nice piece on the late roswell rudd by the npr people:
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/05/575930368/remembering-roswell-rudd-a-jazz-musician-with-an-ebullient-sound
― budo jeru, Saturday, 6 January 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
going to go listen to the BA interview now!
jason moran is coming to the walker in april. an acquaintance of mine is one of the curators and what she's told has me real stoked.
The exhibition will highlight Moran’s mixed-media “set” installations STAGED: Savoy Ballroom 1 and STAGED: Three Deuces (both 2015), sculptural vignettes based on storied music venues from past eras that were his acclaimed contributions to the 2015 Venice Biennale. The exhibition will also premiere a new sculptural commission as part of this series. The presentation also features a selection of Moran’s most recent charcoal drawings and time-based media works from his long-standing collaborations, or sets, with visual artists including Lorna Simpson, Glenn Ligon, and Theaster Gates. In-gallery performances and a new commission for the stage will be orchestrated during the run of the show to complement the gallery presentation.
https://walkerart.org/calendar/2018/jason-moran
and then there's this "sonic universe project" feat. wadada leo smith and roscoe mitchell
An all-star lineup of master jazz innovators spanning three cities (Minneapolis, New York, and Chicago) and two generations creates a new sextet for an exclusive Walker engagement. The ensemble includes visionary trumpeter/composer Wadada Leo Smith, a transformative figure in jazz; powerhouse saxophonist/composer Roscoe Mitchell, a founding member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago; Hamid Drake, one of the great drummers working in jazz and global music today; Oliver Lake, longtime member of the World Saxophone Quartet; bassist Anthony Cox, one of Minnesota’s most in-demand musicians for years; and composer/flutist/saxophonist Douglas Ewart, who helped bring these master musicians together.90 minutesWorld Premiere
90 minutes
World Premiere
https://walkerart.org/calendar/2018/sonic-universe-project-douglas-ewartwadada-leo-smithroscoe-mitchelloliver-lakeanthony-coxhamid-drake
― budo jeru, Sunday, 7 January 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
jazzfest marathon suggestions for tonight?
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 12 January 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity, Jaimie Branch's Fly Or Die (unfortunately they're playing opposite each other), Donny McCaslin's quartet.
I'm hoping to see the Harriet Tubman-plays-Free Jazz show tomorrow night.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 12 January 2018 21:28 (six years ago) link
i had mccaslin and branch boldfaced tooother potential hits: Ches Smith, Sons of Kemet, ONYX collective, MAST, Blaque Dynamitethe only thing i'm really hyped to see is the 11pm Nicole Mitchell piece with Jason Moran, may need to get there earlyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/arts/music/nicole-mitchell-black-earth-ensemble-mandorla-awakening.html
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 12 January 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
I interviewed Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia and Yazz Ahmed yesterday for the next Burning Ambulance podcast - it'll be going live in a week, on 1/19.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 12 January 2018 21:41 (six years ago) link
Well huh, Wynton's son makes beats: https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/meet-standing-on-the-corner-the-post-genre-crew-whose-music-speaks-a-secret-language/
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 19 January 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
JM: Honestly, I have an extremely antagonistic relationship with hip-hop.
Think he said that just to keep his dad off his back?
Here's a link to my interview with Hutchings (who's on the cover of the new issue of The Wire, btw), Garcia and Ahmed.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 19 January 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
Coming soon: Preemo's Club Henny at Lincoln Center
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 19 January 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
NPR are streaming the new Sunwatchers album
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 25 January 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
(as well as Julian Lage's)
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 25 January 2018 22:32 (six years ago) link
Oh, thanks. I was a little underwhelmed by the advance JL single "Roger the Dodger" but I'm definitely interested in listening to this.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 26 January 2018 04:22 (six years ago) link
This is just what I want tonight, actually.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 26 January 2018 04:44 (six years ago) link
My latest podcast is up - I interviewed Orrin Evans, who is now the pianist in The Bad Plus.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 2 February 2018 16:01 (six years ago) link
nice
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 February 2018 16:24 (six years ago) link
Finally, this is legit and remastered from original: live in '65 Paris, Wes is into Trane, shadowed by Harold Mabern, and later Johnny Griffin shows up, intriguingly enough (astute excerpts and comments by Kevin Whitehead)https://www.npr.org/2018/01/31/582118519/in-paris-recording-guitarist-wes-montgomery-shows-his-head-for-melody
― dow, Saturday, 3 February 2018 00:29 (six years ago) link
Yeah, that's a great album.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 3 February 2018 13:28 (six years ago) link
A bit of a row in Germany over the Echo Jazz awards ceremony – best newcomer winner Anna-Lena Schnabel wasn't allowed to perform any of her own music. The producers rejected her piece "Plop" :-) and four other suggestions, and they asked her to do her version of Horace Silver's "Peace" instead. The show was televised on NDR, a non-commercial broadcaster, which denies censorship and says it wanted "the young generation" included on the show... just not playing anything written after 1959.
