What are you listening to?

[tinky]

Antboy, that band is great, Ellery is my favorite of all the recent swag of tenors. I saw them at the Bimhuis, scary. Jim was funny about Andrea when he was out, he said she was a fantastic muso and great to play with but had no sense of time at all. He said it was bizzare but so didn't matter in that context. I was listening to his solo set with Rex and Grabba and we came up with a little song for him, it would be great if you could sing it to him for me when you see him, its actually more like a chant.
'Ol balck Jim, Ol black Jim
Where my ho, Where my ho?'

I think he'd like it.

[kingkazoo]

How about people actually discuss properly the music that they're listening to, instead of boring us with trivial lists. I grow weary of this bandying of words between witless wonders. At list tinky says something of intelligence about his listening.

And Fat Freddy's Cat, thank you for rising to the bait.

My work here is done.

Later suckers.

[Kenny]

kingkazoo said:

And Fat Freddy's Cat, thank you for rising to the bait.

No problem.

[Kenny]

Merle Travis - Guitar Rags And A Too Fast Life. Ahhh, another Bear Family set to set the racks sagging. This one's quite old (mid-'90s) so the price was good. Travis has always been a blind spot for me, so this pricey whim has become a stone revelation of the most joyful kind. I knew about the fingerpicking guitar, but there's so much more. Merle's a pretty good singer, a great songwriter and an astute picker of covers. There's plenty of country, hillbilly boogie, western swing AND jazz and blues and pop. Many tracks have a muted trumpet out front. Holy shit it's ALL good, the diversity and eclecticism simply more proof that American music is both more complex and simpler than it sometimes appears.

Besides, I wuz always gonna love a set that has tunes such as When Mussolini Laid His Pistol Down, Hominy Grits, Divorce Me C.O.D., A Fool At The Steering Wheel, When Rosie Riccoola Do The Hoola Ma Boola, So Round! So Firm! So Fully Packed!, Alimony Bound, I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size, Kentucky Means Paradise and Let's Settle Down (To Runnin' Around Together).

Yeeeehah!

[alimcg]

As much as it pains me, I'll agree with kingkazoo on one point - it would be good for people to actually say a little more about the music. I gotta say I don't find it that interesting if somebody comes along and just plonks down a list, with no more said. It's not exactly going to inspire me to go out and buy those albums. But if someone actually makes some good points I might at least get thinking about it. That said, I shall come back later with something interesting to say about my current listening.

[antboy]

tinky said:

Antboy, that band is great, Ellery is my favorite of all the recent swag of tenors. I saw them at the Bimhuis, scary. Jim was funny about Andrea when he was out, he said she was a fantastic muso and great to play with but had no sense of time at all. He said it was bizzare but so didn't matter in that context.
'Ol balck Jim, Ol black Jim
Where my ho, Where my ho?'
I think he'd like it.

stinklerrrrr...
if l go l'll sing it loud!
yeah, l haven't heard this group yet but l like the idea, people from differing backgrounds getting together to do something, not that l like much of his music but Zorn was pretty good at setting an example for this...

been listening to DIRTY THREE non stop for about 2 weeks,
the drummer Jim White ( should do a duo with Jiml Black! ha!! ha ha haaarrr!!!! ) is fastly becoming a favourite...

ps...can we get sensorship for extremely bad jokes too?!

[Baked Bean]

I'm not that into Naked City but Zorn's Masada stuff is compelling

[antboy]

gerrycan said:

I'm not that into Naked City but Zorn's Masada stuff is compelling

yeah for me masada plays really well, great musicianship etc...but to my ears lt's pretty much an ornette cover band playing klezmer melodies, l really enjoy the music, but only because l love the original so much

[Kenny]

alimcg said:

As much as it pains me, I'll agree with kingkazoo on one point - it would be good for people to actually say a little more about the music. That said, I shall come back later with something interesting to say about my current listening.

Yay! Lead by example.

[Kenny]

Roky Erickson - I Have Always Been Here. The Creature with the Atom Brain Stands by the Fire Demon fuelled by electric autoharp. Magnificent. Only in Texas.

[Baked Bean]

Yeah good point antboy: im really into joey baron's sound though. I think what draws me to that band is the really melody orientated approach (from each insrtument)... and although its pretty standard now i enjoy the non chordal intrumentation...

[jamie]

Charles Lloyd - Jumping the Creek
Charles is a baddass, the rhythm section is awesome and Jules, he's not playing maracas!!

Wayne Shorter - Beyond the Sound Barrier, and watching the Vienna Alegria Concert. Wayne, you are the man....

Keith Jarrett - Mysteries Box Set....Dewey is the most underrated saxophonist in jazz

[alimcg]

Some people I know think that Charles Lloyd is at his best playing maracas. I've got a DVD of his quartet circa "Forest Flower" and the maraca playing and Keith's tambourine work are world-class.

I've been checking out a Duke live album from 1958 "Alhambra" and I gotta say I've been very disappointed. Great players, great charts, but it just doesn't have the energy I'd expect from that band. It also has a rather ponderous medley of about a dozen "classics" which leads to a dozen highly unsatisfactory performances. This album would still put most rubbish to shame, but by Duke's standards, I don't rate it.

And some completely unrelated listening - Luciano Perrone's Batucada Fantastica Vol 3. The grandfather of Brazilian drumkit. If you want to learn Brazilian music other than bossa nova this album is a must have.

[captain]

Your rational and objective discussion of musical elements as no place here AlimcG, come back when you can make an emotive statement based on a ten second sample.

[alimcg]

Aye-aye.