My Czech is too limited to fully appreciate this, as there is narration and I am only picking up odd words, though having read The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart in translation helps at least guess what is going on.
Then:
Thanks, BN, this is really interesting.
ETA, it's also really, really good. Everyone should give this a listen.
Had to move on from Den Sorte Skole because I kept getting drawn into listening to it instead of working. It's really good. Now on to some Debussy from the collection on the left but possibly really the album on the right.
#8 from Jazz Loft, Bill Horvitz Band, Horvitz on guitar, with Steve Adams (sax) and Joseph Sabella (drums). Occasionally out there (Diatribe), several tunes are melodic (Trapeze)
#9 from Jazz Loft....Anna Homler & Steuart Liebig - Kelpland Serenades. Anna Homler (voice, toys, found objects) and
Steuart Liebig (Eb contrabassguitars, preparations, electronics, live looping). Like cute kittens on Reddit, this collection of live, undubbed improvisations will appeal to the typical eMuser. Lots of ambient drone and glitch, with unusual vocals haunting the soundscape.
#10 from Jazz Loft, Groundtruther - Latitude, first of a trilogy conceived by Charlie Hunter (8 string guitar) and Bobby Previte (percussion, electronics).
All three installments are on Bandcamp, Part I, featuring Greg Osby on alto saxophone; Part II, featuring DJ Logic on turntables and Part III, featuring John Medeski on hammond organ. A steal at a mere $5 each.
Seaworthy & Taylor Deupree - Wood, Winter, Hollow.
(I see this one is bargain priced on Amazon; probably even cheaper if you mix and match with emusic.)
@Brighternow,
just discovered by accident that with that track by Linear Bells from the Lost Children comp, if you play it in bandcamp and while playing right click on the individual track and open it in a second tab bandcamp will play it in both tabs at once (at least in Chrome), and it sounds great double-layered.
This was Brighternow's find, on the free stuff thread. I just want to say here, please, please, please give it a listen and if you have time read the extensive notes that come with it. It is quite amazingly good, and a staggering achievement. It's constructed out of hundreds of samples of old recordings from around the world in an array of genres generously flavored with soul, blues, folk, world music sounds, some electronica. I suspect most folk on here would find it interesting. It keeps making me grin. Just loving it. @BN, I doubt I would ever have found this on my own. Thanks for the early Christmas gift!
One of the best jazz albums I bought in 2013 . . . Excellent accordion playing by Red Wierenga: Chris Speed clarinet/tenor saxophone
John Hollenbeck drums
Red Wierenga accordion/piano
Drew Gress acoustic bass
Matt Moran vibraphone
+1? Matt Mitchell piano
- "Led by composer, drummer and three-time Grammy nominee John Hollenbeck, The Claudia Quintet have quietly but firmly and definitively recast jazz into shimmering new shapes inflected by classical minimalism, new music, progressive rock and post-rock. They are one of the most influential stylists on other musicians in cutting-edge jazz today and the sound of jazz and what jazz can be in our time has changed because of their sound and stance.
Celebrating 15 years of work together with the release of September, this NYC ensembles sound continues to explore the edge without alienating the mainstream, proving that genre-defying music can be for everyone." Cuneiform Bandcamp - http://johnhollenbeck.com/
#11 from Jazz Loft: Jeff Kaiser - Ganz Andere Featuring Jeff Kaiser on trumpet, ocarinas, guitar, voice and electronics and Vinny Golia, piccolo, Chinese membrane flute, Bb clarinet, contra-alto clarinet and tenor sax. First track begins with static-drench vocals, stabbing and scary. According to Lisa McKinnon, "Some music invites listeners to get up and dance. Composer Jeff Kaiser does not make that kind of music. What Kaiser does create is New Music, electro-acoustic pastiches of jazz trumpet, world-music instruments, spoken word and sound samples run through a battery of processors...on the recording of 'Ganz Andere,' Kaiser's latest exploration of time, space, spirituality and secularism."
Edit: I just noticed that Jeff Kaiser is the Founder/owner of pfMENTUM records in San Diego, the label for this disc (and the Anna Homler as well).
#13 from Jazz Loft - Scott Fraser and Bruce Friedman - Landscape with Figure, improvisation for electric guitar & trumpet. Another spacey production from pfMentum. The electric guitar is heavily looped through reverb and delay effects to sound more like a keyboard, the trumpet plays ethereal melodies over the top. More ambient than jazz.
Cian Nugent's Born with the Caul: Long-form compositions for guitar (with supporting instruments), measured, contemplative, moving easily between Celtic, Blues, and Psychedelic. Very cool. $3 at 7d.
This is my favorite of the albums I got in the recent Lowercase Noises sale.
Interesting blog post here by the artist detailing the effects of making all his albums free/NYOP for 24 hours. (TL:DNR: made more money in a day than usually in two months and got hundreds of new listeners through increased visibility on bandcamp, reddit)
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My Czech is too limited to fully appreciate this, as there is narration and I am only picking up odd words, though having read The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart in translation helps at least guess what is going on.
Then:
Thanks, BN, this is really interesting.
ETA, it's also really, really good. Everyone should give this a listen.
