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| REC ME: JAZZ (Feb 2023,,, Chapter 2)
Hi. My name is Ben. I know nothing about [JAZZ] music. To educate me, pls rec albums. I will listen to 1 album a day in February 2023. I will then describe the album that I have heard in this list. Kind regards, Ben | | 1 |  | Bill Evans
You Must Believe In Spring
[Ryus] -a- 1st Feb 2023 -a- GOOD MORNING it's February time for jAAZ. This is exactly what I was hoping to find from this list (yay). Tasty, restrained, piano forward, classic, easy listening, no nonsense, free spirited and cool as a cucumber. Closest reference point for me would be something like Ryo Fukui's Scenery, but ig that's more bebop (some of Ryo's cuts are certainly more energetic and less patient? help i don't know how genres work). This also has a touch more darkness nestled between the spring flowers. Love the melodic interplay between the bass and keys too, not just rhythmic e.g. on The Peacocks (does that make sense? help i don't know how music works). How does his earlier stuff compare? Is it worth the deep dive into his original trio, around the time he worked on Kind of Blue? ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. Needs more time, but I'm currently a fan. [4] | | 2 |  | Makaya McCraven
Universal Beings
[another sloth] -b- 2nd Feb 2023 -b- Freeform, percussive, NOT free jazz territory but BIG jam rock vibes. Has a lot of quote unquote authenticity and swagger to it (particularly re the live flourishes and production). Gr8 contemporary counterpoint to 1. Chunky and enjoyable, but also difficult to grasp, in part because it is LOOOOONG tho jfc SLOTH my guy why are you rec-ing 90 min projects on a listen a day list you dastardly motherhecker? [also looks at 21 and 24 and cries.] [3.5] | | 3 |  | Eric Dolphy
Out to Lunch!
[VlacDrac] -c- 3rd Feb 2023 -c- Oh boy this is way beyond my pay grade. I do not have the musical vernacular to comprehend what this is and what it is doing and why and is it good I don’t know eek!! I enjoy the xylophone(?) and flute tings, but am mostly just overwhelmed. Sensory overload has continued on subsequent listens. Quirky and cute but also aargh. [3] | | 4 |  | John Coltrane
Blue Train
[VlacDrac] -d- 4th Feb 2023 -d- First impressions: good! I love a love supreme. This doesn’t feel quite as supreme or multifaceted, but it’s a lot more immediate and, erm, nice! Again, I still feel out of my depth, but I’ll settle for quite enjoying it for now (a love supreme took 10+ listens to sink in, so I’ll give this time too). [3.5] | | 5 |  | Dave Weckl Band
Synergy
[OxME] -e- 5th Feb 2023 -e- Oh thank the LORD something easy and accessible lol. Cheese-stuffed glorious drum-forward fusion nonsense and I’m here for it. Weckl is ridiculous on the kit, as are the rest of the group at their respective things (give me those bass/keyboard/drum/sax/guitar solos nom nom nom). Beautiful production too, so breathable and open. Contains enough fromage to feed my gf for a week (she is le French) but endearing in its goofiness. I am a sucker for the funk. [4] | | 6 |  | Art Blakey
Mosaic
[Sniff] -f- 6th Feb 2023 -f- Already love Art Blakey, Moanin’ is my jam (the album and the track). The title track on Mosaic is bananas good, just full on fire from everyone involved, amazing drumming from the man himself; sounds like a Mario Odyssey boss track or some shit. Rest of the album suffers by comparison but is still noice my kinda tempo et al. Hard bop big funks etc. [3.5] | | 7 |  | Nina Simone
Wild is the Wind
[granite] -g- 7th Feb 2023 -g- There’s a loud, angry love/dependency/desperation/vulnerability packed within these walls that I was not expecting. Nina’s vocals just have so much conviction and weight and depth to them, it brings the soul-laid-bare lyrics to life. The subtle, reserved backing instrumentation is also spot on. “Four Women” is intense, mad that it was banned under the banner of, itself, being racist which is ridiculous. Of all the records here, this is the biggest and most pleasant surprise so far - I didn’t think this was ‘for me’ (I mean, it’s not) or that I’d therefore appreciate it, but I do. [3.7] | | 8 |  | The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
Here Be Dragons
[MoM] -h- 8th Feb 2023 -h- DOUBLE TROUBLE WEDNESDAY we’re jamming this and Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission because MoM has good taste and tbh I just felt like it.
Here Be Dragons be giving me GY!BE vibes which I did not expect. Moody, noire, bleak but with light shining through the cracks. Cinematic, too; definitely has a narrative ebb and flow.
Sunset Mission be that chain-smoking, neon reflecting of a car window, 1920s NYC moonlight, tuxedos for everyone BaNgEr my goodness this is a sexy sexy album. A lot looser in its composition than Here Be Dragons, far more ambient-y (and jazzy, for that matter) but sticks the landing just as well in terms of how soupy THICK it’s atmosphere is.
