Red Mosquito • View topic - Entire genres that only need one thread #1: "Jazz"

washing machine · **Posted:** Sun January 13, 2019 7:19 pm

96583UP wrote:

why does this entire genre need only 1 thread? there are like 82 different kinds of jazz

I've often thought this.

Kevin Davis · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm **Posts:** 8529

It is a tongue-in-cheek nod to the old board, where the OB forum would frequently feature one or more threads about an individual rock artist (ex: a 43 page thread about Them Crooked Vultures), yet had one catch-all thread simply called "jazz" that had like 10 pages of activity over 8 years. It is, in fact, a commentary on the very absurdity of reducing the entire broad genre of jazz to a single conversational stream, but also a commentary on the fact that RM's interest in such is so limited that it can barely support even this.

washing machine · **Posted:** Sun January 13, 2019 7:59 pm

I love it when you get just a tad troll-y and meta on RM, KD.

wease · **Posted:** Wed January 16, 2019 7:43 pm

Just got tickets for Robben Ford in Nashville for Saturday night. Even better, he has Keith Carlock from Steely Dan playing drums with him.

doug rr · **Posted:** Tue January 29, 2019 1:51 am

hey guys, order this album if you don't already have it

Kevin Davis · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm **Posts:** 8529

Some of these old ECM albums from the '70's and '80's push the borders of new-ageyness a bit too shamelessly for my liking (Pat Metheny, looking in your direction), but when they're right they're the perfect blend of dark, ambient, soulful, swinging, conversational, and lots of other positive adjectives one might affiliate with a European side-strain of traditional jazz operating in a world of fusion. This album by Kenny Wheeler has been really hitting the spot for me lately:

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15099

This is very deeply up my alley, good stuff.

:thumbsup:

bodysnatcher · **Posted:** Thu March 07, 2019 12:16 am

digging into this album

Spoiler: show

doug rr · **Posted:** Thu March 07, 2019 12:30 am

bodysnatcher wrote:

digging into this album

Spoiler: show

good album...barracudas :thumbsup:

indian song :thumbsup:

contamination · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 8:02 pm **Posts:** 966

It's pretty amazing that one of these guys is still around and playing:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/nyre ... arker.html

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36090

Got tickets to Ron Carter Trio. Its going to be a cool night.

contamination · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 8:02 pm **Posts:** 966

This is such a beautiful piece :heartbeat:

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36090

VinylGuy wrote:

Got tickets to Ron Carter Trio. Its going to be a cool night.

So i few weeks ago i saw this legend. I went with my dad, we had dinner before and then we saw him in a very cool venue here. It was Upright bass, guitar and piano, and while he didnt played So What he actually did a few cool jazz standers anyway.

Man, the guy is just..his effortless way of making music. Really something else.

contamination · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 8:02 pm **Posts:** 966

I've been listening to Joe Henderson and McCoy Tyner lately. Some of my favorites:

(Ron plays bass on this one)

And then some newer stuff, Theo Croker:

contamination · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 8:02 pm **Posts:** 966

So apparently we're getting another Coltrane release in September, but it "consists of new versions of prior material": https://www.npr.org/2019/08/16/75151685 ... 6062531764

The first track they released is slower and shorter version of Out of This World with a different title:

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Sat August 17, 2019 6:46 pm

That mono recording of Blue World is not great at all. Very tubby. The other recording is magnificent though.

All hail Rudy Van Gelder.

Kevin Davis · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm **Posts:** 8529

Cool news. "Both Directions at Once" was great, I'm sure this will be too.

doug rr · **Posted:** Sat August 17, 2019 7:55 pm

contamination · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 8:02 pm **Posts:** 966

Yeah it's cool to have another Coltrane release. It would be even better if they were previously unreleased songs though.

Couple of tracks from Joona Toivanen Trio. If you dig Bill Evans (everybody does) you might also like these:

https://open.spotify.com/track/0mr6pkh5 ... 5KY2letdcQ
https://open.spotify.com/track/5ZmUZfFm ... C3Gx_9prSg
https://open.spotify.com/track/2yuhhJwt ... XzHSjEs5Gw

contamination · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 8:02 pm **Posts:** 966

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