What Are You Listening To? (Sep-Nov 2003)

Joel · September 21st, 2003, 10:06 PM

I've decided on a 3 month setup as it'll be quicker for us when doing searches in the future.

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Joe Beck - Friends (DMP,1984)

With Michael Brecker (ts),Mark Egan (e basses), Steve Gadd (d),Don Grolnick (p,rhodes) and Jay Leonhart (a bass)

Joe Beck - The Journey (DMP,1991)
More on the straight ahead/post bop setting, recorded live. With Dave Samuels (vibes), Chip Jackson (b)
and Terry Clarke (d). I'm really enjoying this one a lot.

walkin · September 22nd, 2003, 05:06 AM

Fred Frith/Rene Lussier-Nous Autres
Autour De Lucie-Immobile
Paul Bley-Open To Love
Steely Dan-The Royal Scam
Keith Jarrett-Facing You
Gary Burton/Chick Corea-Crystal Silence
Janet Bean And The Concertina Wire-Dragging Wonder Lake

D.D. · September 22nd, 2003, 05:19 AM

I agree, let's keep it seasonal as opposed to monthly (otherwise there will be too many of these threads).

Gael Mevel Trio - Danses Paralleles (Leo, 2003)
Excellent piano trio. All compositions are transformed valses. Mevel sounds very relaxed and melancholic, drummer Thierry Waziniak adds some inventive druming with some 'little' sounds (also pretty relaxed) and monster bassist Jean-Jacques Avenil (one of my favorite bassists) is as astonishing as ever (several tracks feature his exciting long solos). Good sound as well.

JPW · September 22nd, 2003, 05:41 AM

The Music of Islam (Celestial Harmonies 19907-2) - 17 CDs that span a wide range (note, not the *entire* range) of Islamic music - or more accurately traditional music from Islamic countries - there is secular music in here, too. Well-recorded, too. Which is nice.
Volume One: Al-Qahirah, Classical Music of Cairo
Volume Two: Music of the South Sinai Bedouins
Volume Three: Music of the Nubians - excellent sampler of Southern Egyptian Nubian music from Asswan region
Volume Four: Music of the Arabian Peninsula
Volume Five: 'Aissaoua Sufi Ceremony (double)
Volume Six: Al-Maghrib, Gnawa Music
Volume Seven: Al-Andalus, Andalusian Music
Volume Eight: Folkloric Music of Tunisia - brilliant and unexpectedly fierce percussion / bagpipe band. Superb percussion work and vocals
Volume Nine: Mawlawiyah Music of the Whirling Dervishes
Volume Ten: Qur'an Recitation
Volume Eleven: Music of Yemen - another excellent album, and different from the various (excellent) San'aa albums out there

Volume Twelve: Music of Iran
Volume Thirteen: Music of Pakistan
Volume Fourteen: Mystic Music Through the Ages
Volume Fifteen: Muslim Music of Indonesia, West Sumatra and Aceh (double) - The West Sumatra disc is an excellent percussive album that surprised me with it's mix of Gamelan, Buddhist and Arab influences.
see www.celestialharmonies.com (who also purvey crass "new age")

African Showboyz Spiritual Song (buda 82253-2) 4 brothers and a couple of uncles from Ghana who whip up a trad storm. A really nice album that mixes traditional and modern, ie 3-little birds in a West African drum band stylee...
The Real Bahamas Volume II (nonesuch l79733-2) - Not Calypso. These are spirituals sung by the decendants of US slaves who ran away/escaped to the Bahamas. Fans of southern Gospel quartets want to check this album out. Some nice blues gutar in there too.
El Negro and Robby Onto the street (still at the third world war) (EastWest ewecd2001) - TWo trap drummers out on the street where they mix the clave with hints of santeria and a good dose of Soul, Rap and a leetle jazz.
Pharoah Sanders Quartet The Creator Has a Master Plan (Venus TKCV-35321) Pharoah still seems stuck in some kind of time time warp jazz lounge, but he occasionally escapes and breathes a little fire...
Golden Rain - Music from Bali (nonesuch7559-79716-2) Includes the Ramayana Monkey chant, which everyone should listen to at least once

