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The Truth 
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 Topic: The Nu-Jazz Appreciation ThreadPosted: 27 Jun 2011 at 3:58pm |
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My favorite kind of jazz ever, people!
 What's not to love, my friends?! Share your favorite nu-jazz, give recommendations or even just introduce yourself to it. A truly great brand of music. |
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Prog Geo
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Posted: 27 Jun 2011 at 4:14pm |
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Damn! You did it first. Anyway, congratulations for the topic. I like this subgenre of jazz. Maybe is my 2nd (or my 1st?) favorite after jazz rock/fusion.
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Posted: 27 Jun 2011 at 4:16pm |
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That Wesseltoft and Schwarz album you listed up there is one of the coolest albums of the year so far.
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The Truth
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Posted: 27 Jun 2011 at 4:17pm |
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Definitely, it's actually the best jazz album from this year I've heard. |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2011 at 4:25pm |
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Fantastic album! But the title composition is splendid. I bought it together with Skala before two weeks I think. Edited by Prog Geo - 27 Jun 2011 at 4:29pm |
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Matt
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Posted: 27 Jun 2011 at 6:12pm |
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Wesseltoft and Schwarz...........very nice, thank you Truth for enlightning me  I like my Swing ,you know
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Posted: 27 Jun 2011 at 8:04pm |
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I do not own too much a lot of albums of Nu-Jazz. However, I feel that "Solid Ether" of Nils Petter Molvaer is a very good album.
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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 1:55am |
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Do I need to say EST?
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I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ...
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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 2:10am |
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I keep my eye on nu jazz development during few last years. What I can say is there are two many vibrant nu jazz markets - Nordic countries and Poland.
Norway/Sweden were both lands where nu jazz had it's explosion some time ago and Nordic bands still releases some interesting albums ,but not too often nowadays. Generally Nordic nu jazz mutated to instrumental ambient/jazzy ambient/non-jazzy ambient or more jazz-rock. Polish nu jazz grew up from "yass" movement (unique Polish musical scene in some sense analog to Canterbury but more modern) - partially from Milosc band (where young Leszek Mozdzer started his career). With bands like Robotobibok,Contemporary Noise Sextet/Quartet, Pink Freud, Mikrokolektyw, 100nka,etc,etc Polish modern nu jazz scene is most innovative and interesting now.
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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 9:13pm |
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Hmm, seems I have very little nu-jazz. I do have Jaga Jazzist - "A Livingroom Hush" which I must have listened to about 25 times since I got it last summer. It's a great record. I remember I couldnt get into their recent album for some reason.
I think the only other nu-jazz album I have (if this counts) is Squarepusher - "Hard Normal Daddy" which has some good stuff, but a couple tracks I could do without. |
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snobb
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Posted: 29 Jun 2011 at 1:33am |
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No,Squarepusher isn't nu jazz - and quite different from that genre.
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Posted: 29 Jun 2011 at 1:03pm |
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What would he be considered? (at least for that album) |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2011 at 1:09pm |
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I think that was when Squarepusher was still doing DrumnBass, although a lot of Squarepusher's music sort of defies categories, especially later in his career.
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Posted: 29 Jun 2011 at 2:35pm |
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oh yea drum n' bass. How could I forget about that genre haha
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Posted: 11 Jul 2011 at 11:26am |
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I tend to agree with Bugge Wesseltoft that nu.fusion , (if we want to be pedantic, that sub division of nu.jazz), owes a lot to 70's/80's Miles Davis and Jon Hassle. Digging back a 80's ECM release by Hassle you'll find that distinct jazz groove, jazz dance sound there, predating the likes of Nils Petter Molvaer by over a decade. BTW, let's be careful with overdoing the labels, since at least one of the so called jam bands, e.g. Garaj Mahal quite effortlessly slip through a variety of modern nu.jazz/fusion styles through their recordings.
As for jazz drum'n'bass, check out Wayne Krantz's some time rhythm section, calling themselves Boomish, for instance their album Clearance Sale. Edited by Dick Heath - 11 Jul 2011 at 11:28am |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2011 at 3:23pm |
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^ Nice avatar!
 All newbies must visit the "Welcome newbies" section, though.   |
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Dick Heath
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Posted: 12 Jul 2011 at 11:17am |
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Something my daughter did about 11 years ago - she's now 20 - and it got published in Jazzwise magazine many yearsa go.
I better go introduce myself - but I'm sure some of you know me already!
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Posted: 12 Jul 2011 at 11:33am |
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Welcome to the site,Dick
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Posted: 13 Jul 2011 at 12:41pm |
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Hello Dick, I was wondering when you were going to make your way over to this side of the Innernet |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2011 at 11:30am |
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I'm loving Sex Mob's Dime Grind Palace. Almost no swingin' ride (stay away, purists) and Kenny Wollesen is so restrained. Feels weird to hear him playing minimalist, old school hip hop-like beats without remembering how mad he was when drumming for Electric Masada.
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 That's Kenny G with Miles Davis on my avatar, by the way. |
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js wrote:
The others were nice too, Mathias Eick I thought was a bit slow at the start but it developed beautifully, Prog Geo. I like most ECM material.