Both [4] hell yes dark/ambient/doom jazz is the shit. | | 9 |  | Portico Quartet
Knee Deep in the North Sea
[Sniff] -i- 9th Feb 2023 -i- SLAPS. Love this. Perfect segway record between the vibes on the electronic list and this. Supple, soulful, beautiful, brilliant. The hang on this is just gorgeous. [3.7] with room to grow. | | 10 |  | Nara Leao
Dez Anos Depois
[brainmelter] -j- 10th Feb 2023 -j- Well I did not expect this lol. A 70s double album of Bossa Nova standards from the heart of Brazil is about as far as I think you can get from my comfort zone, yet I feel very at home here. The production quality is gold-tier, the vocals reserved and breathy and YES. I enjoyed my time far more with LP1 vs. LP2 - I think the spindly acoustic arrangements work better, generally - but the whole thing is lush. Oddly getting vibes somewhere between Ichiko Aoba, Saya Gray and Mount Eerie (my closest touch points are far away lol). Big fan, gonna play this in all sorts of different orientations and contexts to see which songs pop the most. [4] | | 11 |  | Tigran Hamasyan
Mockroot
[Relinquished] -k- 11th Feb 2023 -k- Initial impressions: this is metal as fuck whaaaa. Gorgeous piano Mr. Guy I like this, and the Arminian touches are v interesting (maybe another deep dive I need to do). Also has Meshuggah ish tendencies which is bizarre. Vaguely proggy too, with a maybeshewill era post rock flamboyance to it. Very good, almost excellent - wished it showed just a touch more restraint as the atmospheric vocal-forward bits are some of the best. Likely a grower. [3.5] | | 12 |  | Sun Ra
Lanquidity
[DANcore] -l- 12th Feb 2023 -l- Feels like it’s going for a far more digestible take on 3. Soothing space-age bops. Much better than the Sun Ra I’ve heard before (Discipline 27-II, rendered literally unlistenable by spoken-word bollocks about the universe being a thing, that mired an otherwise great LP … I digress). Fundamentally old-head jazz to my ears, with some funky overtones. I can dig it. Genuinely, genuinely fantastic in places - love the opening moments of the closer and then eek he almost does the shite full on YOOOO THE UNIVERSE DUUUUDE DID YOU KNOW thing (as mentioned on the electronic list, afrofuturism and associated vibes are not my thing). Will keep an eye on this and see if she blooms. [3.5]
EDIT: listening experience improved by (a) porc’s insight (b) hearing 13 (v helpful afrobeat ref point) and (c) playing it LOUDER (the dynamics seep out a lot better). Will likely bumpy bump rating in coming days. | | 13 |  | Fela Kuti
Sorrow Tears and Blood
[Ars] -m- 13th Feb 2023 -m- Amazing. Not heard a drop of afrobeat before but this funks all the way to the top my god. The story behind this 2-track release is also tragic - legit protest music, ugly consequences and all. A discog I’ll likely peek in more detail. [4] | | 14 |  | Eddie Palmieri
Unfinished Masterpiece
[MoM] - n- 14th Feb 2023 -n- The best thing on this list so far and it has literally NO ratings CHECK IT!!
Having erroneously filed Salsa under the "meme" category in the consistently overloaded cabinet of tosh that is my brain, I will be the first to admit that I am an idiot and this is fantastic holy heck. So palpably emotional and visceral argh yes yes YES, the way the piano sounds like someone slammed your neighbour's fcukign face into the keys is brilliant, love the vibrant vox, love how the first few tracks start out digestible and catchy dance numbers with the occasional flourish and then the LP's back end blooms out into all sorts of hefty, technical, moving shit (the 10 min monster of "Cobarde" is crazy, and how it transitions into the utterly bewitching (basically) piano-solo of "Random Thoughts" is just WHAAAAA!!!?!?!). So good. [4.3] | | 15 |  | Snarky Puppy
We Like It Here
[Manatea] -o- 15th Feb 2023 -o- 4.3?! Fuck off. Very good though.
