[TN]

I dont know if it is chemistry, some kind of musical telepathy, or the mad genius of Davis, Coltrane & crew, or all of the above, but what I guess I am trying to say is...I love jazz.

 

[llkoolkeg]

Funny you'd post this. "Freddie Freeloader" is coming through my monitors now with "Blue in Green" scarcely a minute behind. My version has a cool alternate take of "Flamenco Sketches" on it.

 

[narlus]

i was listening to John Zorn's, uh, Zorn-ness, during his interpretations of Ennio Morriccone's stuff in the car today (_The Big Gundown_)

edit - sweet, i can channel TN and start his posts.

 

[llkoolkeg]

Now I've moved on through Stanley Jordan Standards and into Norah Jones latest...

 

[narlus]

norah jones?

egad.

ll, you need some Holy Ghost.

 

[llkoolkeg]

norah jones?

egad.

ll, you need some Holy Ghost.

I like the lazy, melancholy, rainy-day tonal quality of her voice.

I don't own any Ayler; care to wax critic? What am I missin'?

 

[golgiaparatus]

Panthalassa - Miles Davis

Find it, buy it, listen to it... report back

 

[narlus]

I like the lazy, melancholy, rainy-day tonal quality of her voice.

I don't own any Ayler; care to wax critic? What am I missin'?

he's very exuberant, kinda like dixieland but freer. some crits (notably The Wire) have tagged this style of music as ecstatic jazz. see if there are some samples you can download and see for yourself.

 

[narlus]

Panthalassa - Miles Davis

Find it, buy it, listen to it... report back

my MD collection is pretty sparse...I've got _Dark Magus_. _Sketches of Spain_ and _On The Corner_, and have borrowed _Bitches Brew_, In A Silent Way_ and some others from a friend.

 

[sanjuro]

The greatness of Miles Davis is how many times he has changed his style and still dominated. Listen to Birth of The Cool, Sketches of Spain, Kind of Blue, Miles Smiles, and Bitches Brew; nothing of them sound anything alike, but Miles' playing is spectacular in all of them.

 

[blue]

 

[TN]

i was listening to John Zorn's, uh, Zorn-ness, during his interpretations of Ennio Morriccone's stuff in the car today (_The Big Gundown_)

edit - sweet, i can channel TN and start his posts.

whoa!

 

[golgiaparatus]

my MD collection is pretty sparse...I've got _Dark Magus_. _Sketches of Spain_ and _On The Corner_, and have borrowed _Bitches Brew_, In A Silent Way_ and some others from a friend.

Panthalassa is a compilation made by bill laswell of M.D. Tunes ranging from 69-72... When I want to hear Miles I reach for it almost every time.

Just finished listening to Headhunters... its not Miles but mmm, its tasty.

 

[golgiaparatus]

The greatness of Miles Davis is how many times he has changed his style and still dominated. Listen to Birth of The Cool, Sketches of Spain, Kind of Blue, Miles Smiles, and Bitches Brew; nothing of them sound anything alike, but Miles' playing is spectacular in all of them.

Very true statement... Miles playing is of course excellent, but more influential than his playing was his writing. He always had the best band because people knew he wrote the sickest music (in any style he chose).