Gp, do you listen at your computer? You owe it to yourself to spend 17 cents/day ($5/mo) and subscribe to a nice streaming service (like Rdio or MOG), and not subject yourself to the interface and minor-label limitations Guvera suffers!
bn, glad you've got your "hands" on Berne's Snakeoil, that's a special record, definitely my jazz record of 2012. But Berne's my favorite musician period, and I do consider this a pretty notable record in his discography.
GP - This is another album you should check out. Conscious hip hop with jazz samples.
I also learned about just a bit ago and it's on Guvera:
Guru is a great MC (half of Gang Starr), and he works directly with jazz musician's on this, including the late Donald Byrd (which is how I heard about this album today).
@kargatron, I do some listening at the computer (with some of that in an environment that limits genre and volume), and I have a free Spotify account that does nicely for streaming things (and does not get enough use to justify paying). So it not being on Guvera doesn't mean I can't listen to it, just that I'd have to pay if I decided I wanted to download it (because I do most of my listening, and nearly all of my seriously attentive listening, which is my favorite kind of listening, off-line). Liking to be able to download things is not a rejection of the utility of streaming.
I'd never heard of Herbie NIchols until Doofy, I think, posted this. Still enjoying it a whole lot.
Ah, ok, I didn't get a hint in your Matthew Herbert comment that you were looking to "purchase"/download - it sounded like a lament that you couldn't access it to listen.
As BN mentioned above we have had a drop of 40 plus ECM albums in Europe, released over the last 5 years or so, including some from 2012. In the end the pestering and emailing customer services seems to have partially paid off, but of course no explanation of why some are now on emusic and not others. But this drop will probably lead me to need to purchase a booster!
I do most of my listening, and nearly all of my seriously attentive listening, which is my favorite kind of listening, off-line
@GP: I think it's fair to say that neither you nor BN can really replace purchases, especially of physical media, with streaming because of sound quality issues.
Actually something to read and then listen to: Slate has an Interesting blog piece on "The One-Drop Rule of Jazz"...actually not strictly about jazz but rather why black composers of 'serious' music don't get the attention they deserve. Includes link to a Spotify playlist of of 'extended worksboth jazz-classical hybrids and otherwiseby African-American composers, including Wayne Shorters Pegasus and other works by composers mentioned in this piece.'
Bandcamp: released 17 August 2010
Eli Asher: trumpet; James Hirschfeld: trombone; Malcolm Kirby: bass, mixing, mastering; Ted Poor: drums; Josh Rutner: reeds, radio, toys; Red Wierenga: piano, accordion, melodica, toys;
- "FORMED IN 2001, The Respect Sextet is a powerhouse ensemble dedicated to performing a wide variety of improvisational musics. Relying on their explosive energy, rare telepathy, outstanding musicianship, and a deep friendship, Respect pieces together free improvisations, original compositions, free jazz classics, television commercial jingles, text pieces, jazz standards, game pieces and more into a whirling collage, shouts Exclaim! Magazine, that ransacks and reshapes the entire jazz tradition, from New Orleans march to Misha Mengelberg, Sun Ra to Charlie Parker. Named one of the best and most ambitious new ensembles in jazz by Signal to Noise, The Respect Sextet continuesafter a decade as a collectiveto fearlessly push the envelope."
@thom, this Shugo Tokumaru is brilliant, I love it. Reminds me of the love child of Yumi Arai and Nick Drake. I've built a decent collection of Polyvinyl releases over the years but you're right my tastes are a little more eclectic than the usual sound of the label.
After streaming this a few times, I've concluded that I'm disappointed. If it's the new My Bloody Valentine album, then many albums put out this year will be better and more innovative . If it's the lost My Bloody Valentine album, then I would see it, in the context of the mid-90s, as coasting, but good. It's not as good as XTRMNTR. It's not as good as The Bends. Indeed, it doesn't point to direction that would have been more progressive than the Radiohead albums that followed. Perhaps I could be more sentimental, but I gave up waiting in 1999, when I realized plenty of bands were building on Kevin Shield's legacy.
@kargatron,I see, I was actually just responding to greg's wondering aloud upthread about whether that artist was on Guvera. @Craig, thanks, those look really interesting - will listen!
I think it's fair to say that neither you nor BN can really replace purchases, especially of physical media, with streaming because of sound quality issues.
@BT, that's right. I actually have a three-tier system now. Some things I stream just to have heard them, so I know what's going on. Things I am interested in getting to know properly I download (because of where/how I listen and because I do really enjoy the collecting and organizing aspect, which streaming doesn't provide). Out of those, the things I love most I get physically, for sound quality reasons, even if I already paid for the MP3. This is not a large number of recordings - the MP3 library is the indulgent part of the process. On some recordings (not all) getting the CD makes a very clearly audible difference on my home system. I just found another candidate for a physical purchase, having got this from Guvera and fallen in love with it:
This is the kind of pot of gold that makes all the sifting worth it.