Has that clean groovy slaps all night long vibe down to a tee, with a whiff of chunky math rock in the lane of "You Slut!" or "Alpha Male Tea Party". A touch too shiny and smooth for my taste; lacks the messy passion and grit of something like 14 or even 5, which this is more aligned with. The mix is also unusual - this sounds live, which is damn impressive for how tight these tracks are, but sometimes things feel placed incorrectly (I want the drums to pop more and wish the distorted guitar really fucked me up when it kicks in (it doesn't)). Will definitely return to this though - it doesn't put a single foot wrong for the whole 50+ minutes, but also lacks that je ne sais quoi. [3.5] | | 16 |  | Jaubi
Nafs at Peace
[pizza] -p- 16th Feb 2023 -p- SLAPS s l o w l y. SLAPS c a l m l y. SLAPS s o o t h i n g l y. Feels less mechanical coming off of the immaculate 15 - has a lot more bumps and scrapes and personality. Undoubtedly, however, less """impressive""", in some sense - the low key vibes do be a double-edged sword. The deets: I particularly enjoyed the tempo-shifting shenanigans on "Straight Path", proper cyclical hypnotic rhythm stuffs on "Mostly" (kinda funky innit) and the title track closer is the clear winner of the pack (giving me classic jazz vibes with that lead motif). Love the touches of flute and Sarangi on this too - not something I've heard done quite like this before. The more I pay attention to the lil dance the drums do, the more I dig this. Very cool 2021 release. [3.5] | | 17 |  | Electric Masada
At the Mountains of Madness
[Jonathan] -q- 17th Feb 2023 -q- JONATHAN you have single HANDEDLY derailed the ENTIRE fucking MOMENTUM of this list YOU arse. I have been stuck on this album for days, which I mean entirely as a compliment ... and I've only got through the first disc (eek). So much to chew on, even without peaking the second hour and a bit of music. Wild and metal as fuck and freeform and joyous I love it yes yes yes. An artist who I definitely need to check the entire discog of but also fuck that where the heck am I meant to find all of this un-streamable music hep hep hep. [rating TBC] | | 18 |  | Avishai Cohen Trio
Gently Disturbed
[milo] -r- 18th Feb 2023 -r- Sublime. Love piano forward buttery smooth jazz like this w/ that fucky time signature quirkiness and a chewy, jam centre. Still sipping on this due to the fact of the catching up required by 17 (fuck you jon) but I am a thank, fan you Milo.
With another spin under my belt: giving me (better) GoGo Penguin vibes (in a good way). Just damn good. Probably a 4 but I'm a lil bitch. [3.7] | | 19 |  | Herbie Hancock
Head Hunters
[Ars] -s- 19th Feb 2023 -s- Bops like nobody's business. The first track is the purest funkiest jam of all time (probably) it took all my willpower to resist jumping on top of my office cubicle this morning and dancing dancing dancing to this impeccable groovy swing. Again, much more time required to unpack before giving it the sleepy boi seal of approval or a kick in the dick, but currently am loving this ... actually, nah, fuck that, it's brilliant. Sticking with my flaccid guns. [4] | | 20 |  | Pharoah Sanders
Karma
[z00sh] -t- 20th Feb 2023 -t Holy hecking shit I did not realise I liked yodelling that much. What an absurd album (in an entirely un-pejorative sense). I've always found avant-garde jazz too obtuse and off the wall and dense, but this just screams with emotion and sincerity and graspable things. Oddly giving me vibes somewhere between Fishman's 'Long Season' and Animal Collective's 'Strawberry Jam'. Gripping and fresh and good. [4] | | 21 |  | Kamasi Washington
The Epic
[MetalMarkJK] -u- 21st Feb 2023 -u- Mr Mark you are a dick and I love you. Rec-ing a 3 hour triple album jazz epic (heh) on an 'album a day format' list is cruel. V. cool album so far though. Having now finally heard all 3 LPs (as at 25th Feb lol) ... thoughts: love the big SCREM sax tones when Kamasi goes AWOL - v emotive spicy et al. Also love the choral touches, so much so that I wish there were more. The production leaves a little to be desired, sometimes, particularly having listened to this in tandem with 22 (more on that later). All in all, tho, a really thoughtful love letter to the genre in its variety and scope which is sweet and touching and good. Covers an absurd range and depth of emotions and colours and tones. Lower in quality on a track by track basis than a number of the other recs on this list, but there is SO MUCH goodness here (I mean it is 3 hours jfc) that, yes, I’ll concede, it feels worthy of the modern jazz classic status it seems to have attained. [4] | | 22 |  | Charles Mingus
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
[z00sh] -v- 22nd Feb 2023 -v- FULL DISCLOSURE i have heard this before (and the Erectus album with the long word before it), but it didn't click back then (circa 2017?). I fucking love this now tho. w/ more jazz under me belt, ig I speak the language a little better, and can therefore interact with this on a halfway meaningful level (i hope). The tempo shifts and production are what immediately shine, as well as the juicy depth of each individual performer's performance, and the cute repeating motifs, and the percussion ... the PERCUSSION holy shit its beefy and metal and TIGHT. Very very good. Closer is magic sauce (last 6-ish mins feel like the 60s blueprint for 'Overkill' wtf). Probably a 4.5+ but I feel like I'm only just learning this dance and am conservative and am sorry. [4.3] | | 23 |  | Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld
Never Were The Way She Was
[dedex] -w- 23rd Feb 2023 -w- The opener on this is GOAT tier. The rest is quite good. Weird modern jazz ambient thing going on. Kinda feels a lil underbaked but what the hell do I know. Pleasant, lil hypnotic, very accessible, welcome break from some of the more challenging recs here, but also less interesting, and a touch monotonous at its worst. [3.5] | | 24 |  | Miles Davis
Bitches Brew
[Manatea] -x- 24th Feb 2023 -x- On a complete other ethereal plane to pretty much anything, ever. The dark, gloomy, gloopy, sumptuous, weird vibe is acquired and tasty. Putting the t/t so early in the track list feels like a cheeky gatekeepy move by Davis, idk, probs not, but I found basically everything after 'Bitches Brew' a lot easier to digest and just relax and sink into. No doubt oodles of lil spicy details I've missed and will delve back in for. No fucking way I can rate this yet tho lol, but heck me am intrigued muchly. [TBC]
Update (06.03.23): I have decided this gets by as a [4] on cool points alone. will continue to jam over the next few years (lol) and see if a more analytical/reasoned opinion forms. | | 25 |  | Yusef Lateef
Eastern Sounds
[DANcore] -y- 25th Feb 2023 -y- [3] I do not know why I think this is a [3] but I currently think its a [3] and will provide reasoning as to its [3]ness in due course thanks.
