JAZZ - THE THREAD

r.i.p. wayne shorter

  On 3/16/2023 at 9:09 AM, iococoi said:

 

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At some point Jazz simply turns into funk. I believe that point is when they start wearing funny hats </theory>

Have we done DOMi & JD Beck yet?

Here goes:

highly recommended. will probably end up in my top 10 for this year

tight tight tight

from this series

https://www.discogs.com/label/313994-Jazz-Meets-The-World

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Another of the greats gone: Ahmad Jamal.

I must admit I’d never bothered to check out his music, but now that it’s in obituaries everywhere it turns out “poinciana” is strangely alluring in all its borderline kitschy spareness:

have some jazz

  On 5/14/2023 at 7:43 PM, iococoi said:

 

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Been starting to get into Paul Desmond lately, so this hit the spot :-)

Did you know Anthony Braxton is really into Paul Desmond? He talks about it in his biography Forces in Motion by Graham Lock, which I can't recommend highly enough.

Here are three players I love who I find often get overlooked

Quetzal Tirado is a very talented free jazz and free improvising bass clarinetist from Hungary. Check out her bandcamp here: https://nightcollectorscrew.bandcamp.com/

https://frasersmith.bandcamp.com/

loving this record right now