The new Nubya Garcia album, Odyssey, is being announced tomorrow. It comes out September 20. It features strings and a few guests including Georgia Anne Muldrow and esperanza spalding, and I have to say after listening to it once or twice that it sounds astonishingly like Kamasi Washington's music. But not what he's doing now, with the synths and stuff; this sounds like rehashed The Epic, minus the choir. Even Garcia's playing is simpler, more KW and less Dexter Gordon than it used to be. I get it; she's toured opening for Khruangbin and now she wants to move into those big rooms on her own, and this is a legit way to aim for that kind of crossover success. But it's surprisingly blatant.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Wednesday, 12 June 2024 16:10 (two weeks ago) link
Okay, so I'm playing that Beings album I mentioned upthread (Zoh Amba, Jim White, Steve Gunn, Shahzad Ismaily) and it is fantastic, I love this.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 12 June 2024 19:25 (two weeks ago) link
Agree, it's very good
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 13 June 2024 07:27 (one week ago) link
The Wire has published an excerpt from my upcoming Cecil Taylor book, all about the making of the Dewey Redman/Cecil Taylor/Elvin Jones album Momentum Space. Includes stories of Taylor being a manic cokehead and a catty bitch. Here's the link — enjoy!
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 18 June 2024 15:33 (one week ago) link
I got to imagine the hardest part of writing a book on Cecil is choosing which manic cokehead/catty bitch stories to tell
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 18 June 2024 15:42 (one week ago) link
Is there going to be a US distributor for the book or will I have to mail order it from Germany?
― Gigi Allen (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 18 June 2024 16:08 (one week ago) link
Working on that now — Wolke doesn't currently have a US distributor. I will have 20 contributors' copies, though, some of which I will absolutely sell to people.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 18 June 2024 16:11 (one week ago) link
Loved that excerpt, lol. Will definitely need to hear that album, and congrats again on the book.
Currently into Molly Miller Trio - The Ballad of Hotspur, fantastic L.A. guitar record with Jay Bellerose on drums. Folky & spaghetti western-y at times, recommended if you were into the recent Jeff Parker or Dave Easley records with Bellerose.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 18 June 2024 17:11 (one week ago) link
Previous records are great too! Also very Ribot-esque at times.
It's a cliche but every L.A. jazz record seems like it could be part of a movie soundtrack.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 18 June 2024 18:02 (one week ago) link
really annoying to hear him knock dewey redman like that
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 18 June 2024 20:34 (one week ago) link
(many xps)
i'm guessing eye rolls abound throughout the book
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 18 June 2024 20:38 (one week ago) link
still excited to read it
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 18 June 2024 20:39 (one week ago) link
Really enjoying this new live record by Johannes Enders (Tied + Tickled Trio, German saxophonist, beautiful sound), Renato Chicco (organ player I'm not familiar with), and Jorge Rossy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkuNIiQO5v8
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 24 June 2024 15:45 (two days ago) link
My latest Stereogum column is up. I interviewed Nasheet Waits, and reviewed albums by Julius Rodriguez, Nduduzo Makhathini, the Jihye Lee Orchestra, and a bunch of other folks, including that incredible archival Charles Gayle/William Parker/Milford Graves live set.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 14:56 (yesterday) link
Will have to check out Nasheet, he's incredible and mysterious of course. Mark Turner's Dharma Days is a big Nasheet album for me.
That William Parker/Cooper-Moore/Hamid Drake preview track rules.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 19:00 (yesterday) link
(I mean the Nasheet Waits solo album)
Love Nasheet Waits, not mentioned in the piece but he's great in McBride's New Jawn band
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 19:06 (yesterday) link
Yeah, those New Jawn records are great — we talked about that, and how it shows a whole different side of McBride, but there wasn't space.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 20:19 (yesterday) link
I have no idea that McBride could or would go that hard until their Tiny Desk set
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 20:49 (yesterday) link
Huh, it wasn't surprising to me! He's always had some out stuff on his records and can clearly do it all/is interested in it all, but maybe he gets pigeonholed as a traditionalist?
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 21:43 (yesterday) link
Yeah, he absolutely does get pigeonholed that way, including by me. And I mean, I should know better — the only time I ever saw him live was at Sonny Rollins' 80th birthday concert, where he held it down with Rollins, Roy Haynes, and Ornette. But I still think of him as basically a really good swinging bassist, not someone with a real interest in the fringes. The guy I always think of as a real can-do-anything type is Eric Revis, who's been in Branford Marsalis's band for twenty-plus years but also worked with Brötzmann, is in Tarbaby, has done some really wild shit on his own records, etc., etc.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 21:50 (yesterday) link
i really like christian mcbride
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 22:31 (yesterday) link