Update (02.03.23): this isn't a [3] holy shit what planet was I on when I first heard this?! Uber supple romantic patient delicate etc. For candle-lit dinners and evenings spent sad and alone alike. Gorgeous. [3.7 baby] | | 26 |  | Mahavishnu Orchestra
Visions of the Emerald Beyond
[Komp] -z- 26th Feb 2023 -z- Has that early career Deep Purple hazy hard rock mixed with yum yum jazzy proggy shenanigans nailed down. Feels a little surface level (more right hemisphere than left) having listened to this alongside 24 and 27, but far more immediate and graspable and foot happy and tappy in a gud and yes kinda way. [TBC] will check their earlier releases I think, so you know its goooo.d...d and got me by the testies. | | 27 |  | Cecil Taylor
Unit Structures
[Ryus] -abc- 27th Feb 2023 -abc- I have heard Cecil before, so this was less of a shock than it could have been lol. Reading Ted Gioia's 'How To Listen To Jazz' helped a lot with this - I'd originally approached Free Jazz as a 'turn all your senses to 11 and try take it all in all the details everything EVERYTHING must follow it all' kinda way, but instead tried to engage with this closer to how I'd assimilate an ambient piece and just vibe in the colour and tone of the thing, while also appreciating the lil hints of dialogue even I can pick up between the band members (a horn thing that the drums play off that the keys then play off that the horns then play off awww). Will indulge in this some more and some more yum. [TBC]
Update (02.03.23): Has become a lot easier to navigate with repeated listens; there is more structure here than I'd realised. Takes on a more carefree hue, as opposed to dissonant and erratic and stress-inducing. [4] | | 28 |  | Ornette Coleman
The Shape of Jazz to Come
[another sloth] -xyz- 28th Feb 2023 -xyz- It's funny, I'd kept this for last as I remember hearing it a few years back and just not getting it (too 'out there', too 'abstract', etc.) so thought it'd be a good list litmus test. Now, oddly, it's turned out to be one of the easiest listening albums here. I don't know if that's, in fact, a testament to how well this list has served me as a jazz crash course, or just that I completely misjudged Coleman when I first heard his spicy debut. *SHRUG*. Either way, this slaps the house down. It's hard bop roots just about stay true throughout the proto- free jazz haywire warbling. Hella emotive and direct in comparison to 27. The crunchy compactness got me reaching for the replay button after each listen. Nice. [4]
CLOSING THOUGHTS: Jazz was a much tougher beast vs. electronic. Lots more history, lots more apparent prestige that my mind had to process, lots more musical and cultural things to grapple with. I'm still learning, ig. Peace. | |
AsleepInTheBack
01.30.23 | Pls rec thanks xxx
Intro to JaZz albums wanted. I have heard at least some of the obvious classics. Both modern and classic era recs welcome. | SlothcoreSam
01.30.23 | One old and one new
Ornette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings | Ryus
01.30.23 | bill evans - you must believe in spring
cecil taylor - unit structures (this should go towards the end of the month or at the very least not at the beginning) | JohnnyoftheWell
01.30.23 | Electric Masada - At the Mountains of Madness (put this midway thru the month plz)
gonna have to think of what genre to do for Feb that is not jazz hmmm
and also Trish Clowes - A View With A Room for the primary reason that i cba to add this to the database x | JohnnyoftheWell
01.30.23 | also turn that comma in the title into either a colon or dash, my inner pedant is literally inhaling hemlock at the thought of you preemptively bisecting a month that hasn't even started yet featured | pizzamachine
01.30.23 | Jaubi - Nafs at Peace
Caity Gyorgy - Featuring
{Take your pick} | VlacDrac
01.30.23 | Miles Davis - Bitches Brew.
John Coltrane - Blue Train.
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch. | 0xME
01.30.23 | Dave Weckl Band - Synergy | Kompys2000
01.30.23 | Mahavishnu Orchestra- Visions of the Emerald Beyond (old school)
Mansur Brown- Shiroi (new school) | Sniff
01.30.23 | You son of a bitch, I'm in.
