ILX0RS: JAZZ IS THE TEACHER. YEAH, IT'S A JAZZ THING >> THE ILM JAZZ LISTENING CLUB! [NEW CHOICES EVERY WEDNESDAY!]

yup it was split into 2

xpost: would kinda ruin it, no?

i suppose back then there was no other way. also that wee break of turning the record over makes long records feel shorter.

So which edition of Ascension is your fave?

this vinyl alb runs more than 30 minutes per side:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_House_78%27_17%22

bet it sounds like shit

i wrote something on it in my 40 years, 40 albums project a while ago. it was my 1965 fave album. one of the great collective improvisations. the name fits so well as there are all these solos which are like ascensions of the soloist who then comes back into the womb of the group. so much better than a love supreme.

I love it, but a bit unfair on saying so much better than a love supreme. as they're doing different things. almost to a different audience. Both are wonderful albums.

Who is up next?

local garda: 12 May
ward fowler: 19 May
Cave17Matt: 26 May

Ronan, you ready for Wednesday?

Anymore things people want to say about Sam picks: Coltrane "Africa/Brass", McCoy Tyner "The Real McCoy", Wayne Shorter "Juju"?

Pfunk is doing the friday bonus this week.

Real McCoy and Juju are probably two of my favorite records. Which is not to say I don't love Africa Brass, b/c I do.

More Jazz due today from Local Garda.... anytime now I expect...

If anyone sees Ronan posting elsewhere today remind him to get over here and give his picks.

send him a webmail.
ps he can usually be found on football threads

africa/brass strikes me as an update to the Duke Ellington "jungle" music from the 20s-30s sort of. Like it's not really based on African music, but more an *idea* of African music. if that makes sense. anyway, amazing performance. and the rest of the record is great, too -- love that version of "greensleeves," especially Tyner's piano.

local garda: 12 May
ward fowler: 19 May

pm'd you both. and both been active on ILX today. someone better step to it. Ward, if you wanna go first then do so.

i am pretty much ready to go, will get it together this evening if LG doesn't step up before then

When do I post my friday bonus then? Do I wait until tomorrow afternoon instead of posting at midnight or do I post now while we wait on ronan and give people something to talk about?

post it now, and then either Ronan or Ward if they get around to it.

thanks!

ok, check your email first!

Ok, friday bonus a day early to give everyone something to chew over while Ronas is busy with work.

Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
http://i34.tinypic.com/adjjts.jpg
AMG review

Carried by its almost impossibly infectious eponymous opening track, The Sidewinder helped foreshadow the sounds of boogaloo and soul-jazz with its healthy R&B influence and Latin tinge. While the rest of the album retreats to a more conventional hard bop sound, Morgan's compositions are forward-thinking and universally solid. Only 25 at the time of its release, Morgan was accomplished (and perhaps cocky) enough to speak of mentoring the great Joe Henderson, who at 26 was just beginning to play dates with Blue Note after getting out of the military. Henderson makes a major contribution to the album, especially on "Totem Pole," where his solos showed off his singular style, threatening to upstage Morgan, who is also fairly impressive here. Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw, and Billy Higgins are all in good form throughout the album as well, and the group works together seamlessly to create an album that crackles with energy while maintaining a stylish flow.

Your thoughts?

*ronan

Maybe you guys need a not a spotify link?

guys sorry I've been stuck in spain until v late last night due to volcano...i can post my pics in next 24 hours tho, have to decide my final one at some point!

no worries... go ahead when you're ready.

suggestions for the final one, if you're still on Spanish time

Olé Coltrane by John Coltrane
Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis

Sidewinder is the shit; great album.

Damn, I really enjoy Sidewinder so much.... awesome interplay between trumpet Morgan, saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Barry Harris, bass player Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Billy Higgins... it "fizzes" all the way through.

Interesting background to this album and a sad ending for Lee Morgan:

"Lee Morgan, like many jazzmen, had a tenuous relationship with hard drugs that was as long as his jazz career. For long periods of his life heroin ruled him and when he would kick the habit for a year or two much of the time was spent getting his chops back. The Sidewinder, his most famous and successful album, came out during one of these breaks which was catalyzed when Morgan heard a tribute show for him on the radio that was made with the assumption he was dead. His heroin addiction continued off and on until 1972 when in between sets at a club he got involved in a three-way argument involving his girlfriend, his drug dealer and himself. It must have been one hell of an argument because it ended with Morgan being shot in the heart by his girlfriend."

