What are you listening to? (VOL VI)

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Originally posted by patk:

Amazing sound, the others are just as good.

Jaga Jazzist (also known as Jaga) is an experimental jazz band from Norway that rose to prominence when the BBC named their first album, A Livingroom Hush (Smalltown Supersound/Ninja Tune), the best jazz album of 2002. The core of the band are brothers and main songwriters Lars and Martin Horntveth. Martin formed Jaga Jazzist together with Ivar Christian Johansen in 1994 while they still were in their teens, though Johansen later left the group. They are also prominent figures of the Norwegian pop act The National Bank.
The band features trumpets, trombone, electric guitar, bass, tuba, bass clarinets, Fender Rhodes, vibraphone and a rack of electronics, as well as strong melodies and rhythms. Talk Talk, Soft Machine, John Coltrane, Don Cherry, Aphex Twin, Stereolab, Squarepusher and Tortoise are frequently mentioned as sources of inspiration. Jaga Jazzist is widely considered to be one of the premier acts of the so-called nu-jazz movement of Scandinavia. Also, The Mars Volta cites Jaga Jazzist as one of their favourite bands. Their new album, One-Armed Bandit, was released on January 25, 2010.

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

Can I scratch your cover off?

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Originally posted by BigH47:
Not the new Natalie Merchant, Amazon Jersey have "run out".

But you can play it on spotify whilst you wait.

Yes indeed Oliver. So time to listen to another one.

On Spotify, unlike Adrian I can get away with his Dylanesque voice - great stuff

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

Can I scratch your cover off?

no way, already in its protective mini sleeve.
It came with a free special scratch off coin.

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Originally posted by Diccus62:
On Spotify, unlike Adrian I can get away with his Dylanesque voice - great stuff

I'll try again when the mood takes

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

Can I scratch your cover off?

no way, already in its protective mini sleeve.
It came with a free special scratch off coin.

An Anthony Ausgang design, no less. (No, me neither.)

Oliver, As for the music, what do you think? They don't even seem too enthusiastic about it themselves, and I read a terrible review somewhere recently. I like it though.

Cooking dinner and having a look through the collection to see what to get rid of in my bi-annually sale and came across this. Was ready to sell it but totally forgot what a great album it is. It is going nowhere.

Stu if you have never heard this album give it a listen as you might like it.

In anticipation of The double concert, tonight (Tord Gustavsson / Dieter Ilg), and after a very pleasant day

cheers
Stefan

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Originally posted by Chief Chirpa:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

Can I scratch your cover off?

no way, already in its protective mini sleeve.
It came with a free special scratch off coin.

An Anthony Ausgang design, no less. (No, me neither.)

Oliver, As for the music, what do you think? They don't even seem too enthusiastic about it themselves, and I read a terrible review somewhere recently. I like it though.

Chief,

this was my first listen today and I was not too excited about it, will give it another listen later this week.

I've got boxes full of Mojo, Uncut, Word, Q, Select and Vox free CD's (and cassettes). I just can't bring myself to throw them away, there again a lot of them are pretty good and have turned me on to loads of acts. This is a recent one. The Sigur Ros track is a belter.


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Roxy Music - Siren

This again at a more reasonable hour!
On Silver!

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Originally posted by patk:

This is probably my favorite of the first batch of 4, but there really is no weak link.

Taylor's only ECM CD as leader.

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by Diccus62:
On Spotify, unlike Adrian I can get away with his Dylanesque voice - great stuff

I'll try again when the mood takes

It's a bit like with Dylan, good when you get pass the initial hesitation.
/m

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Originally posted by droodzilla:


Taylor's only ECM CD as leader.

I think he felt ECM was not the right place for him from what I understand and went to Camjazz instead. I think it might have been something to do with release schedules and the fact that he wanted to release albums more often than ECM would probably be able to accommodate.

Do you have the ECM Peter Erskine albums? They are really John Taylor albums in all but name - he is the dominant voice on the record and they are superb.

I am going to play Time Being.