11-12-2021 JAZZ.MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 2013-2021 (3h 23m)

11-12-2021 JAZZ.MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 2013-2021 (3h 23m)# Ron Miles, Bremer/McCoy, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, Jeff Parker, Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom, Chick Corea + Steve Gadd, Jeremy Pelt, Esperanza Spalding, Ben Williams, Nels Cline Singers, Thundercat

J A Z Z   M U S I C (3h 23m)

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2013-2021

A highly regarded trumpeter, composer, and educator, Ron Miles is a progressive artist with a bent toward harmonically nuanced, genre-bending jazz. A star of the Denver, Colorado jazz scene and a longtime professor at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, Miles is a lauded performer who has worked as both a leader and a collaborator with such similarly inclined luminaries as Bill Frisell and Fred Hess. Miles' sound has a warm, rounded, signature tone.

Ron Miles 

Like Those Who Dream (Ron Miles) 15:56

Average (Ron Miles) 11:12

The Rumor (Ron Miles) 4:30

from Rainbow Sign 2020

Rainbow Sign is trumpeter/composer Ron Miles' debut recording for Blue Note. He re-enlists the same intuitive quintet who played on 2017's I Am a Man. It features guitarist Bill Frisell, pianist Jason Moran, bassist Thomas Morgan, and drummer Brian Blade. Written during the summer of 2018 while caring for his dying father, these nine compositions were intended to provide empathy, peace, love, and reassurance to his transitioning parent and his family. Clocking in at over 71 minutes, Rainbow Sign bridges polytonal modal music, blues, gospel, post-bop, and pop...

Danish duo Bremer/McCoy make atmospheric jazz- and dub-influenced instrumental music. Weaving together acoustic and electronic sounds, they evoke the languid '70s ECM work of artists like Keith Jarrett and Ralph Towner, as well as new age artists like Mike Oldfield and Klaus Schulze...

Bremer/McCoy 

Natten 5:37

Gratitude 3:12

Måneskin 2:44

from Natten 2021

Named after the Danish word for "The Night," Natten is Bremer/McCoy's hypnotic fifth album and second for the Luaka Bop label. It follows the Danish instrumental duo's equally engaging 2019 album Utopia and again finds them building an expansive dreamscape that touches upon jazz, classical, and electronic sounds. The group features bassist Jonathan Bremer and keyboardist/tape delay artist Morten McCoy... It's an organic, spectral atmosphere, the kind that begs to be heard in surround sound or through headphones in one extended session. With Natten, Bremer/McCoy successfully evoke the dark glow of the night sky, a sound that is vast and enrapturing.

A highly adept singer and writer who possesses a resonant baritone and four-octave range, Kurt Elling has won a global fan base, numerous awards, and countless accolades for his distinctive brand of vocal jazz. Given the depth and vision of his recordings and his theatrical performance style, an Elling concert can contain ranting, beat poetry, dramatically sung readings of Garcia Lorca and Rainier Maria Rilke, and tunes by Ellington, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, and the Beatles, complete with hard-swinging scat.

Kurt Elling 

SuperBlue (Kurt Elling / Benard Ingher) 4:45

Manic Panic Epiphanic (Kurt Elling / Corey Fonville / DJ Harrison / Charlie Hunter) 5:29

Can't Make It With Your Brain )Kurt Elling / Corey Fonville / Phil Galdston / DJ Harrison / Charlie Hunter)

from SuperBlue 2021

A collaboration with guitarist Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue finds vocalist Kurt Elling exploring a sophisticated funk and soul sound. Hunter, who plays here and also produced the album, is primarily known for his fusion-informed jazz and adventurous, funk-influenced projects like Garage a Trois. However, he has also made significant contributions to albums by forward-thinking neo-soul and R&B artists, including D'Angelo and Frank Ocean. It's this deep grasp of those funky, groove-oriented vibes that he brings to his work with Elling on SuperBlue. Also contributing are Butcher Brown bandmates drummer Corey Fonville and bassist-keyboardist DJ Harrison, who bring their own hip-hop sensibilities to the proceedings... SuperBlue certainly straddles the line between electric jazz fusion and groove-based neo-soul, with a heavy leaning toward the latter. While there are some superb solo moments here from Hunter, not to mention dazzling sections of vocal gymnastics by Elling, the focus is less on post-bop improvisation and more on a song's overall vibe. For Elling and Hunter, the choice feels purposeful and right for the funky, organic nature of these songs. SuperBlue is an ebullient and creative production that further underlines Elling's dynamic and endlessly adaptable vocal skills, regardless of genre.