ETA, I see it has a single 2-star review on Amazon mainly based on it not sounding like his other albums. Makes me want to remedy that after a few more listens.
ETA2, the allmusic review of this one is lazy and pointless too. New addition to the list of useless things in the world: reviews that think that if they said something is not proper jazz that's an automatic demerit.
ETA3 aaand, having noticed how scarce it is, grabbed a used copy on Amazon.
the allmusic review of this one is lazy and pointless too. New addition to the list of useless things in the world: reviews that think that if they said something is not proper jazz that's an automatic demerit.
There are still a lot of hold overs from the print edition, that IMO, didn't have a consistent standard for rating albums. And the reviews were short quips.
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GP - This is another album you should check out. Conscious hip hop with jazz samples.
I also learned about just a bit ago and it's on Guvera:
Guru is a great MC (half of Gang Starr), and he works directly with jazz musician's on this, including the late Donald Byrd (which is how I heard about this album today).
Craig
I admit that I am a sucker for strongly Afro-conscious Jazz. Thanks, Doofy.
I'd never heard of Herbie NIchols until Doofy, I think, posted this. Still enjoying it a whole lot.
As BN mentioned above we have had a drop of 40 plus ECM albums in Europe, released over the last 5 years or so, including some from 2012. In the end the pestering and emailing customer services seems to have partially paid off, but of course no explanation of why some are now on emusic and not others. But this drop will probably lead me to need to purchase a booster!
That ECM drop might even be enough to tempt me back, off to have a shufti...
Golden Retriever: Live on WFMU's The Long Rally with Scott McDowell 1/25/13
followed by
Circuit by Landing which is NYOP at Bandcamp, reminds me a bit of Windy and Carl
G.
released 17 August 2010
Eli Asher: trumpet; James Hirschfeld: trombone; Malcolm Kirby: bass, mixing, mastering; Ted Poor: drums; Josh Rutner: reeds, radio, toys; Red Wierenga: piano, accordion, melodica, toys;
- "FORMED IN 2001, The Respect Sextet is a powerhouse ensemble dedicated to performing a wide variety of improvisational musics. Relying on their explosive energy, rare telepathy, outstanding musicianship, and a deep friendship, Respect pieces together free improvisations, original compositions, free jazz classics, television commercial jingles, text pieces, jazz standards, game pieces and more into a whirling collage, shouts Exclaim! Magazine, that ransacks and reshapes the entire jazz tradition, from New Orleans march to Misha Mengelberg, Sun Ra to Charlie Parker. Named one of the best and most ambitious new ensembles in jazz by Signal to Noise, The Respect Sextet continuesafter a decade as a collectiveto fearlessly push the envelope."
Now ignoring the nor'easter to this...
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My favorite track...
After streaming this a few times, I've concluded that I'm disappointed. If it's the new My Bloody Valentine album, then many albums put out this year will be better and more innovative . If it's the lost My Bloody Valentine album, then I would see it, in the context of the mid-90s, as coasting, but good. It's not as good as XTRMNTR. It's not as good as The Bends. Indeed, it doesn't point to direction that would have been more progressive than the Radiohead albums that followed. Perhaps I could be more sentimental, but I gave up waiting in 1999, when I realized plenty of bands were building on Kevin Shield's legacy.
@Craig, thanks, those look really interesting - will listen! @BT, that's right. I actually have a three-tier system now. Some things I stream just to have heard them, so I know what's going on. Things I am interested in getting to know properly I download (because of where/how I listen and because I do really enjoy the collecting and organizing aspect, which streaming doesn't provide). Out of those, the things I love most I get physically, for sound quality reasons, even if I already paid for the MP3. This is not a large number of recordings - the MP3 library is the indulgent part of the process. On some recordings (not all) getting the CD makes a very clearly audible difference on my home system. I just found another candidate for a physical purchase, having got this from Guvera and fallen in love with it:
This is the kind of pot of gold that makes all the sifting worth it.
ETA, I see it has a single 2-star review on Amazon mainly based on it not sounding like his other albums. Makes me want to remedy that after a few more listens.
ETA2, the allmusic review of this one is lazy and pointless too. New addition to the list of useless things in the world: reviews that think that if they said something is not proper jazz that's an automatic demerit.
ETA3 aaand, having noticed how scarce it is, grabbed a used copy on Amazon.
G.
G.
From today's further drop of another 20 plus ECM albums in Europe
On Guvera and really quite pleasant if you like mellow synth music. 5 tracks.
G.
Craig