican
Curved Air - Melinda (More or Less)
Focus - Sylvia
Kuunatic - Yellow Serpent
Eduardo Polonio - Me voy a tomar el Orient Express
My Jazzy Child - Lost In Laos
Erlend Apneseth - Samdrøm
Postcards - Dust Bunnies
Kaito Winse - Ballade Peul
Margeeah - Rise Black Spirit
Walter Verdin - Constant Click
X-Cetra - Conversation
Kuntari - Lahar II
My Jazzy Child - Exoteric Patterns

[Rabshakeh]

Anthony Braxton, Ursula Oppens and Frederic Rzewski – Composition No. 95 For Two Pianos

 

[JSngry]

I think that one listen is enough, but it's been one helluva fun listen, and an abundance of Wild Jimmy Spruill adds to that!

Watts has that sound and speaks this language about as naturally as it has been spoken. It might be a relatively limited vocabulary, but that vocabulary can be used to speak a rich language, so there it is!

[HutchFan]

3 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

A wonderful compilation. 

 

NP:

[JSngry]

[HutchFan]

[JSngry]

lo-fi recording, fine music

[jlhoots]

34 minutes ago, JSngry said:

lo-fi recording, fine music

Utech made some interesting albums.

[HutchFan]

[Chuck Nessa]

It's been a while since I played this - hope to get through it this weekend.

[Holy Ghost]

[JSngry]

4 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

It's been a while since I played this - hope to get through it this weekend.

First thing I did when I got this was to burn it into individual session. Not that much work, and the additional lucidity gained was really worth it.

[mjazzg]

4 hours ago, jlhoots said:

Utech made some interesting albums.

Yes, they were really difficult to get over here but I did get that Matana and a couple others

[Rabshakeh]

Wadada Leo Smith And Ed Blackwell – The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer

 

[mjazzg]

56 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Wadada Leo Smith And Ed Blackwell – The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer

 

That's a pretty good start

[Rabshakeh]

6 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

That's a pretty good start

I was trying to remember what my favourites were and I think this one is up there. I really do like this one. Again, there's the comparatively powerful rhythmic element. 

[mjazzg]

3 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I was trying to remember what my favourites were and I think this one is up there. I really do like this one. Again, there's the comparatively powerful rhythmic element. 

Lots of very good duets with drummers in the catalogue.

I think I prefer his drummer-less recordings a bit (I'm not being deliberately contrarian today, I promise), it's his use of space to imply rhythm that I hear and enjoy in them. There's some really good duets with drummers nonetheless, Moholo-Moholo is a standout.

The FMPs with Kowald and Sommer might tickle your fancy

Prompted to play...

Wadada Leo Smith's Mbira - Dark Lady Of The Sonnets [TUM Records]

[Rabshakeh]

Leo Smith – Creative Music: 1 (Six Solo Improvisations)

Streaming via the Tzadik box set, and enjoying. 

19 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

There's some really good duets with drummers nonetheless, Moholo-Moholo is a standout.

The FMPs with Kowald and Sommer might tickle your fancy

Prompted to play...

Wadada Leo Smith's Mbira - Dark Lady Of The Sonnets [TUM Records]

All of these look worth investigation. I'll get in there and get working. 

[jlhoots]

5 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Yes, they were really difficult to get over here but I did get that Matana and a couple others

My Matana is 4 / 200. Have a Ras Moshe that's pretty good & a couple of others.

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