All That Jazz ...

[coaltrain]

Mucho gracias, guys!
It’s a pretty basic setup: Pro-jact Debut Evo 2 + PhonoBox S2.
As for records, I had to get KoB, right?
Also some Blue Notes, Floyd, Weather Report, etc. But that needs to stop. Will focus on what I don’t have, going forward.

 

[Sushant Sharma]

East Coast meets West Coast. Very relaxed and easy listening.

 

[coaltrain]

My first foray into South African jazz.
Joyous vocals, swinging horns, percolating percussion; it’s all here in spades.
You can hear this album on Apple Music.

 

[Nikhil]

 

[ajay124]

SPIRITUAL UNITY | ALBERT AYLER TRIO

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I discovered this album after nearly three decades of listening to most of the jazz greats from the years 1930-1970. Listening to this album, helped me understand the route that Coltrane took with Ascension and later albums. My initial reaction (when I first heard it) was one of bewilderment, tinged with awe. This was unlike any jazz that I had ever heard before. Definitely not an easy listening experience. This is one for a solitary listening experience, in a darkened room, with a seriously good HIFI system and a glass (or two) of one's favourite tipple at hand!

 

[coaltrain]

Was this the album that inspired our favourite J Jazz label?
Can’t find any info anywhere, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it did!
A solid live set with Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and Curtis Fuller up front.

 

[Fiftyfifty]

ANNOUNCEMENT
For those among you who plan to be in Goa next week:
*Next Thursday, 20th March, at 6.30 pm, we are screening the Japanese film _The Inheritance_ (1962,107 mins), directed by the legendary Masaki Kobayashi. known for films like The Human Condition and Samurai Rebellion.
This film is a stylish Japanese noir with a fantastic jazz music score and revolves around human greed and desire. With little time to live, a wealthy businessman decides to track down his three illegitimate children to distribute his wealth. That gets his employees and his wife going to see how best they can benefit from the situation, which leads to unexpected twists and turns.

 

[acemachine26]

ANNOUNCEMENT
For those among you who plan to be in Goa next week:
*Next Thursday, 20th March, at 6.30 pm, we are screening the Japanese film _The Inheritance_ (1962,107 mins), directed by the legendary Masaki Kobayashi. known for films like The Human Condition and Samurai Rebellion.
This film is a stylish Japanese noir with a fantastic jazz music score and revolves around human greed and desire. With little time to live, a wealthy businessman decides to track down his three illegitimate children to distribute his wealth. That gets his employees and his wife going to see how best they can benefit from the situation, which leads to unexpected twists and turns.

Woah, wish I was there! Kobayashi's Harakiri is probably my all-time favourite film.

 

[acemachine26]

SPIRITUAL UNITY | ALBERT AYLER TRIO

Spiritual Unity - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I discovered this album after nearly three decades of listening to most of the jazz greats from the years 1930-1970. Listening to this album, helped me understand the route that Coltrane took with Ascension and later albums. My initial reaction (when I first heard it) was one of bewilderment, tinged with awe. This was unlike any jazz that I had ever heard before. Definitely not an easy listening experience. This is one for a solitary listening experience, in a darkened room, with a seriously good HIFI system and a glass (or two) of one's favourite tipple at hand!

Phenomenal record! I recommend digging deeper into the ESP catalogue. Some more free jazz gems on that label:
Frank Lowe - Black Beings (1973)
Henry Grimes Trio - The Call (1966)
Sonny Simmons - Staying on the Watch (1966)
Marion Brown Quartet - s/t (1966)
The Giuseppi Logan Quartet - s/t (1965)

Some outstanding free-jazz records outside of ESP:
Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds (1973)
Alexander von Schlippenbach - Pakistani Pomade (1973)
Joe McPhee - Nation Time (1971)
John Handy - Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival (1966)
Julius Hemphill - Dogon A.D. (1972)
Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman (1969)

 

[Fiftyfifty]

Phenomenal record! I recommend digging deeper into the ESP catalogue. Some more free jazz gems on that label:
Frank Lowe - Black Beings (1973)
Henry Grimes Trio - The Call (1966)
Sonny Simmons - Staying on the Watch (1966)
Marion Brown Quartet - s/t (1966)
The Giuseppi Logan Quartet - s/t (1965)

Some outstanding free-jazz records outside of ESP:
Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds (1973)
Alexander von Schlippenbach - Pakistani Pomade (1973)
Joe McPhee - Nation Time (1971)
John Handy - Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival (1966)
Julius Hemphill - Dogon A.D. (1972)
Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman (1969)

+ 1 to ESP
No Ornette Coleman in your list?

 

[acemachine26]

+ 1 to ESP
No Ornette Coleman in your list?

Of course! Huge Ornette fan. Own his entire output from Atlantic on vinyl. I figured his name would be quite known anyway

 

[ajay124]

Woah, wish I was there! Kobayashi's Harakiri is probably my all-time favourite film.

Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri is one of the most acclaimed films of Japanese or World cinema. Tatsuya Nakadai (Ran, Kagemusha, Harakirii) is a fantastic actor and my personal favourite.

 

[acemachine26]

Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri is one of the most acclaimed films of Japanese or World cinema. Tatsuya Nakadai (Ran, Kagemusha, Harakirii) is a fantastic actor and my personal favourite.

He's up there for me as well, although Toshiro Mifune is my #1

 

[ajay124]

He's up there for me as well, although Toshiro Mifune is my #1

Male actors: Chishu Ryu (Ozu), Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiro Mifune (Kurosawa), Victor Sjostorm, Max Von Sydow (Bergman), Anatoly Solinitsyn, Erl;and Josephson (Tarkovsky), Jean-Paul Belmondo (Godard).

 

[coaltrain]

Since we’ve gone off the reservation on this thread, I’ll add Takeshi ‘Beat’ Kitano to the list
Hana-Bi has a permanent spot in my Top 10.

 

[Nikhil]

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[mbhangui]

Phenomenal record! I recommend digging deeper into the ESP catalogue. Some more free jazz gems on that label:
Marion Brown Quartet - s/t (1966)
The Giuseppi Logan Quartet - s/t (1965)

What does s/t mean ?

 

[acemachine26]

What does s/t mean ?

Self-titled. The album name is also the name of the artist/band

 

[coaltrain]

While the word ‘jazz’ is nowhere to be found on the cover, it’s certainly one of the ingredients in this exotic sonic cocktail. Other flavours include blaxploitation soundtracks, Booker T & The MGs, Lalo Schifrin, Giorgio Moroder and James Bond, to name a few. Very refreshing!

 

[Nikhil]

While the word ‘jazz’ is nowhere to be found on the cover, it’s certainly one of the ingredients in this exotic sonic cocktail. Other flavours include blaxploitation soundtracks, Booker T & The MGs, Lalo Schifrin, Giorgio Moroder and James Bond, to name a few. Very refreshing!

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Listening right now ... more funk than jazz though.
Here is a recommendation for some Jazz Funk from Jiro Inagaki

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