It's a Jazz Thing

Afro Joe · 14th November 2004, 01:15 AM

did anyone see this programme on channel 4 about 7 tonight presented by branford marsalis? it was really great, all about the underground jazz scenes of certain cities. it looked at new york, chicago, paris, norway, london and maybe a couple of other places i cant remember. some really fucked up avant-garde free jazz which was pretty ace, and some nicer stuff too. it mostly centred around modern jazz and how it has been incorporated into different styles of music i.e. hiphop, drum n bass and the like.
they showed some footage and talked to this brilliant jazz trio i saw at the rep earlier this year during the jazz festival, the esbjorn svensson trio
a bit of it focused on the scene surrounding new york's the knitting factory venue too which was really interesting. they mentioned john zorn but sadly didnt show anything about him. the other guys were totally cool, david ware (i think) and bill frisell being the only ones i remember.
also check out the bad plus who, aswell as having some excellent original material, do really bizarre covers of songs by popular artists. the pixies, nirvana, black sabbath and abba being some of them.

PrettyPumpkin · 14th November 2004, 07:50 PM

Cool Joe! Didn't happen to record it did you?

Afro Joe · 14th November 2004, 08:35 PM

nah, i wasnt sure if itd be any good. i wish i had now cos there were loads of really good artists i cant remember the name of.
for anyone interested, the bad plus also do a crackin' cover of aphex twin's flim.

14th November 2004, 01:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Afro Joe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,297	It's a Jazz Thing did anyone see this programme on channel 4 about 7 tonight presented by branford marsalis? it was really great, all about the underground jazz scenes of certain cities. it looked at new york, chicago, paris, norway, london and maybe a couple of other places i cant remember. some really fucked up avant-garde free jazz which was pretty ace, and some nicer stuff too. it mostly centred around modern jazz and how it has been incorporated into different styles of music i.e. hiphop, drum n bass and the like. they showed some footage and talked to this brilliant jazz trio i saw at the rep earlier this year during the jazz festival, the esbjorn svensson trio a bit of it focused on the scene surrounding new york's the knitting factory venue too which was really interesting. they mentioned john zorn but sadly didnt show anything about him. the other guys were totally cool, david ware (i think) and bill frisell being the only ones i remember. also check out the bad plus who, aswell as having some excellent original material, do really bizarre covers of songs by popular artists. the pixies, nirvana, black sabbath and abba being some of them. Last edited by Afro Joe : 14th November 2004 at 01:20 AM.

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14th November 2004, 07:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
PrettyPumpkin Mixtaper Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Edinburgh. It's great. Posts: 2,800	Cool Joe! Didn't happen to record it did you?

14th November 2004, 08:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Afro Joe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,297	nah, i wasnt sure if itd be any good. i wish i had now cos there were loads of really good artists i cant remember the name of. for anyone interested, the bad plus also do a crackin' cover of aphex twin's flim.