Free and Avant Jazz 2018

**Frownland** · 11-11-2018, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Not avant or free really but if we ever needed open borders now is the time.

Sick fusion

Henri Taxier - Sand Woman

OccultHawk · 11-12-2018, 02:26 PM

Good one

Dude’s been at it 50 years!

OccultHawk · 11-13-2018, 08:13 AM

Live at the Blue Whale by Bobby Bradford, Hafez Modirzadeh, Roberto Miguel Miranda, Vijay Anderson

https://nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.c...the-blue-whale

California based quartet performing in LA. Bradford worked and recorded with Ornette (Science Fiction, Broken Shadows). Hafez Modirzadeh is a music professor at SFSU.

This is rooted in the more modal and non-western side of Ornette’s palette. Recommended.

OccultHawk · 11-15-2018, 08:36 PM

OTHER LIFE FORMS by Gordon Beeferman

https://gordonbeeferman.bandcamp.com...her-life-forms

Rooted a long time ago in the Schoenberg tradition. Third stream. Bassist Pascal Niggenkemper, whose solo stuff is fantastic, leads the experimental charge.

OccultHawk · 11-17-2018, 06:16 PM

Year One by Heartland Trio

http://heartlandtrio.bandcamp.com/album/year-one

Self-identified as avant garde, free, and even experimental this is in fact very mainstream nu jazz or whatever. That doesn’t mean it’s bad. It’s fine. If it just had a hodgepodge or meaningless tags (something BandCamp has fortunately pretty much eliminated) I wouldn’t be forced into the assumption that these Bloomington, Indiana rubes don’t know any better.

Well the album starts with “Resolution” and pushes very softly into the avant garde toward the end.

There’s a few moments but then it only sounds like an identity crisis.

Honestly if it wasn’t mislabeled I would review it more fairly.

OccultHawk · 11-18-2018, 06:30 PM

j frisco naked

https://jfrisco.bandcamp.com/album/naked

Naked (released two days ago) is definitely good enough to make waves. Hits the core with a very pure aesthetic. Self described as “improvised genre-fluid soundscapes” all goals set out are achieved. Beautiful modal soloing over relaxed prog stylings. Sometimes Coltranian and sometimes sort of like Slint sometimes Jarboe. It gives you the feeling that they’re doing exactly whatever they want and that perfectly coincides with what they’re meant to be doing.

5/5 highest rating
Strongest recommendation

OccultHawk · 11-19-2018, 03:28 PM

The Detectives by James McKain

https://jamesmckain.bandcamp.com/album/the-detectives

A solo saxophone recording from a NYC free jazz subway busker.

More than bass or solo percussion or any other instrument I think a lone saxophonist has the most daunting of all challenges. I’m tempted to say all options are damn near exhausted but like explorers in Borges‘ Library we find the possibilities are bigger than our universe. McKain uses every weapon from silence to squonk. He puts himself out there. Probably influenced by Kaoru Abe, McKain explores the garden at his own leisure.

OccultHawk · 11-22-2018, 10:20 AM

A Jones In Time Saves Nine by Larry Ochs, Mark Dresser, Vladimir Tarasov - Jones Jones

https://nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.c...ime-saves-nine

The entire three piece is on fire but Larry Ochs has definitely still got it baby. Dude’s pushing 70 and plays his sax with forceful aggressive vigor. Some runs even sound like he might be checking out Colin Stetson. Mostly it’s like a more tempered Brötzmann. Not that Father Time is waiting for anyone. Grindy listed Ochs as one of his favorite saxophonists.

**Frownland** · 11-22-2018, 10:52 AM

Good shout. I've seen Mark Dresser a few times, he's incredible.

Hamid Drake & Mako Sica - Ronda

OccultHawk · 11-28-2018, 09:04 AM

https://muteantsoundsnetlabel.bandca.../album/roaring

ROARING by The Noise Eating Monsters

Aggressive free jazz post punk fusion rooted in the styles of Universal Congress Of, James Blood Ulmer, and Derek Bailey. The drummer played on a Bolt Thrower album. At first I thought oh Lightning Bolt that makes sense but it’s the metal bolt band which is a little more surprising.

