tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36273873.post7120960727142450180..comments2024-03-28T04:37:57.088-04:00Comments on Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches: The pleasures of post-purism: Joe Henderson in the ’70sHankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12995158278551531136noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36273873.post-34792790470348914562015-05-14T18:39:53.991-04:002015-05-14T18:39:53.991-04:00No mention of Henderson's 'Multiple' h...No mention of Henderson's 'Multiple' here, which is a key recording that helped me to stop being walled-in. It noodles occasionally but is solid throughoutpennypoetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983339059066768757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36273873.post-38738317292298296842012-08-18T15:26:42.900-04:002012-08-18T15:26:42.900-04:0080's Miles is for many people a no-go area.. t...80's Miles is for many people a no-go area.. there's probably something in there for most jazz fans, though, if you set prejudice aside. Of established musicians who continued to perform well throughout the seventies and eighties, I think McCoy Tyner and Bobby Hutcherson are worth mentioning... Hutcherson's '76 recording Montara is a latin fusion gem, and Tyner's La Leyenda de la hora from 1981 has long been a favourite of mine. Art Pepper had a celebrated comeback in the seventies, and recent ECM releases- Keith Jarrett's 1979 Sleeper, for example- are a reminder that European jazz was experiencing its own birth in that decade.nilpferdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36273873.post-5471232779526603402012-08-17T02:54:28.136-04:002012-08-17T02:54:28.136-04:00I think you're being a big harsh re: Patrick ...I think you're being a big harsh re: Patrick Gleeson's synth work (heard 'Crossings', by Mwandishi?)<br /><br />I had this disc on vinyl; had to get the Nihon cd release-I reckon it still holds up, don't you?<br /><br />Last, check out Joe's solo on 'Windows', off Flora Purim's 'Encounters', also on Milestone. Joe thinks like an architect......CrocodileChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10762442097044797842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36273873.post-14414616304887550792012-08-09T05:31:58.448-04:002012-08-09T05:31:58.448-04:00"How I learned to stop worrying and love the ..."How I learned to stop worrying and love the ’70s/’80s output of Jazz Musician X." <br /><br />It's definitely a case by case thing for me. Chick Corea is one of the artists that i have unconditional love for, Leprechauns, Mad Hatters, Secret Agents and all, even going so far as to have love for the widely held to be an abomination Elektric Band. Corea is a special case for me though, being an early love; there's enough good will there to last a lifetime.<br /><br />Recently i've been getting into Wayne Shorter's 80's stuff via the complete Columbia album box... i wouldn't have touched this with a ten foot pole not that long ago... but it's funny how it goes; i've long been a fan of Shorter's 60's work and early work with Weather Report, but something indefinable clicked for me lately and he's become one of those artists like Corea, where i just love hearing their voice, no matter the setting. <br /><br />Being a kid of the 80's/early 90's, there's something about the synth sounds and compositions from that era that have nostalgic videogame/Eddie Murphy movie/Saved By The Bell style sitcom value for me.<br /><br />I have to say, i've never been able to get into 80's Miles, although i haven't tried very hard. Loathed Tutu when i heard it and lets not even mention Doo Bop. Could be due for a revisit though...<br /><br />When i first got into jazz i wasn't a purist at all and actually got into it largely through fusion. As i got deeper in and started to 'know better', i went through a stage of disowning fusion except for a few guilty pleasures. Now i don't give a shit, i just like what i like. I read a quote somewhere, i think it was from a member of The Bad Plus, where they said "it doesn't matter what you love, as long as you truly love it". I think one of the things that made my ears open up was that, after having listened to a lot of free jazz and free improv and other stuff that general is very fashionable, it become less of a holy pedestal sub genre, if you know what i mean. As much as i love that stuff, it's shit does stink at times; it can be just as derivative and mediocre as any other form of music. In other words, in a world where everything is 'out', sometimes the most out stuff of all is the 'square' stuff. <br /><br />Anyway, i've rambled enough. Cheers Hank and thanks for the great read.Chrisnoreply@blogger.com