soulcoal
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You are absolutely right, and I would say please continue leaning into that boldness. The biggest complement I can pay you is not that I love every single thing you recommend - I certainly seem to have heavily overlapping tastes, so I often very …
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Been a minute since I've logged in here, but wanted to second the comments re: @jonahpwll and your reviews on Bandcamp. The indie jazz scene has never been more vibrant, but …
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eMusic as a music download business stopped existing as a going concern long ago. They keep the site live to keep collecting auto-renewals for those who long ago forgot to cancel and still have a valid credit card, but they got rid of most of thei…
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Termites hate eating mesquite.
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Sonnets about rabid camels always seem minimalist.
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Clapton is one of a handful artists, including Kid Rock, etc., who have completely gone off the deep end of conspiracy consumption. Must be a good time to hold stock in tin foil hat producers. ;-)
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Come, oh precocious youngsters reaching in grapevines, harvest Tempranillo.
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I noticed no Ted Gioia list this year, and then realized (after seeing an interesting article authored by him in The Atlantic about "old music killing new music") that he seems to have made his 2021 list available only to his newsletter subscribers …
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Good discussion. And my "playlist count" example was probably a poor proxy for my underlying point (which I think was understood by everyone here, despite the poor example - e.g. the "best of lists" of critics don't seem to always be the best jumpi…
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I'm always fascinated with the composite/"poll of polls"-type lists for jazz. While there are certainly a number of wonderful albums near the top of the list, I still can't help but wonder how the list would differ it was based on play count data …
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Speaking of new releases, has anyone else noticed recently that most new releases on 7Digital are M4A only (no longer a MP3 option - of course they still have FLAC at a higher price, too)? I wonder if it is just a glitch in their uploader, or…I had seen (and read) that article... great work and very interesting. I liked the approach of essentially "bar hopping" and listening in to a different band/style at each venue.There are various artist posts/blogs (don't have any handy at the moment to link here, but I've seen plenty) where they report on their NYP results and are consistently surprised at how well they do. But, as others have noted here, there are …Re: Whirlwind pricing, I'm surprised other labels haven't taken a cue and tested price elasticity a bit more in an era where purchased digital music is declining. For vinyl, I get it that there is inherent differentiation, but CD and MP3 are not ve…^^ Yeah, Bandcamp always has a really good collection of "contemporary classical", including a lot of the great labels that used to be on eMusic.
^^ I had also read Peter's list, and found a few real gems there that I had not encountered before. Good stuff.I do have some knowledge of the situation at eMusic but am not at liberty to share details. Independent of that, there has been enough public disclosure by labels and distributors over the past several years to substantiate that they were not payin…eMusic has no intentions of turning anything around. They abandoned the business a couple years ago (or arguably more), and it exists now solely as a way to collect subscription funds from abandoned accounts that were never canceled. Most employee…Damn. Waaaay too young, and I was a big fan of his, both with MSJO and his solo/trio/quartet work. I had the pleasure to see him play live at Mezzrow with Scott Robinson a year ago (and, in fact, ended up seated so close to Frank that I could have …(Quote)
Album of the Year website (which, despite the name, is really more of a review aggregator and critical score collector, ala metacritic), has a nice collection of end-of-year lists across many genres on their site:(Quote)Yeah, I can relate to that sentiment, though in this particular case I have several (incl. #1 and #2, both of which are quite good, albeit in very different ways). I also have the RTJ, Dylan and Adrianne Lenker …(Quote)
I like the Fiona album quite a bit. It's a "grower" - not immediately accessible, but really enjoyable after several listens. I've returned to it many times throughout the year.
^^ Yep, great list, Dave. I certainly have a few non-BC faves as well, but for an all-BC list of best jazz of 2020, a remarkable amount of great music. I particularly like the focus on more indie labels and artists that don't always get the atten…More good deals on jazz at 7Dig: The latest Charles Lloyd, "8: Kindred Spirits" for $5.36 and Immanuel Wilkins, "Omega" for $8.xx (don't recall if it was 8.99 or 8.49, but a better price than you'll find for most Blue Note releases elswhere).Some more jazz... JJA (jazz journalists) site that collects lots of best of lists submitted by individual authors (refresh regularly to see new posts). Most or all of these find their way into the Francis Davis NPR jazz poll.
in Listomania (a place for lists, end of year or otherwise) Comment by soulcoal December 2020(Quote)
$10.49 USD on 7Digital for 320K MP3.
Re: ACT - most ACT releases still show up on 7Digital (despite long ago ditching eMusic), and typically they are ~ $10.49 USD (or less if the album has few tracks). More for FLAC, but at least the MP3 is 320K (vs. 256K on Amazon). +1 for the…Wow, on the heal of the news about ACT and Clean Feed now being on Bandcamp, a Hubro sale is great news. Thanks for sharing.Ha. You had me fooled, @jonahpwll. But that is indeed very good news. ACT and Clean Feed take me back to the good ol' days of this site's namesake, when you could regularl…Looks like its time to dust off the ol' listomania thread once again, as some early submissions are starting to appear...Jazzwise "Top 20 Jazz Albums of 2020":