Art Blakey - Mosaic
Wout Gooris Trio and Chisolm/Vann - Some Time
One old, one modern, one a classic and one obscure. Pick one of them. | granitenotebook
01.30.23 | wild is the wind - nina simone
illuminations - alice coltrane / carlos santana
pick whichever sounds more appealing | MoM
01.30.23 | Eddie Palmieri and Lalo Rodriguez - Unfinished Masterpiece
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Here Be Dragons | Sniff
01.30.23 | I also want to throw
Portico Quartet - Kneep-Deep in the North Sea
into the sorting hat | brainmelter
01.30.23 | nara leao - Dez Anos Depois
definitely not straight forward 'jazz' its some bossa nova type of shi which is a variation of samba.. | Relinquished
01.30.23 | R+R=Now - Collagically Speaking
Tigran Hamasyan - Mockroot | DANcore
01.30.23 | Yusef Lateef-Eastern Sounds
Sun Ra-Lanquidity
Boogaloo Joe Jones-No Way
Ryo Fukui-Scenery | ArsMoriendi
01.30.23 | Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Fela Kuti - Sorrow, Tears and Blood
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo
If you only pick one of mine pick Fela | AsleepInTheBack
01.31.23 | Thanks for the recs keep em coming
I need to go to bed now but will input them into the list tomorrow | z00sh
01.31.23 | pharoah sanders - karma
charles mingus - black saint and the sinner lady | MetalMarcJK
01.31.23 | I can recommend you listen to a BUNCH of Bill Evans (my GOAT), but i’m Gonna make some modern reccs:
-Christian Scott - Rewind That and Anthem
-Kamasi Washington - The Epic
-Brad Mehldau Trio - Where Do You Start
-Brad Mehldau - Highway Rider and Finding Gabriel
Of course, you also need some Bill Evans, such as Explorations, Walt’s For Debby, You Must Believe In Spring, and Blue In Green(live). | Manatea
01.31.23 | Chick Corea - Light as a Feather
Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew | dedex
01.31.23 | Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld - Never Were The Way She Was | AsleepInTheBack
01.31.23 | @ johnny your move
also i am not a cure for your laziness Trish Clowes banned | MiloRuggles
01.31.23 | I love you sleepy, you know I'll treat you right. Therefore,
Avishai Cohen Trio - Gently Disturbed | AsleepInTheBack
01.31.23 | well this filled up quickly oops pls keep rec-ing I will still probs listen to them just not in feb 23
also if any rec here glaringly sticks out (i.e. i see a few cheeky fusion recs that i obvs have no fucking clue if they err more in the direction of jazz or the thing they're fused with) then holla at me and i may reconsider the slot for something that's likely to be a better foundational rec for someone still getting to grips with the basics
also if you got 2 recs on the electronic list i may have bumped one of your recs here for someone unsoiled i hope that makes sense | dedex
01.31.23 | mmmmh mine isn't straight-up jazz it's more post-minimalism chamber shi
if that doesn't suit up imma rec
Niechec - Śmierć w miękkim futerku | Sniff
01.31.23 | Ngl list has nice variety | AsleepInTheBack
01.31.23 | SNIFF has spoken list shall remain as listed | dedex
01.31.23 | yeah list is mucho dope as-is | MiloRuggles
01.31.23 | Oh yes boi fucking hit that Niechec regardless | AsleepInTheBack
01.31.23 | Yo yes I have heard good things about ^^^ am listening to DJ SPRINKLES though so brb | someone
01.31.23 | forever and always
Donald Byrd - Ethiopian Knights | someone
01.31.23 | or if you want more recs and alternatives
a little more guitar-driven: Kazumi Watanabe - Jazz Impression
classic hard bop: Idrees & Jamila Sulieman - The Camel
post-bop: Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
white people smooth jazz: Garry Mulligan - Night Lights
free jazz: Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman
even freeer minimalist jazz: Trespass Trio and Joe McPhee - Human Encore
the freeest solo sax ragers: Kaoru Abe - Winter 1972
jazz fusion: Shibusashirazu - Shibu-yotabi
free jazz in electronic form: Jean Guérin - Tacet
nu-jazz: Alfa Mist - Antiphon
japanese jazz: Minoru Muraoka – Bamboo
japanese lite jazz fusion: Yasuaki Shimizu - Kakashi
Ugandan human rights experimentals: Nihiloxica - Nyege Nyege Tapes
afrobeat: Fela Kuti - Coffin for Head of State
african jazz-prog: Ukandanz - Awo
eased out minimalism: Julius Eastman - Femenine
noir jazz: Harold Budd - The Pavilion of Dreams | AsleepInTheBack
01.31.23 | big < 3 someone thank you | PitchforkArms
01.31.23 | Some more vocally focused stuff that you probably haven't been recommended - some jump blues / big band and some vocally driven stuff but definitely still on the jazz side of things. For when you want to actually sing along to something.
