Jazz

[Mr. Stevens]

Majid Bekkas - "MSQ"

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Gary Peacock - "December Greenwing"

This was a wonderful one. Like hearing leaves rustle over dirt and tree roots.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Paul Bley - "Touching" (Take 1)

 

[Mr. Stevens]

I don't know if there are many fusion fans here, but I listened to this (Crossings) for the first time last night and loved it. I was already into Headhunters, Sextant, and Thrust, but hadn't heard this one. I'm impressed by how much music Herbie Hancock made on his own and as a sideman. He doesn't get the credit Miles or Coltrane do, but I've sought out a lot of stuff if his name is in the credits.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

The Vijay Iyer Trio - Break Stuff

This has a really nice classical feel to it. A lot of musicians come from an art school background, but Iyer has degrees in math and physics and has studied music cognition.

 

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Anthony Braxton - Creative Orchestra Music 1976

This is a really fun release. It feels like a successor to Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch! It has some great players like Leo Smith, Kenny Wheeler, and Dave Holland, too.

 

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Julius Rodriguez - "Blues at the Barn"

This is a great track. The phasing on the piano was a neat touch. I'm not sure how much I'd want to hear tape effects on jazz, but it was interesting here.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Eberhard Weber - Yellow Fields

This is credited to his band Colours in some places, so I'm surprised the cover just lists Weber. It's a great album, especially "Sand-Glass":

 

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And a live version:

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Sonny Rollins - There Will Never Be Another You (live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1965)

 

[Mr. Stevens]

"I Want More" - Donny McCaslin

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Muhal Richard Abrams - "The Bird Song"

It sounds just like a flock of birds