Prog Jazz

Anyone got any thoughts/recommendations on Prog Jazz ? The obvious choices are the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Soft Machine ( I only like Wyatt era - after that it was awful Open University Lecturer tedious crap jazz noodlings IMO). I think Free Jazz as a genre would definitley meet progressive requirements, eg. late period Coltranre alongside Miles Davis' In A Silent Way/Bitches Brew/Dark Magus. Special mention would also have to go to the stunning music created by Alice Coltrane, and 'Karma' by Pharoah Sanders is also an essential listen:

Edited by Moorglader - July 09 2012 at 09:08

Maybe these guys - tuba and metal instruments with less conventional structures

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=35659

May I recommend some wonderful music from Norwegian 10 piece band, Jaga Jazzist:

These guys have gathered a lot of acclaim and praise over that past few years; Even winning the BBC award for best Jazz album of the year in 2002. They're extremely eclectic and unique  though, you won't find any other band like them. Zappa and Gentle Giant influences can be heard and The Mars Volta have stated their admiration for the band.

Alice Coltrane is a fave of mine; especially for her late 60's through early 70's period.  My first of hers was Universal Conciousness, which I just fell in love with, but while she she made progressive jazz fusion, it's not progressive jazz-rock fusion.  Still, I have wanted a category where progressive artists such as John Coltrane (in Jazz) and Stockhausen (electronic/ musique concrete) could be highlighted that have a definite musical relation to artists here.

I love Karma by Pharoah Sanders, and there is some music by Pharoah Sanders that could make him considerable for PA.

Anyway, I would recommend Donals Byrd's Electric Byrd (not in PA, though he should be included for that album).



Sun Ra's Languidity:



Of a different sort, and I one I wanted in PA, Janko Nilovic:



I've received many suggestions I could mention from Saperlipopette, but I don't want to make this a really long post.  Booby Hutcherson's Cirrus is a good one, as is Herbie Mann's Stone Flute.  He recommended Gonda Sextet, which is great, and is the sort of jazz that a Magma fan could really get into.  Could recommend Magma for the first two albums as jazz fusion.

In the archives, favourites of mine other than Davis are Herbie Hancock (the Mwandishi trilogy) and related. I love Eddie Henderson's Realization and Julian Prister's Love, Love, as well as Maupin's The Jewel in the Lotus.  I also love Toshiyuki Miyama and His New Herd: Masahiko Satoh - Yamataifu,, and masahiko Satoh's Amalgamation.  I also love Bjorn J:son Lindh stuff and Terje Rypdal.

I was slightly put off that site, to be honest, as when I was there there seemed little actual discussion about music (however, I did enjoy people such as dreadpirateroberts there, so I might return) -- most of the posts were people posting what they were listening to without discussing the music. Actually, come to think of it, this topic made it two pages, and I think i did much the same at PA and only two people responded. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1167 It is a good site, just needs more members for more lively musical discussion.


Edited by Logan - July 08 2012 at 14:33

I must have missed that thread (I don't know how haha). I gotta hand it to js, he really keeps the momentum of a thread going over there.

darkshade wrote: I must have missed that thread (I don't know how haha). I gotta hand it to js, he really keeps the momentum of a thread going over there.

He does.  I actually feel pretty bad about when I was asked to join the site that I ended up contributing nil.  Was just too much for me to juggle PA with JMA.  I may be the shortest lived collab that site has seen.

Jaga Jazzist has been mentioned and is the best band to check out.

Logan wrote: I was slightly put off that site, to be honest, as when I was there there seemed little actual discussion about music (however, I did enjoy people such as dreadpirateroberts there, so I might return) -- most of the posts were people posting what they were listening to without discussing the music. Actually, come to think of it, this topic made it two pages, and I think i did much the same at PA and only two people responded. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1167 It is a good site, just needs more members for more lively musical discussion.

You're welcome back any time - I miss your excellent recommendations there






Edited by dreadpirateroberts - July 09 2012 at 08:15

Fabulous track! Mingus was a genius. One of my favourite all time artists