Those Giuffre sessions may be some of the most important jazz recordings that remain underappreciated (by the jazz-listening populace, I mean). I'm a big Giuffre fan, the Mosaic box of his Capitol and Atlantic recordings is probably my favorite box of theirs ever. Incredible musician.
I cobbled together a version of the original 6 track lp from various versions on Guvera because I wanted to hear this, but didn't really want a four disk deluxe version.
Jumping on the Jimmy Giuffre bandwagon! Wonder what other ECM finds people are making at Guvera? As recently documented here, I got Charlie Haden/Egberto Gismonti "In Montreal" and Dewey Redman "The Struggle Continues." An old favorite, Bennie Maupin's space-jazz "Jewel in the Lotus" is there too.
Any other particular reccs? Of course the newer releases aren't there - I think most if not all of Keith Jarrett is missing too.
My next three ECM downloads that I want, which I think are all there, are Paul Motian Band's Psalm, Paul Bley's Open, to Love, and Keith Jarrett's Facing You.
Don't forget to look at Jarett's La Scalia and Paris Concert, both three long tracks. And I whole-heartedly recommend almost any album by Gismonti, with lots of low track counts.
Whilst going through today's new releases on emusic, I came across this album amongst the new releases. It is quite significant in that it includes Love Me Do as the first track, along with various live recordings from the Beatles early days. All the other tracks are already on emusic and fairly widely available. But Love Me Do has not been issued in this form before. Of course, it is legal within the EU since it is over 50 years since its release, although that is due to chage fairly soon.
thom - Need another listen to firm up my thoughts, but at first blush it's a very good album. I also love her first two, and I think this will stand well next to them.
Good stuff, isn't it, bn? ("Sept 16, 2005" is especially awesome.)
Absolutely,
- right now I'm in the business of grabbing all three albums from Emusic and listening to the second album: Fond of Tigers - Release the Saviours - "Fond of Tigers second album, Release the Saviours is an ambitious and focused synthesis of mathy freakouts, off-kilter jazz, ambient sound sculpture, abstract improvisation, and a rare feel for making music that is both challenging and highly listenable. Much of the ecstatic intensity on Release the Saviours comes from the groups self-immolating interest in unusual rhythmic and melodic structure, as well as instrumental arrangements that are the sonic equivalent of roller derby and jai-alai played simultaneously in a racquetball court. But even when some parts sound like the band has split into teams and angrily squared off against each other, the attentive listener is rewardedafter some suspenseas the parts come do at last come together, the music as joyful as it is visceral.
Fond of Tigers have been developing a complicated, beautiful sound since 2003. Led by guitarist Stephen Lyons and featuring seven of Vancouvers leading creative musicians, Fond of Tigers play a layered, nuanced music that explores musical possibilities ranging from the smallest gesture of extended technique, to the full avant-rock bombast possible with a wild, double-drum-kit-led septet. Although admitting that jazz purists will find little to comfort them, Coda magazine named the groups debut recording, a thing to live with (also on Drip Audio) one of the best releases of 2006. In just under 50 minutes, the band (variously described in print as "compelling", "eclectic", "transcendent", "hypnotic", and "post-everything") showcased their visceral combination of meticulous odd-time composition and improvisational abandon, resulting in a sometimes confusing, always exhilarating ordered chaos. With a passionate and adventurous live performance that has been descrived as mind-blowing by numerous reviewers, Fond of Tigers has shared stages with artists such as Tortoise, Chad Vangaalen, Xiu Xiu, Polmo Polpo, and Frog Eyes, while members of Fond of Tigers have collaborated with NoMeansNos Rob Wright, Eugene Chadbourne, Fred Frith, Great Aunt Ida, Ches Smith (Secret Chiefs 3), Joe Fonda, and many others. Fond of Tigers intense and idiosyncratic sound inhabits an undefined musical territory somewhere in the outlands of avant-rock."
- Drip Audio - 2007
Just been listening to various Orb tracks. Strange thing about music - I like ambient, I like some ambient techno, I like a fair bit of minimal techno, - the Orb often get mentioned as a classic reference point in those realms; I like Thomas Fehlmann and he's been a member of The Orb; turns out I don't really like The Orb very much. Thanks to Guvera's streaming for letting me discover that without spending money.
