That's a pretty bold claim. Scientist is pretty reliable. Haven't heard a bad album by him. Possibly the one of the most reliable dub acts in the world. Not the best AFAIC. He plays it a bit safe for me.
That's a pretty bold claim. Scientist is pretty reliable. Haven't heard a bad album by him. Possibly the one of the most reliable dub acts in the world. Not the best AFAIC. He plays it a bit safe for me.
Maybe not safe, exactly, but I think I know what you mean.
Solos and duets. I've had this album for years and never really got into it. I played it yesterday (that's perhaps for another post) and it's absolutely sublime.
Love these guys. They have not at all evolved their music in over 30 years. The singles from their new album could easily have been on the first album of theirs that I bought, 'Flag' in 1989!
(I think that Boris Blank (the one who does the music) creates some great chunky synth sounds.
Love these guys. They have not at all evolved their music in over 30 years. The singles from their new album could easily have been on the first album of theirs that I bought, 'Flag' in 1989!
(I think that Boris Blank (the one who does the music) creates some great chunky synth sounds.
OK. So today I've taken the day off and plonked myself down in front of the Big Rig and played an old favourite:
Do you know, there are only covers of Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert on YT? So you'll need to listen to your own copy! Or maybe you'd like a Spotti link:
Anyhow, I pushed the volume up to 11 - I can do that now the rubber feet under the Royd stands make sure the room doesn't play along - and I had a revelation! This an album I've owned in various formats from around 1978 onwards, mind you.
I really heard how knackered the piano is - and where in its range it's worst - and a section where Jarrett sounds as if he's pushing its innards along as he's wrestling with it. Unbelievable!
I have 2 vinyl copies of the Koln concert accidently buying the second one thinking I did not have it already. The quality of ECM vinyl is excellent in my experience but my spotify listing is played more often than the vinyl these days. I love his groaning etc during the concert probably to cover up the seriously out of tune piano.
OK. So today I've taken the day off and plonked myself down in front of the Big Rig and played an old favourite:
Do you know, there are only covers of Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert on YT? So you'll need to listen to your own copy! Or maybe you'd like a Spotti link:
Anyhow, I pushed the volume up to 11 - I can do that now the rubber feet under the Royd stands make sure the room doesn't play along - and I had a revelation! This an album I've owned in various formats from around 1978 onwards, mind you.
I really heard how knackered the piano is - and where in its range it's worst - and a section where Jarrett sounds as if he's pushing its innards along as he's wrestling with it. Unbelievable!
Thanks for the tip, I’ve heard a lot of his playing with other band leaders but never really paid much attention to him in his own right.
OK. So today I've taken the day off and plonked myself down in front of the Big Rig and played an old favourite:
Do you know, there are only covers of Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert on YT? So you'll need to listen to your own copy! Or maybe you'd like a Spotti link:
Anyhow, I pushed the volume up to 11 - I can do that now the rubber feet under the Royd stands make sure the room doesn't play along - and I had a revelation! This an album I've owned in various formats from around 1978 onwards, mind you.
I really heard how knackered the piano is - and where in its range it's worst - and a section where Jarrett sounds as if he's pushing its innards along as he's wrestling with it. Unbelievable!
Thanks for the tip, I’ve heard a lot of his playing with other band leaders but never really paid much attention to him in his own right.
Enjoy! Jarrett is the top jazz pianist IMHO (and plenty of others'). And the 70s were his most creative decade. Again, IMHO.
If you want any more recommendations, you know where to come
I love this band - Abercrombie on guitar, Mark Feldman on violin, Marc Johnson on bass (Thomas Morgan in a later version) and Joey Baron on drums. It has a quiet, swinging intensity all of its own. Now that I come to think of it, Jakob Bro's trio with Morgan and Baron has a sort of similar feel, but definitely different.
I really like his live project with Antony Molinsro, also Time Capsules. His earlier stuff is great but less interesting to me than his later work which I find fascinating. I’ve never taken to the Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, but I’ve only really hard a couple and those were very middle of the road for me. Howard is a true maestro.
I really like his live project with Antony Molinsro, also Time Capsules. His earlier stuff is great but less interesting to me than his later work which I find fascinating. I’ve never taken to the Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, but I’ve only really hard a couple and those were very middle of the road for me. Howard is a true maestro.
Change of mood and two artists that would normally be outside of my musical rainbow by genre but really enjoying both...
I’ll have to listen to them later, Chris. At the moment I’m playing the John Abercrombie I posted yesterday loud on the big rig because I enjoyed it so much on the Sonos in the office yesterday.
Change of mood and two artists that would normally be outside of my musical rainbow by genre but really enjoying both...
My brother gave me this a few years ago because he'd bought it and "didn't like it". But I do like it. It is inside my musical rainbow, but is nicely a bit different too. :-)
I used to work with a guy who got to look after these US bluesmen ( Wolf, Sonny Boy , T Bone Walker etc ) when they played the London clubs in the early 60's. He remembered Sonny Boy brought a colt handgun to the gigs just in case he didn't get paid ! ( as regularly happened in the US apparently ).
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Scientist is pretty reliable. Haven't heard a bad album by him.
Possibly the one of the most reliable dub acts in the world. Not the best AFAIC. He plays it a bit safe for me.
Keith Hudson "Blood Brother"
Dub Syndiacte & Lee Scratch Perry "Secret Laboratory"
Disrupt "Jah Red Gold and Green"
Maybe not safe, exactly, but I think I know what you mean.
Art in a mellow ballad mode beautifully accompanied by pianist Cables.
The singles from their new album could easily have been on the first album of theirs that I bought, 'Flag' in 1989!
(I think that Boris Blank (the one who does the music) creates some great chunky synth sounds.
Do you know, there are only covers of Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert on YT? So you'll need to listen to your own copy! Or maybe you'd like a Spotti link:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0I8vpSE1bSmysN2PhmHoQg?si=MSQ6y9YYRh2GscKCno-OXQ
Anyhow, I pushed the volume up to 11 - I can do that now the rubber feet under the Royd stands make sure the room doesn't play along - and I had a revelation! This an album I've owned in various formats from around 1978 onwards, mind you.
I really heard how knackered the piano is - and where in its range it's worst - and a section where Jarrett sounds as if he's pushing its innards along as he's wrestling with it. Unbelievable!
Interesting wiki link about the concert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_K%C3%B6ln_Concert
I have RedBook and HD files. The HD is worth having, IMO.
That's a good link.
I was hoping to point you in the direction of Sinikka Langeland's Land that is Not, but what little of it is on YT is behind a paywall.
So, for your dose of Norwegian Folky, Jazzy, Improvy weirdness, I suggest you pop along to Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2cuu8fnvSnQdXHS0JmY1Yo?si=0N8ttoVXR-e4X_5egcizCQ
Penelope is a beautifully moody ballad
Wayne Shorter is such an individual voice. I love a lot of his work.
Where should I start?
Probably my favourite Jackie McLean album, but he had a run of blinders at about this time. A really nice Blue Note sound on this one, too.
https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/jackie-mclean-one-step-beyond-1963-blue-note/
But I do like it. It is inside my musical rainbow, but is nicely a bit different too. :-)
But seriously, that's one of his I don't have. Actually, coming to think of it, I only have a few.
I used to work with a guy who got to look after these US bluesmen ( Wolf, Sonny Boy , T Bone Walker etc ) when they played the London clubs in the early 60's. He remembered Sonny Boy brought a colt handgun to the gigs just in case he didn't get paid ! ( as regularly happened in the US apparently ).