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Post by King on Nov 4, 2007 22:20:05 GMT -5
What are your favourite free jazz albums and artists?
I've been big on Don Cherry recently. His first 3 albums with Blue Note (Complete Communion, Symphony for Improvisers, Where is Brooklyn) are all brilliant. I've just ordered his duo with Ed Blackwell, Mu, which promises to be excellent.
Peter Brotzmann is another I've been getting into recently. Been listening to the complete Machine Gun sessions nearly everyday for the past two weeks, and I have Nipples too. I"d love to hear his duo with that drummer... whose name eludes me now... where they are playing in the forest, with the drummer playing on the trees and Brotzmann on sax.
Any recommendations for Pharoah Sanders or Albert Ayler albums are welcome (just ordered Ayler's live at greenwich village impulse recordings today), and any other free jazz/improv trumpeters.
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Post by Offering on Nov 5, 2007 2:40:40 GMT -5
What are your favourite free jazz albums and artists? I've been big on Don Cherry recently. His first 3 albums with Blue Note (Complete Communion, Symphony for Improvisers, Where is Brooklyn) are all brilliant. I've just ordered his duo with Ed Blackwell, Mu, which promises to be excellent. Peter Brotzmann is another I've been getting into recently. Been listening to the complete Machine Gun sessions nearly everyday for the past two weeks, and I have Nipples too. I"d love to hear his duo with that drummer... whose name eludes me now... where they are playing in the forest, with the drummer playing on the trees and Brotzmann on sax. Any recommendations for Pharoah Sanders or Albert Ayler albums are welcome (just ordered Ayler's live at greenwich village impulse recordings today), and any other free jazz/improv trumpeters. Apart from of Ornette Colemans Free Jazz, Id recommend Anthony Braxton - For Alto. Its great, and I think youd love it. I dont actually own that many "free jazz" albums come to think of it, bar O.C. and D.C. material. Re Ayler, I dont have any of his actual records, but I picked up a great compilation of his a while back. Its great music, you should enjoy that Greenwhich thing, cos theres a couple tracks from it on this comp. He is another musician I keep meaning to investigate more.....
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Post by King on Nov 11, 2007 21:28:40 GMT -5
Got the Albert Ayler album. Its fucking classy. Don Ayler's a fine trumpet player too.
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Post by dmtls on Dec 23, 2007 5:11:08 GMT -5
What are your favourite free jazz albums and artists? I've been big on Don Cherry recently. His first 3 albums with Blue Note (Complete Communion, Symphony for Improvisers, Where is Brooklyn) are all brilliant. I've just ordered his duo with Ed Blackwell, Mu, which promises to be excellent. Peter Brotzmann is another I've been getting into recently. Been listening to the complete Machine Gun sessions nearly everyday for the past two weeks, and I have Nipples too. I"d love to hear his duo with that drummer... whose name eludes me now... where they are playing in the forest, with the drummer playing on the trees and Brotzmann on sax. Any recommendations for Pharoah Sanders or Albert Ayler albums are welcome (just ordered Ayler's live at greenwich village impulse recordings today), and any other free jazz/improv trumpeters. Machine Gun is a masterpiece. Schwarzwaldfahrt [Brotzmann/Bennink duo you mention] is also worthwhile. You should check Berlin Djungle [Brotzmann Clarinet Project, featuring also JZ on clarinet] too. Regarding Albert Ayler, Spiritual Unity and Ghosts are two favourite for starters. Other suggestions include Steve Lacy, Ivo Perelman, Tim Berne, Arthur Doyle and Arhtur Jones material. I am waiting for a bunch of FMP cds I ordered a couple of days ago. As soon as I get them I can for sure come up with more suggestions.
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Post by King on Dec 23, 2007 13:26:47 GMT -5
Awesome, thanks man. I'll definitely keep an eye out for those.
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Post by Skuj on Dec 23, 2007 14:20:54 GMT -5
What are your favourite free jazz albums and artists? I've been big on Don Cherry recently. His first 3 albums with Blue Note (Complete Communion, Symphony for Improvisers, Where is Brooklyn) are all brilliant. I've just ordered his duo with Ed Blackwell, Mu, which promises to be excellent. Peter Brotzmann is another I've been getting into recently. Been listening to the complete Machine Gun sessions nearly everyday for the past two weeks, and I have Nipples too. I"d love to hear his duo with that drummer... whose name eludes me now... where they are playing in the forest, with the drummer playing on the trees and Brotzmann on sax. Any recommendations for Pharoah Sanders or Albert Ayler albums are welcome (just ordered Ayler's live at greenwich village impulse recordings today), and any other free jazz/improv trumpeters. I love Brotz. Fuck De Boer is great. And Coltrane's "difficult" period. My fav though, and I don't know if "Free Jazz" is right, is Cecil Taylor. Especially the /late 80s / 90s Germany festivals - forget the name of them.....