#8 from Jazz Loft, Bill Horvitz Band, Horvitz on guitar, with Steve Adams (sax) and Joseph Sabella (drums). Occasionally out there (Diatribe), several tunes are melodic (Trapeze)
Rafael Anton Irisarri - Daydreaming.
Aptly titled for my less-than-determined workflow today.
ETA: quite good but does not match the brilliance of his track on on the LCC. - Really really awesome stuff !
#9 from Jazz Loft....Anna Homler & Steuart Liebig - Kelpland Serenades. Anna Homler (voice, toys, found objects) and
Steuart Liebig (Eb contrabassguitars, preparations, electronics, live looping). Like cute kittens on Reddit, this collection of live, undubbed improvisations will appeal to the typical eMuser. Lots of ambient drone and glitch, with unusual vocals haunting the soundscape.
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#10 from Jazz Loft, Groundtruther - Latitude, first of a trilogy conceived by Charlie Hunter (8 string guitar) and Bobby Previte (percussion, electronics).
All three installments are on Bandcamp, Part I, featuring Greg Osby on alto saxophone; Part II, featuring DJ Logic on turntables and Part III, featuring John Medeski on hammond organ. A steal at a mere $5 each.
Seaworthy & Taylor Deupree - Wood, Winter, Hollow.
(I see this one is bargain priced on Amazon; probably even cheaper if you mix and match with emusic.)
Following a Plong42 link - thanks.
just discovered by accident that with that track by Linear Bells from the Lost Children comp, if you play it in bandcamp and while playing right click on the individual track and open it in a second tab bandcamp will play it in both tabs at once (at least in Chrome), and it sounds great double-layered.
(from one of the Big Baroque Boxes)
Then:
The Flaming Lips with YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND - 2011 EP #9
This was Brighternow's find, on the free stuff thread. I just want to say here, please, please, please give it a listen and if you have time read the extensive notes that come with it. It is quite amazingly good, and a staggering achievement. It's constructed out of hundreds of samples of old recordings from around the world in an array of genres generously flavored with soul, blues, folk, world music sounds, some electronica. I suspect most folk on here would find it interesting. It keeps making me grin. Just loving it.
@BN, I doubt I would ever have found this on my own. Thanks for the early Christmas gift!
- And thanks for this:
Marrow - Lys
I played a few minutes, liked it so I am now downloading. Thanks BN and GP
One of the best jazz albums I bought in 2013 . . . Excellent accordion playing by Red Wierenga:
Chris Speed clarinet/tenor saxophone
John Hollenbeck drums
Red Wierenga accordion/piano
Drew Gress acoustic bass
Matt Moran vibraphone
+1? Matt Mitchell piano
- "Led by composer, drummer and three-time Grammy nominee John Hollenbeck, The Claudia Quintet have quietly but firmly and definitively recast jazz into shimmering new shapes inflected by classical minimalism, new music, progressive rock and post-rock. They are one of the most influential stylists on other musicians in cutting-edge jazz today and the sound of jazz and what jazz can be in our time has changed because of their sound and stance.
Celebrating 15 years of work together with the release of September, this NYC ensembles sound continues to explore the edge without alienating the mainstream, proving that genre-defying music can be for everyone."
Cuneiform
Bandcamp - http://johnhollenbeck.com/
ETA: Hmmmmm ?
- Thats more like it . . .
#11 from Jazz Loft: Jeff Kaiser - Ganz Andere Featuring Jeff Kaiser on trumpet, ocarinas, guitar, voice and electronics and Vinny Golia, piccolo, Chinese membrane flute, Bb clarinet, contra-alto clarinet and tenor sax. First track begins with static-drench vocals, stabbing and scary. According to Lisa McKinnon, "Some music invites listeners to get up and dance. Composer Jeff Kaiser does not make that kind of music. What Kaiser does create is New Music, electro-acoustic pastiches of jazz trumpet, world-music instruments, spoken word and sound samples run through a battery of processors...on the recording of 'Ganz Andere,' Kaiser's latest exploration of time, space, spirituality and secularism."
Edit: I just noticed that Jeff Kaiser is the Founder/owner of pfMENTUM records in San Diego, the label for this disc (and the Anna Homler as well).
#12 from Jazz Loft - Joe Venuti and Earl Hines, piano and violin duets. No real surprises here, exactly as expected.
#13 from Jazz Loft - Scott Fraser and Bruce Friedman - Landscape with Figure, improvisation for electric guitar & trumpet. Another spacey production from pfMentum. The electric guitar is heavily looped through reverb and delay effects to sound more like a keyboard, the trumpet plays ethereal melodies over the top. More ambient than jazz.
Cosmic Compositions Avant Garde Series Vol??.??2 [Alice Coltrane]. Free/NYOP
Thanks BT I will download
Cian Nugent's Born with the Caul: Long-form compositions for guitar (with supporting instruments), measured, contemplative, moving easily between Celtic, Blues, and Psychedelic. Very cool. $3 at 7d.
Not the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the words "Cosmic Avantgarde" - But quite good, actually . . .
- Thanks.
This is my favorite of the albums I got in the recent Lowercase Noises sale.
Interesting blog post here by the artist detailing the effects of making all his albums free/NYOP for 24 hours. (TL:DNR: made more money in a day than usually in two months and got hundreds of new listeners through increased visibility on bandcamp, reddit)