"We Be The Humans"
Older Retired White Guy. Buddhist.
"Non nobis solum"
Likes trees better than people. Books better than trees.
"We Be The Humans"
Joined Aug 2018
Dawning
by Matteo Sabattini
Matteo Sabattini (as),
Mike Moreno (g),
Lage Lund (g only on #7),
Kristjan Randalu (p),
Matt Clohesy (b).
Obed Calvaire (d)
(2011)
There is often lyrics that move me, but very rarely are there lyrics that somehow creep into my head and just bounce around in there.
If This Isn't Jazz
Patricia Barber
My Jam Today
Swart Waling Koolhaas
Jesse Koolhaas, Joost Swart, Bjorn Waling
Joost Swart - Grand Piano/Rhodes
Bjorn Waling - Drums
Jesse Koolhaas - Production/Synthesizers
Guest artists:
Reinier Baas - Electric Guitar (track 1)
Jeroen Vierdag - Electric Bass (tracks 1, 3, 5)
Danny Keen – Guitar (track 2)
Joris Roelofs - Bass Clarinet (track 3)
Marc Planells - Ud (track 6)
(2024)
( also in heavy rotation, on my box this week, are these 4 albums. All great but the first one hits it out of the park.)
J-Jazz - Deep Modern Jazz from Japan 1969-1984 Various Artists
https://songwhip.com/various-artists/jjazz-–-deep-modern-jazz-from-japan-19691984
https://songwhip.com/tonyhiggins/j-jazz-volume-2-–-deep-modern-jazz-from-japan-1969-–-1983-sampler
https://songwhip.com/various-artists/j-jazz-volume-3-deep-modern-jazz-from-japan
(thinking this morning about "long healing tracks", Ya know the ones you used to put on in the dorm room with a bong hit, and just drift away. at 18:20 minutes.)
Tanya (Remastered) Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Kenny Drew – piano
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – bass
Art Taylor – drums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLgwySiWApQ
from the record
One Flight Up
Dexter Gordon
(1964)
Rainbow Sign
Ron Miles
Ron Miles: cornet;
Jason Moran: piano;
Bill Frisell: guitar;
Thomas Morgan: bass;
Brian Blade: drums.
(2020)
Elegant Traveler
by Jocelyn Gould
Jocelyn Gould - guitar
Addison Frei - piano
George DeLancey - bass
Quincy Davis - drums
Michael Dease - trombone 5, 7, 8
Anthony Stanco - trumpet 5, 7, 10
Brandon Wright - tenor saxophone 3, 7
(2020)
Becca Duran, If You Could See Me Now
For those of you unfamiliar with vocalist Becca Duran, let this be an introduction. It features her singing choice standards with a cooking band. All are straight ahead, swinging selections plus a bonus of one Brazilian tune.
https://jaythomasjazz.bandcamp.com/album/becca-duran-if-you-could-see-me-now
20 albums that greatly influenced your taste in music.
One album per day, for 20 consecutive days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Not in any order.
Day 20
last but not least
#CoSoMusic
Singer Songwriter
( one great thing that is happening in independent, music is that nonbinary folk, are making great music without the whole queer/straight crap getting in the way)
May I introduce you to Adrianne Lenker, “I feel within myself a constant dialogue between my masculinity, my femininity and the part of me that is neither of those things. I'm just trying to talk about it because I feel like I'm something that is very ambiguous."
Bright Future
Puerta
Jorge Rossy, vibes
Robert Landfermann, bass
Jeff Ballard, drums
(2021)
Plays
Nicole Glover
Nicole Glover, tenor saxophone
Tyrone Allen, bass
Kayvon Gordon, drums
Steve Nelson, vibes
(2024)
20 albums that greatly influenced your taste in music.
One album per day, for 20 consecutive days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Not in any order.
Day 19
I know, I have been sharing a few repeat albums,
Yet these move me, so they get frequent plays.
Octava
by Phi-Psonics
Octava is emotional, introspective, and unusual approach to meditative jazz offers us a beautiful space for uplifting contemplation and wields a quiet power to create a spiritually inspiring world of timeless, warm melodies and instrumental exploration for the deep listener and thoughtful voyager.
Trails
Marcio Philomena
Marcio Philomena, (guitar)
Julian Shore (piano),
Rick Rosato (upright bass),
Roberto Giaquinto (drums)
Vibraçöes’ steers towards the Brazilian tradition and features
Hélio Alves (piano),
Peter Slavov (upright bass)
Rafael Barata (drums).
(2023)
#CoSoMusic
#CoSoJazz
(I keep coming back to this group.)
Slowly Rolling Camera
Dave Stapleton - Keyboards
Josh Arcoleo - Saxophone
Stuart McCallum - Guitar
Elliot Bennett - Drums
Verneri Pohjola - Trumpet
https://slowlyrollingcamera.bandcamp.com/album/where-the-streets-lead
And
En attendant
Marcin Wasilewski Trio
Marcin Wasilewski: piano
Slawomir Kurkiewicz: bass
Michal Miskiewicz: drums
Herbie Hancock explains how he composed Watermelon Man and how Mongo Santamaria influenced it. He then performs both the original 1962 and the 1973 Headhunters versions.
20 albums that greatly influenced your taste in music.
One album per day, for 20 consecutive days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Not in any order.
Day 18
"We Be The Humans"
Older Retired White Guy. Buddhist.
"Non nobis solum"
Likes trees better than people. Books better than trees.
"We Be The Humans"
Joined Aug 2018