jsaliga
Headphoneus Supremus
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Jazz represents about 70% of my music listening. I like to think that my taste in jazz is fairly ecclectic. I buy and enjoy big band and small group swing, dixieland, cool, bop, hard bop, post bop, fusion, jazz-funk, modern creative, avant garde, and free jazz. There are some subgenres that I do not personally care for, such as crossover jazz, jazz-pop, and other forms of jazz that tend to be closer to new age and mainstream instrumental pop music.
I have considerable experience with the European free jazz scene and know the work of sax squonkers such as Evan Parker and Peter Brötzmann quite well, just to name a few.
I am also familiar with some of the European chamber and small group ensemble jazz on the ECM label. I don't mean to offend anyone who enjoys this sort of music, but personally I find a great deal of it very bland, uninspired, and pedestrian. Souless, lacking fire and imagination are other words that I might use to describe my feelings about it.
So I am starting this thread in the hopes of sparking some discussion about the European jazz scene, both past and present. Suggestions are welcome, but I don't want to turn this thread into an out-of-control listfest. If you are going to make a suggestion, then please do us all the courtesy of telling us a little about the music and why you think it is worthwhile.
I did try a search on this topic and found it interesting that five years ago someone else on Head-Fi started a topic on European jazz. It drew zero replies. Of course, the OP did not put very much effort into his post and seemed more interested in list-building than talking about the music.
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f9/ver...an-jazz-58668/
My expectations for this thread, however, are very low. But I thought it would be worth a try.
--Jerome
I have considerable experience with the European free jazz scene and know the work of sax squonkers such as Evan Parker and Peter Brötzmann quite well, just to name a few.
I am also familiar with some of the European chamber and small group ensemble jazz on the ECM label. I don't mean to offend anyone who enjoys this sort of music, but personally I find a great deal of it very bland, uninspired, and pedestrian. Souless, lacking fire and imagination are other words that I might use to describe my feelings about it.
So I am starting this thread in the hopes of sparking some discussion about the European jazz scene, both past and present. Suggestions are welcome, but I don't want to turn this thread into an out-of-control listfest. If you are going to make a suggestion, then please do us all the courtesy of telling us a little about the music and why you think it is worthwhile.
I did try a search on this topic and found it interesting that five years ago someone else on Head-Fi started a topic on European jazz. It drew zero replies. Of course, the OP did not put very much effort into his post and seemed more interested in list-building than talking about the music.
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f9/ver...an-jazz-58668/
My expectations for this thread, however, are very low. But I thought it would be worth a try.
--Jerome