#25 from Jazz Loft, Rich Halley - Live At Beanbenders, Quite a bit more out there on the saxophone. According to AllMusic, "Halley's sound can be gruff, spiritual, lyrical, dark, cynical, hopeful, or fluttery as a bird. He also plays the percussion instruments of the tribes and pow wows."
@Prof, hopefully you will like...Hawk and Benny were both great innovators who were also beautiful players. Reviewer is right, the "bonus tracks" are a waste.
Meanwhile, finally catching up with this intriguing new duo release:
#26 from Jazz Loft, Earl HInes - Live at Ratso's", a quartet featuring quartet Rudy Rutherford on clarinet, tenor, and flute; bassist Harley White, and drummer Eddie Graham. Classic Jazz.
#27 from Jazz Loft - Talisker Dreaming of Glenisla. Free jazz with Scottish melodies? "Assimilated folkloric musics with an instrumental progressive jazz-oriented sound influenced by John Coltrane"? Worst Album Cover Ever? Enjoyable, although a little noisy at times.
Aurora Liminalis by William Basinski and Richard Chartier
(I find it very hard to know what to do with a recording like this in best of year terms. Is it excellently done? Yes. Will I listen to it often? Probably not. Do I admire it when I do listen to it? Indeed. Would most folk consider it music? No. Is it better than lesser attempts at the same thing? Absolutely. Is there a meaningful way to compare it in terms of relative quality with, say, a jazz or a rock record? I don't see one.)
Then:
Mask Of The Maker by Jonas Reinhardt
A pretty good retro synth release spoiled by vocals.
Oh indeed. I have no qualms about mentioning it if I decide it's in my list. It's just harder than in some other cases to gain an impression of where it might place on my list.
It feels kind of like if someone asked what your ten favorite books were this year and you realize maybe one of them was a dictionary and are wondering where to rank it among nine novels.
In the music of Apparat Organ Quartet every note is hand-played, with not a sequencer or computer in sight. The bandmembers play keyboards from their extensive collection of jurassicanalog machinery, including Russian synthesizers and customized home organs, Italian transistor organs from the 60's, malfunctioning Hammonds, old school vocoders and various circuit-bent Casios and Portasounds.
Their passion for out-moded musical machines and ancient communication technologies is also clearly reflected in their collaboration with TF3IRA, a trio of ham radio enthusiasts. This performance, documented on the Kitchen Motors CD "Motorlab 2", featured an enormous electric sound sculpture involving shortwave receivers and morse code transmissions mixed in with the organ quartet's ethereal soundscapes.
@brighternow, yes, I have listened to that a little.
Back at you:
JD Emmanuel - Time Traveler
This one was 2013, and rather good. As was this one, now moving on to:
@BT, successfully, apparently. ETA, wait a minute, I am not getting the connection I thought I got - what's WAAG and what's the chain to emptywhale? Oh, wait another minute, of course, the label, I do get it after all. As you were.
@ GP,
That JD Emmanuel is amazing . . . Thank you very many !
- More awesome analogue vintage tynth . . . The Continuing Story Of Counterpoint is a remarkable 12 part musical cycle that Borden composed between 1976-87. Lasting 3 hours, Cuneiform has released this seminal work on 3 albums, each containing 4 parts. The music is a pleasing and highly listenable mixture of classical forms, dense textures, strict counterpoint, and high energy electronics. AUDIO Magazine had this to say about the series: "When released in its entirety, this series may stand as the 'Goldberg Variations' of minimalism, a canon of work that defines a style and an era."
- Cuneiform Records @ Bandcamp
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#24 from Jazz Loft, Matt Hilgenberg - Rasa. Hilgenberg plays a trumpet, this combo strikes me as a fairly traditional set of jazz.
And now:
#25 from Jazz Loft, Rich Halley - Live At Beanbenders, Quite a bit more out there on the saxophone. According to AllMusic, "Halley's sound can be gruff, spiritual, lyrical, dark, cynical, hopeful, or fluttery as a bird. He also plays the percussion instruments of the tribes and pow wows."
This is one of the great ones - Rhythm section comprising Oscar Peterson and friends
Taking you at your word. Certainly sounds good so far.
3 albums and it continues: no matter how much I try to get into Laura Marling, I never feel compelled to listen to her.
This (along with the previous 2) I find much more intriguing.
Meanwhile, finally catching up with this intriguing new duo release:
I'm fond of Rich Halley's music. I remember he offered up a few tracks when I was the AAJ dotd editor...
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/jazzdownload.php?id=6624#.UqmhqIVgg1k
Worth checking his stuff out some more, especially the Requiem for a Pit Viper recording.
Cheers.
Vialka: Succ
#26 from Jazz Loft, Earl HInes - Live at Ratso's", a quartet featuring quartet Rudy Rutherford on clarinet, tenor, and flute; bassist Harley White, and drummer Eddie Graham. Classic Jazz.
#27 from Jazz Loft - Talisker Dreaming of Glenisla. Free jazz with Scottish melodies? "Assimilated folkloric musics with an instrumental progressive jazz-oriented sound influenced by John Coltrane"? Worst Album Cover Ever? Enjoyable, although a little noisy at times.
That's a westie, so you shut your mouth.
Here's mine:
Craig
GP review @ MIG
Aurora Liminalis by William Basinski and Richard Chartier
(I find it very hard to know what to do with a recording like this in best of year terms. Is it excellently done? Yes. Will I listen to it often? Probably not. Do I admire it when I do listen to it? Indeed. Would most folk consider it music? No. Is it better than lesser attempts at the same thing? Absolutely. Is there a meaningful way to compare it in terms of relative quality with, say, a jazz or a rock record? I don't see one.)
Then:
Mask Of The Maker by Jonas Reinhardt
A pretty good retro synth release spoiled by vocals.
Isn't that our mission at MiG? To shine the light on good music regardless of genre/popularity?
Craig
It feels kind of like if someone asked what your ten favorite books were this year and you realize maybe one of them was a dictionary and are wondering where to rank it among nine novels.
- Not from 2013, though.
Soundcloud
Back at you:
JD Emmanuel - Time Traveler
This one was 2013, and rather good. As was this one, now moving on to:
Greg Haines - Where we Were
found on craigslist @MiG.
Pity Sex - Feast of Love
They sound like that spot right in the middle of shoegaze and dream pop.
Craig
Ian Boddy - Liverdelphia
Another strong 2013 release.
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information/Wings of Love
Craig
A free one that might just make my year end list - I think this is thanks, BT?
Hata Unacheza: Sub?-?Saharan Acoustic Guitar & String Music, ca. 1960s. $4.50
That JD Emmanuel is amazing . . . Thank you very many !
- More awesome analogue vintage tynth . . .
The Continuing Story Of Counterpoint is a remarkable 12 part musical cycle that Borden composed between 1976-87. Lasting 3 hours, Cuneiform has released this seminal work on 3 albums, each containing 4 parts. The music is a pleasing and highly listenable mixture of classical forms, dense textures, strict counterpoint, and high energy electronics. AUDIO Magazine had this to say about the series: "When released in its entirety, this series may stand as the 'Goldberg Variations' of minimalism, a canon of work that defines a style and an era."
- Cuneiform Records @ Bandcamp