Manuel wrote: You can try some Charles Loyd's music, liek The water is Wide, or Mirror. You'll find a lot of meditative music there.

Thanks. I just noticed on a video that the guitarist is John Abercrombie, which reminds me of a great song that kinda fits in this thread

"Timeless"

Super underrated Brazilian jazz trio "Azimuth" self titled LP from the mid seventies.  

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Such beautiful stuff ... it's amazing how much music that man gave us to enjoy and live with ... irreplaceable!

(PS: To be honest, I never "classified" music per se, and always considered it nothing but a wonderful "vibe" and "touch" for our ears and heart, and there really aren't many that I do not listen to ... always to find some far out things in the middle of it. After so much music, finding something new that we heard before but did not acknowledge because it was not our preferences, I can tell you that 40 years later ... you will appreciate that beauty, jazz or not!)

In terms of Brazilian acts that may fit the thread, Egberto Gismonti comes to mind. "Café" is a song from his 1976 album "Corações Futuristas."

The wonderful "Rubisa Patrol" almost got forgotten in this thread. American jazz pianist Art Lande recorded "Rubisa Patrol" with bassist and fluteist Bill Douglass in May 1976 and released it on ECM a few months later. The other two members of the quartet are drummer Glenn Cronkhite and trumpet player Mark Isham. The Far East meditative bamboo-flute solo at the start is why I chose "Celestial Guests/Many Chinas," although the entire album is peerless dreamy jazz.

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There are several of his albums that deserve mention. I think "MAGICO" is the special album that needs to be heard ... it was so good that they had to take it on the road! There are some video clips on the Internet from it. And they are wonderful as well.

I like the "trilogy" of DANCA DAS CABECAS, SOL DO MEIO DIA and SOLO as the special albums in his listing ... although the one album of his that stands up over all of them, does not exactly fit in this area but it has so much classical value in it as to be far out ... NO CAIPIRA ... is absolutely his best album.

Also special and not heard enough is his album with NANA VASCONCELLOS ... Duas Voces ... but almost all of this is taking what we call "jazz" out of its normal elements ... the stuff Egberto does in many ways, is too good to even be considered "jazz".

Yes indeed and even 'left field' albums like Beauborg and Invisible Connections have that beauty somehow. 

It seems like many of the songs I look for have cymbal flourishes, tinkering to start and end the song, maybe some in the middle.. Some of it was too hectic or too quick tempo.

I especially liked the Pat Metheny album.. I've been a fan for a while, but with instrumentals (jazz, classical, etc), I can never remember the titles!

Laura Nyro would be an example of a non-instrumental idea...

I'm sure the members of Weather Report recorded some of this type of music, as solo members if not as a group, but I'm having a hard time thinking of examples.  Anyone?

Oregon was another excellent suggestion!  And, perhaps some of the artists from Windham Hill, like Shadowfax, would fit the bill!  Have fun, I'll watch this space!

There's a bit of high intensity stuff on here with the electric violin, but its mostly super ethereal. 

About a year ago, I went through his entire discography and came across that... Some good stuff using the name Devadip Carlos Santana.

Speaking of fusion, "Timeless" is a good one. I especially like the version with John Abercrombie.

I never heard anything from the last Weather Report, but yeah, it's pretty good also considering how drums usually sounded in the mid-80s..  Thanks!

From Keith Jarrett's album "Arbour Zena," there's a beautiful passage called "Solara March," which is dedicated to Pablo Casals and the sun. The strings briefly lay out, giving Jarrett, Charlie Haden, and Jan Garbarek more room to move around while still staying within the boundaries of an underlying framework that the strings quickly re-engage, creating a pleasing finale that would have fit neatly in any of Jarrett's jazz quartets from that era. But what truly distinguishes it as a superb composition that suits the bill is the result's total coherence, which is enhanced by the strings.