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Post by Skuj on Dec 23, 2007 14:22:16 GMT -5
What are your favourite free jazz albums and artists? I've been big on Don Cherry recently. His first 3 albums with Blue Note (Complete Communion, Symphony for Improvisers, Where is Brooklyn) are all brilliant. I've just ordered his duo with Ed Blackwell, Mu, which promises to be excellent. Peter Brotzmann is another I've been getting into recently. Been listening to the complete Machine Gun sessions nearly everyday for the past two weeks, and I have Nipples too. I"d love to hear his duo with that drummer... whose name eludes me now... where they are playing in the forest, with the drummer playing on the trees and Brotzmann on sax. Any recommendations for Pharoah Sanders or Albert Ayler albums are welcome (just ordered Ayler's live at greenwich village impulse recordings today), and any other free jazz/improv trumpeters. Machine Gun is a masterpiece. Schwarzwaldfahrt [Brotzmann/Bennink duo you mention] is also worthwhile. You should check Berlin Djungle [Brotzmann Clarinet Project, featuring also JZ on clarinet] too. Regarding Albert Ayler, Spiritual Unity and Ghosts are two favourite for starters. Other suggestions include Steve Lacy, Ivo Perelman, Tim Berne, Arthur Doyle and Arhtur Jones material. I am waiting for a bunch of FMP cds I ordered a couple of days ago. As soon as I get them I can for sure come up with more suggestions. Yeah, that's it. The FMP label....Cecil Taylor on that = Heaven.
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Post by Skuj on Dec 23, 2007 14:24:20 GMT -5
And yeah, Braxton's For Alto owns. Dinner jazz, eh? Hahahaha...
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Post by King on Dec 23, 2007 17:49:20 GMT -5
AH yeah, I've wanted to get For Alto for quite a while.
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Post by Offering on Dec 24, 2007 4:17:39 GMT -5
What are your favourite free jazz albums and artists? I've been big on Don Cherry recently. His first 3 albums with Blue Note (Complete Communion, Symphony for Improvisers, Where is Brooklyn) are all brilliant. I've just ordered his duo with Ed Blackwell, Mu, which promises to be excellent. Peter Brotzmann is another I've been getting into recently. Been listening to the complete Machine Gun sessions nearly everyday for the past two weeks, and I have Nipples too. I"d love to hear his duo with that drummer... whose name eludes me now... where they are playing in the forest, with the drummer playing on the trees and Brotzmann on sax. Any recommendations for Pharoah Sanders or Albert Ayler albums are welcome (just ordered Ayler's live at greenwich village impulse recordings today), and any other free jazz/improv trumpeters. I love Brotz. Fuck De Boer is great. And Coltrane's "difficult" period. My fav though, and I don't know if "Free Jazz" is right, is Cecil Taylor. Especially the /late 80s / 90s Germany festivals - forget the name of them..... Brotzmann is on my "check out" list........
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Post by King on Dec 24, 2007 10:56:35 GMT -5
I think you will love Machine Gun, mate. Its perfect. I found this brilliant video of his Die Like a Dog Quartet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLEyKsK770IThat trumpet player is a ridiculously good match for Brotzmann.
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Post by warthog on Dec 30, 2007 15:01:59 GMT -5
Hey everybody, I'm a newly joined member after lurking here and at the yahoo group for a while. I am going to recommend some noise-freejazz crossover things I own: Frode Gjerstad/Lasse Marhaug- Red Edge. Free saxophone meets laptop noise. and Paal Nilssen-Love/Lasse Marhaug- Personal Hygiene. Free Drumming meets laptop noise. This disc is way out of print though so maybe hard to find. Hit me up for a digital trade. They were supposed to release another collab sometime. Anyway a great disc from an awesome new-school free jazz drummer duking it out with Norway's king of noise.
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Post by King on Dec 31, 2007 15:34:23 GMT -5
That sounds great. I might have to take you up on that digital trade business.
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Post by Offering on Mar 8, 2008 7:10:22 GMT -5
Cecil Taylor - Conquistador arrived today.....plan to check it out later, never heard his music before ( shame on me, I know... )
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Post by Offering on Mar 8, 2008 11:22:03 GMT -5
Cecil Taylor - Conquistador arrived today.....plan to check it out later, never heard his music before ( shame on me, I know... ) ....And I really enjoyed it. Great stuff, will have to investigate his music more....
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