Matmos The Civil War first track "Regicide" is an interesting mixture of noise / ambiant and folkyness. Sadly that is the only interesting idea on an album that goes downhill rapidly from track 1. In the end a big yawn.
Donna Regina Late (Karaoke Kalk CD22) An album of German minimalism - or so I hoped. Some nice textures, but ultimately Portishead on Mogadon and lacking the necessary bite.
Mary J Blige Love & Life ahh now we're talking. Maybe her best album so far. P Diddy at the controls takes the beats to new and surprisingly interesting places while Mary grows ever wiser and more soulful. The Nu Queen of Soul.
Mestre Ambrosio fua na casa de cabral (Sony Music Brazil) Maybe the Mestres' best effort. The classic Pandeiro driven maracatu sound remains but they throw electric instruments and anything they can lay their hands on back into the mix. A much weightier and more satisfying effort than their other albums.
Drums of Death (Avan 062) A rare and (IMHO) important recording of Ewe and Ashanti funerary music. Classic West African drum band music of very high "statistical density" and one to to get if you can find it. An important album.
Lonnie Plaxico Group Live at the Jazz Standard (eighty-eight's VRCL 6012) soso album featuring some very good technicians in search of a soul...
Luis Gonzaga Eu so Quero Um Forro The classic Forro. One for all students of Brazilian popular music..
Eric Alexander Nightlife in Tokyo hmmm, Eric Alexander is a nice enough player, but he doesn't light my fire. Harold Maburn on the other hand...
Seigen Ono Septet Live at Tokyo Blue Note 88s again. Mmm, best recording of people eating, banging cutlery, and chinking glasses I have ever heard. The music is of little interest.
The Yemen Tihama trance and dance music from the Red Sea coast of Arabia (Ttopic TSCD920) Afro-Arabian drumming from a group of ethnic outcast sorcerers and itinerant musicians of the coastal region of Yemen. Excellent.
Zanzibar Music of Celebration (Topic TSCD917) Taarab and Maulidi from the musically enchanted isle of Zanzibar, where Arab, African and Hindu music meets and fuses into something new and beautiful. Favourites off this CD are the Hindi Taarab and the religeous Maulidi
Songs and Dances form Papua New Guinea (Topic TSCD918) Surprisingly accesible album that to unattuned ears probably sounds more African than Asian. Some good stuff on here, further listening required.
Plus a bunch of other stuff including some Colombian drum music and yet more music from al-Andalus
I got a new (and waaaay better) pair of speakers on Saturday, and as a result am having to listen to my entire collection again

EKE BBB · September 22nd, 2003, 06:13 AM

Weekend listening... and will be my listening for the next few days:

The complete JATP on Verve 1944-49 (10 CD set)

Too many masters together to pick just a few.... well, I´ll pick Hawk, Prez and Bird!

LeMo · September 22nd, 2003, 06:59 AM

- Jackie McLean: "Let Freedom Ring" (Blue Note RVG)
- Morton Feldman: "For Samuel Beckett (1987)" (Ensemble Moderne (hat Now)

omar zamora · September 22nd, 2003, 09:08 AM

Yesterday, rolling into today...

Big Youth - Universal Natty Dread
Hank Mobley - Roll Call
John Patton - Bogaloo
Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
Morton Feldman - Only
Fela Kuti - Everything Scatter

D.D. · September 22nd, 2003, 09:13 AM

New solo Sun Ra on Leo. Very enjoyable. It's a shame the sound quality is quite poor.

B. Goren. · September 22nd, 2003, 11:19 AM

Don Pullen & George Adams: Live at the V.V. vol 1&2
David Murray: Live at the V.V.

clifton · September 22nd, 2003, 11:25 AM

Jessica Williams "This Side Up" and "Jessica's Blues", she's my favorite jazz pianist at the moment. Also Sonny Rollins "Live At The Village Vanguard", the Coleman Hawkins Proper box, Dave Douglas "Freak In", Dave Holland "Not For Nothin'", and lots of Charlie Parker.

Jazz Kid · September 22nd, 2003, 11:32 AM

Pink Floyd: A Saucerful of Secrets
Victor Wooten: A Show of Hands
John Coltrane: Crescent
Charlie Parker: live at the Royal Roost

Joel · September 22nd, 2003, 04:07 PM

***** John Coltrane *****

Interstellar Space (Impulse,1992)
The Very Best Of John Coltrane (Impulse, 2001)
Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1992)

gdogus · September 22nd, 2003, 06:02 PM

Weekend Listening:

Dave Holland Quintet - Extended Play: Live at Birdland
Bill Evans - Blue in Green
Chick Corea New Trio - Past, Present & Futures
Shelly Manne - At the Manne Hole

Jazz Kid · September 22nd, 2003, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gdogus
Weekend Listening:

Chick Corea New Trio - Past, Present & Futures

How is that? I was thinking of buying soemthing of Chick.

gdogus · September 22nd, 2003, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jazz Kid
How is that? I was thinking of buying soemthing of Chick.

