Wanted: Crash Course on Slackful Jazz Albums

From: Modemac <modemac@modemac.com>
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Okay, I've listed to Sun Ra for the past few years and enjoyed his
stuff a lot. But I still know next to nothing about other jazz
artists (known, unknown, or otherwise). Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk,
Zoogz Rift, anyone else...

...so, here's a request for enlightenment. What are some Slackful
jazz albums to experiment with?

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Subject: Re: Wanted: Crash Course on Slackful Jazz Albums
From: "LXIX" <post_replys_please@this.address.is.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.slack

I rather like Keiko Matsui. An esoteric blend of Jazz and Japanese
instrumentation.

If you spot the CD Jazz After Dark, it's a compilation CD that is scheweeeet!

Or there is "What You See" by Super Chicken

and

Diana Krall "When I Look In Your Eyes"

Bella Fleck "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo"

If ya wants some samples I kin rip them to mp3.

Here's a list of the CDs I have on hand.

Bella Fleck, Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
Diana Krall, When I look in Your Eyes
Jazz After Dark Compilation
K C Clifford, Times Like These
Keiko Matsui, Collection
Keiko Matsui, Dreamwalk
Keiko Matsui, Full Moon and The Shrine
Keiko Matsui, Sapphire
Keiko Matsui, Under Northern Lights
Marsalis, Marsalis Standard Time
Omar and the Howlers, Monkey Land
Super Chickan, What You See
The Giants of Jazz
Tony D Band, Do Gotta Do

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Subject: Re: Wanted: Crash Course on Slackful Jazz Albums
From: goldfingerjaws@aol.com (Goldfinger jaws)

>kay, I've listed to Sun Ra for the past few years and enjoyed his
>stuff a lot. But I still know next to nothing about other jazz
>artists (known, unknown, or otherwise). Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk,
>Zoogz Rift, anyone else...
>
>...so, here's a request for enlightenment. What are some Slackful
>jazz albums to experiment with?
>

The Bird Charlie Parker can't go wrong Bro Modemac

REv. MADneuman reportsing

"...I don't need to be subliminabable.." Orlando, FL, Sept. 12 --GW Bush when
caught using subliminal technique in his dirty ads against Gore...
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Subject: Re: Wanted: Crash Course on Slackful Jazz Albums
From: iDRMRSR <alex.i.thymia@depression.org>

>>jazz

Real jass luvvers puke when I mention him, but anything, ANYTHING by
Jean Luc Ponty is worth going after. I think it's in the jazz realm,
well, fusion anyhow. A jazz violinist yet. Most of his best albums are
like 20 years old now, don't let that put you off.

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Subject: Re: Wanted: Crash Course on Slackful Jazz Albums
From: Tesla Coil <tescoil@irtc.net>

Eric Dolphy - "Out to Lunch" (Blue Note)
Raymond Scott - "Restless Nights and Turkish Twilights"
(Columbia/Legacy)
Ornette Coleman - "The Shape of Jazz to Come" (Atlantic)
Cecil Taylor - "Unit Structures" (Blue Note)
John Coltrane - "Coltrane/Prestige 7105" (Prestige)
Wayne Shorter - "Ju Ju" (Blue Note)
Thelonious Monk - "Monk's Music" (Riverside/ Fantasy)
Big John Patton - "Let 'Em Roll" (Blue Note)
Cannonball Adderly Quintet "In San Francisco" (Riverside)
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Subject: Re: Wanted: Crash Course on Slackful Jazz Albums
From: John Starrett <jstarret@carbon.cudenver.edu>

Albums by these folks are pretty much unbeatable:

Bass
Ray Brown, Dave Holland, Charles Mingus

Drums
Paul Motian, Roy Haynes, Tony Williams

Piano
Art Tatum, Bill Evans, Cecil Taylor

Guitar
Pat Martino, Lenny Breau, Bill Frisell

Sax
Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy

Trumpet
Clark Terry, Chet Baker, Jon Hassel

Trombone
J.J. Johnson, Malcolm Smith, Albert Mangelsdorff

The last feller in each line is my favorite.

