Jazz for aficionados

Hello again Frogman.  Well, good to know there's at least one adventurous soul on this jazz thread.  Always pleased to find shared appreciation of music I like.  Neil Cowley is new to me too.  Apparently the darling of some of the critics which tends to make me suspicious - especially if you read their over the top superlatives.  I try not to hold that against him!  There is something really powerful and almost hypnotic about that "She Eats Flies" live performance.  BTW - We have cats.  All indoor.  They eat flies.  

Stumbled on NCT "Spacebound Apes" first via a Spotify recommendation.  Like it.  Wish it were longer in the sense of more elaboration of the various song ideas.  Haven't given Displaced (album with Flies) a full listen yet but planning too.

Yes...I'm familiar with minimalist Classical though hardly expert on the genre.  The Kuba Kapsa Ensemble's Vantdraught 10 that I posted for Inna (though he wasn't having any of it) draws heavily from that style.  Rachel Grimes and Rachel's are also influenced by minimalism.  Can't recall who her big influence is...maybe (Geoffrey Burgon?).  Saved him but have not listened yet.

I know Adams name and connection to minimalism but have not listened to him.  Terry Riley might be another I'm vaguely familiar with.  Obviously, you can't avoid Phillip Glass.  He does get a little repetitive (hahaha).  I do like his Koyaanisqatsi however.  

Good listening to you and thanks for the comments.

Correction - Not Geoffrey Burgon.  Make that Michael Nyman.

Ghosthouse, I also enjoyed Neil Cowley. I will have to listen to more and get back with you.

This is from the new Pat Metheny recording. Since you, at this time, cannot hear the subtleties/ language of Metheny's jazz playing,{ hope that is not taken negatively}, he does go offroad every now and then.

I really like the trumpet player!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVXcpmIQ6w8

Great, Acman....glad you enjoyed that Neil Cowley.  I'm still a bit up in the air about him.  Just haven't listened enough.  Liking what I've heard but some part of me is also thinking "he's dumbing it down".  I only just started sampling his stuff,  however.

Thanks for sharing the new Pat Metheny.  My intro to him was As Falls Witchita Falls.  I actually saw him with Lyle and the other guys at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton NJ. for a concert in support of that album.  It was really magical but maybe favored Lyle's contribution as opposed to Pat's guitar work.  

I'm definitely not offended about your comments re my appreciation of his more standard jazz guitar work and sound.  It is what it is for me at this point.  It's funny how you say, "he does go off road every now and then" because all I ever knew of Pat early on WAS off road and, not knowing any better, I thought that was his "on road".  Maybe I will try to list the Pat Metheny stuff I have.  You can see what my listening experience of him has been.  Thanks again.  

Later.  Ciao.

Acman - this Cuong Vu stuff is interesting.  Makes me want to hear more by him.  Only puzzler right now is, I'm almost 8 minutes into this 9 minute Acid Kiss track and I haven't heard a lick from Pat...leastways, don't think so.  Well, guess I know what'll be on the box tonight.  This album is on TIDAL.