15-11-2011 JAZZ.MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 2015-2021 (3h 22m)

15-11-2011 JAZZ.MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 2015-2021 (3h 22m)# Stanley Clarke, Bireli Lagrène, Jean-Luc Ponty, Mike Dillon, Tobias Meinhart, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Antonio Sanchez, Mary Halvorson, Makaya McCraven, Wildflower, Todd Marcus, Muriel Grossmann, Mike Dillon, Ron Miles, Bremer/McCoy, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter

J A Z Z   M U S I C (3h 22m)

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2015-2021

Stanley Clarke - Bireli Lagrène - Jean-Luc Ponty 

Blue Train (John Coltrane) 6:15

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Joe Zawinul) 6:33

from D-Stringz 2015

The occasion for this trio to work together was a 2010 concert that celebrated violinist Jean-Luc Ponty's 50th anniversary as a recording artist. Both the violinist and Stanley Clarke had collaborated before (a previous electric trio set with Al Di Meola, The Rite of Strings was issued in 1995), but neither had collaborated with French jazz guitarist Biréli Lagrène prior to that evening...

Vibraphonist, percussionist, and songwriter Mike Dillon is an eclectic, highly adventurous musician with a sound steeped in post-bop jazz, funk, and avant-garde rock. Drawing upon such wide-ranging influences as Harry Partch, Thelonious Monk, Tom Waits, and Frank Zappa...

Mike Dillon 

Half Right 3:51

Christian Brothers 5:20

Bachelor Pad 3:24

from Functioning Broke 2016

As idiosyncratic as Mike Dillon's work has been with Critters Buggin' and Garage a Trois, it's well-nigh impossible not to fall under the spell of the music he creates all by himself on Functioning Broke. A deep dream-like quality emanates from his musicianship, most resonant in the warm glow of vibes that open "Half Right" and continues virtually unabated... Mike Dillon played all the instruments here himself, a total of eleven according to the credits. Nevertheless, he restrains himself from becoming too busy on a number like "Christian Brothers:" by the self-discipline that allows the ethereal tones of vibes, marimba, xylophone and bells, among others, to sustain and hang in the air until followed by the next instrumental sound... so as much as Functioning Brokesuspends the passage of time for those who hear the album, it'd seem Mike Dillon too is caught up in the spirit of the moment(s),

A gifted German-born saxophonist, Tobias Meinhart plays harmonically sophisticated post-bop jazz. He first garnered attention performing in Europe in the mid-2000s, and gained wider recognition following his move to New York in 2010. He has played often with trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, with whom he recorded 2015's Natural Perception and 2017's Silent Dreamer.

Tobias Meinhart 

Fighting Your Fears 5:37

Silent Dreamer 5:51

Ghost Gardens 6:54

from Silent Dreamer 2017

...Tobias Meinhart  had racked up a host of awards in Europe before moving to the United States to study with some of New York's top saxophonists. He now resides in Brooklyn and works with a variety of groups. His fourth album, "Silent Dreamer," is not only a vehicle for his bold tenor style, it's also a showcase for his adventurous compositions and gorgeous arrangements.

The album is also brimming with superb solos and group playing by some familiar players, like trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and bassist Orlando Le Fleming, and some less familiar but equally powerful musicians. Yago Vazquez is excellent on piano, and Justin Carroll makes the synthesizer wail. Charles Altura crosses over into rock-fusion territory on every guitar solo, and Phil Donkin and Jesse Simpson are a formidable rhythm section on acoustic and electric bass and powerhouse drums.

"Gliding Through" #105 ALTER.NATION.MiX - weekly favtraX 18-10-2020

ALTER.NATION #105

Garcia Peoples,The Budos Band,Ron Miles, Machinedrum, Drew Citron, Slow Pulp, Supercrush, Andy Bell,Mary Lattimore

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"Gliding Through"

New Jersey band who took notes from a canon of classic psychedelic searchers to develop their jammy, cosmic rock sound.