--
John Starrett
"We have nothing to fear but the scary stuff."
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Subject: Re: Wanted: Crash Course on Slackful Jazz Albums
From: Christopher Lee <clbundy@indy.net>

i like that there Charles Mingus.
check out: Mingus Ah Um
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Let Me Children Hear Music

there's also a weird album called Meditations on Mingus
Hal Willner supervising/producing, tons of guests, some spoken words,
and a lot of Harry Partch's experimental instruments

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From: Hulkturds@crappagammabrick.ouch (HellPope Huey)

Most anything by Oregon or their lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist
Ralph Towner. Definitely requires repeat listenings to appreciate. Very
evocative, melodic and possessed of superior musicianship. Towner's solo
disc "Blue Sun" is a real winner.

HellPope Huey, hellpopehuey@subgenius.com
Welcome to the Mach 8 merry-go-round

"Books won't stay banned.
They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail."
- Alfred Whitney Griswold, educator

Isn't it strange how little we change
Isn't it sad we're insane
Playing the game that we know ends in tears
the game we've been playing for thousands
and thousands and thousands...
Point me at the sky and let it fly
- Pink Floyd

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isn't gonna get any pinker."
- Bart Simpson
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From: "Blackout" <blackout@404infomagic.net>
Newsgroups: alt.slack

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme, My Favorite Things, Giant steps
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue, LIVE-EVIL, Scetches of Spain, On The Corner
The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Pharoah Sanders
Ornette Coleman
Herbie Hancock - Sextant (check out Hornets), Thrust, Crossings
James Blood Ulmer - Black Rock
Brand X - Any, but try Livestock out, it's a good start. Really great
fusion that appears to have some balding on top long on the sides pudgy
english guy named PHIL COLLINS playing drums on a few of their albums.
if that's really him I forgive him for all of it, fucking amazing drum
work

for absolute DEATH METH JAZZ try some Borbetomagus - SNUFF JAZZ is a
great one if you can find it. Like 2 drunken saxaphonists being kicked
in the nuts by the Rockettes while being shocked with cattle prods and
110 volt blowdarts all the while trying to kill WITH SOUND a guy fucking
a guitar with a broken whiskey bottle. you gotta be in the MOOD for it
but GODDAMN if it don't do it up right when you are.

and for a taste of Norweigan weirdness try Extended Noise, I'll try and
post some for ya seeing as how I think they only made like 2 of them.
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From: Martin Rodgers <mcr@thisaddressintentionallymungednerdware.org>

You did say experiment? ;) My taste may be a little extreme, but that could
be what you're looking for. So here goes.

A few obvious Frank Zappa albums, which you've probably already got:
Hot Rats, Jazz from Hell, Make a Jazz Noise Here. Just anything by Zappa!

Anything by Holger Czukay, but I'd recommend starting with Movies. You can
have a lot of fun identifying his "samples". (Valve tape machines.) That
album is reputed to have used something like a 1000 tape edits. Think about
that, Stang! It's pretty hard to describe the music, but Jazz is in there
alright. Jazz Rock/classic electronic music/whacky stuff/loads of Slack.

Elsewhere on the Jazz/Rock front: Gong, Can (see Czukay, but with wider
influences), Brand X, Soft Machine, Talk Talk (only the last two albums!)...

Weather Report and Barbara Thompson's Paraphenalia were my intro to Jazz,
in the late '70s. Watching a Paraphenalia gig on the school's vcr (one of
the early Philips machines), in the music room, was an experience that few
teenage boys will easily forget. I certainly haven't.

Courtney Pine. I recommend that you start with Within the Realms of Our
Dreams and then get one of his more recent albums.
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Please note: my email address is gubbish
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From: "duke0uke" <bob@dobbs.com>

First tip: watch the entire Ken Burns "Jazz" series.
I learned a hell of a lot. It's on home video now, and
there is a great a set of companion CDs to the series,
featuring the "best of" individual artists. Get
the Louis Armstrong if nothing else.

Also, if you want to try out individual artists,
Verve records has really good compliations, under
titles like "Jazz Masters" and "Finest Hour"

Here's my short album list:
anything by Thelonious Monk. I like "Monk's Dream"
"Straight, No Chaser", and "Alone in San Francisco"

Charlie Parker "Bird's Best Bop"

Miles Davis "Kind of Blue". The classic.

Stan Getz "Focus". Stan vs. a string orchestra

John Coltrane, "Giant Steps"

"Word Jazz", Ken Nordine. Spoken word to cool jazz
background. Required SubGenius listening.

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