What's Spinning

[Poly-Rythmo]

I'm the first to admit my knowledge of jazz merely skates the surface. It's why I love it so much, there's always something more for me to be introduced to, something new to sink my teeth into. This is one of them, thanks! I'll take a listen.

I'm not sure I'm even at the skating level yet. There's so much out there. I've tended to go deep on a few of the classic musicians and broad on the modern stuff. But it's easy to feel utterly overwhelmed at times

Thanks @D Jilla for this - this is heady stuff. One thing I love on the Coltrane version is the twin bass, one plucked and one bowed. Sounds totally amazing to me

 

[kafunis]

Yeah Jazz is a lifetime journey for sure, but there is so much out there that is amazing and then years later you will discover another artist that will take you in a completely different direction, I’ve really only been exploring artists like Anthony Braxton the last couple of years and his discography is 100 plus releases, I know that I will never hear it all but it’s given my ears and brain lots of stimulation.I was a drummer in the 80/90’s and that is when I listened to a lot of jazz/fusion stuff and I’ve gone through periods of not listening to as much jazz, but the last few years it’s been most of my listening.

Ha! If your jazz knowledge only skates the surface, then I...well, don't even know how I'd fit in that analogy . I get what you're saying though, there are some insane jazz heads out there- probably the deepest genre to explore overall.

Happy to introduce you to something new!

 

[OnTheRoad]

Been on a bit of a vinyl hiatus as life got busy for a bit, but I found a whale of mine a few weeks back for a price I couldn’t pass up. It seemed like a fitting choice for the first spin of fall.

DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo - Ki-Oku

 

[Mr Moore]

Have you ever heard Pharoah's version? Absolutely mind-blowing. I'm guessing @kafunis and @Mr Moore have already, but if not, essential to check out for you guys as well (and everyone):

Well, I thought that was magical but three of my colleagues uttered the words, “what the fuck are we listening to?” and made me turn it off after 17 minutes. Philistines.

 

[ChristoBee]

Been on a bit of a vinyl hiatus as life got busy for a bit, but I found a whale of mine a few weeks back for a price I couldn’t pass up. It seemed like a fitting choice for the first spin of fall.

DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo - Ki-Oku
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Absolutely jealous, also one of my whales.

 

[agutierrezb]

The agutierrezb 2019 record collection challenge

So I've decided to embark on my own personal challenge, which consists of listening every record in my collection before the end of the year. My record collection is not that big -only ~250-, but I still feel like there are a bunch of records I don't give enough attention to, while still adding more titles to my shelves.

For this reason I've set a couple of rules in order to play every record at least once before December 31st: I'll play at least one record a day, going from front to back in the way I have them sorted in my shelf. I can play a different record (i.e. Not the next one in alphabetical order) if I feel like listening to something else in any given moment, but at least one of the records I spin in the day has to be the LP in turn.

I didn't take pictures for the first two days, but I'll try to document the process from here on, so I'll be posting daily on this thread. Wish me luck!

#45: Mark de Clive-Lowe - Heritage II



Day is followed by night, and Heritage is followed by Heritage II. Both albums are great, but I think I like this one a little bit more

 

[D Jilla]

Well, I thought that was magical but three of my colleagues uttered the words, “what the fuck are we listening to?” and made me turn it off after 17 minutes. Philistines.

I actually tried playing it for my wife as sort of an intro to free/spiritual jazz, since it at least has a clear structure and melody. But yeah, still a no go.

As someone who's first real exposure to "jazz" was the Stooges' Fun House, this stuff will always make the most sense to me. It's actually the Blue Note-type stuff (variations of bop, I guess) that's always been more challenging to me.

 

[DeadwaxDude]

Outkast - SouthernPlayalisticCadillacMuzik

 

[folsom_lives]

Lunch spins. Good news is that several cleans have removed all the gunk causing endless skips on side A.

 

[imtheocean]

I've been first and last, look at how the time goes past.

Neil Young ~ Harvest

 

[bother]

Herbie Hancock - Crossings

This is the Speaker's Corner reissue and my god, it sounds amazing. I know sound quality isn't necessary for music to still be fun and enjoyable but there's something special about just the sheer visceral intensity you get when drums actually sound like drums. I know it's probably a stupid and overused analogy but it's like going from watching movies and TV in standard then making the leap to HD. Or better yet, watching sports: still fun but the action is kind of blurry... until you get to HD and things are just that much sharper. To me, it's totally worth the time and expense hunting down those fantastic-sounding copies of albums I love. This one is particularly intense and exciting... thanks to whoever mentioned it on here, I forget who you are!

 

[agutierrezb]

The agutierrezb 2019 record collection challenge

So I've decided to embark on my own personal challenge, which consists of listening every record in my collection before the end of the year. My record collection is not that big -only ~250-, but I still feel like there are a bunch of records I don't give enough attention to, while still adding more titles to my shelves.

For this reason I've set a couple of rules in order to play every record at least once before December 31st: I'll play at least one record a day, going from front to back in the way I have them sorted in my shelf. I can play a different record (i.e. Not the next one in alphabetical order) if I feel like listening to something else in any given moment, but at least one of the records I spin in the day has to be the LP in turn.

I didn't take pictures for the first two days, but I'll try to document the process from here on, so I'll be posting daily on this thread. Wish me luck!

#46: Leonard Cohen - Songs of love and hate



There's a little link between Leonard Cohen and our ROTM: According to Cohen, his interest in poetry was sparked by his discovery of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, who wrote most of the lyrics on "La leyenda del tiempo." Cohen even named his daughter "Lorca", and adapted one of his poems on the song "Take this waltz"

 

[folsom_lives]

Monster Rally - Adventures on the Floating Island

 

[Tys1]

 

[THEEDADROCK.BLOG]

 

[johnpisme]

Mobley & Co. making the studying go down easier...
MMJ 45rpm 2LP

I don't want to say how I know this, but the first side sounds great even at 33rpm

 

[Selaws]

Big John Patton ‎– Oh Baby! (Blue Note/Elemental Music 2019 reissue)

Really impressed with these Elemental pressings. They can be picked up really cheap (this cost a tenner) and they sound great.

 

[Selaws]

Yusef Lateef - Prayer To The East (Savoy, 1957 first pressing)

Bit of a rare one this. I was searching for it for a while and it rarely pops up in good playable condition. Such amazing music, its a surprise that it hasn't been officially reissued on vinyl.

 

[johnpisme]

It would have been awesome if they had called this Hank Mobley & the Jazz Messengers

 

[Selaws]

Joe Armon-Jones ‎– Turn To Clear View (Brownswood Recordings, 2019 Rough Trade 'Clear Blue' exclusive limited to 350 copies)

He kills it yet again, some superb songs on this album. Really great stuff, the London scene seems to be producing so much fresh jazz lately, no wonder its booming!!