"Weird Means Something You Never Heard Before": Rolling Jazz D-bag Thread 2015

Man, wish I could go down for that...I almost never check the JALC calendars, on the assumption they'll never have someone like Pharaoh.

The Times says he's there 1/29 through 2/1.

I saw him at a festival once and didn't love it, but I'm not the biggest Pharaoh fan anyway

forks what kind of Ribot show is that, trio? Solo?

we're announcing Monday but fuggit, the basics are already out there:

Thursday, March 26
MARC RIBOT and EMELINE MICHEL
The Music of FRANTZ CASSEUS - Father of Haitian Classical Guitar
At Greenwich House Music School - Part of The Uncharted Music Series
Showtime: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $25
Guitar legend Marc Ribot and Haitian songstress Emeline Michel pay tribute to Haitian classical guitar icon (and Ribot's mentor) Frantz Casseus.
As a teen, Marc Ribot played guitar in various garage bands while studying with his mentor, Haitian classical guitarist and composer Frantz Casseus. After moving to New York City in 1978, Ribot was a member of the soul/punk Realtones, and from 1984-1989, of John Lurie's Lounge Lizards. Between 1979 and 1985, Ribot also worked as a side musician with Tom Waits, Brother Jack McDuff, Wilson Pickett, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Chuck Berry, and many others. Since then, he's become the go-to guitar guy for all kinds of roots-music adventurers: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp. Additional recording credits include Solomon Burke, Neko Case, Diana Krall, Beth Orton, Marianne Faithfull, Arto Lindsay, Caetano Veloso, Laurie Anderson, Susana Baca, McCoy Tyner, and (more recently) Joe Henry, Allen Toussaint, Norah Jones, Akiko Yano, The Black Keys, Jeff Bridges, Jolie Holland, Elton John and Leon Russell. Ribot frequently collaborates with producer T Bone Burnett, most notably on Alison Krauss and Robert Plant's Grammy Award-winning Raising Sand.
Artist Website: https://www.facebook.com/EmelineMichelMusic
Emeline Michel is the reigning queen of Haitian song: a captivating performer, versatile vocalist and one of the premier Haitian songwriters of her generation. She has recorded and appeared on concert stages throughout the Caribbean, Europe, and North and South America for over 20 years. Singing both in French and Haitian Creole, her nine albums have catapulted her to international acclaim. Beloved by Haitians for combining traditional rhythms with social, political and inspirational content, she is a member of a unique generation of Haitian musicians that emerged in the late 1980's and also includes guitarist/vocalist Beethova Obas and the bands Boukman Eksperyans and Boukan Guinen. This wave of artists emphasized complex themes, conscious lyrics, and a broad palette of musical styles. Jon Pareles of The New York Times called her "... the dancing ambassador with a voice serene and warm like a breeze."

http://www.jazz.org/dizzys/events/154576/Pharoah-Sanders

http://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/4banIC4hak3hItzJFNqzAo

Saw Pharoah once at Birdland and it was grebt

I saw him in the early 90s at Iridium (when it was still uptown). He had Cindy Blackman on drums and, I think, Ron Carter on bass. It was really good.

The reason I say I think Ron Carter was on bass is because I definitely saw Ron Carter with somebody at Iridium, but it might not have been the same night.

Oh wow Cindy Blackman. That's a musician I hadn't thought about for a while.

she's awesome

She's Rick James's niece.

Why is there no ILX celebrity sighting thread?

She came to my high school and did a clinic.

ok i don't follow this thread so i don't know if this is shit that's been talked about or whatever. look, i don't #listentojazz *that* much. except i listen to it on weekends mornings a lot. but i feel so cut off from "the jazz world" or whatever.

but so that brian blade & fellowship band album? LANDMARKS? so fucking good.

Whenever I think about Cindy Blackman I get mad about the gender stereotypes in the article the Onion did about her. While it's true that most people would not be enthralled at the prospect of a 45 minute guitar solo, using the drummer in a Tony Williams Lifetime tribute band in the "everywoman" role is super lazy and screams "did not do research".

The WHO Trio: The WHO Zoo
This is a late release from last year and is a trio of Wintsch/Hemingway/Oester (WHO), the album is split into Electric/Acoustic sides and it has grown on me a lot recently. Sometimes they sound a bit like The Necks but they tend to roam a bit more, which is sometimes frustrating, because some really nice passages break down too soon sometimes. i just thought it was worth mentioning because it wasn't on last year's thread and they are an excellent band.