Louis Jordan - Jack You're Dead
Wynonie Harris - Good Rockin Tonight
Ella Mae Morse - Capitol Collectors Series
The Mills Brothers - Souvenir Album
Billie Holiday - The Complete Commodore Masters
hugsnkisses xoxoxoxox | AsleepInTheBack
01.31.23 | Thanking you hugs and kisses | SlothcoreSam
01.31.23 | Yo Asleep, you should swap my 2 around.
The Shape Of Jazz To Come, would be the perfect start to your list. | YoYoMancuso
01.31.23 | michael jazzson - thriller | Sharenge
01.31.23 | Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission
BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG
Niechęć - Śmierć w Miękkim Futerku
Grant Green - Street of Dreams
trying to avoid dups here so I noticed these are artists I don't see yet
guess it's your pick which one(s) you use | AsleepInTheBack
01.31.23 | Helpful input as always, yoyo.
Sloth REQUEST DENIED I tried the shape of jazz to come a while back and couldn’t get into it, so think it would be a worthy concluding record / litmus test to see if the list has helped me in navigating the genre. | Sharenge
01.31.23 | o wait February only has 28 days lol oop | robertsona
01.31.23 | dam this already filled... | MoM
01.31.23 | “ Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission
BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG
Niechęć - Śmierć w Miękkim Futerku
Grant Green - Street of Dreams”
Nice. Almost threw Sunset Mission in, but was like “Asleep’s probably heard that glorious ass shit already.” | AsleepInTheBack
01.31.23 | I have not. I suck.
Robertsona rec me something anyway darling I will probably check it anyways as you are cool | SlothcoreSam
01.31.23 | Ok fair enough. | MoM
01.31.23 | You don’t suck, yo. But in any case, while i love Here Be Dragons, I’d probably swap it for Sunset Mission with this revelation. It brings the noir hella hard | PitchforkArms
01.31.23 | I feel like I always have to be the mouthpiece for all of the jazz in the pre-late-50's era. When it comes to classic jazz artists, everyone here is gaga for Davis and Coltrane etc. and the brooding, moody, and loose style of their biggest records (don't get me wrong, those are good records) - seemingly no love for vocal/melody-driven jazz, lounge, jump-blues, etc which dominated the 40s & early 50s. It's genuinely one my favorite styles of all time and it gets practically no love. | robertsona
01.31.23 | I guess I'll do my classic: Tony Williams - Emergency! (1969)
RIYL flying lotus, raw fusion | DANcore
02.01.23 | Think I’ll do this journey along w you. My turntable stylus needs replacing so I need a new way to get my late night jazzies | AsleepInTheBack
02.01.23 | and we are OFF! hi DAN hope you enjoyed/will enjoy 1 as well. | DANcore
02.02.23 | I think today’s album is going to be more up my alley. Respect to Bill Evans for his work on KoB, but his music gives me distinct nursing home vibes.
I’ve heard quite a few of these so I’m going to skip ahead. Blue Train is probably a top three overall for me | kevbogz
02.02.23 | need some crucial Jjazz my boy (that's not ryo fukui) -> hiroshi suzuki's CAT | AsleepInTheBack
02.02.23 | thank you will peek
2 is up hello | JohnnyoftheWell
02.02.23 | "in part because it is LOOOOONG tho jfc SLOTH my guy why are you rec-ing 90 min projects on a listen a day list you dastardly motherhecker"
*folds arms and passes wind disdainfully + extremely slowly to the tune of Articulate Silences 2* | SlothcoreSam
02.02.23 | Lol, it's a short month sleepy, gotta rec the loooong albums | AsleepInTheBack
02.02.23 | I have been outed by Johnny shit but it’s okay and their refinement of the decline is a strong 4.3 pls forgive me for my sins | JohnnyoftheWell
02.02.23 | sin harder cry more quietly #asleepinthelid2024 | AsleepInTheBack
02.03.23 | 3 is big eek | Ryus
02.03.23 | oh no
by the end of the month hopefully u will be ready for my second rec | Ryus
02.03.23 | its a vibraphone btw
"How does his earlier stuff compare? Is it worth the deep dive into his original trio, around the time he worked on Kind of Blue?"
