What Are You Listening To? July 2019

[Unsomnambulist]

Atumatu - God Himself (2019)

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

Mississippi John Hurt - Today

 

[axolotl]

Mississippi John Hurt - Today

What an appropriate day to listen to it!

 

[JazzyRandy]

Pleasure - Joyous (1977)

 

[axolotl]

Moviola ~ Dead Knowledge (2007)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Charlie Rouse / Paul Quinichette - The Chase Is On (1957)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Nas - Nasir (2018)

I bought this months ago and listened to it distractedly twice (I think). I'm a big Nas fan since his debut 20+ years ago, so it's a bit of a surprise that I allowed this to get lost in the shuffle. In my defense, it was one of the CDs that was in the other room that I recently relocated back to the pack. Now, it resides in the stacks of CDs on my "recently acquired CDs" table in my office/man-cave (Office-Cave?), from which I routinely repeatedly select listening choices.

Last week, my son, as he does from time to time, thrust his headphones at me and said "You have to listen to this." It was a song from this album, "Cops Shot The Kid". He followed it with "Everything". I liked both and made a mental note (HAH!) to listen to the album again soon. "Soon" is now.

7 songs, 26 minutes. I guess it's more of an EP than a LP, but I like the abbreviated length.

ETA: I feel like I'm getting old. I remember introducing him to music. I never thought the tables would be turned.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Jason Isbell - The Nashville Sound (2017)

 

[JazzyRandy]

David Gilmore - Numerology: Live At Jazz Standard (2012)

I was asked by someone to compile a list of my top Jazz albums from 2010-2019, as part of a larger project. As with everthing in my life, this task has been procrastinated to too close to my deadline. Time to dig in seriousy and listen to some stuff to tighten up positioning and a cut-off point. This is definitely hopefully a top-10 on that list.

Is there such a thing as Math Jazz?

Killer lineup: Gilmore, guitar; Claudia Acuna, voice (wordless vocals employed as an instrument); Miguel Zenon, alto sax; Luis Perdomo, piano; Christian McBride, bass; Jeff Watts, drums; Mino Cinelu, percussion.

Polyrhythmic pursuits, metric modulation, off-balance ideals, adrenaline-fueled solo flights and rhythmic crosscurrents are all part of the package. Acuna's haunting wordless vocals add volumes to the music, though they don't appear too often; Perdomo is the go-between, covering whatever is necessary; and McBride, Watts and Cinelu lay the groundwork and stir the pot. Gilmore and Zenón prove to be the stars, as they paint around one another and deliver some knockout solo work.

 

[axolotl]

75 Dollar Bill - I Was Real (2019)



@axolotl might like this.

Thanks, Rick!

Yeah! Enjoying it muchly.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Big Thief - U.F.O.F. (2019)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Dave Holland - Pathways (2010)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Lee Morgan - The Cooker (1958)

 

[axolotl]

Alex Cline Ensemble ~ Sparks Fly Upward (1999)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Gregory Tardy - Serendipity (1998)

 

[JazzyRandy]

David Hazeltine - Good-Hearted People (2001)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Faith No More - Angel Dust (1992)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Atumatu - God Himself (2019)

This might be of interest to @axolotl. Not a good listen in a noisy room.

Reminds me quite a bit of Grails.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Bailter Space - Tanker/Nelsh (1996)



1996, back when the world was mostly real.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Prince - HITnRUN: Phase One (2015)

If you are not a Prince completist, feel free to skip this. Phase Two is better, but half of this is the kind of stuff Prince gives to his proteges.