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Believe it or not, this was one of the first albums of KJ that I got, and right after it I went after Jan Garbarek, which I enjoyed a lot, even though it felt like it had a spirit that was way out there and I'm not sure that it was jazz, but some sort of free form something or other, and it wasn't until his time with Charlie Haden and Egberto Gismonti that Garbarek "mellowed out" and started his experimental period of which "EVENTYR" is a phenomenal album and should be mentioned here, however, things in there are not exactly jazz, opening with "Soria Maria" a very stunning piece that was also used in a film that ended up getting the Foreign Film Oscar award, and had this piece, and some by Terje Rypdal as well.

While KJ stuck to his jazz abilities and experimentations, in the end, I seemed to feel that he should have been writing some things for orchestra as well, with one slight problem ... orchestras are notoriously bad about new things, because it takes rehearsal and attention and above all ... time ... for which they would not get paid to make sure their part was better ... but nowadays, with keyboards being able to replace an orchestra his one hand ability should help define music very well, unless he has completely let go of his left hand musical ability, and even in his mind, without the left hand he can not hear, or feel what he is composing ... something like that.

But i between, I think he has given us some amazing material and music ... and some solo piano which makes his THE American piano player of the 20th Century, second to probably none other even though jazz in America has some outstanding piano players. But KJ's freedom with the music is the difference.

BTW, if you have not seen it, there are many little interviews and specials that he talks about music ... and his take? Yep ... you got it ... forget it all except what you see! And education? Blurppppp! I say that stuff all the time ... music is not about notes and chords ... it's about your heart and your own inner vision ... and without that the music has no soul ... let it be chords and notes so we forget it faster yet ... 

Some of the best choir work of all time, and very meditative. I think it was even sampled by Kendrick Lamar!

This track is from the 1979 album "Ručni rad" by Macedonian band Leb i Sol, which is not only their best studio album but also, dare I say, one of the best European jazz-rock albums ever made. The arrangements and performances of the songs are just amazing. The entire record exudes a deep sense of vitality and delicate southern European sensibility. It's essential! The album features one of the most dreamy pieces from the thriving European jazz-rock scene of the late 1970s, "Verni Pas," a delicate tune with a poignant saxophone solo and beautiful keyboards that altogether, with a wordless chorus and brief acoustic guitar solo at the end, fit the bill perfectly.

I always prefer a woman's voice nowadays over the music... I also love vocables over a song, which allow the vocals to be an instrument, and not worry about lyrical phrasing, etc...

The strange fate of the Serbian band 37°C is tied to their unusual album, "Sidarta." All of the recording and mixing of the material took place at Gooseberry Studio in London in the early spring of 1979. However, the finished product was rejected as "uncommercial" by Belgrade's major label, PGP, which, despite covering all of the recording expenses, never released the album in 1979. The content has been all but forgotten since then, and while it was available as a self-published cassette album on Belgrade's bootleg market, it wasn't until 2017 that the Discom label officially released it as a vinyl LP.

The title track, which was named after and influenced by Herman Hesse's Siddhartha novel, opens the album. This eighteen-minute epic, which is jazzy, trippy, experimental, and spacey, seems to fit the bill. 

The amazing musical composition features a variety of sounds and textures, including captivating synths, a catchy bass line, and expressive guitar; the drums appear only towards the end of a song following vocal improvisation using wordless vocables, saxophones, and flutes, all of which have the purpose of evoking daydreams. 

The gradation of the arrangement is also fascinating, especially in the way some instruments are presented. The plot of Hesse's work is really portrayed in the song's arrangement: Siddhartha, the main character, first views perfection as "Brahman," but he soon abandons this idea to pursue his own route of self-discovery. The band members use every bit of their musical knowledge to build up the energy to the point where faultless performances explode throughout the song. One might find that a quite meditative approach.

I love that slow wah-wah, which seems to fit so well... Catherine Howe is such a great singer, and matched with the great Piero Piccioni

Brecker Brothers  - Levitate

The 1974 album "Haiku" by Don Ellis is a singular piece of jazz. The ten tracks composed by Ellis are based on Japanese haiku poems and include violins, violas, cellos, and harps in addition to the trumpet, which serves as the main instrument.

