What are the best jazz albums of the year?
>>61176959
Kamasi Washington, the list could go on
>>61176959
Not that one, OP. Here at /mu/, you're not allowed to like an album that pitchfork or Anthony Fantano enjoyed without being berated by a real patrician such as myself. You want good jazz in 2015, listen to some fucking watered down synthetic garbage which has half the emotional weight and technical proficiency of "The Epic", but less people know about it so it's better.
>>61177072
This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOrfX9H8Jtc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcii2oay7j4
>>61177107
Is this fedora core? Pretty good tho
>>61177114
All jazz is fedoracore.
>>61177114
>Is this fedora core?
no?
awesome glad you like it
CHON - Grow
>>61177123
Only bc he was wearing a fedora
>>61176959
pic unrelated
>>61176959
I don't know, but you can be assured that my vote for the viral marketing of the year will go to this one
Ballister - Worse for the Wear
Pulverize The Sound - s/t
The Engines - Green Knights
Chicago Reed Quartet - Western Automatic
Atomic - Lucidity
Hieroglyphic Being - We Are Not The First
Kolega Doriana - s/t
>>61176959
I hope you're kidding OP
>>61177072
>>61177102
name 5 other Jazz albums you listened to this year, if you're so sure The Epic is the best
>>61177949
This. The Epic isn't bad at all, but everyone hyping it up only heard it because it's on Brainfeeder and doesn't know about any other jazz releases this year.
>>61176959
New Anouar Brahem
>>61177127
>>61177072
You seem like one of those annoying faggot hipsters with an undercut and a "vinyl" collection of shitty emo garbage.
>>61178008
I havent listened to any jazz releases this year, not even the epic (not that into jazz, I like kind of blue tho) but to me it seems like being on brainfeeder is a contributing factor to why /mu/ loves bashing it too
>>61179739
>but to me it seems like being on brainfeeder is a contributing factor to why /mu/ loves bashing it too
The Epic is an album that is hard to criticize. It's obviously an amateur album: the easiest first sight of this is the label. Brainfeeder is not known for high level Jazz performers: the pseudo-Jazz of 2010's FlyLo and Thundercat is not exactly pivotal material. If Kamasi were a talented soloist, he would be on a real specialist label. So the album, in fact, was always destined to be mediocre. Its special features such as the chorus and of course the monumental length are notable, but the compositions strain for individuality yet end up sounding too much like an amateur copy of older styles than an earnest study and reinterpretation of them. But if we're charting the weak points of the record, the weakest of all would of course be Kamasi himself. Whereas his bandmates are able to pull off generally satisfactory solos, he sticks to mostly one register, one scale, and often struggles to think of creative ideas in his improvisations.
So then, why is it hard to criticize? Well, as aforementioned, this was not destined to be some genius triumph, not destined for jazz-classic status. But more importantly, I think of it the same as Max Richter's mediocre recomposition of Vivaldi from years back. Just as kitsch, just as lacking in creativity. But, importantly, popular: it ranks with RYM's other AOTD picks in the 2010's chart. And something makes me at least want to believe that The Epic and Recomposed really will work as jumping off points for listeners, that they won't just settle for these token albums but rather dive into classical music or jazz eagerly and discover the true masterpieces of each genre. Perhaps that's overly optimistic and this is just more flavor-of-the-month crap. But I've never been one to be a pessimist.
verneri pohjola - bullhorn
>>61179753
where did you copy paste this from and why?
>>61179739
it's actually bashed because it proposes nothing new, and it's way too long for what it has to offer, while other albums with more artistic merit that didn't have the chance to be mass marketed like this one will stay in limbo forever
I like this one
>>61179830
as strange at it seems, some people are not satisfied with spouting memes all day, and take some time to explain their thoughts
crazy, isn't it?
christian scott atunde adjuah- stretch music
Really enjoyed this
>>61179830
My own review of the album
To provide my own thoughts on the album.
>>61179845
no m8 we just have to meme
>>61179877
Oh great, another Fantanocore.
>>61179907
Oh look, a BBNG-tier meme album.
>>61179753
This is the best post I've ever read on /mu/.
>>61179910
so whats wrong with stretch music and what are some good contemporary jazz albums?
>>61179907
>>61179927
I like this album a lot, but its not jazz. That being said my pick would be pic related
>>61176959
I think that's the only one
>>61180111
I made a list for this purpose:
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/boldfaure/jazz_albums_better_than_the_epic/
>>61180111
there's nothing wrong with it when it's stretched music that is stretched because it's evolving and proposing new ideas as it goes forward
The Epic just stretches over pentatonic scale, which isn't enough to make three cds out of it
otherwise, I'm not the guy you were responding to, but here are some 2015 jazz albums I enjoyed since you ask
Laurent Coq & Walter Smith III - The Lafayette suite
Samuel Blaser - Spring rain
Sylvaine Hélary - Spring rolls / Printemps
Dieter Hilg - Mein Beethoven
Antoine Hervé - Complètement Stones
Arnault Cuisinier - Ainima
Alban Darche hyprcub - Crooked house
Rudresh Manhanthanppa - Bird calls
Erik Friendlander - Oscalypso
Emil Spanyi & Jean Bardy - Very blue
>>61177127
are you serious?
Zorn's stuff is always good
>>61177127
lol
>>61180479
holy fk this is awesome
only knew his Naked City stuff before
what should I listen to next? he has like 5000 albums
shouldn't the weekly blindfold thread be posted already?
>>61181101
I'm scared.
What if the Kamasi Washington general is the best thing we get?
>>61176959
lmao
>>61177072
This has absolutely got to be bait, like for sure. Like I'm 100% sure. Like stop responding to it.
