LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Heard Take Five on the radio and knew something was off.
RIP Mr. Brubeck.
RIP Mr. Brubeck.
Man, how brilliant is Miles' soundtrack to Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud? Remarkably evocative stuff. If walking through steamy alleyways in Paris at midnight is anything like listening to that album, it's a place I need to be. The ambiance of it is tangible.
I have heard Générique from that album, I believe it was on one of iYup's DI playlists. Good track.
I also recommend Cannonball Adderley's Something Else, with Miles, Hank Jones, Sam Jones and Art Bakley - a great ensemble. Their Autumn Leaves rendition is beautiful, especially Miles' solo (which I've been transcribing lately). Such a masterful use of space and simplicity.
I like Flying Lotus a great deal. Until The Quiet Comes was really solid, and I go back to it often still. I haven't heard Los Angeles and 1983 yet, though. Will give the other bands a try, thanks for recommending.
I feel that there's a lot of stuff being produced that is just hard to get - and as you said a lot of jazz influences can probably be felt in some electronic music.
One of my favorite things about New York is that the jazz scene is still vibrant, with several clubs having top-notch programmes every week. Some of it is still driven by the big names (like Wynton Marsalis), but from time to time you come across a youngish musician.
Just because I'm a bit obsessed with Brad Mehldau right now, here's an amazing cover. My right hand hurts just by watching him play this (it's also remarkable how he can easily improvise melodies with both hands at the same time).
Brad Mehldau plays Bittersweet Symphony (Jazz à Vienne 2010) - YouTube
My right hand hurts just by watching him play
I remember a conversation I had with iYup once about the state of jazz in modern music. Like it kind of completely disappeared off the map... in the 50s, 60s, 70s, I mean, there's a classic jazz album being released just about every week. But somewhere along the line it fell off the perch. Maybe there was nowhere to go.
But iYup was saying that if Miles was around today he'd be playing this sort of electro-infused jazz. Jazz can still be found on a lot of records, it's just sort of merged with electronica.
No, looks like it's on Big Fun. Pretty much all the youtube links imply that it's on Bitches Brew, which is weird.
So this guy Kamasi Washington, you've probably never heard of him. But I suspect you may soon, if you finish this post.
He just dropped a 2 hour, 45 minute jazz fusion record appropriately titled The Epic and it's actually really fucking terrific and worth every second. Some people are hyping it up as a modern day Bitches Brew but that's really quite lazy. This is a much more traditional, song-oriented record without long stretches of experimentation and there are even some vocal jazz tracks mixed in. It definitely keeps you entertained all the way through. Anyone who likes jazz needs to hear it.