Thanks for the comments GP. It is one of those albums that I can listen to time and time again - more times than shown on here, as I often have the CD in my car. What amazes/appalls me is that for the first 50 years it was released I had virtually ignored it. It was a 50th Anniversary article in the Guardian that made me want to go out and buy it the next day.Yet everytime I listen to it close enough I find something new.
Time I played it again! So it will be my first play today.
(I said "tmi Craig" for thanking Scott paper products.)
I edited it because I thought "maybe that's not funny." I have a three year old and five year old boy. My humor tends to skew toward the bathroom lately... So I try to edit myself around adults.
Giant Steps
Kind of Blue
Mingus Ah-Um
The Shape of Jazz To Come
Time Out
I hate to admit it, but I'm most indifferent to Kind of Blue ... I just don't get it. I have it--I have all five--but I haven't found that it provoked me or moved me at all. Indeed, it seems lazy to me. What am I missing?
I don't know, and certainly don;t know enough to describe it musically. I find it magical, and increasingly so with each listen. (Whereas I am having a harder time with what I gather is called "hard bop", which often sounds to me like someone trying to get somewhere in a frantic hurry). It's striking me more as I listen to Kind of Blue that many of the musical figures that are interjected along the way are quite modest in scope but have exquisite tone and touch and timing - I'm hearing that more and more in the piano, including when it's not in the foreground. There is a sheer beauty of texture in some of the notes and passages that both Davis and Coltrane coax from their instruments without it lapsing into something too "pretty". Thanks for the list - I have Time Out and Giant Steps was next on my list after some reading last night. I'll listen to the rest also.
ETA, I've been trying to like A Love Supreme, but so far not succeeding very well - I feel like I want someone to give me running commentary on what they are hearing in that one.
Jaffa Road - Where the Light Gets In. I bought the album via kickstarter and was quite pleased to find it in the mail when I got home today. Two tracks on Bandcamp for streaming. Jaffa Road is a Canadian band, playing middle-eastern, jazz-laced music, Hebrew, French and a bit of English lyrics. I enjoy Sim Shalom, the final two songs on the album are the most progressive musically.
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Time I played it again! So it will be my first play today.
"They don't write 'em like that anymore...except they do...superb singer in classic mould." Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
"Has she been on Later with Jools Holland yet? If not, expect to see her there very soon." The Crack
"Crossing the genres through soul to gospel with jazz inflections." Bridget Metcalf, BBC Eastern Counties Radio.
"...most auspicious debut..." In the Basement.
"Lovely album..very impressive indeed...She's a bit special." Ralph McLean, BBC Radio Ulster
"Day Dawns is an exceptional album." All About Jazz
Well worth a listen
Thanks Lowlife, I've just got back from an hour at Tesco, and this is what I need!!
(info @ the Classical N&N thread)
Thanks Scott paper products!
Craig
You didn't need to edit that amclark2, I knew you were joking!
Craig
Un Festin Sagital - Kosmodynamos
I edited it because I thought "maybe that's not funny." I have a three year old and five year old boy. My humor tends to skew toward the bathroom lately... So I try to edit myself around adults.
I hear these guys are the next big thing.
Craig
Wow. One year earlier than Kind of Blue and on first impression totally different on some/most tracks - but the title track I can hear the continuity.
Apparently I really like something called "modal jazz". Who knew. Learning is fun.
Giant Steps
Kind of Blue
Mingus Ah-Um
The Shape of Jazz To Come
Time Out
I hate to admit it, but I'm most indifferent to Kind of Blue ... I just don't get it. I have it--I have all five--but I haven't found that it provoked me or moved me at all. Indeed, it seems lazy to me. What am I missing?
ETA, I've been trying to like A Love Supreme, but so far not succeeding very well - I feel like I want someone to give me running commentary on what they are hearing in that one.
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This, very loudly.
Thanks again Scott's paper products!
Craig
Jaffa Road - Where the Light Gets In. I bought the album via kickstarter and was quite pleased to find it in the mail when I got home today. Two tracks on Bandcamp for streaming. Jaffa Road is a Canadian band, playing middle-eastern, jazz-laced music, Hebrew, French and a bit of English lyrics. I enjoy Sim Shalom, the final two songs on the album are the most progressive musically.
Jens Lekman - Oh You're So Silent Jens
Douane Pitre - Feel Free
Info @ the N&N Classical thread)
Thanks Scott Paper Products!
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It's an expensive label comparatively on Drip.fm but damn I love the curation.