Been doing some really interesting interviews this week. Talked to bassist Cecil McBee midweek (if you're not listening to The Cookers, get on that—all four of their albums smoke in a strictly-for-the-hardcore kind of way), and this afternoon I spent an hour on the phone with André Martinez Reed, who was a percussionist/drummer with Cecil Taylor, off and on, from about 1981 to 1992, and had some amazing stories to tell.

Wow, I didn't know Cecil McBee was still around! Love his playing with Andrew Hill, and on Marc Levin's The Dragon Suite.

xxxpost jaymc yeah some of us talked about Brian Blade Fellowship's Landmarks on I Don't Know etc (Rolling 2014 version of this thread). Good album.

Landmarks is amazing! It's grown on me and I love it, but it still doesn't top Season of Changes.

I just put the opening tape-effect track on a mix btw, wish there were more curveballs like that.

whoa, that Cindy Blackman story. she's an amazing drummer.

Got an interesting looking Braxton disc in today's mail - a reissue of Trio and Duet, from 1974; first track/side is Braxton, Wadada Leo Smith on trumpet and other stuff, and Richard Teitelbaum on synth, doing one of his originals. The second side is Braxton and Dave Holland doing standards - "The Song Is You," "Embraceable You," "You Go To My Head," "On Green Dolphin Street," "I Remember You."

Also got the new Jeremy Pelt, which features him playing with two drummers - Billy Drummond and Victor Lewis. Not the guys I would ordinarily expect to double up, but I figure it'll be interesting - he does versions of Clifford Jordan's "Glass Bead Games" and Wayne Shorter's "Vonetta," but there's no saxophonist on the disc. I like Pelt a lot; looking forward to hearing this.

Bought Joe Henderson's At the Lighthouse last night—it's a reissue of his 1970 live album If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem with a few extra tracks from the same shows added, and the band is absolutely killer: Henderson, Woody Shaw on trumpet, George Cables on Fender Rhodes, Ron McClure on bass, Lenny White on drums, and Tony Waters on congas on a few tracks. Really looking foward to listening to it.

impressive line up indeed

http://subculturenewyork.com/event/a-conversation-made-in-chicago/
A CONVERSATION WITH JACK DEJOHNETTE, MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS, AND HENRY THREADGILL
MON - 02/23/15
DOORS: 06:00 PM / SHOW: 06:30 PM

At Kitano for something called the Cuba Brazil New York Connection, or words to that effect

How was it?

great interview with Ndugu Chancler on my friend's new podcast: http://www.thetrapset.net/

Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra: been wondering about this Grammy nominee, anybody heard it? Loved the original Attica Blues, haven't heard subsequent live versions, excerpted here, with additional material not on the original LP (although there was a 2-LP edition also, right?)Wondering about his later technical difficulties; this says "He still has some chops," which doesn't read all that reassuringly/reassured:
http://www.popmatters.com/review/180151-archie-shepp-attica-blues-orchestra-i-hear-the-sound/

I've heard it. It's OK, not great. When I interviewed Shepp last year, he mentioned that he likes the second version better.

Thanks. Have you heard Ornette's New Vocabulary?

I have not. I requested a copy from the label but it was never sent and right now I don't have a buying-music budget.

The New York-Cuba-Brazil Connection show was really good, three guys with tons of both straight jazz and Latin Jazz chops playing well together.

Has this been posted?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krDxhnaKD7Q

A+

Got some good stuff in today's mail:

Jim Snidero, Main Street (Savant): Snidero's an OK alto saxophonist - bluesy, melodic, nothing fancy - but he's got a killer band behind him: pianist Fabian Almazan, bassist Linda Oh, and drummer Rudy Royston. This disc is worth hearing just for those three. Out now.

Donny McCaslin, Fast Future (Greenleaf): McCaslin on tenor sax, Jason Lindner on piano and synths, Tim LeFebvre on electric bass, Mark Guiliana on drums, David Binney on vocals and synths (and producing), Nina Geiger on vocals, Nate Wood on guitar, Jana Dagdagan doing spoken word on one track. Strongly influenced by EDM, but also Weather Report (the vocals are wordless and remind me of "Nubian Sundance" from Mysterious Traveller); includes a version of Aphex Twin's "54 Cymru Beats." Out 3/31.

Myra Melford, Snowy Egret (Enja): Melford on piano, Ron Miles on cornet, Liberty Ellman on guitar, Stomu Takeishi on acoustic bass guitar, Tyshawn Sorey on drums. Haven't listened to this one yet, but the band intrigues me. Out 3/10.

