That time Asha Puthli sang (gorgeously…) for Ornette! & later with Ornette's subsequent Prime Time bassman Jamaaladeen Tacuma...
Also a wild take by The Thing's Mats, who has a fine version too with (yes, really) Neneh Cherry - whose step-dad played on the 'Science Fiction' album where it first appeared & later explored the track (whose original he sat out from) with Bobo Stenson et al & separately with Nana Vasconcelos & Ingrid Sertso!
The Neneh/Thing got some trans-Nordic remix action as well, while she & her brother featured on a Swedish album that had a go at it too (though without them, regrettably).
Oh, & there's a whole Italian strand - from that, the Sabina Meyer-sung Agus Collective take.
Finally, if you do Spotify an ultra-nerdy collection of 'WRCIG's...
Actual Cherry aider Christer Bothen & crew '[track] down the "traces" of the legendary Don Cherry's legacy while
paving their own way in contemporary creative music expression'...
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Three flavours of Teutonic jelly: solo workout ('with The Exposures') & showing jazz chops (of a sort) with toy-toting Japanese funsters & one of the great drummers...
Bonus:
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Kahil El'Zabar's new Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit revisits his 'Great Black Music' - 'often attributed to the Art Ensemble of Chicago but, in fact, an El’Zabar composition' - after earlier takes both by his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble & his Ritual Trio...
Another week's listening: from Dennis Young (Liquid Liquid) & Randall Kennedy's punk-funk poetics to modal Duke Pearson pleasures, via the Benelux post-punk of Jo Bogaert, Betty Padgett & Arnie Love's biscuit tin productions & DJ Nature & Jamie xx bangers (& even Kieren Hebden's first LMYE appearance in an age)...
Some tracks (Bandcamp where possible; YT if not...):
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Another week's listening: from the post-punk/synth pop interface of Talking Drums & Linear Movement to the majesty of Don Cherry/Johnny Dyani & Coltrane, with intermediary stops including Bill Nelson, State of Art, Astrud Gilberto, Bessie Jones, Eagles Lupopo '77, Afro 70, The Smile, Seven Davis/John Cale (somewhat improbably), Lloyd Cole/Mogwai (at least equally improbably...), Paul Haig & Abdullah Ibrahim.
Some tracks (Bandcamp where possible; YT if not...):
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Re-up for AI's take on this astounding "remediated" '73 SUJE workout, one of "the most sought after albums of America's 70s jazz underground".
Samba Dee by The Southern University Jazz Ensemble 'is a lively and energetic track that will get your feet tapping. The song's infectious groove and upbeat tempo make it a perfect party starter'.
'Sure, here are some comments on the tracks you mentioned:
Walking in the Rain by Flash in the Pan is a catchy and upbeat pop song that will have you grooving along. The song's infectious melody and relatable lyrics make it a timeless classic.
Let's Be Adult by Arto Lindsay is a quirky and experimental track that is sure to challenge your eardrums.The song's unconventional instrumentation and off-beat rhythms make it a unique and intriguing listen.
You Know More Than I Know by John Cale is a haunting and atmospheric song that will transport you to another dimension. The song's dissonant chords and Cale's haunting vocals create a palpable sense of dread.
Samba Dee by The Southern University Jazz Ensemble is a lively and energetic track that will get your feet tapping. The song's infectious groove and upbeat tempo make it a perfect party starter.
Jungle Gods (1977 Version) by William Onyeabor is a psychedelic and otherworldly track that will leave you feeling disoriented and amazed. The song's swirling synths and driving rhythms create a chaotic and exhilarating soundscape.
Jungle Magic by Benni Cletin is a funky and groovy track that will have you moving your body. The song's infectious bassline and catchy melody make it a surefire dancefloor hit.
The Party by Godley & Creme is a playful and lighthearted track that is sure to put a smile on your face. The song's upbeat tempo and catchy lyrics make it a perfect mood booster.
That Rongeng Sound by Leong Lau is a traditional Chinese opera song that is both beautiful and haunting. The song's delicate melodies and powerful vocals create a captivating and immersive listening experience.
Mansion Worlds by Pharaoh Sanders is a spiritual and meditative track that will transport you to a higher plane of consciousness. The song's ethereal melodies and otherworldly textures create a sense of peace and tranquility.
Land of the Lonely by McCoy Tyner is a soulful and introspective track that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt alone. The song's melancholic melody and Tyner's expressive piano playing create a powerful and poignant listening experience.
I hope you enjoy these tracks!'
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& that's just to scratch this serial collaborator's surface. His forthcoming slate also features new Locrian & Ural Umbo LPs. Haptic probably won't stay quiet either. Fessenden may be gone, but there's been nothing from WORK for a while, nor further encounters with either Greg Davis or Miles Tilmann. & lately Hess has been prone to fill any gaps with solo releases.
'Fog' is Longbox's apt characterisation of Hess's dense ethereality. That's a trick he conjures through a notable, luxuriating spaciousness around his cymbal clatter - heard to compelling effect throughout the rich selection below, but most especially on the mesmerising Tilmann & On pieces.
Back to Jarrett: incredibly refreshing after Monday night's disappointment to be reminded, finally hearing 1972's Ruta & Daitya for the first time, that Keith was once a highly adventurous artist almost endlessly open to new sounds & textures.
After two highly constrained decades, it's almost shocking to hear him neither solo nor in the standards trio (even though the mighty Jack DeJohnette is along for the ride) - & playing stunningly dense, rich, school of Miles electric jazz.
