J.o.n.a.t.h.a.n. F.i.n.l.a.y.s.o.n. & S.i.c.i.l.i.a.n. D.e.f.e.n.s.e. - 'M.o.v.i.n.g. S.t.i.l.l.' (2016)
finlayson's follow up to his 2013 debut does not disappoint so get hip.
_DJ Alibi
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J.o.n.a.t.h.a.n. F.i.n.l.a.y.s.o.n. & S.i.c.i.l.i.a.n. D.e.f.e.n.s.e. - 'M.o.m.e.n.t. & T.h.e. M.e.s.s.a.g.e.' (2013)
I've been listening to a lot of metal recently. Listening to a lot of jazz records these days left me feeling like Dave Thomas on those 80's Wendy's commercials. Where's the beef? Where are the tunes here? You "cats" sure can play, but um, am I gonna be tested on this? Am I allowed to have my own independent thoughts and feelings on this or are you just showing me how hard you can blow? Then I stumbled upon the music of Finlayson and it just clicked. There are tunes here to sink your teeth into. This record might even cause you to have some feelings. I've been listening to this on repeat for the past week every day since the day I got it.
_DJ Alibi
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J.a.k.o.b. B.r.o. - 'B.a.y. O.f. R.a.i.n.b.o.w.s.' (2018)
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a jakob bro set with bassist thomas morgan is always worth catching and this recent live performance is no exception.
_DJ Mink Nun
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J.i.m. H.a.l.l. - 'L.i.v.e. I.n. T.o.k.y.o.' (1976)
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i spent a good amount of time with the excellent recent releases of a group called thumbscrew (namely, 'theirs' and 'ours'), and then was schooled by my cousin dj grape ape that that group is in some senses a red-headed step-child of these here old timers. this release is burning. it took me a while to bag what hall was raking here... eventually it was the conversation that brought me in, the incredible rhythm section and the dialogues all these players have here... something else.
_DJ Duck Sauce
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G.r.e.g. O.s.b.y. - 'T.h.e. I.n.v.i.s.i.b.l.e. H.a.n.d.' (2000)
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T.o.m.a.s.z. S.t.a.n.k.o. - 'L.i.t.a.n.i.a.' (1997)
i have been really on a heavy tomasz stanko binge lately since he passed away and i want you to go explore his music too.
_DJ Alibi
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A.n.d.r.e.w. H.i.l.l. - 'D.u.s.k.' (2000)
inspired by dj grape ape, i looked into this lesser known release of hill's and have really been getting lost in it... here's to dancing to odd meters.
DJ Alibi
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T.o.m.a.s.z. S.t.a.n.k.o. - 'L.e.o.s.i.a.' (1997)
one of my favorite aspects of record collecting is finding out there are stones you've left unturned in the back catalogs of artists you love and then stumbling on these releases because they effectively function like doors to heretofor unexplored worlds... new vistas... new possibilities... hmmm... portals to the unknown.... hmmmmmmmmm.
_DJ Alibi
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T.o.m.a.s.z. S.t.a.n.k.o. - 'Matka Joanna' (1995)
RIP Tomasz Stanko, one of my favorites. I've been digging into his deep catalog recently and discovered this lovely gem. A jazz record with a tune on it called "Maldoror's War Song" has got to be good, if you ask me.
_DJ Alibi
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S.t.a.n.l.e.y. T.u.r.r.e.n.t.i.n.e. - 'B.a.l.l.a.d.s.' (1960-1984)
I started taking stand up bass lessons. My teacher doesn't charge me because he's family. I decided to pay him in cds of jazz I like. I am a generation younger than my teacher. I am well aware of the fact that, if some young blood a generation younger than me gave me a cd and said, try this on for size, old man... I would be liable to say, 'listen tadpole, I've been feeling froggy free time since before you could lick a housefly, ya dig?' What I'm saying is that this presents a challenge, trying to elbow my way into a dialogue talking about records of greats - past and present - with someone who's older and much wiser than myself. One sure thing is to get your teacher anything released on the blue note label, particularly stuff from the 1960s. In the local record store digging in the crates seeing what I could find, I came across a used copy of this cd for $3.99. Turrentine is from Pittsburgh, so I shoulda shelled out the fiver for the cd just based on that. Still, I felt I needed to put it to the test, and I asked the friendly sales clerk to point me to the listening station where I could sample this cd to see if this collection of songs was legit. I only needed less than ten seconds to know, oh yea, this is legit alright. This is more than legit. This is, 'they don't make em like they used to' type of territory here. I went to my lesson the next day and we worked on playing bass along to the last track, which is a real beauty. They all are on this one. Dig it. Coltrane released a cd of all ballads in 1963, my teacher told me, and after the success of that, record execs strung together recordings from of greats doing ballads culled from different sessions along their careers and released em as stand alone cds. Miles D has a few to his name. This one of Turrentine's is truly lovely.
_DJ Alibi
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