He was only 33

A real tragedy, who knows what he could have done.

no sign of Ronan or Ward's choices.... tempted to choose 2 more myself.

Week 1:
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - Self Titled (1962)
Miles Davies - Birth Of The Cool (1957)
Ben Neill - Tryptical (1996)

Week 2:
Pharoah Sanders - Karma (1969)
Bobby Hutcherson - Components (1965)
Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes - Expansions (1974)

Week 3:
John Coltrane - Africa/Brass
McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy
Wayne Shorter - Juju

Friday Bonus 7 May / 14 May
John Coltrane - Ascension
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder

...is what we've had so far. Faves for me have been: Miles "BOTC", Pharoah "Karma", Coltrane "Africa/Brass" and Lee Morgan "Sidewinder".

every wednesday you say?

Really enjoying this week's choices!

doing mine now...

lol @ Ronan still not getting around to posting his picks, even after posting "doing mine now..." 8 hours ago.

i'm busy/away till Thursday so not gonna check in till late next week. let you guys sort it out between Ronan, Ward, whomever.

ronan better hurry as ward will be posting his on tuesday as the rota says

obv, good weather in London today and imminent BBQ would be a good time to queue some early evening jazz and funk. : )

pfunk dunno if yr kidding or not abt 'rotas' but all this talk of deadlines and whatnot goes against the whole jazz spirit imho - ronan will, i'm sure, hit us up w/ something tasty v shortly, we can let em marinade for a few days and then sometime next week i'll drop my 3 fucking corkers and evrything will be sweet

Guys I'm v sorry, my Internet has been giving probs, I rang o2 yday and it's still a bit fucked. That's why i said I was doing it then it never appeared...I'm on my iPhone now. I'm going to try plugging in to router to see if that works.

could I swap places with ward maybe? my net is still screwed up and it'd be nice to upload pics etc and not do it in a crap rushed way due to 1994 era dial up reliability i'm getting now

ok, gimme an hour and or two - i'm not sure how to post spotify links, and i know my choices are all on spotify (i checked!), so might need some help w/ that

my net is sort of working now so i can give it a go actually, if you'd rather wait? don't want to rush your own selection.

whichever suits you of course (sorry everyone for this huge confusion!)

go for it ronan!

Okay I'm home in an hour or so and then good to go...

sorry for the delay all, here goes...

#1 Miles Davis-Get Up With It

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/m/miles-davis/album-get-up-with-it.jpg

http://open.spotify.com/album/0CFS3jvFwutIt5ewGIa7Sq

picked this because i guess this era miles is what got me into jazz...the sparse loneliness of this record is really amazing, total night music.

#2 Robert Wyatt-Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard

http://www.dominorecordco.com/images/artists/robert_wyatt/1024_540/ruthistranger.jpg

hope i'm not pushing the definition too much here and i know robert wyatt always sounds like robert wyatt...but couldn't call this anything but jazz. great warm grooves all the way through, my favourite track definitely "solar flares", something about that type of groove that always feels dramatic.

http://open.spotify.com/user/iamronan/playlist/7hmF7tkGFHf6iRNpvyhRKt

#3 OST-Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (I can't find a pic for this)

And to go a little more classical, I just find this a really perfect collection of the sort of jazz I prob don't listen to enough of. I'm prob mostly on the electric stuff but these records are so beautiful, taken all together this record has this carefree thing going on that seems somewhere between happiness and just total pointlessness. Good to listen to in the sun, preferably walking somewhere after a few beers...(obv if you've not seen the film then you need to watch that now too!)

http://open.spotify.com/album/6jx6fgoP5qB4eFldGIXl9D

Hope you all enjoy these and apologies if these are total no brainer obvious choices...

certainly pushing the limits there, but sweet picks imo! not familiar with stardust memories, so i'll check that out.

just got time to Miles' "He Loved Him Madly" is one of the best things ever, and I am eternally thankful to have come across it. Also Eno's fave Miles track.

Havent heard the other two, but can imagine what the Woody Allen OST is like, and he chooses well. Thnks Ronan, looking frwd to spending time on these later this week.