Hugo Burchell

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2025-04-12 21:09:25

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@nprofile…8cpv let's not forget his autobiography either, surely one of the great books about the jazz life!

2025-03-11 18:46:36

The world and Don Cherry | thebluemoment.com https://thebluemoment.com/2025/03/10/the-world-and-don-cherry/

2025-03-06 16:12:43

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@nprofile…8cpv sad news, we've lost so many of these greats in recent months

2024-09-15 16:31:15

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@npub1tah…4mlz I hope that's not true - although happily I'm seeing him at the London Jazz Festival in November, and for the first time at that

2024-08-28 19:11:02

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@npub1vua…km9m Benny Goodman and Herbie Hancock!

2024-07-05 15:57:39

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@npub1vua…km9m 😆

2024-06-21 18:42:05

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@npub1tah…4mlz the great one for sure is an album called Naima's Love Song, with Bobby Watson - who I'm catching live again this weekend!

2024-06-21 09:23:26

I've been a fan of John Hicks ever since hearing him on Chico Freeman's Luminous album - though I've seen some slightly sniffy comments about him from jazz writers, so not entirely sure how well he's regarded.
This is a great trio date from the 80s, bookended by a couple of solos. If you're a fan of his slightly florid, rococo style, or have yet to hear what he can do - check it out!
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2024-06-21 09:23:26

2024-06-16 08:15:59

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@npub1vua…km9m Tree of Life a great entry point for any who've yet to listen to Taylor - more meditative (comparatively speaking) than most of his recordings, and very beautiful

2024-06-08 07:43:58

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@npub1vua…km9m Recommending that Ayler album - also Lampi, with a quartet

2024-05-13 20:35:34

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@npub1tah…4mlz really sad news, thanks for sharing

2024-04-01 19:24:43

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@npub1vua…km9m 😆

2024-03-30 07:21:58

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@npub1tah…4mlz my favourite jazz biog. See also his interview with Art Taylor in Notes and Tones for a great read!

2024-03-13 16:26:52

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@npub1tah…4mlz I've never heard of that one before. Sounds like a great group!

2024-03-09 16:22:10

If there's a problem with Jazztodon for someone who prefers their music via physical media it's that...I'm running out of space!
These two recently recommended by @npub1tah…4mlz. I'm surprised by how much I'm enjoying the Mahavishnu, a group I've always found a bit 'prog' for my tastes. I think it's the orchestral textures that do it for me. The Shakti is just flat out beautiful.
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2024-03-05 13:12:52

I'm not that familiar with Andre Jaume but, on the basis of this album, need to listen to a lot more.
This has got Charlie Haden in a fairly low key, contemplative setting. A couple of Ornette compositions, a couple by Django Reinhardt, a Buddy Collette, three by Haden himself including the classic First Song.
If you like Jimmy Giuffre you'll get a lot from this.
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2024-03-01 17:35:38

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Thanks so much @npub1tah…4mlz, I've never known where to start with Shakti but now I do! And My Goals Beyond is on my list too...
Interesting about Apocalypse, I've seen some sniffy comments on that album but will definitely have a listen now.
I've got a copy of the Five Piece Band album somewhere and will have another listen.
Thanks for your response!

2024-02-03 20:37:44

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@npub1tah…4mlz I saw him with Vijay Iyer a couple years ago and my ears are still ringing!

2024-01-27 18:14:25

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@npub1vua…km9m What started it for me was a cheap bootleg-quality CD that I subsequently worked out was Miles playing with Sonny Stitt in Stockholm, 1960. (A decent 4 CD remaster, also including a concert with Coltrane, is/used to be available on Dragon).
Can't recommend more highly. Stitt wouldn't be the first name anyone would think of when it comes to Miles's saxophonists, but he's great - bluesy and plangent, especially on the alto. Kelly, Chambers and Cobb complete the line up.

2024-01-20 10:51:55

Ben Raitliff's excellent article on electric-period Miles in the NY Review of Books has prompted me to dig out the Complete On the Corner sessions - a box set that really illuminates and improves the original album.
What's your favourite Miles from this period?
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2024-01-16 18:07:04

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@npub1tah…4mlz that's great, Thompson and Yamanka totally new names to me so will take a look!
Ted Gioia's book on West Coast Jazz got me listening to a bunch of musicians I was only slightly, or not at all, familiar with, including Hawes and Land. Have long been an Art Pepper fan - his Living Legend album features Hawes and Shelly Manne and is excellent.

2024-01-16 11:31:29

Grateful to @npub1tah…4mlz for alerting me to this one.
I think that the great strength of jazz lies not so much in the masterworks by the major innovators as it does in the solid albums by excellent musicians who were having a great day at the office. Like this one.
I think I've got a good handle on the former, but still, after 30 years of listening, still finding treasures like this that I didn't previously know. For which I'm very grateful!
Any similar recommendations?
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2024-01-07 10:14:15

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@npub1vua…km9m great choice! Tyshawn Sorey in one of Coltrane's late groups?

2023-11-11 08:00:52

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@npub1tah…4mlz you've inspired me to dig out the Knitting Factory box set of albums, which I've not listened to in an age. Such a tremendous musician!

2023-10-20 10:07:11

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@npub1tah…4mlz great pictures! I saw the band at Ronnie Scott's earlier this year, a really fine set that included pieces from their new album (love their take on Idle Moments!)

2023-08-08 07:11:24

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@npub1tah…4mlz I've got this issue on the CD spine for McCoy's Enlightenment album. Pretty disrespectful to a great artist if you ask me!
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2023-07-19 14:31:36

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@npub1vua…km9m @npub1nz6…egmm He appears, brilliantly, on Jim Hall's Concierto album

2023-06-23 17:39:37

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@npub1vua…km9m very sad news. The two volumes of Little Birds Have Fast Hearts are two of the greatest albums ever, imo, but he's left us with so many incandescent recordings. RIP.

2023-05-22 15:23:44

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@npub1vua…km9m And recorded a band featuring former side men that was devotes to playing his compositions. Yes, the man himself is conspicuous by his absence!

2023-05-19 15:35:42

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@npub1tah…4mlz One of my very favourite musicians, caught his incredible quartet at Ronnie Scott's back in March. Favourite track at the moment - Wheel Within a Wheel from the Gumbo album