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Looks good.
I’m looking forward to this:
I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
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Oz Noy - Snapdragon
Looking forward to hearing all of this...
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This looks good:
(Bill Evans with Jack DeJohnette in 68)Comment
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There are some jazz-classical crossovers like Jacques Loussier's Bach recordings that I hate. This looks interesting though, but I'm biased what with it being Kurt Rosenwinkel...
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Volume 7 of the Miles Davis bootleg series:
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I am increasingly finding that the more interesting jazz albums are ones which sneak under the radar. The new Tarbaby CD which inclues Orrin Evans, Eric Revis and Nasheet Waits has been increased with the addition of jazz legend Oliver Lake. I had not seen this advertised orreviewed but received an e-mail from the Cleanfeed which stated it has been released. There are quite a few albums like this which never seem to get much media attention but I would suggest are likely to be more rewarding that the off-cuts from Miles' 1980's output. Some of the smaller labels are churning out some fascinating combinations of groups from the more avant garde spectrum which appears to be enjoying something of a renaissance whilst the media seems more interested in either unissued material from the past or the more conservative younger generation of players from the US who are impressive if a little staid. (Thinking of players like Emmett Cohen, Melissa Aldana, Marcus Hill, etc.) It is still strange to read comments regarding the generation of players who emerged with the Marsalis brothers when I think that alot of the younger musicians are now issuing albums which are far friendlier on the ear than what might have been offered 35-40 years ago.
Good to hear musicians making more of a connection with freer styles of jazz and older generation players like William Parker hooking up with some unfamiliar names to challenge the boundaries. It is a little depressing to see where the media is focussing it's attention which means you have to do a lot of work yourself to find out the kind of records that hit the mark. Labels like Pi and Clean Feed strike me as churning out records which are more rewarding that those publicised on the covers of US and UK publications. In the wider jazz mainstream, I would have to admit that I tend to watch out for discs by players like JD Allen and James Brandon Lewis - two players who I feel are genuinely interested in making challenging music as opposed to FM airplay.Comment
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Pleased to say, the gig on 3/11/2022 is going to be released on CD! Via FMR records, although it hasn't appeared on their website yet - I found out via the Paul Dunmall facebook page.
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43 minutes may not seem much to some people, but I'm willing to bet you'll get a heck of a lot more music in those 43 minutes than from most releases in this day and age!Originally posted by Joseph K View PostComment
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Newly discovered John Coltrane album featuring Eric Dolphy -
'Impressions' on soprano. Fortunately the drums aren't too loud, which was the case with the A Love Supreme in Seattle disk...
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You might be intersted in the new Trio Tapestry disc calle "Our daily bread" which feaures Joe Lovano, Marilyn Crispell and Carmen Castaldi. It has been a while since I have bought any jazz discs but the title track really appealed to me when I head it on the radio. This music is pretty meditative as you would expect from ECM but it strikes me as an interesting take on post-Coltrane jazz and perhaps is refracted through the lens of Paul Motian's trio. It fascinates me because I could have seen Coltrane signing up to the nascent ECM label had he lived and the mixture of free jazz / world music would have been a direction I would not have been surprised to have seen him take.
Still working my way through this disc and I will give you my impressions later,Comment
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