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cross post plug from Games: My friend plays as part of an 8 piece Video Game Cover Jazz Band (MissingNo), which recently just played at MAGFest in Washington. This is their set from that show: http://www.twitch.tv/magfest2/b/492636811?t=18m54s My friend is the bassist on the far left. If you love video games & jazz then this is a pro-click! Also check YouTube and their website for some of their other recordings.
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On which recording can you hear the Miles Davis quote from the topic? (I think) It is one of the "Verbin' with the Miles Davis quartet" albums but Im having trouble locating it. Google hasnt been very helpful.
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Jan 9, 2014 19:21
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thathonkey posted:On which recording can you hear the Miles Davis quote from the topic? (I think) It is one of the "Verbin' with the Miles Davis quartet" albums but Im having trouble locating it. Google hasnt been very helpful. It's at the very start of "Relaxin'".
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Jan 9, 2014 19:26
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So here's NPR's 2013 critics' poll for jazz. Anything they missed? Anything on there y'all think is poo poo? I've been working my way through the list and I really dig the Cecile McLorin Salvant.
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Jan 19, 2014 18:11
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Oscar Peterson's constant grumbling/muttering/whatever in the background annoys me. 
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Jan 25, 2014 21:27
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Keith Jarrett is way worse, IMO.
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Jan 25, 2014 21:59
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Keith Jarett could be just tapping middle C and still manage to look like he's having a stroke.
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Jan 25, 2014 22:39
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Isn't Keith Jarrett super ocd about people not talking/clapping during his shows? That's what I've heard but I haven't seen him live myself. It seems like the studio OP albums aren't as bad with the grunting as the live ones. I was just listening to his Porgy and Bess album a couple days ago and did hear any. The studio guys must have set up his mic a little farther from his mouth.
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:Isn't Keith Jarrett super ocd about people not talking/clapping during his shows? That's what I've heard but I haven't seen him live myself. Apparently so, he's also very much against electric instruments now, to the degree that he won't work with guys like Steve Swallow because of it. He makes some brilliant music, but he sounds like an incredibly awkward person to be around. Also, despite the brilliance of his music, the whole "grunting and screeching while playing" thing really takes me out of it. I just bought Survivor's Suite recently and I found it incredibly deep - but then I hear Jarrett grunting out some notes while playing and it's like having your soda go flat in the middle of the drink.
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Space Hamlet posted:So here's NPR's 2013 critics' poll for jazz. Nothing has really stuck with me so far, although WomanChild was interesting at least.
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Jan 29, 2014 06:13
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No tracks from The Vigil made even the top 50? One of the most exciting albums of the last year for me.
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Jan 29, 2014 17:15
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEvS1t1AxjU This is a video of the Myron McKinley Trio playing at NAMM a few days ago. Myron McKinley is the music director for Earth, Wind & Fire, and also apparently a bitchin jazz pianist. I'm having trouble figuring out who the other two guys are or what the song is. Any help is appreciated. At any rate, enjoy an awesome performance!
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Capuano posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEvS1t1AxjU The song is called E-12. It is right in the description. The band members are in the video title. Keith Jarrett rules. I can even say that after seeing him live once and watching him spend 20 minutes complaining he was too cold to play. Listen to the Kohln Concert or his Live in London/Paris records. They are unbeatable.
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clammy posted:Oscar Peterson's constant grumbling/muttering/whatever in the background annoys me. I loving love it. He's 'singing' ahead as he's improving, so you get to hear a hint of the relationship between his inner voice and what comes out of his fingers. The studio albums just don't have that same chaotic undulating tension between the vocal projections and the instrumental madness. I say this as someone who is completely addicted to At the Concertgebouw, to the point that it's making all other music sound like rote boring shite in comparison.
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Feb 7, 2014 23:22
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I don't know why it took me so long to Mingus, but The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is the greatest album I've ever heard.
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T-Bone posted:I don't know why it took me so long to Mingus, but The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is the greatest album I've ever heard. Let my Children Hear Music is better. It's my favorite album.
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T-Bone posted:I don't know why it took me so long to Mingus, but The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is the greatest album I've ever heard. It's really great. One of those albums best heard all the way through. The Duke Ellington flavor is awesome. While I'm here, it turns out that Billy Taylor is pretty dope. Those of you who like Oscar Peterson might like him because he's got great energy and swings hard. Two good albums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o8ToLmph9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TY5CKJyFVg
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BigFactory posted:Let my Children Hear Music is better. It's my favorite album. Actually listened to that, too. Prefer Black Saint but Hobo Ho is a rowdy tune. e: OK I gave it another listen and maybe love it as much. It's got such a classical like Stravinsky type feel to it. God how do you make two albums this loving good?! T-Bone fucked around with this message at 05:43 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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Feb 9, 2014 04:53
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My favorites were Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus and that Big-Band album with Brecker and stuff that he doesn't actually play on.
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Feb 9, 2014 09:41
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Joshmo posted:
Great call on this recommendation, Joshmo. That Alive! album is exactly the type of jam I have been looking for. Thanks for the heads up! Does anyone have a good recommendation on any Hubert Laws work or Cal Tjader? Also I am curious to hear any good South American jazz, with Bossa Nova as well. Im always searchin', keep em coming.
