Jazz & related II

Mellotron Storm wrote: Logan wrote: I'm kind of surprised that anyone who would know all of these well enough to be able to say that none of them do anything for them would find nothing in the albums to appeal. Nice to see Financial Tycoon in the list, been ages since I last listened to that. Mind you, while it was an early acquisition of mine, it wasn't an album that wowed me. My vote is Companyia Electrica Dharma- Diumenge. Love it. Some obscure ones there for sure Greg. And yes COMA's album is my least favourite in this poll but an entertaining album regardless that I quite enjoy. I think my Jazz and related list would have been perfect at 65 albums but I wanted 60 or 70 and it was easier to add some that otherwise wouldn't have been on here than take five away.  How talented was that Companyia Electrica Dharma band? So complex at times, just a treat.

Hey John. With COMA's, it's an album I enjoyed well enough, but at the time I was discovering so much music that genuinely wowed me. It just sounded a bit too ordinary to these ears, and that was the time when I was most into experimental, out-there avant garde mutant kinds of music. As for Companyia Electrica Dharma's, that did have a kind of wow factor. Very complex at times, as you say.

Great stuff on the list that I would have thought would have had appeal to most fusionheads who have deeply explored and appreciate a plethora of JRF/ fusion.

Edited by Logan - October 11 2021 at 13:43

verslibre wrote: Caravanserai isn't just essential Santana, it's essential.

That Barre Phillips album has intrigued me from the first listen. I've played it a lot. On the ECM label and John Abercrombie plays guitar on the longest track the closer. Barre plays double bass but uses a bow at times. John Surman adds horns and synths. Three of them play synths which are prominent on side two but not the annoying kind. Soundscapes too and compositions.