So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

Albare, "Dreamtime"

[BillF]

[EKE BBB]

[Rabshakeh]

Greg Osby - 3-D Lifestyles (Blue Note, 1993)

One of the more full blooded attempts at hip hop crossover. For once, one I think that is semi successful.

Edited June 1, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[mjazzg]

59 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Greg Osby - 3-D Lifestyles (Blue Note, 1993)

One of the more full blooded attempts at hip hop crossover. For once, one I think that is semi successful.

That may just be my prompt to dig it out. Years since I listened to it. I remember enjoying it, with some reservations, at the time.

[erwbol]

[Rabshakeh]

45 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

That may just be my prompt to dig it out. Years since I listened to it. I remember enjoying it, with some reservations, at the time.

I didn't listen to it at the time, but I think it has aged okay. At least you get a sense that Osby understood hip hop and wasn't just making a play for credibility: there is a real attempt at fusion, even if it sometimes isn't as good as either genre. It helps that Osby is one of the few horn players who I think doesn't sound trapped by loops, and that the quality of the MCing and production is pretty high.

28 minutes ago, erwbol said:

 

28 minutes ago, erwbol said:

I listened to that one yesterday. I enjoyed it more than his other recent albums.

[erwbol]

16 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I listened to that one yesterday. I enjoyed it more than his other recent albums.

Yes, the two (?) subsequent albums are disappointing.

[Dub Modal]

Earlier this morning:

On 5/29/2021 at 6:29 PM, JSngry said:

 

This type of choreography was an impressive art form (not a fan of that CGI angel however). There's a video of the Delfonics doing something similar...here it is:

 

[jazzbo]

Started off with this one again. Once you fully embrace the fact that this is a film soundtrack tribute album in important ways, and accept the instrumentation, arrangements and "drama," there is much to enjoy here, especially in the guitar and piano solos, and there's also a prog-rock feel to portions that appeals to the long-unprovoked old prog rock fan in me. 

Albare, "Dreamtime"

 

[erwbol]

[JSngry]

13 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

This type of choreography was an impressive art form (not a fan of that CGI angel however).

Indeed!

That particular video was selected for the WTF? factor of not just the CGI angel, but of the whole thing, period. I like the reminder of how the passage of time often leads to an inability to just leave well enough alone. For that, there's this:

 

[Peter Friedman]

[Dan Gould]

20 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Indeed!

That particular video was selected for the WTF? factor of not just the CGI angel, but of the whole thing, period. I like the reminder of how the passage of time often leads to an inability to just leave well enough alone. For that, there's this:

 

Loved  that tune when I was a kid.

The bit about choreography reminds me of this.

[HutchFan]

[Rabshakeh]

Smiley Winters - Smiley Etc. (Arhoolie, 1969)

With the superb Barbara Donald.

Edited June 1, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[jazzbo]

Jack Teagarden "This is Teagarden!" Capitol Records/TOCJ Japan Superbit Jazz Classics cd. 

Featuring Big Band frontman and vocalist "Jackson." I wish all the Capitol releases were available in this remastered LP facsimile version. Great stuff. . . . I wish there were more Tea.

[BillF]

[jazzbo]

Wayne Shorter "Speak No Evil" Blue Note Japan SHM-SACD

 

Edited June 1, 2021 by jazzbo

[Rabshakeh]

Rudresh Mahanthappa and Steve Lehman - Dual Identity (Clean Feed, 2010)

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Jose James "Yesterday I had the Blues: the Music of Billie Holiday" Blue Note cd

One of the few newer releases I have on both 2LP set and cd--listening to the cd right now. One of those magic sessions where the performance, the repretoire and the engineering blend together to create an experience.

[erwbol]

[BillF]

3 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Wayne Shorter "Speak No Evil" Blue Note Japan SHM-SACD

 

[soulpope]