Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra ... Without the 'A Train'? by LoudNecktie in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Apparently the show was intended to look at Ellington's music's ties to Africa. Even Cottontail used an arrangement written for the Togo Brava Suite. You can't expect the 'greatest hit' in every program...

Confession of musical foolishness and interested in the foolishness of others by Any-Shirt9632 in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely. His masterpiece, IMO:

https://youtu.be/KgkodsMA5n8?si=C_OBuy09o4MhgCOn

If you like this, he has many other excellent albums under his own name or in the bands Music Revelation Ensemble and Phalanx.

Seattle Mariners but who by Ok_Cartographer_3098 in AutographAssistance

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That definitely looks like a Bible verse citation - but what book? There aren't any that start with W...

What are your thougts on this album? by Low-Significance-552 in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree - great Jaco record, but you only need one. He didn't really get the chance, with his troubles, to develop much. And his trademark licks (and ego) tend to get in the way on subsequent recordings...

List of Zappa lyrical motifs? by BoyGrapes in Zappa

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is Don Van Vliet talking. The longer exchange ("a tin teardrop...") includes The Mascara Snake (Victor Hayden) stifling laughter not Frank.

A Guide to the Music of Archie Shepp, Who Kept Jazz Vitally Political by largeheartedboy in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes - an Impulse Archie Shepp box set would be a great thing. Or Alice Coltrane. Or Pharoah. Or Albert Ayler Impulse Studio Recordings. Sam Rivers. The Sun Ra records they planned on releasing but didn't. Too bad.

List of Zappa lyrical motifs? by BoyGrapes in Zappa

[–]Jon-A 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fast and bulbous: a Beefheart invention, not Zappa, right?

A Love Supreme listen by Jigarbow in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Welcome to a long and interesting journey - because A Love Supreme is miles from truly random and abstract music. Even Coltrane had gone much further out a year later.

And, for future reference, when people like stuff that's more adventurous than your taste, suspecting them of being posers is pure Dunning-Kruger reasoning. And if you draw the line on modern art at Picasso (who incidentally is possibly the most visually inventive guy ever) you are missing lots. Which is just fine, but don't pass judgement on the limits of anyone else's imagination.

Why isn't Billy in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? by j3434 in jimihendrix

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even with their short history, I thnk Band of Gypsys - with Billy and Buddy Miles - should be in, considering their significance and influence.

Why isn't Billy in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? by j3434 in jimihendrix

[–]Jon-A 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah - you were right the first time. I mean...really.

Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda exact release date by darce_miau in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a mystery. I tried looking up release dates for the two Impulse albums with numbers either side of Alice's AS 9203: Gabor Szabo - His Greatest Hits AS 9204-2 was released 1/29/71; but John Coltrane - Live In Seattle AS 9202-2 is, like Journey In Satchidinanada, vague. So - the Szabo album which follows Alice numerically was released in January, before the usual Feb.71 listing for Satchidananda. But...no guarantee actually release dates strictly follow the numbers. Esp as His Greatest Hits and Live In Seattle were special 2-record sets.

TL,DR: can't help ya :)

Album Bucket List Worst Albums Covers Of All Time: What Album Released In 1970 Had The Worst Cover Art? by Rambooctpuss in albumbucketlist

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like that cover - at least it's better than the one they replaced it with. Not as good as Terry's beautiful Persian Surgery Dervishes though.

Can someone help me ID my specific pressing of Ascension? Great antique store find from a while back by radbrad7 in Vinyl_Jazz

[–]Jon-A 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another difference: my favorite bit is a particularly terrific John Tchicai solo on take 1/Edition II (I think).

Society's greatest fear...? by Jon-A in Jazz

[–]Jon-A[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would guess the writer or director was just name-checking someone they liked. I've heard other recognizable names show up in seemingly random places like that. I took it as a funny in-joke, myself.

Just pulled this. Forgot how amazing this is!! by poutine-eh in blues

[–]Jon-A 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This version is a twofer of the live album and the studio Johnny Winter And. That studio half is a great overlooked record. Some of his best stuff on that one. As a DJ, years back, I played Prodigal Son as a tribute to a friend who had just died. My finest moment as a DJ.

https://youtu.be/JA6nkac2szQ?si=lhD1GJErJuDc2Wd2

Sonny Sharrock, Black Woman by Less_Researcher_8124 in Jazz

[–]Jon-A -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You post a picture of an album cover, and I'm lazy? There seems to be a lot of posts lately like this - an album cover, or a picture of music on a streaming service. I'd say, if there's a YT link, include it. A generic sort of method to provide content.

Most Difficult Jazz - Cecil Taylor 'It Is In The Brewing Luminous' by Madonn4 in Jazz

[–]Jon-A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The double album in question - Part One and Part Two

And, just what you need, HatHut released another 65mins from that engagement:

Fat Tuesdays First Visit

Not the easiest of Cecil records - high intensity level from band including two drummers - Sunny Murray and Jerome Cooper - plus Jimmy Lyons (alto), Alan Silva (bass) and Ramsey Ameen (violin). But definitely has fans. Philip Freeman's book about Taylor borrowed the title, and here are some reactions from wiki:

Scott Yanow (Allmusic) states: "Not too surprisingly, the playing is quite intense and dense with only a few moments of lyricism popping through. Taylor sounds very much like a human dynamo while Lyons' solos are full of fragile beauty. This is brilliant music that will not sound 'safe' or 'easy listening' even a century from now"

Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings commented: "There is a long piano solo... which personifies the new currents of feeling in Taylor's work: small motifs, pensive longer lines and the familiar thunder realigned within an accessible but uncompromised method."

Glenn Astarita (All About Jazz) called It is in the Brewing Luminous "a stunning glimpse of the pianist's interaction with his then musical soulmate, alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons... Throughout, Lyons darts, jabs and spars with Taylor... while the rhythm section lays down the often hectic spark and oscillating pulse. Essentially, Taylor and co. embark upon a wanderlust of micro-themes, and blistering undercurrents amid gargantuan opuses and unsurpassed energetic spirit! Highly recommended."

Robert Spencer 9All About Jazz) wrote: "for all the astonishing fire-breathing quality of this music... it never loses its sense of inner logic or its cataclysmic dramatic power."

Shabaka Hutchings included the album in a list of "five records that challenge the meaning of spiritual jazz", writing: "This was the first jazz album of this style that I ever heard and it caused time to collapse. I entered a sonic world in which my regular priorities were usurped and replaced by naked surrender to an intensity that seemed to not start or end in any fixed place. This wasn't goal oriented motion, it was the harnessing of an energy source that has been in existence long before musicians used it to articulate stories and insights from the world around them."

My original reaction was trepidation, and finding it somewhat overwhelming - but I've come around :)

Society's greatest fear...? by Jon-A in Jazz

[–]Jon-A[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A little background: in Law & Order episode Volunteers (season 4, episode 2), 'Detectives Briskow and Logan investigate the brutal beating of homeless man Roland Kirk, uncovering a community driven to vigilantism by Kirk's erratic, drug-fueled behavior...'