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[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[MoreWatts]

Enjoy a big band gem by an under-recorded artist.

NiteLifeExchange: “Jazz elegies lean heavily toward the celebratory, rooted in the New Orleans tradition of the ‘second line,’ the cheery, end-of-funeral playout for the deceased… It’s in this tradition that reed player-composer, Victor Goines, has created the thoughtful and thoroughly magnificent The Woodlawn Suite, which debuted in July 2022,” and now has an album release. “Every movement of The Woodlawn Suite is a stand-alone gem.” Woodlawn Cemetery is in NYC and is the final home for several jazz luminaries, e.g. Duke Ellington and many bandmates.

Victor Goines is co-founder of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, with Wynton Marsalis. This is his ~11th album since 1992. He has been director of jazz studies at Juilliard and Northwestern University. Victor played on Wynton Marsalis Plays Louis Armstrong, recommended upthread.

Victor Goines, The Woodlawn Suite, full album: free YouTube ; Spotify

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[MoreWatts]

AllAboutJazz: “Precarious Towers is a Midwestern-based quintet whose 2nd recording has Ten Stories… Every one of the 10 was composed by a member of the group: altoist Sharel Cassity; vibraphonist Mitchell Shiner; pianist Johannes Wallmann; bassist John Christensen; drummer Devin Drobka… The songs reside in a gray area somewhere between bop and chamber jazz… The music is both dreamy and dynamic, and is certainly well played.”

Precarious Towers, Ten Stories, full album: free YouTube ; Spotify ; Bandcamp

Jazz is Dead? This is the 22nd 'second album' for an artist posted this year (link to post upthread): Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra Conspiracy; Sean Nelson’s New London Big Band Social Hour; Jordan Vanhemert Nomad; Zela Margossian Quintet The Road; The Justin Haynes Jazz Collective In A Funk; Tito Carillo Urbanessence; Malcolm Strachan Point Of No Return; Benjamin Deschamps Augmented Reality; Dinner Party Enigmatic Society; O'Higgins & Luft Pluto; The Banger Factory Warriors; The Composer's Collective Big Band The Toronto Project; Duncan Eagles Narrations; Peter Somuah Letter To The Universe; Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra Kemet: The Black Land: The Nimmons Tribute Volume 2 – Generational; Jakob Manz Groove Connection; Dennis Adu Sunlight Above The Sky; World Citizen Band Antares; Christopher McBride Ramon; The Fusion Syndicate Beautiful Horizon = 21!

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[MoreWatts]

Sheryl Crow said, “No one listens to modern jazz,” in her song ‘We Do What We Can.’

Well, this Spotify subscriber sure does. Here's some stats from my 'Spotify Wrapped' for 2023:

Total time listened: 151,994 minutes or 105 days non-stop.

103 genres. Top 2: ‘Contemporary Jazz’ and ‘Saxophone Jazz.’

2,637 artists and 8433 songs.

I made 24 posts about my 8 top artists/songs! Here are links to those posts upthread:

Bandolinist (Brazilian mandolin) Hamilton De Holanda: 2021 & 2022 albums, with a video; 2023 album. His 2021 & 2022 albums were nominated for the Latin Grammy Best Jazz Album.

Saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera albums: 1981 debut album; 1998 album; 2022 album with 2 videos, posted again for its Latin Grammy nomination, posted a 3rd time for its Latin Grammy Award for Best Jazz Album win. Paquito played for: 2 albums for the Caribbean Jazz Project, with 2 videos; the WDR Big Band, with a video; trumpeter Michael Mossman; saxophonist Felipe Salles, with a video.

Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s 2023 album Phoenix, with a video. Her album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album! Winner announced Jan. 2024. She played on Hamilton De Holanda’s 2023 album, linked above.

Saxophonist Diego Rivera albums: 2022 album, with a video; 2023 album. Diego played on 2023 albums for: saxophonist Patrick Cornelius and trombonist Altin Sencalar.

Pianist Maria Baptist’s 2023 album Essays On Jazz.

Saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. 1973 Soul Box and 1998 Then And Now. He played on arranger/composer Don Sebesky’s 1973 Giant Box.

Saxophonist Tobias Meinhart’s 2023 album Dark Horse, with a video. He played on saxophonist Mthunzi Mvubu’s 2023 album. Tobias 'follows' me on Spotify, one of all of 4 people! Although, my 'Jazz Best Albums 2023' playlist has >50 followers now.

Saxophonist Tim Garland’s 2023 album Life To Life, with a video. He played on a 2023 Paul Mottram orchestral jazz album also, with a video.

Give some of these a listen. It’s all great jazz!

