I remember in high school I had a friend who got me into this stuff a bit. Particularly Evan Parker. But him and I were always in search of like, the extreme end of free jazz as a sort of "clout" thing among ourselves haha. Same with no-input noise, Steve Reich's 'Come Out' (which I've always loved dearly) and things like that. It's been long enough I can finally be honest about that haha, I won't ever claim I was really appreciating it then.
But when I got to listening to Interstellar Space my entire jazz view changed and I probably spent a few months listening to basically just that record. It's been a while since I've taken a dive back into this scene. The jazz I'm typically into now is on the ambient / ECM side, but seeing this curation I'm happy to say I'm picking it up again and really loving Timing Birds and Decoy. Also, sorry for always using your comment section as my personal diary!
You're most welcome, Tom! I was like that too, when I was younger. For a while I listened only to the most extreme sounds I could find – gangsta rap, grindcore, industrial, free jazz, atonal composition. We were blasting Napalm Death and Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire while our classmates were listening to top 40 radio. It certainly was a clout-chasing thing among outsiders. I still love "Come Out" too though!
Happy to hear you're enjoying Timing Birds and Decoy!
Whoever uses Apple Music can listen here: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/5-free-jazz-albums-to-wake-you-up-from-hibernation/pl.u-38oWoeEuPp7Keo
I have literally just bought a speaker so I can blast some of these loud.
I remember in high school I had a friend who got me into this stuff a bit. Particularly Evan Parker. But him and I were always in search of like, the extreme end of free jazz as a sort of "clout" thing among ourselves haha. Same with no-input noise, Steve Reich's 'Come Out' (which I've always loved dearly) and things like that. It's been long enough I can finally be honest about that haha, I won't ever claim I was really appreciating it then.
But when I got to listening to Interstellar Space my entire jazz view changed and I probably spent a few months listening to basically just that record. It's been a while since I've taken a dive back into this scene. The jazz I'm typically into now is on the ambient / ECM side, but seeing this curation I'm happy to say I'm picking it up again and really loving Timing Birds and Decoy. Also, sorry for always using your comment section as my personal diary!
You're most welcome, Tom! I was like that too, when I was younger. For a while I listened only to the most extreme sounds I could find – gangsta rap, grindcore, industrial, free jazz, atonal composition. We were blasting Napalm Death and Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire while our classmates were listening to top 40 radio. It certainly was a clout-chasing thing among outsiders. I still love "Come Out" too though!
Happy to hear you're enjoying Timing Birds and Decoy!
🙏you can still find the free jazz guide, eg at soundohm https://www.soundohm.com/product/rod-free-jazz-book
Yeah they probably have some stocked copies left. At STS it's out of stock.
some serious listening in here! I don't know much about free jazz and I always think I should know more!
Got you covered!
https://www.zensounds.de/p/free-jazz-primer-1
thank you!
fantastic, thanks for sharing Stephan. Love the personal anecdotes weaved in here as well