What Are You Listening To Right Now? II

rostasi · 06-28-2020, 01:38 PM

Knowing what's considered "essential" and what someone might like are two different things.
When I had high school friends over to listen to stuff in my bedroom,
Coltrane's Ascension, for example, was just noise, but Kulu Sé Mama
was always considered kool and "listenable." Same thing with Pharoah:
Jewels of Thought or Karma? Yeah, boy! Black Unity? Not so much...
I had a guy give me his copy of Expression back in '74 because it was too far out.
I'm calling him after over 45 years on Tuesday.

**Exo** · 06-28-2020, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Speak for yourself, pussy.

Tbf, European Free Jazz is really the sh*t when it comes to tough listens.

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Back off Bucky. I already told her this. This is some goddamn serious revisionism up in this mother****er

Yo I don't read every one of your interactions on here you know.

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Originally Posted by rostasi

Same thing with Pharoah:
Jewels of Thought or Karma? Yeah, boy! Black Unity? Not so much...

Funny, I bought a copy of Black Unity before I bought the other two. I actually didn't enjoy Leon Thomas until I heard his solo work and then went back and revisited Karma and Jewels of Thought and it just kind of clicked.

rostasi · 06-28-2020, 02:22 PM

It was always the yodeling that got my friends and we - well, actually "I" - would go around imitating it in the hallways.

**Marie Monday** · 06-28-2020, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Wait a goddamn second. I talked to you about Ornette until I was blue in the goddamn face.

Quit letting Ros mow my lawn!!!

You did? I don't recall any of that, which is strange because that's something I should remember

**Exo** · 06-28-2020, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

It was always the yodeling that got my friends and we - well, actually "I" - would go around imitating it in the hallways.

Yeah I love that sh*t now.

**Marie Monday** · 06-28-2020, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

Great! The vocalist was Webster Armstrong - the guy on the previous record I posted (with Prince Lasha).

Ornette's Science Fiction was a constant favorite for me back in the early 70s,
but that tune wasn't included until the complete sessions were released about 20 years ago.

Big fan of Asha Puthli's voice (which was included on the original release almost 50 years ago):

Yes that is a great voice. I'm going to check out the rest of this record too, this is cool

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Originally Posted by goldendoodle

Love this

**Marie Monday** · 06-28-2020, 02:53 PM

I feel this one in my bones. This is so exciting

rostasi · 06-28-2020, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Tbf, European Free Jazz is really the sh*t when it comes to tough listens.

One thing that I couldn't get anyone to listen to - even small parts of it - was the following massive beauty. I had to wait until nobody was home in order to play it ... and being 12 or 13 years old that didn't happen too often, so I would load it up on my turntable and put the headphones on while sitting behind a set of drums. Goddamn exhilarating experience!

If you've got a couple hours to spare, then great! If not, then you might want to start at about 2 hours ("side 6" as I remember it) and ride it forward.
Massively good players on an incredibly dense piece of music.

Alto Saxophone, Clarinet [Clarinets] – Michel Portal
Alto Saxophone, Flute – Robin Kenyatta
Cello – Kent Carter
Cello, Celesta – Irene Aebi
Drums, Percussion – Don Moye
Drums, Percussion, Performer [Bronte] – Jerome Cooper
Bass, Violin, Sarangi – Alan Silva
Piano – Dave Burrell, Joachim Kuhn
Saxophone [Saxophones], Flute [Flutes], Oboe – Roscoe Mitchell
Saxophone [Saxophones], Flute, Bassoon – Joseph Jarman
Soprano Saxophone – Steve Lacy
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Ronnie Beer
Timpani, Percussion – Oliver Johnson
Trumpet – Alan Shorter
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Lester Bowie
Trumpet, French Horn – Bernard Vitet
Viola [Electric] – Jouk Minor
Violin [Electric] – Dieter Gewissler

**Exo** · 06-28-2020, 03:00 PM

I see some Art Ensemble of Chicago dudes in there as well as some familiar avant/free jazz staples like Steve Lacy, Dave Burrell, and Alan Shorter. Neat!

OccultHawk · 06-28-2020, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MarieMarie

You did? I don't recall any of that, which is strange because that's something I should remember

Lay off the quaaludes and vodka you old senile battleaxe

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06-28-2020, 01:38 PM	#27331 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,008	Knowing what's considered "essential" and what someone might like are two different things. When I had high school friends over to listen to stuff in my bedroom, Coltrane's Ascension, for example, was just noise, but Kulu Sé Mama was always considered kool and "listenable." Same thing with Pharoah: Jewels of Thought or Karma? Yeah, boy! Black Unity? Not so much... I had a guy give me his copy of Expression back in '74 because it was too far out. I'm calling him after over 45 years on Tuesday.

06-28-2020, 02:22 PM	#27333 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,008	It was always the yodeling that got my friends and we - well, actually "I" - would go around imitating it in the hallways.