was reminded how much i love this song (also this music video is so nice looking too.)
Tame Impala is a band that landed well outside my radar but they sound like a band I should have been more into. Discovered the other day they have a cover of The Flaming Lips’s Are You a Hypnotist
I got to the bit of the show where track 5 plays today and I promise I’m really normal about it so I bought the soundtrack.
Missed posting yesterday, and barely making it out of today?
Well, let’s post a song that’s near the top of my “I’m envious I didn’t write this song first” list, Sweet Sweet Baby by Grace Kelly.
Glad I clicked on this when it popped up. One of the rare times my youtube algo feeds me something I like.
I think if there’s a free jazz song that you owe it to yrouself to try, it’s probably Albert Ayler’s Ghosts. It’s not so free of structure to be unrecognizable – the song has a very clear melody that’s easy to think of in terms of the sort of spiritual traditions that informed New Orleans parades. The song is played in a similar style to some of those jazz parades, where the interpretation of the individual musicians and the expression of the work takes a front seat to a more intuitive rhythm and focused articulation. That is, it’s more in line with Charles Mingus than it is the more out-there style associated with Eric Dolphy or Ornette Coleman.
It also has recordings that are not demanding as much attention or time on the listener as jazz had started getting a reputation for in the era after Coletrane’s work after quitting heroin. The recording on Love Cry, at only about 3 minutes long, is inviting in a way that free jazz rarely has a reputation for being. Those intrigued by this are encouraged to seek out the recordings on Spiritual Unity.