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I always feel ignorant when I discover music that I should have known about for years. Craig Taborn is a jazz pianist who rated a long piece in the New York Times last week (link below) and it turns out he is a longtime synthesizer lover, and he made an album 11 years ago (!) called "Junk Magic" which is nothing if not hyper-intelligent dance music. https://open.spotify.com/album/6YFRoF4ZfN8P93Oj5AAWUS The Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/magazine/the-ethereal-genius-of-craig-taborn.html

I'd listened to a record with him and Tim Berne after seeing he had a credit on the Innerzone Orchestra album - the Tim Berne duo (or trio - can't remember) wasn't particularly electronic but was very nice, lyrical free jazz. Taborn is obviously an extremely gifted player. That NYT piece was really good and it also lead me to Junk Magic, which exceeded my expectations. Hyper-intelligent is right - really rewarding harmonically and the electronics programming was adventerous. I'd like to check out more of the Thirsty Ear series - seems like this sort of idm/dance/jazz/hip hop fusion stuff got a push with some interesting people involved like El-P, Spring Heel Jack, Matthew Shipp etc. There's a lot of good jazz related music coming out with electronics, but more on an "experimental" tip by way of musique concrete/EAI and not rhythmic programming/dance related. Maybe I'm wrong but I can't think of anyone doing that right now... On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 5:43 PM, kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 12 lines I always feel ignorant when I discover music that I should have known

> I always feel ignorant when I discover music that I should have known > about for years. Craig Taborn is a jazz pianist who rated a long piece in > the New York Times last week (link below) and it turns out he is a longtime > synthesizer lover, and he made an album 11 years ago (!) called "Junk > Magic" which is nothing if not hyper-intelligent dance music. > > https://open.spotify.com/album/6YFRoF4ZfN8P93Oj5AAWUS > > The Times article: > https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/magazine/the-ethereal- > genius-of-craig-taborn.html >

Yeah, Meat Beat Manifesto's "At The Center" was part of Thirsty Ear's Blue Series, and features Taborn on keys, Dave King (of The Bad Plus) on drums, and Thirsty Ear owner Peter Gordon on Flute. Really good album, well worth checking out. When I first heard this back in '05, a friend of mine was talking about how great Taborn was, but I never realized until five minutes ago that it was King on the drums. Talk about being ignorant about things! On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 9:28 AM, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 32 lines I'd listened to a record with him and Tim Berne after seeing he had a

> I'd listened to a record with him and Tim Berne after seeing he had a > credit on the Innerzone Orchestra album - the Tim Berne duo (or trio - > can't remember) wasn't particularly electronic but was very nice, lyrical > free jazz. Taborn is obviously an extremely gifted player. > That NYT piece was really good and it also lead me to Junk Magic, which > exceeded my expectations. Hyper-intelligent is right - really rewarding > harmonically and the electronics programming was adventerous. I'd like to > check out more of the Thirsty Ear series - seems like this sort of > idm/dance/jazz/hip hop fusion stuff got a push with some interesting people > involved like El-P, Spring Heel Jack, Matthew Shipp etc. > There's a lot of good jazz related music coming out with electronics, but > more on an "experimental" tip by way of musique concrete/EAI and not > rhythmic programming/dance related. Maybe I'm wrong but I can't think of > anyone doing that right now... > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 5:43 PM, kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I always feel ignorant when I discover music that I should have known >> about for years. Craig Taborn is a jazz pianist who rated a long piece in >> the New York Times last week (link below) and it turns out he is a longtime >> synthesizer lover, and he made an album 11 years ago (!) called "Junk >> Magic" which is nothing if not hyper-intelligent dance music. >> >> https://open.spotify.com/album/6YFRoF4ZfN8P93Oj5AAWUS >> >> The Times article: >> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/magazine/the-ethereal-gen >> ius-of-craig-taborn.html >> > >

This is a great Jazz album by Craig Taborn (his latest on the ECM label) http://player.ecmrecords.com/taborn-2527/home Has a great abstract electronic feel to it. On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 56 lines Right - sorry. I was thinking about the Blue Series, part of Thirsty Ear.

