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Post subject: Re: Entire genres that only need one thread #1: "Jazz"
Posted: Wed December 27, 2023 4:48 pm
tl;dr
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm Posts: 8591
Birds in Hell wrote:
This new album by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire featuring Bill Frisell is fantastic:
This album is fantastic, probably my favorite album from 2023 thus far, and an excellent case for why publications should stop printing those damned “best albums of the year” lists in November.
Post subject: Re: Entire genres that only need one thread #1: "Jazz"
Posted: Fri January 12, 2024 7:59 am
AnalLog
Joined: Fri January 04, 2013 10:53 pm Posts: 1100
Kevin Davis wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
This new album by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire featuring Bill Frisell is fantastic:
This album is fantastic, probably my favorite album from 2023 thus far, and an excellent case for why publications should stop printing those damned “best albums of the year” lists in November.
I found this album to be such a disappointment. 3 great players in their own right but I didn’t think it gelled at all when together.
Post subject: Re: Entire genres that only need one thread #1: "Jazz"
Posted: Fri January 12, 2024 3:00 pm
tl;dr
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm Posts: 8591
kreng wrote:
I found this album to be such a disappointment. 3 great players in their own right but I didn’t think it gelled at all when together.
Sorry it didn't hit the spot for you; I think it's a special one for me. It reminds me a bit of the Floating Points/Pharaoh Sanders album from a few years ago -- a miniature, soft-focus dreamscape I just find myself wanting to get sucked into over and over again.
Post subject: Re: Entire genres that only need one thread #1: "Jazz"
Posted: Thu January 18, 2024 6:29 pm
Production Police
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47215 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
kreng wrote:
Kevin Davis wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
This new album by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire featuring Bill Frisell is fantastic:
This album is fantastic, probably my favorite album from 2023 thus far, and an excellent case for why publications should stop printing those damned “best albums of the year” lists in November.
I found this album to be such a disappointment. 3 great players in their own right but I didn’t think it gelled at all when together.
I've listened to this five times over the last week. I absolutely love it save for the last couple songs, which seem to meander away from the compelling melodies and chord shapes into more conventional fusion/bop territory.
This seems to be a theme with Frisell, I think? His more uptempo numbers (penultimate track "Mr. Riley" in this case) always feel a touch generic, and it always seems like albums tend to sequence from structured to formless, and I always find myself preferring the top half of his records. Any die-hard Frisell fans want to confirm or deny this?
Post subject: Re: Entire genres that only need one thread #1: "Jazz"
Posted: Thu January 18, 2024 9:08 pm
tl;dr
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm Posts: 8591
tragabigzanda wrote:
This seems to be a theme with Frisell, I think? His more uptempo numbers (penultimate track "Mr. Riley" in this case) always feel a touch generic, and it always seems like albums tend to sequence from structured to formless, and I always find myself preferring the top half of his records. Any die-hard Frisell fans want to confirm or deny this?
He definitely has some albums that feel like they run a little on the long side, though I find myself feeling that way more about albums where he shares frontline space with other players than I do about albums where his own soloing is the main focus. The trio album he made with Ron Carter and Paul Motian for Nonesuch, and the two live albums he recorded with Thomas Morgan for ECM -- those records don't flag for me, even though they all push 70 minute running times. When the focus is on composition, ambience, ensemble passages, etc., longer records -- while many are still excellent -- tend to feel that way. Frisell is often gracious to a fault when he is sharing space with other musicians; he seems quick to relegate himself to the background, to a color or an effect, so that other players can occupy the foreground, and sometimes it costs the music a little bit of what makes it unique.
I don't necessarily feel that way about Owl Song, which to me feels like an Ambrose Akinmusire record on which Frisell is a collaborator, but I know what you're talking about. I love Frisell but it's not uncommon for me to be 75% of the way into one of his albums and find myself ready to move on to something else.
Post subject: Re: Entire genres that only need one thread #1: "Jazz"
Posted: Mon February 19, 2024 7:05 pm
likes rhythmic things that butt up against each other
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 8:02 pm Posts: 969
I re-watched this documentary some time ago and thought that maybe some you haven't seen this and would be interested to watch it. I'm sure many of you know her, but if you don't know her story I highly recommend this.
Post subject: Re: Entire genres that only need one thread #1: "Jazz"
Posted: Thu April 04, 2024 8:46 am
Future Drummer
Joined: Sat August 24, 2013 2:33 pm Posts: 3090 Location: Baltic Sea, Germany
I am listening to The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. I love this record so much. Can you guys give me some Jazz recommendations in that vein? It's my favorite Jazz record I heard so far but I am not very well versed in the genre. I love manic/chaotic energy mixed with these amazing melodies. And it SOUNDS amazing.
Post subject: Re: Entire genres that only need one thread #1: "Jazz"
Posted: Thu April 04, 2024 9:27 am
I've been POOSSTTIiiEEnngeeaahh
Joined: Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm Posts: 11865
Something a little different, but GoGo Penguin's A Humdrum Star (2018) is jazz-adjacent and consists of upright bass, piano & (MVP) drums. They rule so hard.
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