Last one does look interesting. Ron Miles is great. And a couple of guys who play with Henry Threadgill.

This one is even better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKL2It6XzHA

love me some myra melford

Donny McCaslin, Fast Future (Greenleaf)

urgh Greenleaf has pulled its samples off Soundcloud. This ticks a lot of boxes for me, thanks for the heads up

I'm hoping to premiere a track on Burning Ambulance. Will post a link if it happens.

those Jeremy Pelt tracks are great. the double drummer thing in a more or less straight-ahead context thing adds a lot, i like how it's mixed too.

btw i'm curious to hear Dave Douglas' upcoming record with Shigeto involved. i haven't listened to him in years, but it could be interesting to have a serious electronic producer (who's also a jazz musician) involved. i remember hearing some DD electric record that sounded like aimless fusion, hoping this one works.

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y'all know clean feed records have a stock clearance on at the moment?
skads of cool stuff on offer:
my picks:
WHO trio / joe morris & barre phillips duos / joe morris & nate wooley duos / whit dickey / rob brown trio / michael dessen trio / bass drum bone / tony malaby's tamarindo / rafael toral & davu seru
consume !

Second Tony Malaby's Tamarindo.

apart from the live cd with leo smith. love smith but he doesn't fit in that band

Burning Ambulance is streaming the new album by Finnish saxophonist Eero Koivistoinen—weirdly, it's on Svart, which is a Finnish label specializing in metal, psychedelic hard rock, doom, and occult folk music. (But they also put out that excellent Sonny Simmons album with the psych-rock group Moksha Samnyasin last year.)

Bear in mind: http://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupreme/2009/06/jazz_and_dads_a_short_essay_1.html

Ha, yes, except in this case he's the one pushing it on me -- don't think I've ever played it in the house but at his request. Anyway thanks for all the suggestions; will check them out.

Kind of blue, monk time, favorite things, the blue Yusef all jump timing as albums I loved before I was a teen

Just saw this fantastic clip on Facebook - McCoy Tyner with Sonny Fortune, Calvin Hill and Alphonse Mouzon, live on WNET (NYC Channel 13) in 1971:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YvovU0vzoQ

cool, will definitely check that out. for a long time 'Enlightment' (w/Alphonse Mouzon) was the cd i would always look for in record stores but never find (and now of course i can listen to it on Spotify or whatever).

new Makaya McCraven, a more beat-oriented addendum to the main record (mastered by Daddy Kev no less): https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-moment-e-f-sides

After checking out various things from the eoy lists have been loving the Charles Lloyd + Stephen Haynes albums. Also been loving the absolutely brutal, but not mentioned anywhere Joe McPhee + Survival Unit III one, but that one will probably hurt a majority of ears!

Another one to throw into the EOY jazz pot :) http://thequietus.com/articles/19424-the-best-jazz-of-2015

Individual critics' ballots from this year's NPR Jazz Critics' Poll have been posted. Mine can be read here.

Thanks. Man, that Cecile McLorin Salvant record seems to be popular. I only know the one song Michael Bourne keeps pushing on WBGO, "The Stepsister's Lament," from Rodger's and Hammerstein's Cinderella.

16. Dead Neanderthals, Endless Voids

wow. hadn't heard this.

Slowly starting to catch up with these. The Manthappa sounds v good; don't know how I slept on it.

Cecile's first album was a monster and she's among the best live vocalists I've ever seen but I cannot get into her release from this year.

Interesting. Will check out that first album, thanks.

Just downloaded two albums by bassist Konstantin Ionenko on the Russian label Fancy Music - $2 each on Bandcamp. Check http://bandcamp.com/burningambulance if you're interested.

xxp

probably need to check that first Cecile album because I loved her voice but found some of her mannerisms a bit forced and going into bad-pastiche territory on her latest.

Any Norwegians (or people who can read Norwegian) in the thread? I wrote the cover story for the new issue of Jazznytt, on Snarky Puppy:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CXK3-yhWAAAlnOi.jpg

I made some attempt to learn it several years ago, can still sort of read it with help of a dictionary obv.

I am really feeling that Tomeka Reid Quartet album, she was aces on the AACM album with Nicole Mitchell as well and joy of joys she has Halvorson on board.

http://hullworks.net/jazzpoll/15/critics.php
more end of year lists here than you can shake a shitty stick at!

Dig the new thread: The dog trots freely thru the Rolling Jazz Canto Thread 2016

I'm wrapping this thread up for the year. If I missed something or if a track comes available sometime in the future, bump here to let me know and I'll add.

Rolling Jazz 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist