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PS GG,

thanks for the bad-plus links. I enjoyed reading them.
(I think I am going to make a rant-post about free jazz soon. … (watch ignorant me being dangerous, haaa)

There are a lot of different styles of free jazz, so you can’t really generalize about it. Most of my favorite stuff is Ornette derived; I think his general conception is particularly rich, and it’s still about melody and swinging and blues, in a twisted fashion. I like his general conception and some of his sidemen maybe better than his sax playing, though I like that fine. Some people have taken his music farther than him, it seems to me.

A lot of my favorite free jazz is from L.A.-based artists, such as John Carter and James newton in the ’80s, and nowadays a lot of Cryptogramophone stuff, which I know you’re familiar with. Partly it’s just because I am an Angelino, but somehow there’s a certain balane of prettiness, earthiness and weirdness that I find in a lot of local out jazz. Something in the smog? And of course Ornette formed his early groups here before he took them back east and got famous.

hey thanks.

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gg,

haa haa, I definitely need more tips from the experts. :D

I listened to science fiction, btw. I like “Law Years”
Catchy opening bass, and the brass isn’t turning my head into fried dumpling. I think my problem with free jazz, I only know so few of them. I don’t have enough to compare. for eg. I don’t know the “frame” of listening. I don’t know to listen it like “noise art”, very dense avant rock, modern classic, or very colorful minimalist electronica. Of course free jazz is none of them, but when I listen to music I have a tendency to chop it up into “phrases” or frame. for eg. a sentence of a lyric, a melody, one repetition, one theme, etc…

with free jazz, I don’t know if I have to listen to it very very loud and only pay attention to split seconds of pitch then move to next one .. or concentrate for long period of time. which after awhile turns my head into fried dumpling, everything sounds the same.

With more standard form of jazz, everything is comfortable. the “swing” feeling, phrasing, taking turns, etc. a lot of hints and I can bop my head along…

of course it’s hard to generalized complex genre like free jazz into simple listening tips. And I know one just listen and ask. But really free jazz is pretty tough all around. (It doesn’t help that albums are hard to get.) but I can’t help ranting.

also, I like ‘virgin beauty” (Virgin beauty, 1988)

Linda Sandiford & Nico Vlahavas “My Favourite Things”

John Coltrane Quartet - My Favorite Things
(of course Coltrane himself. never get tired listening to his take. A million miles per hour stream of notes )