i seriously wonder if i would have recognized you've got it bad without knowing in advance. i think so, but really very few shared notes and a different theme... it's like he crosses over the lane on his way somewhere else. this is ship of Theseus stuff.... ;)
Thanks for these reviews. The Moran was on my radar -- GREAT record -- but other new ones were not. Coda: I heard a performance in the early 1980s of Martirano's "Stuck on Stella" at the University of Illinois, and not only did I also hear Sal, a jazz pianist in his spare time, play "Stella By Starlight" in a club, I once played the tune with him myself in a practice room at the music school.
The Yvonne Rogers record is disconcertingly great. Listening to it I felt like it was the record I would have made in an alternate universe in which I actually unreservedly applied myself to music. I love to encounter a new artist and think "I never would have thought of that!"; here instead it was "Here's what I would have eventually thought if I had kept on thinking". It's like I had a little secret musical path that was just mine but I never fully explored, and I finally walked all the way to the end and here was this record waiting for me. I'm super excited to hear where she goes.
i seriously wonder if i would have recognized you've got it bad without knowing in advance. i think so, but really very few shared notes and a different theme... it's like he crosses over the lane on his way somewhere else. this is ship of Theseus stuff.... ;)
Jason Moran performed a solo performance of Duke Ellington at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival on Chicago last year!
Ay! More new music! Headphones on, digging in….
thanks Chuck!!
Gonna listen to them all - thanks for the good tips!
Thanks for these reviews. The Moran was on my radar -- GREAT record -- but other new ones were not. Coda: I heard a performance in the early 1980s of Martirano's "Stuck on Stella" at the University of Illinois, and not only did I also hear Sal, a jazz pianist in his spare time, play "Stella By Starlight" in a club, I once played the tune with him myself in a practice room at the music school.
I have to say that is a truly unexpected coda about Martirano!!! WOW
At 62, I've been around the block ...
The Yvonne Rogers record is disconcertingly great. Listening to it I felt like it was the record I would have made in an alternate universe in which I actually unreservedly applied myself to music. I love to encounter a new artist and think "I never would have thought of that!"; here instead it was "Here's what I would have eventually thought if I had kept on thinking". It's like I had a little secret musical path that was just mine but I never fully explored, and I finally walked all the way to the end and here was this record waiting for me. I'm super excited to hear where she goes.
I was also pretty blown away by Yvonne Rogers' solo album. I think I'm squarely in the "I wish I would have thought of that" camp.
lovely comment, thanks.
Such a great selection again! Thank you, Ethan!
right on!