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RE: Speaking of the Dead, great Ornette Coleman album..

Posted by caligari (A) on February 10, 2012 at 22:04:10

In Reply to: Speaking of the Dead, great Ornette Coleman album.. posted by olddude55 on February 10, 2012 at 14:46:23:

I own quite a bit of Ornette and that's one album I don't have. I need to get one to check it out but I am skeptical when I see any jam band affiliation. Just not my bag but I will give it a listen.

Before jazz, I was more into punk and metal and still listen quite a bit of noise rock, hardcore, abrasive stuff. But I heard Ornette in the movie "Naked Lunch" soundtrack and the rest is history. I started out with the triumvirate of the avant-garde, Ornette, Coltrane, and my all time favorite the great Cecil Taylor. Also love the musicians of that period: Dolphy, Ayler, Cherry, Sun Ra, Jimmy Lyons, etc... And then I work my way back to Bird, Diz, Monk, Mingus, Rollins, John Lewis, Bud Powell, Sonny Stitt, the underrated Lennie Tristano and Herbie Nichols, etc... in the bop era and then into swing era with giants like Duke, Hawkins, Tatum, Young, Webster, Billie Holiday, etc... and then into dixieland a la Armstrong, Earl Hines, Morton, etc... I am also fond of the European free music players like Peter Brotzmann, Evan Parker, Alex von Schlippenbach, Barry Guy, Paul Loven, Willem Breuker, AMM, etc... And then there's Chicago school with AACM, Anthony Braxton, George Lewis, etc... And then the cats of younger generation like Ken Vandermark, Dave Douglas, John Zorn, etc... It's an unending journey...

The Penguin Guide to Jazz is my favorite intro guide as I am already familiar with Cook and Morton's writing in British publications. One very influential book is Martin Williams' The Jazz Tradition; love his piece on Monk and Dolphy. Gary Giddins is also a very perceptive writer whom I enjoy reading a great deal. Nat Hentoff writes excellent liner notes on many classic records. Yes, I read a great deal on the genre and liner notes are a great way to study the history and much of it is anecdotal and told by the musicians and their peers and perceptive writers.

We are so fortunate to have these great masters recorded on vinyl but ultimately, jazz is best to experience it live. Go to a club and listen and watch quality musicians interacting and how they listen for their intro and timing. It can be scintillating.

Happy listening!

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