[splitting hairs] Doesn't count as it is a re-packaging of a Trident release from the 70s. Micheal Gregory Jackson "Gifts" also misses the boat ('79), but it is a good record. [/splitting hairs]
This is a beautiful end-to-end listen from '81:
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble "Three Gentlemen From Chicago"
Kamal & The Brothers - Brotherhood - or am I just imagining this one to be 80s, can't find my copy right now. There were several pressings, maybe that's it.
Quintessence - Sonoma Rag - from 1980, so it makes the cut!
for such a great musician, he sure does have a huge, turdly and just plain boring discography. i really tried too. i've hear d almost all of them . this is the only one i kept:
I remember J Mood being decent too. that Majesty of the Blues record is terrible. Jeff Tain Watts is incredible. Marsalis was supposed to do what for jazz? i'm still waiting.
Randy Weston recorded all three of these brilliant sides in a three day period in 1989 -- I actually prefer many of Weston's late-80s through the present recordings to his more 'classic' sessions from Jazz's heyday. He has never stopped advancing.
I will break from Fatback on Marsalis on this: Wynton Marsalis has a GREAT jazz Christmas record, but that's about as far as I go with him. He just bugs me
The opening track ("Well, You Needn't") has become a staple of my Friday night soul jazz sets, so funky and lively, I was floored the first time I heard it.
Nice to see Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. I don't have that one, but I saw them play here earlier this year and it was ridiculously good. Like life-alteringly good.
I should fall back a little. I do not think he sucks. I find him extremely unremarkable. It seems strange that, among all of those recordings, despite technical proficiency, he remains completely unremarkable as a composer and improviser. I like that he is outspoken and steadfast in his opinions. I find him to be very funny, knowledgeable and engaging in interviews (i.e., those Burns things) and I admire his success. But in the end, most of his recordings are pedestrian.
i bought khan jamal lp once. it's called thinking of you. it was the only record i decided to buy at a record store with many 80s jazz lps. i never really listened to it though. but it was the best record in the whole box.
I really, really didn't want to give Marsalis any shine until I heard this:
As much as it pains me to say it, he plays great trumpet on this. First time I heard it I couldn't believe it was him. Properly played like he means it.
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Waxpoetics says it's from 1981 but Orgy in Rhythm offers a download of this and they say it's from the late 70's
Either way it's great.
[splitting hairs]
Doesn't count as it is a re-packaging of a Trident release from the 70s.
Micheal Gregory Jackson "Gifts" also misses the boat ('79), but it is a good record.
[/splitting hairs]
This is a beautiful end-to-end listen from '81:
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble "Three Gentlemen From Chicago"
Shamek Farrah & Folks - La Dee La La (Ra Records)
Kamal & The Brothers - Brotherhood - or am I just imagining this one to be 80s, can't find my copy right now. There were several pressings, maybe that's it.
Quintessence - Sonoma Rag - from 1980, so it makes the cut!
for such a great musician, he sure does have a huge, turdly and just plain boring discography. i really tried too. i've hear d almost all of them . this is the only one i kept:
I remember J Mood being decent too. that Majesty of the Blues record is terrible. Jeff Tain Watts is incredible. Marsalis was supposed to do what for jazz? i'm still waiting.
Randy Weston recorded all three of these brilliant sides in a three day period in 1989 -- I actually prefer many of Weston's late-80s through the present recordings to his more 'classic' sessions from Jazz's heyday. He has never stopped advancing.
Portaits of Monk
Nice to see Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. I don't have that one, but I saw them play here earlier this year and it was ridiculously good. Like life-alteringly good.
featuring khan jamal
love this album
Remember 2nd Story had all those signed Marsalis records in their dollar bin for like 5 years? I bet they are still there.
h, 21
DC native Buck Hill had some good records on Steeplechase into the 80s.
As much as it pains me to say it, he plays great trumpet on this. First time I heard it I couldn't believe it was him. Properly played like he means it.
The cnut.
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Abdul Zahir Batin and the Notorious Ensemble "Live at the Jazz Cultural Theater" (couldn't find an image)