Jazz - Far Eastern Influenced
Shavedpenny
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Maybe someone would help share some knowledge ...I am looking for suggested listening for any specific recordings or artist who may have flirted with unconventional instrumentation during their career. I have been specifically attracted to:
Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda, Universal Consciouness, Ptah, The El Daoud
Pharoah Sanders - Thembi
Miles Davis - Early electric era: Jack Johnson Sessions, ect.
Then there is some cuts by Yusef Lateef, Sun Ra, and Mulatu Astatqe
I am particular enjoy more of the more drone like compositions and with unconventional percussive instruments.
Any recommended of mention favorite records of this time period would be helpful.
Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda, Universal Consciouness, Ptah, The El Daoud
Pharoah Sanders - Thembi
Miles Davis - Early electric era: Jack Johnson Sessions, ect.
Then there is some cuts by Yusef Lateef, Sun Ra, and Mulatu Astatqe
I am particular enjoy more of the more drone like compositions and with unconventional percussive instruments.
Any recommended of mention favorite records of this time period would be helpful.
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peace.
And supposedly a reissue, but I sure as hell ain't seen it !
Although if you have some Asian references that use various cymbal oriented percussion that would be dope as well ...
Votary is about to release a CD reissue of this.
Bill Plummer and Joe Harriot spring to mind on the Indian tip. Not sure about artists with Far Eastern influences.
Joe Henderson - Elements, in Japan...
The Salah Ragab reissue Lps - Latest 45 of unreleased ish ' Salah Ragab - A Tribute to Sun Ra' is heavy
As mentioned - Tony Scott - djanger bali, Joe Harriott - Indo-jazz suite, Hum Dono etc
Duke Ellington - Far East Suite
Dorothy Ashby - The rubaiyat
Amancio D'silva - Pick up previosuly unreleased 'Konkan Dance', also pressed on vinyl by Qbico. 'What Maria Sees' track is killer. Other LPs, Integration or Dream Sequence.
You know about Pharoah, have you got 'Tauhid' - I think you'd like 'Upper Egypt' track.
Take it you know Lateef's 'Eastern Sounds', 'Prayer to the East', etc
Gabor Szabo - Jazz Raga
Ananda Shankar - 'And his Music', Sa Re Ga Machan' etc
I'm sure there's plenty more that will come to mind...
More an exploration of the connections between ancient African and ancient Chinese cultures than music that sounds Far Eastern. Great CD.
can't find an image, but his Eastern Moods LP as well.
also...
Charlie Mariano has a few featuring Indian musicians. He is also featured on some of the more jazz oriented recordings by Rabih Abou Khalil.
djanger bali on saba
"Curried jazz" (another UK exploito LP that's actually quite good)
Kanguru - "dreaming" (aussie eastern-influenced psych/folk?)
Manglesdorff - "Now jazz ramwong"
I'd throw the Jef Gilsons on palm into the pile here... it's influenced by madagascar musicians, not indian, but still has a lot of the unusual arrangements and instrumentation that you dig. There's a comp of his music out called "zao" on a small label from a small island.
collin walcott - grazing dreams
don cherry - brown rice
don cherry - eternal now
codona - 1
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I really like that record.
that last one very "out"... reminds me of the first Anthony Braxton record crossed with... I dunno, Nurse with Wound or something.
Oregon was a mildly ok jazz band with a tabla player.
Francisco Lupica put out an album called cosmic Beam Experience that got some recent trashing on the Strut.
Tabla beat science is usually a good look, though a bit heavy handed for me (Zakir Hussein related).
The Bill Laswelle remix of Bitches Brewreally lets the tabla shine.
Definitely check out Jan Garbarek's work with Ustad Zakir Hussein on ECM--John McLaughlin also (though I am not familiar with this material).
The man Zakir also played with Mickey Hart on Planet Drum recordings, which should be right up your alley: super drum orchestra.
Yeah, it's actually pretty good. "Improvisations" on World Pacific.