Jazz for aficionados

O - Did you get all the way through Invisible Cinema?  I'm thinking there's plenty of drama all through it starting with Track 3.  Check out Track 6 "Karma", for example.  More elsewhere too if by "drama" you mean a sort of tension that builds through a given composition and energizes the performance.  At the same time, if it's not working for you in that regard...so be it.  Different tastes.  However (and this is not meant as any kind of challenge) I'm curious about what you hear as drama.  If not too much of a nuisance, point me to something you regard as a good example of such.  It'll help me better understand what we are talking about!  Thanks.    

Ghosthouse, any time an individual is sincere in his efforts to communicate, I will go the limit.

I haven't been in my best listening mode lately, and I listened on the headphones. After I pipe it into the big rig and listen, I'll get back to you, and answer all your questions.


Enjoy the music.

I listened to Alan Pasqua's "The Antisocial Club" again, and I heard MIles in the early 70's, plus the best of fusion during that same time period, but it was all original.

I don't know much about different kinds of "keyboards"; could you identify what he was playing on that cut. That instrumentation reminded me of a club I went to in the 70's.

What a difference a different rig makes.


I enjoyed that music.

O - I think what you hear from The Antisocial Club makes sense given Pasqua's time with Tony Williams and TW's time with Miles before that.  Continuity, sort of.  

I'll make a prelim guess and then try to confirm in the next couple of days but it wouldn't surprise me if Pasqua plays a Fender Rhodes electric piano.

No worries "about not the best listening mode".  When it hits you, share something you find dramatic.  A picture's worth a thousand words.  

It is, indeed, a Rhodes. In fact, one of the tunes on the record is titled "New Rhodes".

Liked the Pascua clip; a lot. O-10 is correct, 70’s Miles. Not quite the level of grit and excitement heard on "Bitches Brew", but the overall vibe is very similar with very harmonically extended soloing over rock influenced rhythms. Ambrose Akinmusire sounds fantastic; a very young exciting player with a very interesting harmonic sense in his improvising and an obvious extension of the style that Miles created. The tune starts with an interesting melody and sounds just a little "smooth jazz" for my taste. It is in the solo sections that things really take off and approach the feeling of 70’s Miles. The amazing thing about "Bitches Brew" is that the "tunes" were created on the spot or from very sparse outlines. There was musical magic in those sessions and one more indication of the genius of Miles. Listen to the Pascua clip again and then listen to this; especially the solo sections:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL94gOvpr5yt0fSZzCnnYWwUFF3evnG4x4&params=OAFIAVgD&v=ibanLl...

Also liked the Alan Parks record; a lot.  Interesting player and compositional concept.  About the only thing I don't like about the record is how they recorded the drums.  The balance between the drums and piano seems skewed toward the drums because the piano was recorded to sound a little distant and covered in comparison to the the very up close sound of the drums.  Very "ECM" vibe overall; in the best sense.

Nice clips; thanks for sharing.