Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:41:37 +0000, Wendy K <wendy@ninjatune.net> wote:
quoted 4 lines really you must check out cinematic orchestra remixes album just out
>really you must check out cinematic orchestra remixes album just out
>on ninja tune and flangers new album on ntone has an idm cover of
>miles davis 'so what'
>ok, shameless self promotion over...
:-) I thought that version of 'So What' was really redundant and odd. Ah
well. Thank God it wasn't Ronny Jordan's version, is all I can say.
Flanger are pretty damn exciting from a technical point of view... I can't
suss out what's live and what's not any more on their latest. *shrug* Some
really nice tunes, either way.
quoted 2 lines if you are looking for something on the more eclectic side or maybe i
>if you are looking for something on the more eclectic side or maybe i
>dont know what nu jazz is??
I dunno if I can describe what I mean, without just sounding like I mean
"acid jazz". I don't think of it as acid jazz stuff, in that it's often got
more punch and funk and so on... what I'm getting into often seems to be
connected with Detroit sounds and so on. At least, I really like Kirk De
Giorgio's more directly jazz influenced stuff (eg. As One's 'Planetary
Folklore') and people like Dego seem to be into that Detroit sound, even if
it's not the bulk of what they write.
Actually, on the Dego tip, and in response to other comments in this
thread, I really dislike all 4 Hero stuff I've heard.. (ie. released as 4
Hero) so I think there's a fine line somewhere out there. That last album
they released was way too much of everything I hate about fusion. Why not
listen to Return to Forever or someone (and cringe and gag just as much)?
:-) The only tune I liked was the hip-hop one with Butterfly from Digable
Planets (calling himself Ish?). Mind you, I guess the second disk was
nothing like all of that, but I didn't like any of it still. D'oh.
Anyway, thanks all for your comments. I have some places to look and things
to suss out.
cheers,
Michael
PS. "acid jazz" has to be the worst misnomer ever. A friend suggested
"consumer jazz", which made me laugh plenty. Maybe "coffee table jazz" is
appropriate as well. I always hoped Ornette Coleman's 'Tone Dialing' was
him trying to create what he expected acid jazz to be, without having heard
any.
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