So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[aparxa]

20 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I’m extremely allergic to crossover attempts between jazz and hip hop (as opposed to other electronic, “urban” or rap genres, which I think work more naturally, or hip hop with jazz samples), but I think that so much love and time has gone into this one that it really works.

I agree. A few hip hop bands mix jazz samples with rapping in a way I really enjoy (The Roots, Mos Def, The Sound Providers, Digable, PUTS, J5, Kero One, Guru etc), but the crossover attempts have been mostly disappointing so far. Which is a bit of a surprise, I see no actual reason why a strong jazz band with someone on the scratches/beats and a decent MC should not be working.  BTW, discussing hip-hop on this forum reminds me of this (no offense ):

NP: Duke Ellington - The Greatest Paris Concert

[BillF]

2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Paul Desmond - Easy Living (RCA, 1966)

[John Tapscott]

 

Slide Hampton is apparently ambidextrous! 

Edited November 6, 2021 by John Tapscott

[mikeweil]

[BillF]

2 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

 

[soulpope]

[Chuck Nessa]

Haven't listened to this in years.

[BillF]

[sonnyhill]

 

 

Olie Brice / Tobias Delius / Mark Sanders - somersaults (Two Rivers Records)

[mjazzg]

9 minutes ago, sonnyhill said:

 

 

Olie Brice / Tobias Delius / Mark Sanders - somersaults (Two Rivers Records)

That's a good album 

I'm reacquainting myself, after far too long, with 

Tomas Stanko New York Quartet - Wislawa 

Very strong 

 

 

Edited November 6, 2021 by mjazzg

[Rooster_Ties]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Haven't listened to this in years.

I listened to this a LOT back around 1991-92 (and I know the year, because it was when I was working on my second BA) — and now whenever I go back to it every 4-5 years or so, I’m shocked how familiar it all seems, even all these years later.

I’ve never made any sense of it, but I do feel like I connected with it pretty darn well back then, when I was about 21.

[Rabshakeh]

Tony Scott - Manteca

2 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Haven't listened to this in years.

How do you find it, with the passing of the years?

Edited November 6, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[sonnyhill]

 

Luke Stewart & Jarvis Earnshaw Quartet (No Quarter)

Luke Stewart - bass
Jarvis Earnshaw - sitar, loops
Ryan Sawyer - drums
Devan Waldman - alto sax

 

 

[soulpope]

14 hours ago, BillF said:

❤❤❤ !!!

[BillF]

[BillF]

[Referentzhunter]

[mikeweil]

Just listened to this for the umpteenth time since a week ago. I simply love this album. A relaxed effort with lots of feeling, Burrell plays "You Go To My Head" with so much feeling.

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Edited November 7, 2021 by mikeweil

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

[mikeweil]

[BillF]

17 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

[mikeweil]

Now playing:

AS very underrated album, IMHO.

[mjazzg]

[Teasing the Korean]

Morricone - Vergogna Schifosi

Various - The Time Tunnel, Volume 2