(Same goes for Boards of Canada. When people hear that you like ambient they not uncommonly say oh, you mean like Boards of Canada? Well, I don't really get Boards of Canada either, from what I've heard.)
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Mike Sheridan - Live Tour 2012
- The tracks from "Lille Vega" is just 5 days old and are featuring the one and only Palle Mikkelborg !
- Awesome stuff ! ! !
ETA:
Mike Sheridan, Electronics
Jonathan Bremer, Double bass
August Rosenbaum, Wurlitzer
Emil de Waal, Drums
Palle Mikkelborg, Trumpet
ETA 2:
- The rest of the tracks is recordings from Mike Sheridan & Bent Clausen (New Jungle Orchestra) live tour 2012.
I cobbled together a version of the original 6 track lp from various versions on Guvera because I wanted to hear this, but didn't really want a four disk deluxe version.
Any other particular reccs? Of course the newer releases aren't there - I think most if not all of Keith Jarrett is missing too.
Meanwhile,
Whilst going through today's new releases on emusic, I came across this album amongst the new releases. It is quite significant in that it includes Love Me Do as the first track, along with various live recordings from the Beatles early days. All the other tracks are already on emusic and fairly widely available. But Love Me Do has not been issued in this form before. Of course, it is legal within the EU since it is over 50 years since its release, although that is due to chage fairly soon.
PS - I didn't buy!!!
For anyone in the UK this is a £2 CD sampler - I bought it at HMV but it is available at Amazon
First listen.
Craig
Brand-new on eMusic
Craig
- right now I'm in the business of grabbing all three albums from Emusic and listening to the second album:
Fond of Tigers - Release the Saviours
- "Fond of Tigers second album, Release the Saviours is an ambitious and focused synthesis of mathy freakouts, off-kilter jazz, ambient sound sculpture, abstract improvisation, and a rare feel for making music that is both challenging and highly listenable. Much of the ecstatic intensity on Release the Saviours comes from the groups self-immolating interest in unusual rhythmic and melodic structure, as well as instrumental arrangements that are the sonic equivalent of roller derby and jai-alai played simultaneously in a racquetball court. But even when some parts sound like the band has split into teams and angrily squared off against each other, the attentive listener is rewardedafter some suspenseas the parts come do at last come together, the music as joyful as it is visceral.
Fond of Tigers have been developing a complicated, beautiful sound since 2003. Led by guitarist Stephen Lyons and featuring seven of Vancouvers leading creative musicians, Fond of Tigers play a layered, nuanced music that explores musical possibilities ranging from the smallest gesture of extended technique, to the full avant-rock bombast possible with a wild, double-drum-kit-led septet. Although admitting that jazz purists will find little to comfort them, Coda magazine named the groups debut recording, a thing to live with (also on Drip Audio) one of the best releases of 2006. In just under 50 minutes, the band (variously described in print as "compelling", "eclectic", "transcendent", "hypnotic", and "post-everything") showcased their visceral combination of meticulous odd-time composition and improvisational abandon, resulting in a sometimes confusing, always exhilarating ordered chaos. With a passionate and adventurous live performance that has been descrived as mind-blowing by numerous reviewers, Fond of Tigers has shared stages with artists such as Tortoise, Chad Vangaalen, Xiu Xiu, Polmo Polpo, and Frog Eyes, while members of Fond of Tigers have collaborated with NoMeansNos Rob Wright, Eugene Chadbourne, Fred Frith, Great Aunt Ida, Ches Smith (Secret Chiefs 3), Joe Fonda, and many others. Fond of Tigers intense and idiosyncratic sound inhabits an undefined musical territory somewhere in the outlands of avant-rock."
- Drip Audio - 2007
Mike Sheridan - Live Tour 2012
- Awesome trumpet playing from Palle Mikkelborg !
(Same goes for Boards of Canada. When people hear that you like ambient they not uncommonly say oh, you mean like Boards of Canada? Well, I don't really get Boards of Canada either, from what I've heard.)