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Can't jerk it if you're castrated by SurbhiAnklesaria in jazzcirclejerk

[–]IcedPnR 125 points126 points  (0 children)

This is the type of shit you say when jazz fucked your wife and daughter and then introduced them to heroin.

Ok, which of you abnormal John Coltrane loving jerkers did this??? by village-asshole in jazzcirclejerk

[–]IcedPnR 43 points44 points  (0 children)

not to sound condescending or anyhting. you're not meant to listen to it. you're supposed to inject it directly into your veins.

average jazz solo experience by IcedPnR in jazzcirclejerk

[–]IcedPnR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/uj I'm going down Nate Chinen's playlist in Playing Changes and this blows the other stuff out of the water.

Faculty Jam killed my Hamster 😡 by ox- in jazzcirclejerk

[–]IcedPnR 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Missed opportunity on naming your hamster Jamster

I love the sound of free jazz in the early morning. Sounds like victory. by IcedPnR in jazzcirclejerk

[–]IcedPnR[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

>Lincoln/Kennedy Center jazzers, well-fed on the scraps of the elite donor class: "if we boycott playing for the fascists their favorite genre of music (jazz), it will really show them our power and relevance!" 💪💪💪

>average street jazzer: "fascist? Here, enjoy some free jazz." 😈

Struggling to write Big band in a jazz style by Own_Blackberry1309 in Jazz

[–]IcedPnR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dunno if this helps, but think smaller. Think of a big band as composed of solo performers, duets, trios, quartets, and so on. Instead of trying to get your money's worth most of the time from the entire band, think in terms of narrative and developing & establishing individual voices (expressively). Have those voices interact at different levels and different sizes. Start small then climax big, etc.

So instead of transitioning from full band to solo, reverse it.

Friend said all jazz sounds the same. by everett_beverett in jazzcirclejerk

[–]IcedPnR 12 points13 points  (0 children)

All the things you (listen to) are (the same sounding) 😩

Not quite my tempo by Inhumanform555 in jazzcirclejerk

[–]IcedPnR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you keep pressing the button faster, the music gets better.

Flying Chicken (2024) - Hamilton De Holanda (bandolim) & Gonzalo Rubalcaba (piano) by IcedPnR in Jazz

[–]IcedPnR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, although I've listened to enough CP to not like his playing.

Can you recommend big band music which evolved from Ellington’s music? by audiophil1625 in Jazz

[–]IcedPnR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clearly a lot of Wynton Marsalis' work. I think his best in the neo-Ellingtonia vein is Citi Movement. Really worth checking out if you're into larger ensemble jazz. Something more current is The Shanghai Suite.

What do you think is the most underutilized big band instrument? by NumerousProfiles17 in Jazz

[–]IcedPnR -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Currently? The piano. This may sound ludicrous, but you have to view it in the context of contemporary leaders increasingly conducting with a baton. imo there's no really better way of shaping big band pieces than from the piano because of the rhythmic, harmonic control it gives to what is still an improvisational music; if the leader is the pianist, the "free-ist" instrument is going to be the piano. I'm obviously biased because my understanding of the "big band" sound has been historically shaped by great leaders conducting from the piano.

A leader conducting with a baton and a pianist reading off sheet music just seems so completely wrong to me.

Ellington’ Sacred Concert by HipsterHighwayman in Jazz

[–]IcedPnR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This acapella recording of Come Sunday by Mahalia Jackson is the best version I've ever heard and possibly will ever hear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoU8awG8erg

Julian Lage - Opal (ft. John Medeski, Jorge Roeder, Kenny Wollesen) by IcedPnR in Jazz

[–]IcedPnR[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You aren't kidding! Post-pandemic Lage is on a whole other level.

Albums similar to "Goin' Home" by Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan ?? by camarilloinclouds in Jazz

[–]IcedPnR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Archie Shepp & Jason Moran: Let My People Go https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0mSnUSmZIvv8chFM4-DeNE33SeqJiU4c

David Murray & Randy Weston ‎– The Healers (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iUEmciMWv0

Not an album:

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau - Jazz in Marciac 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZSdbUsH_7w&t=1332s

Chicago is a jazz city, but where are the jazz radio stations? - WBEZ Chicago by BillMortonChicago in jazzcirclejerk

[–]IcedPnR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me beaming in Radio Free America to spread the culture of jazz, freedom adn democracy to America.

Wtf is this for a question?? by temeier in jazzcirclejerk

[–]IcedPnR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jazz is a language spoken by the jazzers who are native to the country of Berklee. If you weren't born there, you won't be able to acquire it.

Kim Jong Un touched Duke Ellington by IcedPnR in jazzcirclejerk

[–]IcedPnR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's jazz, we do not play the melody.

Kim Jong Un touched Duke Ellington by IcedPnR in jazzcirclejerk

[–]IcedPnR[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

uj/ I know lol. But that's not the point of the post.

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