In the same way, it's disconcerting to go back to the challenging, beautiful & original music the trio were once generating on albums like 1977's Tales of Another(in Gary Peacock's name), or the exquisite, live-improvised Changeless.
That's not to say that there's no boldness in his tradition mining in the meantime - Monday's many peaks at the RFH showed that yet again. But, as Daniel Paton points out, he seems to have lost interest in innovating (& certainly in writing).
For a reminder of that time (& not forgetting how thrilling the standards can be too, especially the earlier stuff): You Know, You Know (from Ruta) & Vignette (from Tales).
No great surprise that a wonky, honking (&, yes, chunky) Jelinek remix of some previously unencountered jazztronica should float LMYE's boat: Yeah, That's Right (Meteors Noire remix) [from this EP] NB: ad-supported giveaway from We7, as you'll hear...
Thumbs up, though, to the excellent Beta Lounge's "countless hours of expert audio arrangement and dj mixes digitized live at our studios in San Francisco, Hamburg, and from locations across the globe" - 774 sets archived with love over 12 years, including Burnt Friedman/Jaki Liebezeit/Atom Heart, Jah Wobble, Pantha du Prince, Efdemin & even Derrick May, plus Pole & Jelinek: donations welcome.
BreakThru Radio re-up: on paper, the Kieran Hebden/Steve Reid collaborations could have been commissioned for a pair of Four Tet fiends & jazz-loving chin-strokers like LMYE. In practice, the ensemble stuff often plays it safe (even when getting pretty free) by leaving Kieran to squiggle electronically in the background. But the duos are particularly rich, subtle, fascinating conversations between two generations of musician & any number of genres.
To these ears, the pair's highlight so far is the timeless yet fantastically modern Our Time from Tongues. Their We Dream from The Exchange Sessions Vol. 2 is less obviously beautiful, but still spurts & pounds to massive effect (NB: version here is a giveaway edit...).
One peak from the ensemble is the intense Which One? from Spirit Walk; the storming Lions of Juda, especially, & Lugano are deep workouts too.
Jiggy Jiggy from the more recent Daxaarstarts fairly lame, but gets rather more rewarding as it builds (NB: giveaway version to comply with LMYE's hair-shirt policy on music under a year old...); the title track is fiercer, by the way.
Not exactly post-jazz, post-pop or post-rock but some rich & often intensely satisfying, deeply jazz-infused brew of all three, E.S.T. ended with abrupt tragedy this summer.
The earlier albums (like Strange Place for Snow, Winter in Venice, Good Morning Susie Soho& From Gagarin's Point of View) usually seem the best. But today's 45-minute freebie retrospective shows that the trio's intensity, rhythmic inventiveness & playful ear were all still intact later (though some lightness of touch seems to have fallen away) - as was their unfailing talent for the clunking, trying-too-hard title...
Shame that, despite their reputation for broadening the boundaries of the jazz trio with the occasional squeal of feedback (most of it as clumsy, if well intentioned, as their titling), they never put their music in radically different hands. A Triosk-style collaboration with someone like Jelinek would have genuinely challenged & updated their sound. It still could...
The Necks' swirling, incantatory brilliance is getting to me. Some great tracks from a soundtrack of theirs (to this film) led me to a brooding hour broadcast here (be quick - it's only there for seven days...).
The obvious comparison is with the still-lamented Triosk, another Australian piano trio that reached far beyond jazz... But this lot work in a narrower, longer-range way, building massive, rolling peaks over vast slabs of time.
I'd love them to match Triosk by doing something with Jan Jelinek, though - they should team up with his live krautrock band (with Hanno Leichtmann & the fine Andrew Pekler, who is overdue at LMYE but coming soon...). Hear the 'Kosmischer Pitch' trio on this extraordinary performance [according to the Teutonic notes, it "applies the wildpitch-mix of house music to the same transcendence of a focused timescape"!].
Anyway, hear/download a - brief, by Necks' standards - 25-minute live workout of theirs from a couple of years ago here. Make the ~scape/Triosk connection with this new set from the excellent Roam the Hello Clouds splinter.
On paper, the Kieran Hebden/Steve Reid collaborations could have been commissioned for a pair of Four Tet fiends & jazz-loving chin-strokers like LMYE. In practice, the ensemble stuff often plays it safe (even when getting pretty free) by leaving Kieran to squiggle electronically in the background. But the duos are particularly rich, subtle, fascinating conversations between two generations of musician & any number of genres.
To these ears, the pair's highlight so far is the timeless yet fantastically modern Our Time from Tongues. Their We Dream from The Exchange Sessions Vol. 2 is less obviously beautiful, but still spurts & pounds to massive effect (NB: version here is a giveaway edit...).
One peak from the ensemble is the intense Which One? from Spirit Walk; the storming Lions of Juda, especially, & Lugano are deep workouts too.
Jiggy Jiggy from the more recent Daxaarstarts fairly lame, but gets rather more rewarding as it builds (NB: giveaway version...); the title track is fiercer, by the way.
Adrian Klumpes has a new post-Triosk outfit: OJCS. News here.
This isn't his first dalliance outside the now lamented trio, as you can see here. Looking forward to that duo album...
Note that you can also hear a new-ish piece with Cameron Deyell, Ado & Cam in the lab (described as "an edit from a fun session"), at his home/MySpace page (they're the same): here or here.
