What Are You Listening To Jazztravaganza!

OccultHawk · 02-17-2020, 11:06 AM

On the Road by Art Farmer

Art Pepper plays on this as well. It’s not flashy but they have good chemistry.

Anteater · 02-20-2020, 08:17 PM

From This Place - Pat Metheny

Metheny reached the peak of Jazz Everest a long time ago, but this new record is particularly nice. Lots of great orchestration and intricacy. Plus Lyle Mays is dead so adds an extra layer of melancholy for me.

Lisnaholic · 02-23-2020, 05:12 AM

^ I'm listening to this Nucleus album atm, a little late but that's my fault for missing this exchange from two years ago:-

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

You should check out "Mind Transplant" by Alphonse Mouzon. Tommy Bolin still blows my mind 45 years later.

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

That's a cool recommendation. Did you ever get into the British band Nucleus? Btw, anyone who hasn't heard Tony Williams Lifetime's Emergency! should check it out.

Verdict on Nucleus' Roots, at first full listen: mainly nice smooth fusion, with two tracks that particularly caught my attention:-

rocking track Odokamona has some little weird sampling add-ons

the mood really slumps with a female vocalist on second track, Images. She sings in that dated, sultry style (James Bond movie meets Bossa Nova) about "making daisy chains in country lanes."

Overall, the musicians do a great job of keeping things afloat and interesting. Should've had the discipline to ditch the vocalist though.

grindy · 02-27-2020, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ I'm listening to this Nucleus album atm, a little late but that's my fault for missing this exchange from two years ago:-

Verdict on Nucleus' Roots, at first full listen: mainly nice smooth fusion, with two tracks that particularly caught my attention:-

rocking track Odokamona has some little weird sampling add-ons

the mood really slumps with a female vocalist on second track, Images. She sings in that dated, sultry style (James Bond movie meets Bossa Nova) about "making daisy chains in country lanes."

Overall, the musicians do a great job of keeping things afloat and interesting. Should've had the discipline to ditch the vocalist though.

You should check out We'll Talk About It Later. It's their best album and one of the best fusion albums of the 70s which is a high-ass mark.

Lisnaholic · 02-29-2020, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

You should check out We'll Talk About It Later. It's their best album and one of the best fusion albums of the 70s which is a high-ass mark.

^ Thanks for the rec, grindy. I played WTAIL last night and was plenty surprised to hear a Soft Machine song, which (as I then read on allmusic.com) was the original that turned into Hazard Profile. It's a great album and as a supposed enthusiast for Soft Machine, I really should've come across Nucleus already, given that the two bands are so interlinked.

So thanks again - and hope you feel better soon. Coronavirus apart, any 'flu/cold can leave you feeling miserable for days, as I know from experience.

**Exo** · 03-12-2020, 01:14 PM

I'm late to the party but this is f*cking phenomenal. The Basho cover of "Blue Crystal Fire", one of my favorite songs ever, is hauntingly beautiful. I love this.

OccultHawk · 03-12-2020, 04:08 PM

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I'm late to the party but this is f*cking phenomenal. The Basho cover of "Blue Crystal Fire", one of my favorite songs ever, is hauntingly beautiful. I love this.

Susana Santos Silva who I endlessly adore plays trumpet

windsock · 03-03-2020, 05:21 PM

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You should check out We'll Talk About It Later. It's their best album and one of the best fusion albums of the 70s which is a high-ass mark.

The Elastic Rock - Under the Sun run of albums are all pretty great.

Not really related but you should check out Oregon if you haven't already, Lis. A little more out there and airy than some of the more rough and tough jazz rock bands from the 70's but they're still pretty great and one of my personal faves. Debut in particular.

Lisnaholic · 03-03-2020, 08:00 PM

windsock!! So good to see you here again!

Over the weekend I picked up Elastic Rock, WTAIL, Solar Plexus, Roots and Belladonna for good measure. So many tracks with a tasty, solid rhythm and those oozing oboe-type sounds that I love from Soft Machine - but with more trumpet too on these albums. Wonderful.

Will definitely check out Oregon on your rec. Thanks.

OccultHawk · 03-24-2020, 02:28 PM

Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street by Jon Hassell

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Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	I'm late to the party but this is fcking phenomenal. The Basho cover of "Blue Crystal Fire", one of my favorite songs ever, is hauntingly beautiful. I love this. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE*

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Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	windsock!! So good to see you here again! Over the weekend I picked up Elastic Rock, WTAIL, Solar Plexus, Roots and Belladonna for good measure. So many tracks with a tasty, solid rhythm and those oozing oboe-type sounds that I love from Soft Machine - but with more trumpet too on these albums. Wonderful. Will definitely check out Oregon on your rec. Thanks. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street by Jon Hassell __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html