Garcia Peoples - Nightcap at Wits' End / Gliding Through

...The group took cues from the open-ended improvisation of classic jam band acts like Phish and the Grateful Dead, but also incorporated dual-guitar wizardry on par with Television or, in their more Southern-fried moments, the Allmann Brothers. For their 2019 album One Step Behind, the band expanded to a six-piece lineup and added avant-jazz touches to the equation as they stretched out over the course of a half-hour-long title track. With Nightcap at Wits' End, Garcia Peoples shift gears yet again, with a set of neatly composed and relatively concise tunes that distill their wandering impulses into easily digestible forms. This can take the form of rowdy prog-lite tunes like album opener "Gliding Through"...

Progenitors of "Staten-Island Afro-Soul," the band channel funky African jazz rhythms, hardline vintage-style horn-driven R&B, and psychedelia.

The Budos Band - Long in the Tooth / Silver Stallion

Staten Island's Budos Band celebrate their 15th anniversary with the release of Long in the Tooth, their sixth long-player. While the tongue-in-cheek title refers to the band's longevity, it also references the music on offer here. They shifted aesthetic gears with 2014's Burnt Offering, adding a heady, heavy mix of riff-centric rock and psychedelia to their swaggering meld of R&B, jump blues, and Afro-funk, and placed the guitars, organ, and drums right up front. This set references the band's earliest records with horns as front-line instruments framed by inventive beats and infectious riffs. This isn't an exercise in nostalgia...

A highly regarded Denver-based trumpeter, composer, and educator with a lyrical, harmonically nuanced approach to modern creative jazz.

Ron Miles - Rainbow Sign / The Rumor

Rainbow Sign is trumpeter/composer Ron Miles' debut recording for Blue Note. He re-enlists the same intuitive quintet who played on 2017's I Am a Man. It features guitarist Bill Frisell, pianist Jason Moran, bassist Thomas Morgan, and drummer Brian Blade. Written during the summer of 2018 while caring for his dying father, these nine compositions were intended to provide empathy, peace, love, and reassurance to his transitioning parent and his family. Clocking in at over 71 minutes, Rainbow Sign bridges polytonal modal music, blues, gospel, post-bop, and pop...  "The Rumor" is infused with a drifting Americana melody from the guitarist. In a stately 4/4, Moran embellishes and extrapolates the harmony while Blade's dialogues with him intimately before Miles opens the circle thematically with muted blues lines and phrases before delivering an artfully rendered solo...

Primary alias of producer Travis Stewart, who gradually progressed from glitch-hop and IDM to mutations of house, dubstep, jungle, and juke.

Machinedrum - A View of U / Sleepy Pietro

Travis Stewart's music moved in a futuristic pop direction throughout much of the 2010s, particularly with his production work for Dawn Richard and Azealia Banks as well as his ongoing collaboration with Jimmy Edgar, JETS. His first full-length as Machinedrum since 2016's Human Energy is less hyperkinetic or sugary than that album, but just as inventive, and ultimately a bit stronger overall. While Stewart's music always fuses elements of multiple genres and regional dance music scenes, drum'n'bass and hip-hop seem to be the most prominent guiding forces of the album, partially returning to the producer's roots, but still creating something new.. "Sleepy Pietro" is more experimental, with Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan providing sparkling melodies over a beat that morphs from a 4/4 house thump to more agitated drum'n'bass skittering...

A onetime core member of noise pop group Beverly, singer/guitarist Drew Citron was active with post-punk descendants Public Practice when she presented her full-length solo debut, Free Now.

Drew Citron - Free Now / Dead on Arrival

An established member of the Brooklyn indie scene by 2020, best known for her time in the bands Avan Lava and Beverly, Drew Citron steps forward with her own material on Free Now, a long-intended solo debut. At the time of its release, her band Public Practice had just released their own debut album... The resulting set is both impulsive and solidly constructed, with catchy, yearning melodies, moments of grungy distortion, and flashes of brightness. An example of the latter is notable harmony vocals that appear midway through third track "Dead on Arrival."...