> Right - sorry. I was thinking about the Blue Series, part of Thirsty Ear. > > This MBM record is pretty cool, thanks for the tip. > > Is the Bad Plus worth checking out? I have an unfavorable impression of > them that's probably unfair. I thought their Aphex Twin and Nirvana covers > were corny. > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Alan Lucas <alucas@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yeah, Meat Beat Manifesto's "At The Center" was part of Thirsty Ear's >> Blue Series, and features Taborn on keys, Dave King (of The Bad Plus) on >> drums, and Thirsty Ear owner Peter Gordon on Flute. Really good album, well >> worth checking out. When I first heard this back in '05, a friend of mine >> was talking about how great Taborn was, but I never realized until five >> minutes ago that it was King on the drums. Talk about being ignorant about >> things! >> >> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 9:28 AM, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I'd listened to a record with him and Tim Berne after seeing he had a >>> credit on the Innerzone Orchestra album - the Tim Berne duo (or trio - >>> can't remember) wasn't particularly electronic but was very nice, lyrical >>> free jazz. Taborn is obviously an extremely gifted player. >>> That NYT piece was really good and it also lead me to Junk Magic, which >>> exceeded my expectations. Hyper-intelligent is right - really rewarding >>> harmonically and the electronics programming was adventerous. I'd like to >>> check out more of the Thirsty Ear series - seems like this sort of >>> idm/dance/jazz/hip hop fusion stuff got a push with some interesting people >>> involved like El-P, Spring Heel Jack, Matthew Shipp etc. >>> There's a lot of good jazz related music coming out with electronics, >>> but more on an "experimental" tip by way of musique concrete/EAI and not >>> rhythmic programming/dance related. Maybe I'm wrong but I can't think of >>> anyone doing that right now... >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 5:43 PM, kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I always feel ignorant when I discover music that I should have known >>>> about for years. Craig Taborn is a jazz pianist who rated a long piece in >>>> the New York Times last week (link below) and it turns out he is a longtime >>>> synthesizer lover, and he made an album 11 years ago (!) called "Junk >>>> Magic" which is nothing if not hyper-intelligent dance music. >>>> >>>> https://open.spotify.com/album/6YFRoF4ZfN8P93Oj5AAWUS >>>> >>>> The Times article: >>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/magazine/the-ethereal-gen >>>> ius-of-craig-taborn.html >>>> >>> >>> >> >

the bad plus are great musicianwho are doing deeper work than the Rock covers that got them noticed initially. On Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 12:21 PM Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 56 lines Right - sorry. I was thinking about the Blue Series, part of Thirsty Ear.

> Right - sorry. I was thinking about the Blue Series, part of Thirsty Ear. > > This MBM record is pretty cool, thanks for the tip. > > Is the Bad Plus worth checking out? I have an unfavorable impression of > them that's probably unfair. I thought their Aphex Twin and Nirvana covers > were corny. > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Alan Lucas <alucas@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yeah, Meat Beat Manifesto's "At The Center" was part of Thirsty Ear's >> Blue Series, and features Taborn on keys, Dave King (of The Bad Plus) on >> drums, and Thirsty Ear owner Peter Gordon on Flute. Really good album, well >> worth checking out. When I first heard this back in '05, a friend of mine >> was talking about how great Taborn was, but I never realized until five >> minutes ago that it was King on the drums. Talk about being ignorant about >> things! >> >> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 9:28 AM, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I'd listened to a record with him and Tim Berne after seeing he had a >>> credit on the Innerzone Orchestra album - the Tim Berne duo (or trio - >>> can't remember) wasn't particularly electronic but was very nice, lyrical >>> free jazz. Taborn is obviously an extremely gifted player. >>> That NYT piece was really good and it also lead me to Junk Magic, which >>> exceeded my expectations. Hyper-intelligent is right - really rewarding >>> harmonically and the electronics programming was adventerous. I'd like to >>> check out more of the Thirsty Ear series - seems like this sort of >>> idm/dance/jazz/hip hop fusion stuff got a push with some interesting people >>> involved like El-P, Spring Heel Jack, Matthew Shipp etc. >>> There's a lot of good jazz related music coming out with electronics, >>> but more on an "experimental" tip by way of musique concrete/EAI and not >>> rhythmic programming/dance related. Maybe I'm wrong but I can't think of >>> anyone doing that right now... >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 5:43 PM, kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I always feel ignorant when I discover music that I should have known >>>> about for years. Craig Taborn is a jazz pianist who rated a long piece in >>>> the New York Times last week (link below) and it turns out he is a longtime >>>> synthesizer lover, and he made an album 11 years ago (!) called "Junk >>>> Magic" which is nothing if not hyper-intelligent dance music. >>>> >>>> https://open.spotify.com/album/6YFRoF4ZfN8P93Oj5AAWUS >>>> >>>> The Times article: >>>> >>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/magazine/the-ethereal-genius-of-craig-taborn.html >>>> >>> >>> >> >

That's a nice setup. Been following this girl since her first ep, some cheesy easy listening stuff, but always well crafted. that must be like 10 years ago. She just released this vid on her facebook yesterday... man she's come a long way, love this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFXXY5ToqCA B.