Archive for the ‘jazz’ Tag
Tal Farlow – Trinity
Would this blog be worth anything if I didn’t throw you some hard to find jazz? Of course not! Here’s an awesome guitar / piano / bass + drums trio. Tal Farlow is a great jazz guitarist.
Jack DeJohnette ft. Lester Bowie – Zebra
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Found this little gem, recorded 24 years ago, from a drummer that I know from the Keith Jarrett Trio.
The music on this obscure LP was used as the soundtrack for a video program. Jack DeJohnette is heard on synthesizers and is usually joined by trumpeter Lester Bowie. The performances are moody and has its colorful moments although most of it does not stand alone without the film all that well. Superior background music. – allmusic
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
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As one might expect, this is some dark, slinky jazz music that mixes lots of organic instrumentation (including guitar and some particularly effective trombone and cello) with mostly subtle programming. The opening track of “The Nothing Changes” is particularly effective, as a skeletal rhythm consisting of sparse upright bass strums and simple percussion provide a shakey backbone while tendril-like horns and strings wisp around repetitive and eerie guitar.
Well, I couldn’t have said it better myself. Spooky jazz.
John Coltrane – Interstellar Space
Heavy free jazz improv here. Coltrane and drummer Rashied Ali only, making enough noise for a dozen.
Duško Gojković and Kenny Clarke International Jazz Octet
A very rare 1961 recording from the collaboration of trumpet player Duško Gojković and Kenny Clarke. For me it’s great to hear Duško from the younger days for the first time, as I only saw him play nowadays when he’s old and not too enthusiastic.
Omar Rodriguez Lopez – Old Money
Song titles such as How To Bill The Bilderberg Group and I Like Rockefellers’ First Two Albums, But After That… sure do promise a great blast of prog rock and free jazz? After listening to Omar’s music (At the Drive-In, De Facto, Mars Volta, solo works) for almost ten years now, this album brings yet another taste of familiarly unknown.
The Herbaliser – Same As It Never Was
Same as it never was begins as if it’s an instrumental hip-hop album. And hip-hop really is the root of Herbaliser’s music, played by a mini orchestra around Londoners Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba. But only a couple of seconds later it reveals its true kaleidoscopic face, made of glaring elements of funk, jazz, soul and backed by beats that knock on every hip club’s door. By the time catchy Can’t Help This Feeling is over, you’re most likely going to be completely in love with Jessica Darling’s absolutely stunning and timeless voice. Instrumentals though is how Herbaliser lads started, and there’s handful of them here too. They are an intriguing experience, and more than once I thought that the music could end up on a James Bond soundtrack.
Fred Astaire – The Astaire Story
You’ve most probably seen Fred Astaire in old movies. Now, on this recording, he sings 34 jazz and swing tunes backed by a band led by Oscar Peterson. The songs were originally written for his films, by Gershwin and the like. Nice!
Keith Jarrett – El Juicio
I believe this is the last recording of Jarrett as a leader of a band that’s not a piano trio. A 1976 recording where he also plays soprano saxophone, flute and percussion; with Dewey Redman on tenor saxophone, percussion; Charlie Haden on bass, percussion; Paul Motian, drums and percussion.
Jaga Jazzist – What We Must
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Oh finally I get a chance to check out the ten Scandinavian jazz outcasts Jaga Jazzist. I love it! This is awesome, probably as good as it gets at the moment when you mix jazz with one or two rock people in a band exploring electronic sounds. And it fits the winter time.
This is a FLAC rip of a limited double CD edition in cardboard slipcase with a bonus CD “Spydeberg Sessions”.