Well, my favorite Chick is Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Blue Note). I think he went through a real drought of inspiration in the last twenty years, but this 2001 release is really, really good. Very passionate and intense playing from the trio, and Corea sounds brilliant. Definitely recommended.

September 21st, 2003, 10:06 PM	#1
Joel I think I need a haircut Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Unquity Road,Oz Posts: 487	What Are You Listening To (Sep-Nov 2003) I've decided on a 3 month setup as it'll be quicker for us when doing searches in the future. ---------------------- Joe Beck - Friends (DMP,1984) With Michael Brecker (ts),Mark Egan (e basses), Steve Gadd (d),Don Grolnick (p,rhodes) and Jay Leonhart (a bass) Joe Beck - The Journey (DMP,1991) More on the straight ahead/post bop setting, recorded live. With Dave Samuels (vibes), Chip Jackson (b) and Terry Clarke (d). I'm really enjoying this one a lot.

September 22nd, 2003, 05:41 AM	#4
JPW Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 247	The Music of Islam (Celestial Harmonies 19907-2) - 17 CDs that span a wide range (note, not the entire range) of Islamic music - or more accurately traditional music from Islamic countries - there is secular music in here, too. Well-recorded, too. Which is nice. Volume One: Al-Qahirah, Classical Music of Cairo Volume Two: Music of the South Sinai Bedouins Volume Three: Music of the Nubians - excellent sampler of Southern Egyptian Nubian music from Asswan region Volume Four: Music of the Arabian Peninsula Volume Five: 'Aissaoua Sufi Ceremony (double) Volume Six: Al-Maghrib, Gnawa Music Volume Seven: Al-Andalus, Andalusian Music Volume Eight: Folkloric Music of Tunisia - brilliant and unexpectedly fierce percussion / bagpipe band. Superb percussion work and vocals Volume Nine: Mawlawiyah Music of the Whirling Dervishes Volume Ten: Qur'an Recitation Volume Eleven: Music of Yemen - another excellent album, and different from the various (excellent) San'aa albums out there Volume Twelve: Music of Iran Volume Thirteen: Music of Pakistan Volume Fourteen: Mystic Music Through the Ages Volume Fifteen: Muslim Music of Indonesia, West Sumatra and Aceh (double) - The West Sumatra disc is an excellent percussive album that surprised me with it's mix of Gamelan, Buddhist and Arab influences. see www.celestialharmonies.com (who also purvey crass "new age") African Showboyz Spiritual Song (buda 82253-2) 4 brothers and a couple of uncles from Ghana who whip up a trad storm. A really nice album that mixes traditional and modern, ie 3-little birds in a West African drum band stylee... The Real Bahamas Volume II (nonesuch l79733-2) - Not Calypso. These are spirituals sung by the decendants of US slaves who ran away/escaped to the Bahamas. Fans of southern Gospel quartets want to check this album out. Some nice blues gutar in there too. El Negro and Robby Onto the street (still at the third world war) (EastWest ewecd2001) - TWo trap drummers out on the street where they mix the clave with hints of santeria and a good dose of Soul, Rap and a leetle jazz. Pharoah Sanders Quartet The Creator Has a Master Plan (Venus TKCV-35321) Pharoah still seems stuck in some kind of time time warp jazz lounge, but he occasionally escapes and breathes a little fire... Golden Rain - Music from Bali (nonesuch7559-79716-2) Includes the Ramayana Monkey chant, which everyone should listen to at least once Matmos The Civil War first track "Regicide" is an interesting mixture of noise / ambiant and folkyness. Sadly that is the only interesting idea on an album that goes downhill rapidly from track 1. In the end a big yawn. Donna Regina Late (Karaoke Kalk CD22) An album of German minimalism - or so I hoped. Some nice textures, but ultimately Portishead on Mogadon and lacking the necessary bite. Mary J Blige Love & Life ahh now we're talking. Maybe her best album so far. P Diddy at the controls takes the beats to new and surprisingly interesting places while Mary grows ever wiser and more soulful. The Nu Queen of Soul. Mestre Ambrosio fua na casa de cabral (Sony Music Brazil) Maybe the Mestres' best effort. The classic Pandeiro driven maracatu sound remains but they throw electric instruments and anything they can lay their hands on back into the mix. A much weightier and more satisfying effort than their other albums. Drums of Death (Avan 062) A rare and (IMHO) important recording of Ewe and Ashanti funerary music. Classic West African drum band music of very high "statistical density" and one to to get if you can find it. An important album. Lonnie Plaxico Group Live at the Jazz Standard (eighty-eight's VRCL 6012) soso album featuring some very good technicians in search of a soul... Luis Gonzaga Eu so Quero Um Forro The classic Forro. One for all students of Brazilian popular music.. Eric Alexander Nightlife in Tokyo hmmm, Eric Alexander is a nice enough player, but he doesn't light my fire. Harold Maburn on the other hand... Seigen Ono Septet Live at Tokyo Blue Note 88s again. Mmm, best recording of people eating, banging cutlery, and chinking glasses I have ever heard. The music is of little interest. The Yemen Tihama trance and dance music from the Red Sea coast of Arabia (Ttopic TSCD920) Afro-Arabian drumming from a group of ethnic outcast sorcerers and itinerant musicians of the coastal region of Yemen. Excellent. Zanzibar Music of Celebration (Topic TSCD917) Taarab and Maulidi from the musically enchanted isle of Zanzibar, where Arab, African and Hindu music meets and fuses into something new and beautiful. Favourites off this CD are the Hindi Taarab and the religeous Maulidi Songs and Dances form Papua New Guinea (Topic TSCD918) Surprisingly accesible album that to unattuned ears probably sounds more African than Asian. Some good stuff on here, further listening required. Plus a bunch of other stuff including some Colombian drum music and yet more music from al-Andalus I got a new (and waaaay better) pair of speakers on Saturday, and as a result am having to listen to my entire collection again __________________ joel aka jomina