German public media are usually open-minded about new jazz afaik – they filmed Schnabel's full concert below, and public media told her side of the story first in a documentary where they accused themselves of censorship. It's a good system. Enjoy!
- http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=69772Anna-Lena Schnabel @ JazzBaltica: online til 20 Oct 2018
― sbahnhof, Sunday, 4 February 2018 06:45 (six years ago) link
I had no idea that a new Bad Plus album w/Orrin Evans came out weeks ago, hadn't heard a single thing about it until listening to your podcast. The three tracks on soundcloud are cool, if maybe not quite as distinctive-sounding? Don't love how the drums were recorded/mixed on this one.
Listening to some Orrin Evans stuff on Spotify today, the trio with Christian McBride and Karriem Riggins is nice.
I heard the clips of that Wes Montgomery record on NPR and it sounds burning, never heard it before I don't think.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
Pretty sure I'd only heard OE as a sideperson before, like on Ralph Peterson records.
Also, while I'm sure it wouldn't be ideal in some ways, I'd love to hear a version of the Bad Plus with Eric Lewis on piano.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
I'm still getting my head around the Bad Plus continuing with the same name without Iverson. I'll listen, though.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
my local public radio jazz station is usually pretty trad but has one show on a weeknight that does more "adventurous" stuff
they played a band called The Comet is Coming? British, and sort of electronic, jazz, R&B hybrid...wouldn't be out of place on an old Thirsty Ear comp
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
Yeah, The Comet Is Coming is one of Shabaka Hutchings' projects.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
ah i'm really enjoying it
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:36 (six years ago) link
Just got the promo of the next Sons of Kemet album, their debut for Impulse!. The cover art is wild.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVc_N_3VoAASHZj.jpg
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 18:35 (six years ago) link
Anyone have any thoughts on Badbadnotgood? I randomly watched a What's in My Bag video with them and liked their taste and what they had to say. Where is a good place to start with them?
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 12 February 2018 02:09 (six years ago) link
their album with ghostface is great! no idea about their regular stuff
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 February 2018 03:39 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I haven't checked them out yet either. I may get to see them this summer, though - I'm hoping to get press access to the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, and they're playing.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 12 February 2018 13:30 (six years ago) link
they seem to skirt the line between jazz and Budos Band type stuff
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 February 2018 13:42 (six years ago) link
I was a hater when they first blew up, because they were goofy college kids who made a video doing jammy covers of Odd Future beats and sent it to Tyler, then they were playing festivals doing jammy covers of EDM tracks.
But I've got to give it up, they matured and learned some restraint, and that 'IV' album is pretty cool. Nice '70s-style production, the collabs with Colin Stetson and Samuel Herring work, lots of attention to sound and texture. Good for them!
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link
Gurls: Norwegian trio at the poppier end of the spectrum I guess, though pretty understated with sax + bass + vox only; opened here for a-ha (!) a few days ago; album just released. Quite enjoying this in the middle of the night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDqBG1jrR9Y
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 16 February 2018 02:33 (six years ago) link
The lineup for this year's Vision Festival is out, and it's amazing. I would go every night if I could, but it's in Brooklyn so I'm almost certainly gonna miss the whole damn thing. Get there if you can.
https://www.artsforart.org/vf23lineup.html
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
Is this the first Vision fest to not feature a William Parker-led band? I see he's joining a few groups but his relative absence seems a bit conspicuous given his involvement in previous festivals
Might make the trip once day passes are announced. Ambrose Akinmusire has become one of my favorite trumpeters. He and Mehldau are both incredible here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BKVfbwI3X4
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:37 (six years ago) link
Definitely enjoyed that
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 23 February 2018 10:57 (six years ago) link
yup, that was great
― niels, Friday, 23 February 2018 11:10 (six years ago) link
My latest Stereogum column is up. I talk about the Bad Plus, GoGo Penguin, and a bunch of other stuff, including a book on 1970s jazz that kinda disappointed me.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 23 February 2018 14:40 (six years ago) link
Re Parker and Vision Fest, doesn't seem so odd, especially as many of his regular bandmates are presenting their own projects. He's maybe taking a backseat from leader projects atm? Or perhaps he's cooking something big up. He has an album coming out soon with his wife Patricia Nicholson on his own Centering records.
