God, I love this bunch of misfits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC1N7rkKkfg
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God, I love this bunch of misfits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC1N7rkKkfg
One of the best live shows I ever saw was Bela Fleck, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Stanley Clarke at the Hampton Beach Casino. Despite the trash venue, those guys were amazing.
I bet that was epic.
I've had a chance to briefly meet and talk to Victor and Bela on separate occasions. Both are very positive and down to earth guys. I've seen the Flecktones a few times prior to Coffin's departure to the DMB. If you listen to anything today, check out Howard Levy's intro to "Life In Eleven". You'll never think of the harmonica the same way again.
wow, that must have been cool. I have seen Stanley Clarke a few times, once or twice with Return to Forever and once or twice with his own band. Dude kills it on bass.Quote:
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I was at that show. I like the casino for the two night Dark Star runs but not so much as a seated venue.Quote:
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The first two times that I saw the flecktones were two shows in a row, one in San Diego and one in mammoth, with aquarium rescue unit as the opener. They were not well known and both were small shows. It was super fun to watch at both shows as the crowds built around Bela and Victor and jaws dropped as people started to realize what they were witnessing.
It was similar to seeing and observing the crowds watching pancho Sanchez at a club with a dance floor. After an extended Sanchez solo, you’d have to wipe the drool off the floor dripped by everybody on the dance floor that aspired to play congas.
In the mid/late 90’s, several of the UCSD music grad students would play a jazz show or two per year at one of the larger theatres. They often played sun ra “songs.” Super entertaining and interesting instrumentation.
I had exactly the same experience seeing the Flecktones at Bumbershoot many, many years ago. I think I just stood there with my mouth open for 45 minutes, trying to make sense of what I was hearing.
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Sun Ra and his Arkestra played a show at my college and it was one of the most insane musical things I have ever experienced.Quote:
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A bunch of my ultimate team was at the show, and the next day, powered by Sun Ra's extraterrestrial vibes, we won our first tournament.
One year at Regional's up at Williams we were on I think our 5th or 6th match during a complete downpour. To say we were spent would be polite. While the rich kids were holed up in their BMW's and Volvo's with their heat blasting, our whole team dropped acid and played the final match with no shirts and in our underwear.
We did not make it to Nationals, but we didn't feel cold anymore. Lot's of lay outs that went for yards through the mud. Good times.
We did win the party.
This weeks find is Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk. This album swings so hard. Johnny Griffin on Tenor and Bill Hardman on Trumpet. Dig their solos on "Rhythm-a-ning" (as well as Monk's comping behind him)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Lqx5W7uGs&list=PL7gp579CMkT_IFMWykEPQbml K8nrHmeh5&ab_channel=Jazz%26Blues
When I list my favorite tenor players, I always neglect Griffin until I re-listen to some of the Jazz Messenger stuff as well as his recordings with Eddie Lockjaw Davis. Super lyric soloing and some really harmonically complex stuff. Enjoy
I humbly recommend checking out THE BROUN FELLINIS
https://brounfellinis.bandcamp.com/
^That's good shit^
My new to me copy of MMW Tonic just showed up today and made its way into the player. Solid. Love MMW.
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^^^those speakers just look so dope too!!
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And the sound is wonderful. Powerful and clear and musical at high levels, and sublime at post kid bedtime listening levels. I poke around on ksl cause I like to change stuff up, but I have no reason whatsoever to change out these speakers. And they were a labor of love to get them in top shape. There is a set of jbl L5 out there right now though....
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I just looked those up on KSL and now I want them. However, I think my wife will kill me - or at least maim.Quote:
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Plus, I really want a new guitar, so...
But still.
They are supposed to be great speakers...
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Alfa Mist has been showing up on the side of my YouTube for a while. Finally checked it out & was impressed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Nqbic6HZs
Not sure how the masses feel about Snarky Puppy but Bob Reynolds is a bad ass and I thought this was hip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ-Ytcsr06U
I just stumbled upon Baden Powell this week. Probably more under the samba catagory. Pretty sweet guitarist
This album got a lotta listens the past few months. Was our dinner soundtrack many nights
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYS8f...hdCpIC_jevSwRU
New album from UK based Sons of Kemet. I know I've repped them before - they're well worth your time. The band leader, Shabaka Hutchings, is incredible.
Check out this track, "Let the Circle be Unbroken" from Black to the Future. The groove gets really good at around the three minute mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hjxrchhT5c
Did a Search, and there's no mention of the word Mehldau on this entire site. Who the fuck are you ppl?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHiwry1J6OU
Mehldau is basically the Kenny G of the keyboard: waiting room music and pop/fusion covers. MEH-ldau ATMOQuote:
Originally Posted by highangle
Lol bro you sound bitter about not winning a Grammy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z4wLbS5WKo
PM Telefunken to hear about what that feels like.Quote:
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OG college chum just hipped me to them today...Quote:
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N.A. TOUR in 2022:
http://www.shabakahutchings.com/tour/
More jazz.
Sun Ra - pathways to unknown worlds Preservation hall jazz band - New Orleans
Medeski Martin and Wood - uninvisible
Chick Corea - Alive. (he just died recently, so not alive anymore)
Sun Ra is out there. Like way out there.
Uninvisible is on right now, and so far it is fun, entertaining and easy to listen to, but I think I like the dropper and it's more experimental out there sound better - so far... Edit, pretty solid really, digging it.
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Sun Ra is awesome.
May have already posted this in this thread, if so I blame the weed: Sun Ra played at my college in the late 80s. Was an incredible experience (not just an incredible concert, an incredible experience).
That’s awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Some of the music grad student at UCSD in the mid-90’s played a lot of free form jazz shows and sometimes they were specifically inspired by sun ra. Not the same thing, of course, but still pretty amazing.
Prepare for the journey, to outer space!
We travel the spaceways, from planet to planet.
Got to see Sun Ra and His Arkestra a couple of times, great shows with the band line dancing through the tables at the old Rainbow on 45th and at the Backstage.
I think it would take a lot of acid for me to have made it through a Sun Ra concert.
^ I haven't listened to Sun Ra much. Lanquidty is pretty accessible though:
https://youtu.be/H7Q3L9799gE
We have a new venue opening up in Portsmouth. They're lining up some great talent and it looks really nice, but maybe (or probably) too nice $$$. I despise the membership thing with a place like this. So many of the people who end up going don't even hear the music. They're there only to be seen.
https://jimmysoncongress.com/
I feel the need to play this…
Thanks! This one goes in my favorites.Quote:
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I stumbled upon that joint after spiraling down a Eugene McDaniels rabbit hole last night.
It all started with Prince Po (of the rap duo Organized Konfusion) making a FB post about "Jagger The Dagger", a McDaniels song they sampled (a number of others have sampled it, too: https://www.whosampled.com/Eugene-Mc...agger/sampled/).
That caused me to rummage through my vinyl stacks where I found a battered copy of headless heroes of the apocalypse, the album that track appears on. On it, McDaniels (aka The Left Reverend McD) flirts with jazz, funk, and folk all with socio-political context; super cool album if you can find it.
That prompted me to dig around the webz to learn more about McDaniels. He was a prolific cat with his fingers in a variety of genres.
He wrote "Compared To What", but I couldn't find his version on YouTube (it was also recorded by Roberta Flack, amongst others, but supposedly the Les McCann/Eddie Harris version is the most famous, though).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compared_to_What