Just Jazz!

by **Dandolin** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 6:33 pm

Well, here goes, then:

by **Chankgeez** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 7:02 pm

Dapper Bandit wrote:Don't know if any of these have been touched upon but there has been a phenomonal jazz scene in England for a while now with a lot of very exciting stuff coming out:

Some interesting sounding stuff. The first track reminded me of Spaceheads a little. The second one was like Tom Waits with a slight EthioJazz bent. I dug the tuba on the third track. Wasn't really feelin' that last track w/ the Hang drum though. Overall, a nice lot.

by **Dandolin** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:42 am

Chankgeez wrote::!!!:

Dapper Bandit wrote:Don't know if any of these have been touched upon but there has been a phenomonal jazz scene in England for a while now with a lot of very exciting stuff coming out:

Some interesting sounding stuff. The first track reminded me of Spaceheads a little. The second one was like Tom Waits with a slight EthioJazz bent. I dug the tuba on the third track. Wasn't really feelin' that last track w/ the Hang drum though. Overall, a nice lot.

Listening now--quite liking the klezmer/Kurt Weill vibe on the Beartown, but I can catch the Waits and Ethiopia vibes as well. The first piece is dense--makes me want to listen a few times before opining. I do like the bass work on the hang drum piece.... On first listen, I liked the Sons of Kemet most because dat rhythm(!). A lot of similar touchstones to the Beartown....

Actually, that one brought to mind this:

Lounge Lizards--No Pain for Cakes

which drags tango into the stew....

All in all, a really nice selection with lots to check further...thanks Dapper Bandit!

by **Dandolin** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:48 am

And I keep meaning to post this and then, forgetting, so here:

John McLaughlin--Blue in Green

seems appropriate to the hour...upon hourz sleepily passing by in this here thread....

:poke:

Pat Martino Trio--Blue in Green

Ran Blake and Jaki Byard--On Green Dolphin Street

Ran Blake and Steve Lacy--The Man I Love

Gary Peacock--December Greenwings

Gary Peacock--Snow Dance

by **Dandolin** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 7:41 pm

Kinda quiet around here...

Jack Dejohnette's Special Edition, live in Baltimore, 1980 hon....

by **Chankgeez** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 8:07 pm

Nice! The last track of this little collection was recorded at the Left Bank:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnqSEBP4E

There's also a little footage of the Arkestra at the Left Bank in A Joyful Noise.

by **Dandolin** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 9:01 pm

Yee-ha!

That's what I'm talking about...

Speaking of the Blount one, I've been meaning to tell somebody that "Sun Ra: a Space Odyssey" is a pretty great travelogue of Herman's (mostly) pre-Arkestra travels through some of the less-travelled but no less wonderful byways of the American musical galaxy (and pretty cheap to boot, but not, alas, on youtube).... Check it if you like Sonny, boogie, blues and early r&b in addition to some choice early arkestrations!