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Sunday, 25 February 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
Electronic Press Kit for new David Murray/Saul Williams alb, out 2/16, anybody heard the whole thing?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbgAmvDz6fQ
― dow, Sunday, 25 February 2018 20:30 (six years ago) link
Yeah (I was trying to get Murray on my podcast, but the publicist totally dropped the ball). It's pretty good. I wrote about it in this month's Stereogum column (linked above):
Saxophonist David Murray met poet Saul Williams at Amiri Baraka’s memorial service in 2014. The day after hearing Williams read, Murray knew he wanted to make an album with him. Four years later, here it is, billed as a tribute to Mehmet “Memo” Uluğ, a major figure on the Turkish jazz scene. The core band includes Orrin Evans on piano, Jaribu Shahid on bass, and Nasheet Waits on drums, with additional contributions from Jason Moran (on Fender Rhodes), Murray’s son Mingus on guitar, Craig Harris on trombone, and Aytac Dogan on kanun, a zither-like Turkish instrument. Williams discourses on a variety of subjects, some political, others more celebratory of life. On “A Mirror Of Youth,” Williams’ impassioned delivery — and his vocal timbre — remind me of Black Thought, while the band behind him goes just as hard, without ever abandoning melody. Murray, like Archie Shepp, has always been a living bridge between avant-garde jazz and its roots in blues and swing; he can scream like Albert Ayler, or sing low like Coleman Hawkins, and here he’s in a hard bop mode, spinning out passionate lines that always keep one foot on the ground.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 25 February 2018 21:20 (six years ago) link
"This group is smoking, but wouldn't it be even better if they had someone sorta-rapping-but-not-really-rapping on top? Like slam poetry, you know?" - no jazz fan ever
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 25 February 2018 21:50 (six years ago) link
I interviewed Tony Allen for Down Beat.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
The new issue of The Wire is out today; I wrote the cover story on Mary Halvorson, reviewed Anthony Braxton's new 11CD box set (first line, which I can't believe they kept: "Anthony Braxton has developed gigantism") and the new Sons of Kemet album, and profiled French avant-metal band Chaos Echoes, who have an album coming out that's a collaboration with Mats Gustafsson.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
Wow, I've really liked a lot of what I know from Halvorson and am curious about the Braxton. (Marking some midterms with essays about Braxton rn, actually!)
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
anyone recommend a good 2018 spotify list to follow?
this one has lots of good stuff, but it's mostly Danish https://open.spotify.com/user/jazzyniels/playlist/1KpooeZNb18FltdeWgWlSy
― niels, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
Nels Cline 4 jam concisely on song from new album, info and live-in-studio vid link here: https://www.stereogum.com/1986225/the-nels-cline-4-imperfect-10/music/?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral Mainly of interest to me for the Cline solo, also like the way its momentum lifts the full group at end (but mainly his solo).
― dow, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 18:59 (six years ago) link
That sounds surprisingly similar to, like, John Scofield w/Medeski Martin & Wood. I like it, that's a very funky 5/4. Tom Rainey is fun to watch.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
Oh yeah, I like this. Cline and Lage in the same band! I've been enjoying the Lage album a lot too; will buy it.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 8 March 2018 01:52 (six years ago) link
Oh no I am thinking of Jon Raney and Doug Raney, sons of Jimmy Raney, never mind.
― Whiney On The Moog (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 March 2018 02:12 (six years ago) link
So there's jazz guitarists Julian Lage and also Lage Lund, huh (the latter is married to a singer I went to college with).
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 8 March 2018 02:15 (six years ago) link
Gil Evans not Evens yes
― dow, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 03:56 (five years ago) link
uh yeah "achievement," "i before e" 50 times on the blackboard.
― dow, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 03:58 (five years ago) link
I saw Arun Ghosh a week ago and funnily enough he closed with a cover of "Tomorrow Never Knows" - mostly a showcase for the rhythm section tho, which is the least jazzy part of his combo. Still, hearing a horn section blare those verses was cool.