his early stuff is very much worth it as well. i just rec'd 1 because it might be my favorite. waltz for debby is wonderful too | AsleepInTheBack
02.03.23 | I have heard Cecil before and was equally confused tbqh lol but I enjoyed it! I just always get the sense with free/avant garde jazz that I lack the basic understanding of less adventurous jazz to feel confident that I’ve understood and “got” it, ya know? It’d be like going into Jane Doe when the heaviest thing you’ve heard before is Hybrid Theory. One of the reasons for picking the genre in this list format. | arf
02.03.23 | tfw I wrote the recs and then realized the list is full already... | AsleepInTheBack
02.03.23 | So far as I can gather, a vibraphone is just a big fuck off xylophone with a funkier name for clout | AsleepInTheBack
02.03.23 | Arf I will listen to your recs what are they | AsleepInTheBack
02.04.23 | Jazz is hard | Ryus
02.04.23 | s/o to brain for reccing nara. incredible album and will serve as a great breather lol | MiloRuggles
02.04.23 | Blue Train is the business, give it those replays! Excited for you to hit Black Saint, I reckon that'll open thine eyes a bit | FadedSun
02.04.23 | Terumasa Hino - Hi-Nology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zgk3xgXOWs
Miyasaka + 5 - Animals Garden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatEnYGgMCM
Jackie McLean: Destination...Out!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6yUAJWsGdo | AsleepInTheBack
02.05.23 | 5 deserves more than 15 ratings plus mine check it. As much prog rock as it is jazz fusion but I’ll take the win. | 0xME
02.05.23 | glad you enjoyed it! | AsleepInTheBack
02.07.23 | 7 was a surprise. 6 was not, but also bangs. | Sniff
02.07.23 | Hype for Kilimanjaro day | FadedSun
02.07.23 | Didn't realize this was for Feb only, and you already filled out the days. Do one for March, and add the albums I rec'd. | AsleepInTheBack
02.08.23 | Say please | FadedSun
02.08.23 | Pretty please | AsleepInTheBack
02.08.23 | No (idk maybe)
8 is up with a lil something extra
| JohnnyoftheWell
02.08.23 | sunset mission based, kilimanjaro alb honestly kinda mid
check ur discord scamp | YoYoMancuso
02.08.23 | gotta check 5, dude is a god tier drummer | MoM
02.08.23 | Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the albums, Sleeps. Fun write-ups, as usual, too! | FadedSun
02.09.23 | "No (idk maybe)"
If you don't do another one, I can still rec you a ton of good jazz anyway. It's been a big bulk of my listening over the last year or so. Bought a ton of jazz albums. | AsleepInTheBack
02.09.23 | Rec me jazz, put it here - as with my electronic list in Jan, I will likely make a supplemental list at the end of the month with any additional recs I couldn’t get to in the 28 days of feb and then listen to them as hoc if and as and when I feel like it. So yes pls do send recs x | Dewinged
02.09.23 | Was gonna rec you Bohren but I see you have Sunset Mission rated. Yo also have my other option, but only Fire!, so my rec would be Fire! Orchestra - Arrival.
Hope you digidigidig. | AsleepInTheBack
02.09.23 | thank you papa dewi i hope you are well | AsleepInTheBack
02.10.23 | 10 is up. I may need to rethink some of the other 4s I’ve dished out on this list - this is head and shoulders above them all (except probs 1 and Sunset Mission). | AsleepInTheBack
02.12.23 | Bump updated etc | DDDeftoneDDD
02.12.23 | Your 5 at #22 | porcupinetheater
02.12.23 | Lanquidity at a 3.5 make me want 2 screm what have u done | AsleepInTheBack
02.12.23 | thereareotherworldstheyhavenottoldyouof SHUTTHEFUCKUPJESUSCHRIST | porcupinetheater
02.12.23 | Just erasing the inherent political subtext of afrofuturism i see | AsleepInTheBack
02.13.23 | Not erasing, merely being ignorant of. Find me an afrofuturism record that doesn’t come with a side plate of cheese and I will no doubt be more interested in that conversation. | porcupinetheater
02.13.23 | I just mean “there are other worlds they have not told you of” works two ways as a sentiment from a black artist born in the 1910s who made his name in the midst of the civil rights era with quite a bit of painful meaning behind the sci-fi veneer | AsleepInTheBack
02.13.23 | Fair point, well made, hadn’t considered that, does indeed help recontextualise … but the vox still irritate me on a pure visceral gut sound/taste basis. The “this sounds bad to my ears” feeling unfortunately overrides the “I can appreciate the sentiment behind this” feeling. | ArsMoriendi
02.13.23 | Nice you liked it! | Ryus
02.13.23 | hell yeah fela's discography is a gold mine | porcupinetheater
02.13.23 | That is totally fair, if the aesthetics ain't working for you they ain't working, I just got a little crazy-eyed at the hint of it bein' silly | AsleepInTheBack
02.13.23 | nw my guy. In fairness, I didn't find the vox as jarring on subsequent spins - it may, in all honestly, have simply given me PTSD-esque flashbacks to attempting to listen to Sun Ra's Discipline 27-II (the title track) where similar weird vox are implemented but they go on non stop for 24 minutes and i think it genuinely scarred me lol. Here they're a lot more tasteful and palatable, to give them the due credit.
