Recent JAZZ Purchases

Ordered:

McCoy Tyner - Horizon

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Saxophone Scatterbrain Blitzberg

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Wayne Krantz and Howie 61 (Abstract Logix)- more exploration in jazz pop (following on from Krantz Carlock Lefebvre)- i.e. simple poppy opening verse, allowing Krantz to kick off into improv with the usual melodic guitar playing. A lot more of WK's vocals on several of the tunes, limited octave range used well - moments of Dylan-like sounds and moments of bitter-sweet Chet Baker-like sounds. And note the excellent pun in the album title Howie 61 (after Dylan's Highway 61). Not as immediate as KCL but it is certainly growing.

Morglbl - Brutal Romance (Free Electric Sound/ Lasers Edge). Christophe Godin & Co. almost back on form with the new drummer settling into place on his second Morglbl recording - so this time more heavy fusion and less obvious heavy shred rock. Humour levels are high again, for instance with Godin twisting his solos this way and that dropping in half bars of the unexpected.

And for something completely different:

John Surman: Bells of Saltash (ECM). For me the long awaited return to Surman soloing on various woodwind instruments with an (sequenced?) electronic backing, heard originally in the 80's and early 90's . Also a return to a series of connected reflective compositions on landmarks and notable building in his home county of Cornwall.

Very different from what he did with Mike Westbrook or McLaughlin in the 60's or his recent ECM output.

I do run in cycles, one month it''s Metal, next Latin and Bluegrass the following but I am back belting the Avante a bit here lately. (Henry mainly) but there are three others that I have ordered that I reckon I should have. ( Don't I say that about them all)

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Just picked up Joey DeFrancesco's "40".

Andrew Hill - Compulsion!!!!

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I quite like Point Of Departure, and I've heard very good things about it so I'm looking forward to hearing it.

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Originally posted by Cannonball With Hat

Cannonball With Hat wrote:

I quite like Point Of Departure, and I've heard very good things about it so I'm looking forward to hearing it.

I'm interested in hearing 'Grass Roots' too, have you heard or got that one?

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^ think I'll put it on my list, it sounds good too.

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^ Will do!

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I just picked up the new one by Branford, just now listening to it, so far so good. It seems they are making a conscience attempt to stay away from today's radio friendly post bop sound with something a little rougher and even sort of goofy sometimes.