September 22nd, 2003, 06:59 AM	#6
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September 22nd, 2003, 05:06 AM	#2
walkin Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 994	Fred Frith/Rene Lussier-Nous Autres Autour De Lucie-Immobile Paul Bley-Open To Love Steely Dan-The Royal Scam Keith Jarrett-Facing You Gary Burton/Chick Corea-Crystal Silence Janet Bean And The Concertina Wire-Dragging Wonder Lake

September 22nd, 2003, 05:19 AM	#3
D.D. Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Nyon, Switzerland Posts: 449	I agree, let's keep it seasonal as opposed to monthly (otherwise there will be too many of these threads). Gael Mevel Trio - Danses Paralleles (Leo, 2003) Excellent piano trio. All compositions are transformed valses. Mevel sounds very relaxed and melancholic, drummer Thierry Waziniak adds some inventive druming with some 'little' sounds (also pretty relaxed) and monster bassist Jean-Jacques Avenil (one of my favorite bassists) is as astonishing as ever (several tracks feature his exciting long solos). Good sound as well.

September 22nd, 2003, 06:13 AM	#5
EKE BBB jazz seeker Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 1,816	Weekend listening... and will be my listening for the next few days: The complete JATP on Verve 1944-49 (10 CD set) Too many masters together to pick just a few.... well, I´ll pick Hawk, Prez and Bird!

September 22nd, 2003, 09:08 AM	#7
omar zamora Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Altered State of Drugafornia Posts: 1,421	Yesterday, rolling into today... Big Youth - Universal Natty Dread Hank Mobley - Roll Call John Patton - Bogaloo Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium Morton Feldman - Only Fela Kuti - Everything Scatter

September 22nd, 2003, 09:13 AM	#8
D.D. Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Nyon, Switzerland Posts: 449	New solo Sun Ra on Leo. Very enjoyable. It's a shame the sound quality is quite poor.

September 22nd, 2003, 11:19 AM	#9
B. Goren. Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel Posts: 11	Don Pullen & George Adams: Live at the V.V. vol 1&2 David Murray: Live at the V.V.

September 22nd, 2003, 11:25 AM	#10
clifton AAJ's Birdologist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Clifton Hts., Pa Posts: 2,550	Jessica Williams "This Side Up" and "Jessica's Blues", she's my favorite jazz pianist at the moment. Also Sonny Rollins "Live At The Village Vanguard", the Coleman Hawkins Proper box, Dave Douglas "Freak In", Dave Holland "Not For Nothin'", and lots of Charlie Parker.

September 22nd, 2003, 11:32 AM	#11
Jazz Kid Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: USA Posts: 135	Pink Floyd: A Saucerful of Secrets Victor Wooten: A Show of Hands John Coltrane: Crescent Charlie Parker: live at the Royal Roost

September 22nd, 2003, 04:07 PM	#12
Joel I think I need a haircut Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Unquity Road,Oz Posts: 487	*** John Coltrane * Interstellar Space (Impulse,1992) The Very Best Of John Coltrane (Impulse, 2001) Giant Steps** (Atlantic, 1992)

September 22nd, 2003, 06:02 PM	#13
gdogus Beyond Category Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 772	Weekend Listening: Dave Holland Quintet - Extended Play: Live at Birdland Bill Evans - Blue in Green Chick Corea New Trio - Past, Present & Futures Shelly Manne - At the Manne Hole