 

[beeface]

I'm just starting to get into jazz

Anyone have recommendations for more music like this?

 

[MoreWatts]

How about s’more really nice big band jazz, from a Melbourne artist.

ABCJazzAustralia: “The Eye Is The First Circle is named after a famous artwork by painter Lee Krasner, and like its namesake, this release from the Vanessa Perica Orchestra is deep, expansive and driven by emotions and the human experience. The musicians showcased throughout this album represent some of Australia's finest jazz talents. You'll hear performances from the likes of saxophonists Tessie Overmyer, Julien Wilson and Jamie Oehlers (solos in the video), trumpeters Mat Jodrell and Paul Williamson and trombone greats including Jordan Murray as well as a star rhythm section of Theo Carbo, Andrea Keller, Sam Anning and Ben Vanderwal.”

This is Vanessa’s 2nd big band album. The video is an album tune in-studio performance. Might as well give you her debut album also, from 2020, in case you missed it.

For art folks, the namesake painting sold for $11.7 million in 2019, and is shown below. Actual size is ~2.4m x 4.8m. FYI, Krasner was the wife of famous abstract artist Jackson Pollock.

Vanessa Perica Orchestra, The Eye Is The First Circle, full album: free YouTube ; Spotify ; Bandcamp

Vanessa Perica Orchestra, Love Is A Temporary Madness, full album: free YouTube ; Spotify ; Bandcamp

If no one listens to modern jazz, why are so many new artists making wonderful music? Jazz is Dead? This is the 23rd 'second album' for an artist posted! (link to post upthread): Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra Conspiracy; Sean Nelson’s New London Big Band Social Hour; Jordan Vanhemert Nomad; Zela Margossian Quintet The Road; The Justin Haynes Jazz Collective In A Funk; Tito Carillo Urbanessence; Malcolm Strachan Point Of No Return; Benjamin Deschamps Augmented Reality; Dinner Party Enigmatic Society; O'Higgins & Luft Pluto; The Banger Factory Warriors; The Composer's Collective Big Band The Toronto Project; Duncan Eagles Narrations; Peter Somuah Letter To The Universe; Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra Kemet: The Black Land: The Nimmons Tribute Volume 2 – Generational; Jakob Manz Groove Connection; Dennis Adu Sunlight Above The Sky; World Citizen Band Antares; Christopher McBride Ramon; The Fusion Syndicate Beautiful Horizon; Precarious Towers Ten Stories = 22!

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[dualazmak]

Subtle difference(s) in recording quality among CD albums of Karel Boehlee Trio

As I briefly shared here and here, I really love music, performance, and recording quality of CD albums of "Karel Boehlee Trio"; so far I have these 10 CDs:

I already noticed some audible differences in recording quality between these 10 CD albums, but usually the MYCJ label albums are in really stunning excellent recording quality so that I use several tracks in my "Audio Sampler/Reference Music Playlist" (ref. here and here).

I recently (actually for the past one month) repeatedly and rather intensively listened to these wonderful CD albums (ripped in 44.1 kHz 16 bit intact PCM AIFF format in my digital music library, played on-the-fly upsampling encoding into 88.2 kHz by JRiver MC 31) with my latest multichannel audio setup (ref. here and here), during my almost-daily 45 min ergometer workout (300 kcal, in almost silent!) in my listening room.

Even though I always enjoyed the music performance and recording quality, as for the very subtle difference in recording quality, I found (or at least I like) the album "Secret Life" MYCJ-30561 released in 2010 would be the best for my ears and brain, in terms of sound cleanliness, sonolity, clearness, sharp and clean transient bass attacks, etc.

Spoiler

If anyone here would have these CDs including MYCJ-30561, what would be your subjective impression(s) on very subtle difference in recording quality among the albums?

 

[beeface]

Is there actually any interaction in this thread, or is it just people posting stuff?

 

[Joe Smith]

Is there actually any interaction in this thread, or is it just people posting stuff?

I comment on things from time to time...but it's mostly just contributions from the two most active posters, More Watts and Ralph C...I've found a lot of good jazz from this thread, my horizon continues to expand...!

 

[MoreWatts]

fyi, I've moved on due to the lack of interest in my posts over the course of a year...

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[LarsF]

Playing Trilok Gurtu - Bad habits die hard
I wish every recording was as good as this, an example from YouTube (don't know how it sound, playing my own cd)

 

[Joe Smith]

fyi, I've moved on due to the lack of interest in my posts over the course of a year...

Well, thanks for all your writeups, I enjoyed them...well done, found lots of new things to listen to from your posts!

 

[Ralph_Cramden]