Also hell yes ars, stone cold banger, will check Expensive Shit and Zombie for sure | AsleepInTheBack
02.14.23 | 14 is basically perfect check it | Ryus
02.14.23 | looks dope | AsleepInTheBack
02.15.23 | Tis dope, check it
15 is also now live | Manatea
02.16.23 | Glad you got a kick out of it man! Yeah the whole album is live recorded, which accounts for some of the mixing foibles. Their early stretch of work is quite impressive though. | MiloRuggles
02.16.23 | bruh that Snarky Puppy album is mid but this performance is immaculate (and sounds way better): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XJ_s5IsQc | AsleepInTheBack
02.16.23 | jesus fucking christ milo that performance is bananas - love it. guys on the drums and keyboard are next level. | Sniff
02.18.23 | Closing in on the epic | AsleepInTheBack
02.18.23 | Only just obtained a copy of 17 (thank you mystery donor cough Johnny cough) so am a lil behind will catch up when life quits fucking me | porcupinetheater
02.18.23 | Brutal, having to play catch up with Electric Masada lol
Johnny what have u done | porcupinetheater
02.18.23 | Also Snarky Puppy would be hella cool to see live but their recordings are so absent any personality | AsleepInTheBack
02.18.23 | i did not realise this is almost 3 hours long jesus fucking christ help i guess this is karmic | VlacDrac
02.18.23 | Glad you listened to my recs. | porcupinetheater
02.20.23 | Lmao R.I.P. Feb jazz
Do yourself a favor and check today's album though regardless it's a mastapiece, z00sh done ya good | AsleepInTheBack
02.20.23 | 17, 18 and 19 now updated (ish) Jonathan of the Wellness you have a lot to answer for, dick (he says, fully aware that his pot is black and so is his kettle) | AsleepInTheBack
02.20.23 | I am also currently reading Ted Gioia's 'How To Listen to Jazz' because I began to feel a lil stuck and lost when hearing some of these classics (e.g. 3, 4, 6, 12). His history of the jazz movement from the early 20s onwards has been enlightening and I am still mostly confused by the whole thing but I am learning mmm'kay. | MiloRuggles
02.20.23 | greetings sleepy good to see you back on the grind and a thousand curses upon johnathann's lodgings
here's some more bonus live content because jazz is always more exciting live, even when you're not there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IoxoD8fLCc | JohnnyoftheWell
02.20.23 | *cackles sleepily in the back while passing out from stars off the lid-induced carbon monoxide poisoning* | rabidfish
02.20.23 | check out Ahmad Jamal! I personally recommend his live stuff from the 70's.
| AsleepInTheBack
02.20.23 | and just like that we are caught up yaaasssssss
thanks rabid i will add it to the pile
thanks milo i will add it to my ears | ArsMoriendi
02.20.23 | Glad you liked Head Hunters | AsleepInTheBack
02.20.23 | ye, slaps
added some ratings to everything except 17 because I still need more time lol
also looks at The Epic and realises the bad things this list 'bout to do to my social life | AsleepInTheBack
02.21.23 | Out of the frying pan of 17 and into the fire of 21 fuck me. Why is jazz so long. | z00sh
02.21.23 | glad you enjoyed it :] | AsleepInTheBack
02.21.23 | One of my favourites on the list tbh, thanking you muchly.
I have jammed lp1 of 21 twice today, not touched the other 2 discs yet, am working on it eeek | AsleepInTheBack
02.22.23 | alright alright alright matthew we've done another album MINGUS the man the myth the legend the person | AsleepInTheBack
02.23.23 | i have heard another album [he whispers into the void where are all of my friends] | AsleepInTheBack
02.27.23 | I am caught up but have forgotten how to rate things we're almost there eek | Manatea
02.28.23 | Your reaction to bitches brew pretty much exactly mirrors what mine was | AsleepInTheBack
02.28.23 | and we done x | AsleepInTheBack
02.28.23 | I need to loop back and do some more listening for 17 and 24 and 26 and 27 but otherwise we gucci
also Manatea lol glad it's not just me | 0xME
02.28.23 | congrats on finishing this beast | Sniff
02.28.23 | Peace | someone
02.28.23 | real jazz were the friends we made along the way | someone
02.28.23 | what's the next month gonna be, I'll ready up some recs, so I can get on the list this time | AsleepInTheBack
02.28.23 | Probs classic hip hop / R A P muzak
If not, erm, post-punk (ig) | Kompys2000
03.01.23 | Ha more right hemisphere than left, gonna have to use that sometime. Ya ime McLaughlin is generally a guitarist who makes his bones with physical thrills (almost a little Steve vai-ish?) but I think at their peak mahavishnu taps into a very easily gettable sort of electric-blues vein that's aged really well as far as celebrating the overlap between jazz and guitar solo rock | AsleepInTheBack
03.02.23 | Yo Komp I will definitely be rechecking that rec and their broader discog tbh, it's a lane of music I'm usually VERY interested in (I love that showy ripcord guitar stuffs) but i think it just felt a little jarring when placed around things like 22 and 24 and 27 and 28 which I was listening to at the same time
Also updated thoughts on Cecil because damn it slaps | porcupinetheater
03.02.23 | I love Mclaughlin’s guitar playing on other jazz records (his contributions to Bitches Brew are next level) but still haven’t given Mahavishnu itself the proper time o day, even with Flame and Birds | AsleepInTheBack
03.02.23 | also updated 25 holy hell first impressions suck and are useless | AsleepInTheBack
03.06.23 | 24 also updated |
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