Contemplazione

Thank you so much dear Ole! It’s seven hours of wonderful music that I recommend you get even for free, if you can manage to find it all (Mr. Jarrett doesn’t show much respect for his loyal audience - at Umbria Jazz I was in the second row getting free insults - and he almost deserves a little boycott! ;)). I forgot to mention in the review the very good audio quality of the recording: Jack DeJohnette, in particular, is recorded excellently, and you can catch all the most subtle timbral nuances of his brilliant drumming (the cymbals are fantastic); Gary Peacock also receives more than decent treatment, especially on the second night. In short, YOU CAN HEAR the bass, rest assured bass lovers!

I love Unity.....well written Drugo! No sabotage...(P.S.: but wasn't Blue Note Since 1939?)

Pachyderm because I had twisted your name into happy hyppo, a snack for kids in the shape of a pachyderm hippopotamus... you read but don’t understand, you look but don’t observe, you hear but don’t listen... poor Drugo! I greet you, with a bit of COMPASSION. P.S.: how can I know what reviews you have written? Is there a list to consult? Otherwise, tell me two or three you are proud of, so I can sabotage them!

happy hyppo you are hostile... pachyderm!! but what is leccaggine? I think you confuse eloquence and good manners with a lack of backbone... DRUGGED

Pippo, you actually said you set off randomly, with "Trailway Express" by Philly Joe... you’re really a DRUGO.

Hello DRUGO!!

Thank you, Muffin! In fact, I believe my language in posts is more "interesting" because I deal with engaging interlocutors, and so in a sense, I know who I'm addressing... and I can respond to specific topics; with reviews, I still need to find my footing, because I can never quite imagine who will be reading it, their level of knowledge, sensitivity, general culture, etc. etc.! For example, in E.S.P. (naïve and pointless introduction aside), I think I wrote with a good command of language and went into detail about the album, but... I'm a show-off and I'm wordy, and they eat me alive! So this time I started the review of Kind with: "Dear friend, know nothing about jazz? Come from other musical realms and don’t know where to begin?" and I ended it with: "(NOTE for jazz lovers: this was just a 'nudge' to encourage non-jazz lovers to approach this essential milestone of 20th-century culture!). My hope was that it would be read primarily by those who aren’t jazz experts, who, of course, (the experts) would NOT be satisfied with such a (deliberately) superficial treatment! I just tried to communicate a clear message, especially in the second part, which is a warm invitation to listen and to buy (no Mp3 with Kind, respect!). I didn't aim to add anything to the pool of information available on Kind! For that, even the excellent book by Ashley Kahn isn’t enough, let alone a review! Who knows, maybe next time I’ll try some rhyming couplets without saying a damn thing about the album, or I’ll share my personal and sentimental experiences (always without saying a word, of course), I've seen that those are really in vogue!

How is it possible to have so few visits, so few votes, so few comments? It’s definitely not one of Mr. Jarrett’s most popular albums, but damn, where has curiosity gone? MrNo, I completely agree about the beauty of this music, which can be sweetly melodic but also captivating like few others (I’m thinking of the third track, "Untitled"). What can I say, great idea to highlight it!

Maybe both methods are adequate... let’s put it this way: one has just gotten his driver's license and starts with a Ferrari; case 1): he doesn't know how to drive the Ferrari, if he started with a Punto he would go faster, but he manages it and by driving it a lot, who knows, he might be able to shift to second, third, etc.; case 2): he doesn't know how to drive the Ferrari, he goes fast without control and crashes, but doesn’t die; he will never drive that kind of car again out of fear of crashing again; case 3): he’s Schumacher! Now, we can say that in case 1 and case 3 the outcome is positive, while in case 2 it’s disastrous. Since statistically there are very few Schumis, and case 2 is the most probable... advising not to start with the Ferrari, more than being rational, I would say it's a kind-hearted concern.

@ajeje: I completely agree about Ayler! I like him, and there's nothing complicated about it, but I think the problem many listeners have with him concerns his sound, which at times can seem as delicate as a loud curse in church during a wedding! Would you recommend "spiritual Unity" to your aunt if she wanted to start listening to jazz? Just like you would suggest your 10-year-old nephew read Virginia Woolf right away?