Very highly recommended

PS Released today

11-12-2018, 02:26 PM	#212 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Good one Dude’s been at it 50 years! __________________ 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

11-13-2018, 08:13 AM	#213 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Live at the Blue Whale by Bobby Bradford, Hafez Modirzadeh, Roberto Miguel Miranda, Vijay Anderson https://nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.c...the-blue-whale California based quartet performing in LA. Bradford worked and recorded with Ornette (Science Fiction, Broken Shadows). Hafez Modirzadeh is a music professor at SFSU. This is rooted in the more modal and non-western side of Ornette’s palette. Recommended. __________________ 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

11-15-2018, 08:36 PM	#214 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	OTHER LIFE FORMS by Gordon Beeferman https://gordonbeeferman.bandcamp.com...her-life-forms Rooted a long time ago in the Schoenberg tradition. Third stream. Bassist Pascal Niggenkemper, whose solo stuff is fantastic, leads the experimental charge. __________________ 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

11-17-2018, 06:16 PM	#215 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Year One by Heartland Trio http://heartlandtrio.bandcamp.com/album/year-one Self-identified as avant garde, free, and even experimental this is in fact very mainstream nu jazz or whatever. That doesn’t mean it’s bad. It’s fine. If it just had a hodgepodge or meaningless tags (something BandCamp has fortunately pretty much eliminated) I wouldn’t be forced into the assumption that these Bloomington, Indiana rubes don’t know any better. Well the album starts with “Resolution” and pushes very softly into the avant garde toward the end. There’s a few moments but then it only sounds like an identity crisis. Honestly if it wasn’t mislabeled I would review it more fairly. __________________ 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

11-18-2018, 06:30 PM	#216 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	j frisco naked https://jfrisco.bandcamp.com/album/naked Naked (released two days ago) is definitely good enough to make waves. Hits the core with a very pure aesthetic. Self described as “improvised genre-fluid soundscapes” all goals set out are achieved. Beautiful modal soloing over relaxed prog stylings. Sometimes Coltranian and sometimes sort of like Slint sometimes Jarboe. It gives you the feeling that they’re doing exactly whatever they want and that perfectly coincides with what they’re meant to be doing. 5/5 highest rating Strongest recommendation __________________ 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

11-19-2018, 03:28 PM	#217 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	The Detectives by James McKain https://jamesmckain.bandcamp.com/album/the-detectives A solo saxophone recording from a NYC free jazz subway busker. More than bass or solo percussion or any other instrument I think a lone saxophonist has the most daunting of all challenges. I’m tempted to say all options are damn near exhausted but like explorers in Borges‘ Library we find the possibilities are bigger than our universe. McKain uses every weapon from silence to squonk. He puts himself out there. Probably influenced by Kaoru Abe, McKain explores the garden at his own leisure. __________________ 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

11-22-2018, 10:20 AM	#218 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	A Jones In Time Saves Nine by Larry Ochs, Mark Dresser, Vladimir Tarasov - Jones Jones https://nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.c...ime-saves-nine The entire three piece is on fire but Larry Ochs has definitely still got it baby. Dude’s pushing 70 and plays his sax with forceful aggressive vigor. Some runs even sound like he might be checking out Colin Stetson. Mostly it’s like a more tempered Brötzmann. Not that Father Time is waiting for anyone. Grindy listed Ochs as one of his favorite saxophonists. __________________ 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

11-22-2018, 10:52 AM	#219 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Good shout. I've seen Mark Dresser a few times, he's incredible. Hamid Drake & Mako Sica - Ronda __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

11-28-2018, 09:04 AM	#220 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	https://muteantsoundsnetlabel.bandca.../album/roaring ROARING by The Noise Eating Monsters Aggressive free jazz post punk fusion rooted in the styles of Universal Congress Of, James Blood Ulmer, and Derek Bailey. The drummer played on a Bolt Thrower album. At first I thought oh Lightning Bolt that makes sense but it’s the metal bolt band which is a little more surprising. Very highly recommended PS Released today __________________ 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