John Gilmore Fort Bragg, California
Lucky to have gone to Indiana University before it had majors in jazz but did have stellar students and Jerry Coker on the faculty while David Baker was teaching out of his house in Indianapolis. More fortune back in Chicago exploring with AACM pioneers. Now grateful to be on the northern California coast playing steady piano gigs and making soundscapes of this time and place. ... more
John Gilmore recommends:
Deeply human jazz with an organic combination of acoustic and electronic instruments. Especially striking how the musicians, especially the leader, know how to wait, not the same as "leaving space."
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After Eno, the composer and first album that drew me into ambient music and soundscapes. Very impressed with everything John does, to the extent that I'm creating soundscapes my own self. Stay tuned.
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The Julius Eastman Memory Depot
by Jace Clayton
Very unlike my album, except for pianos (2). Profoundly moving on many levels. Phillip Glass jams with Cecil Taylor through Stockhausen's mixer in James Baldwin's parlor till a Sufi vocalist shows up.
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Everything Ends
by Running In Slow Motion
supported by 4 fans who also own “Prelude to the Rain — ambient mix”
Seems to tell a story rather than just being a collection of disparate tracks. Over the course, prominent melodies gradually recede into distant hints within the last track's evolving drones. All does begin and end.
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Planiglobii Terrestris
by Mood Exhibit
supported by 4 fans who also own “Prelude to the Rain — ambient mix”
Forward moving progression ..You can almost feel the same spirit that filled the wind in the sails of those early pioneering explorers. Pushes and pushes on..great great use of instruments and especially the percussion. Masterpiece!
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Wild and discordant improvisation from a former hardcore vocalist.
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