centurymantra really hit a home run on his post. Just wait till Duangoosen gets to this one, he can really give you an earful. In fact I would reccomend doing a search of his threads and you will pick up all kinds of knowledge about out jazz and progressive music.
I'll add a few of my own that centurymantra didn't already hit.
Tim Berne very talented composer and saxophonist. He has a number of groups that are all worth checking out, including Hard Cell, Big Satan, Science Friction, Bloodcount, Paraphrase. The band he picks for his groups are the real highlight as well as his awesome songwriting. You will not be dissapointed with any of his newer stuff from any of these groups you can check his website www.scregunrecords.com and hear sound clips and order the stuff direct.
The Claudia Quintet "I Claudia" John Hollenbecks quintet featuring drums, vibes, accordian, sax and bass. a lot of tricky stuff going on, but catchy as hell too.
Anjelica Sanchez "Mirror Me" on Omnitone Records. Great songs and a great band, one of my favorites I got last year.
Confrence Call with Gebhard Ullman. I saw these guys live, incredible, musicians on a higher plane. Joe Fonda and Michael Jeffery Stevens on bass and piano with Gerry Hemmingway on drums. They have a few CDs that are all probably pretty hard to find, but if you can get your hands on "Final Answer" start there.
Vijay Iyer "Pantropic Modes and Blood Sutra" just get em both.
David S. Ware giant of the tenor,riding the tidal wave caused by Coltrane. I love all his CDs especially the older ones. "Godspelized and Surrendered" are good places to start.
Scortch Trio W/ Raoul Bjorkenheim. No need to discuss get em both.
Lucas Niggli. Modern drum genius. This guys trio blew my mind live "Rough Ride" is a great one to start with.
I could go on and on and on, but I'll stop here for now. With any of this stuff the thing to do is look at who is playing in the group, chances are they are in other groups that are also great and it branches out from there.
-Ryan
I'll add a few of my own that centurymantra didn't already hit.
Tim Berne very talented composer and saxophonist. He has a number of groups that are all worth checking out, including Hard Cell, Big Satan, Science Friction, Bloodcount, Paraphrase. The band he picks for his groups are the real highlight as well as his awesome songwriting. You will not be dissapointed with any of his newer stuff from any of these groups you can check his website www.scregunrecords.com and hear sound clips and order the stuff direct.
The Claudia Quintet "I Claudia" John Hollenbecks quintet featuring drums, vibes, accordian, sax and bass. a lot of tricky stuff going on, but catchy as hell too.
Anjelica Sanchez "Mirror Me" on Omnitone Records. Great songs and a great band, one of my favorites I got last year.
Confrence Call with Gebhard Ullman. I saw these guys live, incredible, musicians on a higher plane. Joe Fonda and Michael Jeffery Stevens on bass and piano with Gerry Hemmingway on drums. They have a few CDs that are all probably pretty hard to find, but if you can get your hands on "Final Answer" start there.
Vijay Iyer "Pantropic Modes and Blood Sutra" just get em both.
David S. Ware giant of the tenor,riding the tidal wave caused by Coltrane. I love all his CDs especially the older ones. "Godspelized and Surrendered" are good places to start.
Scortch Trio W/ Raoul Bjorkenheim. No need to discuss get em both.
Lucas Niggli. Modern drum genius. This guys trio blew my mind live "Rough Ride" is a great one to start with.
I could go on and on and on, but I'll stop here for now. With any of this stuff the thing to do is look at who is playing in the group, chances are they are in other groups that are also great and it branches out from there.
-Ryan