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**Exo** · 08-07-2019, 09:57 AM

John Fahey
After the Ball

Weird record where Fahey explores dixieland. I like it a lot but it isn't considered one of his best, especially after it being he second record on a big label like Reprise. I love anything Fahey though so I'm happy with it.

OccultHawk · 08-07-2019, 10:16 AM

Pretty interesting that Robert Christgau loved those two Reprise records

https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=F&bk=70

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John Fahey: Of Rivers and Religion (Reprise, 1972) Fahey is immersed in country blues, from which he drives his own unique guitar music--eerie, funny, stately, and incredibly calm. The best tranquilizing music I know, because instead of palming off a fantasy of sodden deliverance it seems to speak of real reserves of self-control inside the American psyche. Not for everyone, but I think this is his best. A

John Fahey: After the Ball (Reprise, 1973) I'm a rock and roll fan, too, and I'd rather listen to this collection of standards and acoustic blues and rag inventions than any rock record this side of the Allmans and the New York Dolls. Conditionally guaranteed. A-

**Exo** · 08-07-2019, 10:42 AM

I can't say I disagree with him. I'd rather listen to After the Ball than those two artists as well.

**Exo** · 08-07-2019, 10:44 AM

Anthony Braxton
In the Tradition Volume 2

Goes in an out from bop to free jazz. I'm always looking for Braxton records that hit me in the nuts. This one lightly taps.

OccultHawk · 08-07-2019, 11:15 AM

I’m not trying to imply you don’t understand this. I’m just popping in my two cents. Braxton can be a little bit of a conundrum because he plays really out there stuff while at the same time being a traditionalist. Perhaps very often when jazz is kicking you in the nuts it’s giving you that wild impression of being uprooted and ungrounded in way that shouts FREEDOM. It doesn’t have to be free jazz to do that. Charlie Parker does that, even though he’s well grounded all the time there’s this wildness that makes the listener forget it. But Braxton is rooted in a more scholarly way so the nutcrunching might demand a more academic listening approach. The album you’re talking highlights something he does incredibly well. And you mentioned it, bop to free, he connects the dots in such a fiercely logical way- so ****ing quickly - this isn’t just collage genre shifting - Braxton takes you there. Every note has a transitory quality and his skill and intuition is stunning.

**Exo** · 08-07-2019, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I’m not trying to imply you don’t understand this. I’m just popping in my two cents. Braxton can be a little bit of a conundrum because he plays really out there stuff while at the same time being a traditionalist. Perhaps very often when jazz is kicking you in the nuts it’s giving you that wild impression of being uprooted and ungrounded in way that shouts FREEDOM. It doesn’t have to be free jazz to do that. Charlie Parker does that, even though he’s well grounded all the time there’s this wildness that makes the listener forget it. But Braxton is rooted in a more scholarly way so the nutcrunching might demand a more academic listening approach. The album you’re talking highlights something he does incredibly well. And you mentioned it, bop to free, he connects the dots in such a fiercely logical way- so ****ing quickly - this isn’t just collage genre shifting - Braxton takes you there. Every note has a transitory quality and his skill and intuition is stunning.

I got busy towards the B-side. I gotta listen to this at home because I feel like there's something I missed. Braxton has always intrigued me like a complex and frustrating book can be. Sometimes I need multiple listens and more time to really get it.

**Exo** · 08-07-2019, 01:44 PM

Miles Davis
Get Up With It

I'll say it. I'll say it right now. This is better than Bitches Brew. There. I said it. Come at me.

OccultHawk · 08-07-2019, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Miles Davis
Get Up With It

I'll say it. I'll say it right now. This is better than Bitches Brew. There. I said it. Come at me.

I respect that. I think it’s totally fine to not even trying differentiate the quality of everything from Bitches Brew to Dark Magus. To me it’s all a blur of fantastic unassailable records.

**Exo** · 08-08-2019, 10:09 AM

Les Baxter
Le Sacre du Sauvage (Ritual of the Savage)

The beautiful sounds of ignorant viewpoints put to music. These dirty savages have pretty music!

**Exo** · 08-10-2019, 11:19 AM

John Martyn
Solid Air

One of the most underrated singer songwriters of the 20th century. Dude put nothing but gold out in the late 60's and 70's.

08-07-2019, 09:57 AM	#341 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	John Fahey After the Ball Weird record where Fahey explores dixieland. I like it a lot but it isn't considered one of his best, especially after it being he second record on a big label like Reprise. I love anything Fahey though so I'm happy with it. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

08-07-2019, 10:42 AM	#343 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	I can't say I disagree with him. I'd rather listen to After the Ball than those two artists as well. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

08-07-2019, 10:44 AM	#344 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Anthony Braxton In the Tradition Volume 2 Goes in an out from bop to free jazz. I'm always looking for Braxton records that hit me in the nuts. This one lightly taps. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

08-07-2019, 11:15 AM	#345 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I’m not trying to imply you don’t understand this. I’m just popping in my two cents. Braxton can be a little bit of a conundrum because he plays really out there stuff while at the same time being a traditionalist. Perhaps very often when jazz is kicking you in the nuts it’s giving you that wild impression of being uprooted and ungrounded in way that shouts FREEDOM. It doesn’t have to be free jazz to do that. Charlie Parker does that, even though he’s well grounded all the time there’s this wildness that makes the listener forget it. But Braxton is rooted in a more scholarly way so the nutcrunching might demand a more academic listening approach. The album you’re talking highlights something he does incredibly well. And you mentioned it, bop to free, he connects the dots in such a fiercely logical way- so ****ing quickly - this isn’t just collage genre shifting - Braxton takes you there. Every note has a transitory quality and his skill and intuition is stunning. __________________ 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

08-07-2019, 01:44 PM	#347 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Miles Davis Get Up With It I'll say it. I'll say it right now. This is better than Bitches Brew. There. I said it. Come at me. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

08-08-2019, 10:09 AM	#349 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Les Baxter Le Sacre du Sauvage (Ritual of the Savage) The beautiful sounds of ignorant viewpoints put to music. These dirty savages have pretty music! __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

08-10-2019, 11:19 AM	#350 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	John Martyn Solid Air One of the most underrated singer songwriters of the 20th century. Dude put nothing but gold out in the late 60's and 70's. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE