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 iām 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, Waltās 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 - ÅmierÄ w miÄkkim 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 GuƩrin - Tacet
nu-jazz: Alfa Mist - Antiphon
japanese jazz: Minoru Muraoka ā 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
NiechÄÄ - ÅmierÄ w MiÄkkim 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 couldnāt 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 | ā Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission
BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG
NiechÄÄ - ÅmierÄ w MiÄkkim Futerku
Grant Green - Street of Dreamsā
Nice. Almost threw Sunset Mission in, but was like āAsleepās probably heard that glorious ass shit already.ā |
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 donāt suck, yo. But in any case, while i love Here Be Dragons, Iād 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 Iāll 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 todayās 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.
Iāve heard quite a few of these so Iām 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 itās 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 Iāve understood and āgotā it, ya know? Itād be like going into Jane Doe when the heaviest thing youāve 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 Iāll 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 couldnāt 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 Iāve 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 doesnāt 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 āthere are other worlds they have not told you ofā 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, hadnāt considered that, does indeed help recontextualise ā¦ but the vox still irritate me on a pure visceral gut sound/taste basis. The āthis sounds bad to my earsā feeling unfortunately overrides the āI can appreciate the sentiment behind thisā 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.
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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 Mclaughlinās guitar playing on other jazz records (his contributions to Bitches Brew are next level) but still havenāt 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 |
AsleepInTheBack
12.31.23 | Thanks for all the fish: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=204937 |