He was very great and high energy overall.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 30 November 2018 10:15 (five years ago) link
just listening to Gabriel Zucker's Weighting. A top notch piano/trumpet/sax quartet with the godlike T Sorey on drums, excellent stuff!
― calzino, Friday, 30 November 2018 10:47 (five years ago) link
Yeah, that’s a good one. I reviewed it twice, by mistake (had an assignment for Down Beat and then the NYC Jazz Record’s editor dropped it on me, too).
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 30 November 2018 12:11 (five years ago) link
dow, here are just some of the ones that have grabbed me this year:
tyshawn sorey - pillarsamaro freitas - rasifcecile mclorin salvant - the windowdave holland, evan parker, craig taiborn & ches smith - uncharted territoriesjames brandon lewis, chad taylor - radiant imprintsjamie saft quartet - blue dreamlionel loueke - the journeymakaya mccraven - universal beingshalvorson / frisell - the girl with the flaxen hairhalvorson / lee - seed triangularmiles okazaki - work (i.e. the complete monk songbook)salim washington - dogon revisitedsteve coleman - live at the village vanguardwilliam parker - voices fall from the sky
but i feel like i'm not even close to doing enough listening yet.
halvorson has released a shitload under her name or groups this year, these are not even her major releases, i happened to like them more, though.
the james brandon lewis duo record is premised on a strategy of working later-career trane fragments into very songlike new music, so it definitely has a strain of familiarity to it but it feels remarkably vital. he's doing a lot of different things in recent records too.
some of these are literally huge - 2+ hours, 3 hours, 6 hours. i feel like the bandcamp era has really had an effect on artists w.r.t. freedom of release.
― j., Friday, 30 November 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
"mystic beings" by baczkowski / nace / corsano just rips in exactly the right way for me right now. i think this might make it into my top 5 albums of the year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss7n8irdYXM
― budo jeru, Sunday, 2 December 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
Thanks, niels and j.! Esp. intrigued by mention of duo dub strategy.
― dow, Sunday, 2 December 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
Of the list above, I like these a lot:
tyshawn sorey - pillarsamaro freitas - rasifdave holland, evan parker, craig taiborn & ches smith - uncharted territoriesjames brandon lewis, chad taylor - radiant imprintsmakaya mccraven - universal beingssalim washington - dogon revisited
Lewis has a fantastic new record coming out in February that features his working trio (bassist Luke Stewart and drummer Warren Trae Crudup III) plus Jaimie Branch on trumpet and Anthony Pirog on guitar. I'm hoping to interview him for The Wire with that as the hook.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 2 December 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
Just got a package from Dave Douglas's Greenleaf Music label. They sent me that 8CD live set by his quintet that I mentioned upthread, and Uplift: Twelve Pieces for Positive Action, which features Douglas on trumpet, Joe Lovano on saxes, Mary Halvorson and Julian Lage on guitars, Bill Laswell on bass, and Ian Chang on drums and electronics. The twelve tracks were originally released one a month exclusively to people who subscribed to Greenleaf via Bandcamp (which I don't), but now they've been compiled.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 7 December 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
The live Douglas box has me revisiting that band's three studio albums - Be Still from 2012, Time Travel from 2013, and Brazen Heart from 2015. That was a fantastic band.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 8 December 2018 01:43 (five years ago) link
Watching this Nick Payton Tiny Desk (w/Jonathan Barber on drums, who I like a lot from Jeremy Pelt's stuff). I wondered how some of the stuff on his trio record with both trumpet and Rhodes was recorded (since he's playing both), like which one was played live with the group and which was overdubbed, but I guess it makes a lot more sense that he was playing both at the same time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_dSlxgD2Fo
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 14 December 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
Also, when you don't have brushes with you, just using your hands rather than sticks is an amazing choice.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 14 December 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
That Makaya McCraven album is a revelation.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 00:11 (five years ago) link
brings to mind Sonny Rollins somehow
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link
Checking out Sam Harris's Harmony. He's a pianist who plays with Ambrose Akinmusire, Logan Richardson, Melissa Aldana, Rudy Rosyton and others, and this album is really something. It's a five-track, 30-minute trio performance (Martin Nevin on bass, Craig Weinrib on drums) that's more or less a continuous suite. He combines heavy, clanging blues with avant-garde exploration and melodic frills in a way that reminds me of Keith Jarrett, kinda, but I don't really like Keith Jarrett much, and I like this a lot. As far as I know, it's only available on Bandcamp, and it's well worth the $10.
http://samharrismusic.bandcamp.com/album/harmony
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 22:44 (five years ago) link
I like it, he reminds me of Dave Burrell somewhat, who is a bit of an old grand master of heavy, clanging blues with avant-garde exploration.