The harmonic smoothness of Ellis's own arrangements is superb. Additionally included on "Haiku" are guitarists, keyboardists, and a rhythm section, although their contributions are minimal. The music on the album is incredibly tranquil, calming, and meditative.

"Water Jewels" is highly recommended for anyone who values contemplative melody, mellowness, and the sounds of the trumpet, harp, and softly played strings. Very lovely music to calm your thoughts and induce a dreamlike state.

YUJI OHNO Love does not return

Camel - Selva

Check out Alice Coltrane's late 60s and early 70s stuff.  Another favorite is Don Cherry's Brown Rice......browwwwn riysssssssssss.  

Love that someone mentioned Alan Gowan earlier - anytime his name pops up, I smile.  Yeah, check out those Gilgamesh albums for some groovy mellow jazz.  

Electronic Skylab - Skylab

There was in the mid 70's a jazz piece that had someone playing solo along side a sitar sound ... I don't think it is Miles, although the style of the solo would likely be considered very much like him.

I know this is not saying much, or explaining much but anyone have any ideas of where to look? That piece was really far out, btw, and I have a bit of it, which was at the end of a jazz show just before the Space Pirate Radio show one time. I think it was between 1974/1976 or there abouts.

And thx if we can find it ... I have never found it, but I would almost say that the way it was played was less "jazz" and a bit more "ecm'ish".

If you have a bit of it, you might be able to find it.. I used to use a site where you'd upload a few seconds, and it usually would find it.. Or maybe upload it onto YouTube? I'm sure someone in here would know.

Multiple songs from Zephyr - really good stuff!

WATER  Damburst

whole lp is very mellow and trance like 

never even heard of this band... Enjoy!

Chick Corea - Return To Forever - Crystal Silence

Wonderul lp

Led by bassist Miloš Bosnić, Bosque is a young jazz-rock quintet from Serbia. With a total of forty-six and a half minutes, their debut album, "Four Noble Truths," features four tracks and the longest album piece, exceeding twenty-one minutes of progressive, high-energy 70s-style jazz-rock. "Millwall Park," however, is actually a bluesy mid-tempo ballad featuring a soprano saxophone, electric piano, bass, and guitar interplay, which has been performed to such great effect that anyone who likes dreamy jazz in the 70s vein should enjoy it.

Those last couple songs were perfect (especially with a flu)

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Got lucky ... it was Miles in the BIG FUN album ... Great Expectations ... magnificent piece of music.

Despite being a brief track, "Arriving Twice" features tranquil music that is unmistakably in the progressive-jazz-fusion style. The bass is delectable and just amazing, and the sounds produced by the diversity of instruments are gentle and amiable. Overall, the mood is beautifully calm and dreamy.

Thanks, that was very nice.. It's not too often you hear violins or strings along with that kind of music, although it's there with the last song I posted from the album, Joe Zawinul

Catalyst - Salam

a TON of stuff by Gilgamesh, including "Lady and a Friend". A lot of slow-tempo, electric piano, with beautiful jazzy licks, with a few ride cymbal touches.

Another discovery - thank you! Everything I want in this thread plus the haunting melody, which I love! Speaking of, I never express my desire for "dramatic" like Supertramp's "Crime of the Century" and "Rudy" (among others).
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Smoke - Shelda

I love that song.. I think I found it here years ago!

Doug Carn - Infant Eyes

https://youtu.be/b74eYw1QV0I

DarksideofAbel wrote: Most ECM records by most artist, however I will recommend these musicians specially,  Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber, Oregon, Codona, Ralph Towner, John Surman and many more, but start with these.

Thanks.. I just found out about Oregon a few weeks ago, and surprised I hadn't heard of them before, especially with a name so common for a US state.

Eala Craig is one I just found. Good stuff.