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I've already Rec'd this group in the past but I have to share this too. My favourite current jazz group just put out a collection of interpretations of Kendrick Lamar's work. The *Meet the Grahams* track is unbelievable but my favourite is probably their cover of *All the Stars*.
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These guys are absolutely fantastic - plenty of filmed sessions on their youtube - they also have a bandcamp and some tracks on spotify! Wonderful blend of classic hard bop and some more modern trends in jazz :)
Jan 1, 2025
Unbelievably good jazz tracks I got hip to from obsessively listening to the STL public jazz radio station 90.7 KWMU-2. Always nice to find something with sub 5k listens on Spotify. Go to "Red Apple Sweet" and "The Brite Side".
Feb 6, 2024
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From: Los Angeles
Genre: Jazz/avant garde/lo-fi/ambient
LP: Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar (2018)
Interpretation of a 1980 Pharaoh Sanders composition (featuring, appropriately, Idris Muhammad on drums). Both Sams are amazing artists and band leaders on their own, and on this album (plus its two follow-ups thus far) they stretch their chosen instruments to their outer limits. Recorded mostly live, looped mouth sounds and taps on a mic drenched in reverb build the spare backing rhythms. Wilkes’s bass generates waves of tonal textures like fog on a city street. Gendel’s sax riffs are so alluring—effortlessly beautiful and endlessly hummable. Your friends who don’t like jazz will still love this. Your friends who do like jazz already know what‘s up.
Aug 6, 2024
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I'm not obsessed with it but it's always sweet when the barista does something cool. This one yesterday made me smile because after seeing a few others I realised the guy was doing Pokémon! Fairly certain mine is mew or Mewtwo, I saw him do a horsea, pikachu, and squirtle too...
Mar 4, 2025
Koudelka was a photographer who documented Europe from the 60s onwards, recording the lives of travelling people, Soviet invasions, struggles with poverty, and more. He later became a member of the Magnum society and continued his work into old age. If you have the time, it's really worth digging into his work as he had a real eye for striking images that provide a lot of context for the situation he was in. He used to travel with very little besides a sleeping bag and camera so he often experienced the harsher side of life while on the job. At times his photos were smuggled out of the soviet borders, and published anonymously, to keep him safe. Check the link for a good starting point on Magnum's website!
Feb 10, 2025
