A really good (or great) 80's Jazz Record?
mrmatthew
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Name one. Not a one or two tracker...but an entire LP.
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•Dadisi Komolafe - Hassan's Walk
•Creative Arts Ensemble - One Step Out
•Adele Sebastian - Desert Fairy Princess
Lounge Lizards - No Pain For Cakes
Some of thsoe Henry Threadgil records were alright too.
So what was the Kind Of Blue or Giant Steps of 1980's Jazz music?
Hannibal Angels of Atlanta
Thats more of a prediction. This is more asking for a considered appraisal of past events.
Eddie Palmerie Sueno
Elias, Eliane Cross Currents
Astor Piazzola numerous titles
Airmen Of Note Crystal Gardens
Blossom Dearie Chez Walberg
Joe Pass Guitar Interludes
Jim Pepper Comin and Goin
Joe Pass Virtuoso #4
Pharaoh Sanders Heart Is Melody
Cal Tjader A Fuego Vivo
To name a few.
On the other hand.
How about this one though '82.
all of John Carter's LPs on Gramavision absolutely shred - other amazing LPs for that label include Anthony Davis' 'Episteme'... the Bob Moses LPs, etc.
Enja is another quality label through the 80s - Kenny Barron - 'Scratch', John Stubblefield 'Bushman Song', Michelle Rosewoman...
Lots of great recordings on HatArt - Horace Tapscott 'The Dark Tree' is unstoppable. His LPs for Nimbus are almost as great...
lots of great odd / electric jazz / Harmolodic like Power Tools, Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society (Mandance, Barbeque Dog), Blood Ulmer (Black Rock), Last Exit - 'Iron Path'
tons of great Euro stuff, too! Patrick Gauthier - Bebe Godzilla, Abus Dangereux 'Le Quatrieme Mouvement', Rahmann (S/t), etc.
many great ECMs too - Everyman Band, Art Ensemble of Chicago (Urban Bushman! Full Force!), Terje Rypdal 'Chaser'...
if you like noisy avant fusion, Joachim Kuhn's "Let's Be Generous" is one of the great recordings of the genre (think Tony Williams' lifetime w/Larry Young!). The label that CD was on, CMP, also had a number of fine releases during the 80s.
lots of great 80s jazz never saw the light of day outside of Japan - stuff by Mal Waldron, for example.
Great one out of Philly:
Isn't he more of a revivalist/preservationist?
The quality of his compositions would be the best argument for calling him a jazz artist.
I got a beat with it i made somewhere.. I used to love that joint.
It was "gifts"