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Feb 9, 2014 16:59
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Speaking of Grant Green, his "Live At The Lighthouse" is really good. For Cal Tjader, I recommend "Solar Heat" and "Amazonas."
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Feb 9, 2014 19:03
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Brekelefuw posted:The song is called E-12. It is right in the description. The band members are in the video title.  Well, at least I know now.I'll definitely check those out. Thanks!
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Looking to expand my Sydney Bechet and Benny Goodman libraries. Any suggestions of good albums to check out?
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Apr 22, 2014 23:29
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laertes22 posted:Looking to expand my Sydney Bechet and Benny Goodman libraries. Any suggestions of good albums to check out? Seconding this request for Sidney Bechet recommendations. I know nothing about him other than this one song that I like a lot which was prominently featured in a movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugfdd7DS7xs
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Apr 23, 2014 00:10
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Hey this is a pretty good track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3dOMU6_QbU I'm a sucker for a good double bass solo.
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Jul 18, 2014 22:37
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I really need to get another copy of this one.
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laertes22 posted:Looking to expand my Sydney Bechet and Benny Goodman libraries. Any suggestions of good albums to check out? If I had to pick one Bechet title it would be an anthology not an album---The Sidney Bechet Story, a 4 disc thing from Proper. It has material from the early '20s through the early '50s, which is everything but the very tag-end of his work. A lot of early jazz stuff predates the album, so if you want it you're either going to be That Guy digging through ancient vinyl singles to find individual tracks or you're going to be listening to a lot of best of collections and boxed sets. All of these have problems---best of collections tend to only collect the things you're most likely to have already heard, and jazz boxed sets tend to go way the gently caress overboard with including a half a dozen alternate takes and poo poo like that. For whatever it's worth, the Proper set I recommend above doesn't do either.
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Jul 31, 2014 23:54
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KnptwcrbcA Over the Rainbow (1953) by Art Tatum this is one of my favorite pieces
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Can we talk about the new Flying Lotus album here? I don't see any discussion about it anywhere else on NMD and it's supposed to be a pretty jazz heavy album. It even features Herbie Hancock.
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Callick posted:Can we talk about the new Flying Lotus album here? I don't see any discussion about it anywhere else on NMD and it's supposed to be a pretty jazz heavy album. It even features Herbie Hancock. There is an "instrumental hiphop" thread that would probably be a good place too
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Callick posted:Can we talk about the new Flying Lotus album here? I don't see any discussion about it anywhere else on NMD and it's supposed to be a pretty jazz heavy album. It even features Herbie Hancock. At the very least, I'd love to know what people in this thread think about Flying Lotus. To my mind he's exactly what jazz should sound like in the 21st century.
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Callick posted:Can we talk about the new Flying Lotus album here? I don't see any discussion about it anywhere else on NMD and it's supposed to be a pretty jazz heavy album. It even features Herbie Hancock. Any track where him and Thundercat AND HH jazz it up can only be good. The one with Kendrick is pretty good too. Super psyched for this release. Answers Me posted:At the very least, I'd love to know what people in this thread think about Flying Lotus. To my mind he's exactly what jazz should sound like in the 21st century. It's definitely forward thinking but jazz doesn't need to have all these bells and whistles FL-style to stay relevant imo
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J_RBG posted:
Yeah I agree, I didn't mean to sound so prescriptive, like I have a set idea of what jazz 'ought' to be. It's just refreshing to hear something that wears its jazz influence on its sleeve while still sounding so 'now'
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Answers Me posted:Yeah I agree, I didn't mean to sound so prescriptive, like I have a set idea of what jazz 'ought' to be. It's just refreshing to hear something that wears its jazz influence on its sleeve while still sounding so 'now' Definitely, this sounds like a very natural progression for what he's been aiming at since Cosmogramma.
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It's very much a "letter of the law" versus the "spirit of the law" re: Jazz. I think a lot of his music has the spirit if it doesn't follow the letter exactly.. but then again some tracks have some surprisingly traditional jazz elements.
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I think Cosmogramma has the most jazzy songs. Flying Lotus' other work has either not as much or no jazzy stuff though it seems.
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Can anyone identify this song from the opener? It was bouncing around my head but I don't remember the rest and want to look it up to learn it. Ignore the lack of dynamics and the tacked on ending; just trying to identify. Seems like a really obvious standard I should know the name of.... https://soundcloud.com/incredulousdylan/jazzidentify
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I like more traditional jazz, but I was recently exposed to mulatu astatke from a movie and I really want to know if there's a general jazz collection of tracks that have a similar sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezil6_aXcAI It's far more structured and the melodies are bolder, as well as not being at all in your face about it. The grooves are very strong too. Does anyone else make jazz that's similar? I want to get a little collection of stuff like this for the office.
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thathonkey posted:I think Cosmogramma has the most jazzy songs. Flying Lotus' other work has either not as much or no jazzy stuff though it seems. Cosmogramma is definitely the most outright jazzy, in the classical sense. But Until the Quiet Comes is most definitely free jazz. It's a toss up. I actually don't like the newest FL album as much as I thought I would, but I'm also just a huge fan of what he did with Cosmogramma and wish he stayed in that sound.
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Went out for lunch (mostly liquid) with a dear friend. Good stuff. However I declined their kind invite to a party they're hosting tonight due to a previous appointment with Gerry Mulligan in 1954.
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