― vahid (vahid), Friday, 17 February 2006 09:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 17 February 2006 10:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― cracktivity1 (cracktivity1), Friday, 17 February 2006 13:01 (eighteen years ago) link
anyways, what i was saying is that gato wins for albums and overall listenability. i haven't heard any of his later soft jazz albums, but his work on Flying Dutchman is all incredible. freaked out spiritual jazz with latin flourishes. almost as good as who he's trying to sound like - Pharoah Sanders. i've got Fenix, El Pampero, The Third World and his album on BYG with Dollar Brand (listed as both Confluence & Hamba Khale!). he's also on the amazing Liberation Music Orchestras, the fantabulous Escalator Over the Hill, and a bunch of Don Cherry albums (which i don't think i've heard, even though Cherry is one of my faves).
but.... i think Grover wins for singles and samplability. Hydra & Knucklehead are both fucking amazing funked out tracks. his sax does get a bit too sweet for me most of the time. though.
someone to add to the equation... John Klemmer. mixes the out, post-coltrane playing of Gato with the funk & samples of Grover. and he plays everything through the echoplex! i just got another one of his records yesterday. Magic & Moments on Impulse from 73. out/funky/trippy. really fucking great.
― team jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 17 February 2006 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― team jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― team jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 17 February 2006 22:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 18 February 2006 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link
i just picked up Inner City Blues (inner shitty blues, amirite) and he ruins good songs once he starts playing.
― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 22 September 2006 16:35 (seventeen years ago) link
On the other hand, some of that old stuff has sounded pretty good. Maybe it was just the music for this particular soundtrack.
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 22 September 2006 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 22 September 2006 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― mucho (mucho), Friday, 22 September 2006 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link
a la "augustus pablo vs john coltrane"
― the art ensemble of chicago house (vahid), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― 600, Friday, 27 April 2007 10:07 (sixteen years ago) link
np: "winelight"
― deej, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 06:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Gotta get me Gato's Fenix. Just gotta, you know. Pronto.
― t**t, Thursday, 19 July 2007 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Impossible! They are both mega.
― Jeb, Friday, 20 July 2007 04:28 (sixteen years ago) link
daaaaaaaaamnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwC0jHD46vo
― Spottie, Saturday, 29 August 2015 07:03 (eight years ago) link
I kind of want to poll Grover's Reed Seed. I probably won't because it's not a very cool album to like, but dammit, it's definitive smooth jazz and is subsequently very classic. But anyway, if you like a very mellow, sax-laced funky smooth jazz jam or two, check it out. Maybe* skip the Billy Joel cover.
Here's "Loran's Dance" (1978)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0VO7Y4YyHo
An aside/ xpost to random old r+b: always wanted to hear the one rare album by the band that backed Grover on Reed Seed, so of course it's on the internet jukebox by now and I'm listening to it. It's definitely more of an smooth jazz/R+B album, but I'm enjoying it all the same. First couple songs have kind of a boogie feel and there's a lot of those vintage synth sounds we love so much throughout. Some catchy grooves for sure. Great to finally hear it.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 23:43 (two years ago) link
*definitely
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 23:44 (two years ago) link
Also yes, please post Unlock the Funk in horrible pun cover art.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 23:48 (two years ago) link
Okay, this was the last song on the Locksmith album so I hadn't heard it yet before posting that. "Far Beyond" is some serious business.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 23:58 (two years ago) link
a secret place is a nice grover album
― brimstead, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
i knew this would be an Austin revive!
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 02:47 (one year ago) link
It's not very real work, but at least it's honest.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 03:37 (one year ago) link