Chicago-based indie band originally from Madison, Wisconsin, with shoegaze tendencies. The dreamy songs of Midwest indie rock outfit Slow Pulp draw on moody shoegaze, hooky grunge, and intimate lo-fi fare. The band made their full-length debut with Moveys in 2020.

Slow Pulp - Moveys / At It Again

The full-length debut of a band from Chicago by way of Madison, Wisconsin, Moveys follows a series of EPs that documented a major transformation for the group. Founded by childhood friends Henry Stoehr (guitar), Alexander Leeds (bass), and Theodore Mathews (drums), Slow Pulp made Emily Massey their lead singer only after she contributed guitar and backing vocals to their second EP, 2017s EP2... 

Power pop that owes a huge debt to the post-grunge '90s. Supercrush's power pop sound harkens back to the days when guitar bands like Teenage Fanclub and Weezer walked the line between melody and noise like long-haired aerial artists.

Supercrush - SODO Pop / I Didn't Know (We Were Saying Goodbye)

...The chiming guitars, shimmering background vocals, and crystal-clear melodies are on loan from power pop; the booming bass, heartily bashed drums, and crunching rhythm guitars are taken from grunge. Add in some J. Mascis-y guitar leads that careen across a few of the songs, and the occasional bits of Matthew Sweet-styled balladry that come complete with pedal steel, and Supercrush score an early-'90s bingo. To make it even more authentic, Palm's lead vocals alternate between shoegaze breathiness and pop-punk brattiness, and most of the songs sound like they would have been standouts on the Clueless or Empire Records soundtracks...

A mainstay of U.K. rock music since the early 1990s, Welshman Andy Bell is the founding guitarist and co-leader of shoegaze legends Ride, the founder and chief songwriter for alt-rock combo Hurricane #1, and also served as the second bassist for Brit-pop icons Oasis.

Andy Bell - The View From Halfway Down / Love Comes in Waves

The euphoric rush of "Love Comes in Waves" sounds every bit like what fans might expect from Andy Bell's first proper solo release. As co-leader of shoegaze legends Ride and a latter-day member of Oasis -- not to mention the post-Oasis project Beady Eye -- the Welshman has remained a steady fixture of the U.K. rock scene since the 1990s, collaborating with numerous different artists, though never striking out on his own until now. A pleasing amalgam of propulsive uptempo shoegaze, misty psych-pop, and layered acoustic songwriting... 

Based out of Toronto, Canadian noise punk trio METZ formed in 2007, taking equal inspiration from the battered rock trappings of '90s grunge and the noisier side of shoegaze's textural guitars.

METZ - Atlas Vending / Framed by the Comet's Tail

The strength and severity of their instrumental attack has been METZ's most impressive quality since they issued their debut album in 2012. By the time they brought out 2017's Strange Peace, it seemed all but impossible that the trio of Alex Edkins (guitar and vocals), Chris Slorach (bass), and Hayden Menzies (drums) could get any tighter, or play with greater physical impact. In the truest sense, that notion is confirmed on their fourth full-length effort, 2020's Atlas Vending; having achieved a nearly miraculous level of technical skill, METZ have opted to refine their songwriting and arrangements rather than fuss about their chops, which are still on a par with most veteran prog rock bands, though applied in a very different way... Produced and recorded with a skill that's all the more effective for its unwillingness to intrude on the band, Atlas Vending is a dazzling display of form and content that shows listeners how math rock can be effectively weaponized.

Harp player who writes lush, ethereal solo compositions in addition to working with countless indie and experimental musicians.

Mary Lattimore - Silver Ladders / Sometimes He's In My Dreams

Harpist Mary Lattimore's albums under her own name have often continued the spirit of collaboration she developed while working for years as a guest on other artists' albums. Though her songs often evoke a feeling of solitary contemplation, many of her pieces are born from the spark of playing off the creative energy of a peer. With Silver Ladders, Lattimore worked with Slowdive's Neil Halstead on a collection of solo compositions and joint improvisations that funnel into an album of reflective, autumnal bittersweetness...

Garcia Peoples,The Budos Band,Ron Miles, Machinedrum, Drew Citron, Slow Pulp, Supercrush, Andy Bell, Mary Lattimore