Film Noir Buff Style Forum / What Jazz are you listening too? or WJAYLT for short.

fxh · 2014-01-20 04:01:03

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I've just been listening to a doco on Sun Ra. Maybe a bit far out if you are just getting into jazz but fascinating. As George Clinton said: "Sure hes out to lunch - but its the kinda place I eat at"

The Arkestra played in this town last night!!! and I didn't even know. Bugger.

Pod cast here:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/intothemusic/2014-01-18/5197260

In the history of post-war jazz in the US, perhaps the strangest and most mysterious figure is Sun Ra. An outstanding pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader, he was also a science fiction philosopher, Afro Futurist poet and self-declared citizen of Saturn.

Sun Ra's life project mixed a fascination with outer space with his African roots and wildly expressive music, which continues to delight and inspire audiences almost two decades after he left the planet.

The Other Worlds of Sun Ra features writer and activist Amiri Baraka, who collaborated with Ra in the New York underground of the 1960s. Sun Ra's archivist and one-time drummer, Michael D. Anderson, gives an insider's perspective of playing with Ra and his Arkestra. There are readings from Sun Ra's pamphlets and poems as well as the voice of the man himself. And of course -- plenty of Sun Ra's weird, beautiful and other-worldly music.

Chet · 2014-01-20 04:19:19

Bobby Timmons - This Here Is Bobby Timmons

4F Hepcat · 2014-01-20 04:21:43

Chet · 2014-01-28 09:11:22

Walkin' - Miles Davis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGNCWj5r5zI

4F Hepcat · 2014-01-28 11:39:35

Acton_Baby · 2014-01-28 11:47:46

Not exactly jazz but definitely improvised .. Arve Henriksen - Cartography on ECM

4F Hepcat · 2014-01-28 12:43:18

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles

Worried Man · 2014-01-31 19:54:56

Wes Montgomery - Live in '65, full set.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLWlqBH9nrU

Worried Man · 2014-02-13 09:50:03

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, full set live in Italy, 1963

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwpph2h8jD8

Thee Captain · 2014-02-13 10:16:51

Duke Ellington/Pearl Bailey/Count Basie/Jimmy Rushing...
Wonderful to revisit & play live again..

Armchaired · 2014-02-13 10:22:48

Thee Captain · 2014-02-13 10:29:21

Armchaired · 2014-02-13 10:36:07

Thee Captain · 2014-02-13 10:40:56

Jaakko · 2014-02-25 05:08:44

Harpo · 2014-02-25 05:18:17

^ Good call! I loves me some Fred Jackson. Check out his work on Baby Face Willette's "Face to Face".

Recently I have been mainly listening to "A Love Supreme, a Love Supreme, a Love Supreme, a Love Supreme......" after hearing a snippet on the radio which rekindled my desire to hear it again.

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marlowe v2.0 · 2014-02-25 06:00:16

EPMD, JVC Force, Double X Clan.

IvyLeagueOfGentlemen · 2014-02-25 06:10:01

Moose Maclennan · 2014-02-25 06:14:30

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MCM Geography Teacher · 2014-02-25 06:40:34

Patrick · 2014-02-25 07:18:55

I found a label, Real Gone Jazz, that has a wide variety of reissue sets, five or seven albums for anywhere between $13 and $22. Type Real Gone Jazz into the Amazon search box and see. I got sets from Ellington, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald for a long car ride. A little hit or miss, especially on the Fitzgerald stuff, but well worth it.

Moose Maclennan · 2014-02-25 07:43:38

I've picked up a few of those cheapie sets from other companies. Often unsympathetically packaged and a mix of classic and less so albums. Generally I've ripped the new-to-me albums straight to my music server and the CDs live in shoeboxes in the cellar. Some good stuff to be found. Harden and Coltrane's Dial Africa was one gem I found this way.

Still: There has been much more pleasure to be had with proper box sets - proper liner notes and editing, a much rounder experience, generally for very affordable prices too.

MCM Geography Teacher · 2014-02-25 08:08:13

Worried Man · 2014-02-25 08:18:57

Sid Ford · 2014-02-25 08:42:55

Just in case anyone didn't know about this mix from Tony Higgins entitled 'Ivy League Jazz':
http://www.mixcloud.com/thejazzmeet/podcast-81-281112-tony-higgins-ivy-league-jazz/

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