Showing posts with label Steve Swallow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steve Swallow. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Karin Krog, Steve Kuhn, Steve Swallow, & Jon Christensen - We Could Be Flying (1975)


Related:
Steve Kuhn Trio - Three Waves (1966)
Steve Kuhn - Trance (1975)
Harry Pepl, Harry Joos, & Jon Christensen - Cracked Mirrors (1988)
Ketil Bjørnstad, David Darling, Terje Rypdal, & Jon Christensen - The Sea (1995) + The Sea II (1998)

A solid-gold nugget of space-age jazz. Norwegian singer Karin Krog is front-and-center, while the rest of the band provides a seemingly endless supply of loose, propulsive, hella chill grooves and slowburners.

Track listing:
1. We Could Be Flying
2. Meaning of Love
3. Sometime Ago
4. All I Want
5. Sing Me Softly of the Blues
6. Raindrops, Raindrops
7. Lament
8. Hold Out Your Hand
9. Time to Go

A new kind of light surrounds us all

You should also hear:
Cortex -
Troupeau Bleu (1975)
Kimiko Kasai -
Butterfly (1979)

Monday, September 12, 2016

Steve Kuhn - Trance (1975)


Super-chill, slow-burning jazz led by American pianist Steve Kuhn. Perfect zone-out tunes for yours truly's lazy-as-fuck day -- I goddamn earned it, trust me.

Track listing:
1. Trance
2. A Change of Face
3. Squirt
4. The Sandhouse
5. Something Everywhere
6. Silver
7. The Young Blade
8. Life's Backward Glance

We could be flying

You should also listen to:

Gato Barbieri -
Bolivia (1973)
Henry Threadgill & Make a Move -
Where's Your Cup? (1997)

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Steve Kuhn Trio - Three Waves (1966)


Stripped-down, super-chill post-bop for piano, bass, and drums.

Track listing:
1. Ida Lupino
2. Ah, Moore
3. Today I Am a Man
4. Memory
5. Why Did I Choose You?
6. Three Waves
7. Never Let Me Go
8. Bits and Pieces
9. Kod Piece

Open highway

You might also like:
David Holland Quartet -
Conference of the Birds (1973)
Abdullah Ibrahim -
The Children of Africa (1976)