― calzino, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 10:37 (five years ago) link
https://the1959project.com/
Natalie Weiner is doing this look at jazz in NYC 60 years ago effort. With postings every day she says. She posted photos and more re a Rollins/Mingus doublebill at the Five Spot
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:13 (five years ago) link
just picked up the LP/DVD combo for this https://hypnoticbrassfilm.com/ yesterday, haven't listened yet. Was unfortunately not able to find any Shabaka Hutchings-related vinyl at Amoeba SF :(
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
that Nick Payton set upthread is great, what releases does he have that are similar/worth picking up?
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
I've heard some previous albums by the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - felt like they lived up to their name a little too much but maybe I'll give them another chance.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link
The Heritage EP is my favorite, agree they can get a bit same-y
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
who else is doing winterjazzfest with me? Some great sets in the offing!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
I don’t feel like I can stay our late enough to make it worthwhile but tell me more. Also, seriously thinking of going to Birdland tonight
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 19:35 (five years ago) link
I'm considering going but may not make it. I really want to see these shows:
Thursday, January 10 - Gary Bartz Plays Another Earth with Pharoah Sanders; Nubya Garcia openingFriday, January 11 - Marathon, Night 1 (I'm hoping to see Ezra Collective, Makaya McCraven, and Aaron Parks' Little Big)Saturday, January 12 - Marathon, Night 2 (I'm hoping to see Anteloper, Nubya Garcia, and Irreversible Entanglements)
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 19:44 (five years ago) link
I have 12 nominations left for the ILM poll if anyone has used up their noms and wants any jazz/improv/classical/avant on the ballot.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Friday, 4 January 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
i heard a cut from makaya mccraven's universal beings today and was honestly quite blown away. and i never expected i'd be taken in by a jazz record like that.
― dyl, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 04:30 (four years ago) link
What was the name of the song? I'm way behind in checking out the last few MM things
Not sure if this is the right thread, but the new Jeff Parker album is phenomenal
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 12:44 (four years ago) link
Yeah, Universal Beings is wonderful.
― One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact (Sund4r), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
xp the song was "suite haus"! i haven't yet listened to the full album but i'll get to it soon i hope
― dyl, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 06:08 (four years ago) link
The mew mccraven gil scott heron project sounded great live. Cant wait to chow down on the album.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 07:03 (four years ago) link
I've just discovered McCraven's CHICAGOxLONDON mixtape from 2018 which is fantastic. Lots of lovely Rhodes piano.
― Ngolo Cantwell (Chinaski), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link
― dyl, Monday, January 20, 2020 11:30 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
thank you for this, this track is incredible
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 23 January 2020 16:43 (four years ago) link
Universal Anthem is where it's at!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 January 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
i mean International Anthem!!!!lol
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 January 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
anyway it's a great record label https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 January 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
Something I was shockingly old when I learned (this week, in fact): this isn't a jazz-centric rebrand of the guitar soli-type label from a few years ago. Obviously I was confusing it with Imaginational Anthem
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 23 January 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
This revive has really brought my “should I start a dedicated McCraven or an International Anthem thread?” dilemma to a head. Anyone have a preference?
― rob, Thursday, 23 January 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link
I like label threads because you can talk about more stuff in there. I made one for Soundway records and do not regret it :)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 January 2020 22:41 (four years ago) link
Also IA are really doing an amazing job elevating their artists to the international level, like it's kind of amazing
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 January 2020 22:42 (four years ago) link
It really is, and it's nice that they're so thoroughly Chicago-focused.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 23 January 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link
That's my fave track on Universal Beings.
― jaymc, Thursday, 23 January 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
McCraven thread is overdue imo
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 23 January 2020 23:48 (four years ago) link
I agree and will probably make one anyway when the GSH thing drops, but in the meantime: International Anthem: S/D
― rob, Friday, 24 January 2020 00:06 (four years ago) link
Too late to vote but fwiw I too like the idea of a dedicated thread. I thought about starting a similar one for Astral Spirits but, err, didn't
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 24 January 2020 01:22 (four years ago) link
astral spirits is such a sick label start the thread
intl anthem thread good too, keep up the good work posters
― adam, Saturday, 25 January 2020 13:13 (four years ago) link