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Markleford · Post by **Markleford** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:56 am

Yes: real jazz.

Not "jaath": no soprano sax solos!

Not "jazzy", which seems to only mean "I used a Rhodes sample".

It's a framework for improvisation: it's dirty, it goes "outside", and it's got humor and balls. That's real jazz in my book: let the debate begin.

Long-Distance Stomp (6:51, 128kbps, 6.4Mb)

Hotbop (aka Michael Quooss) on guitar
Markleford (aka, erm, Markleford Friedman) on piano and bass/rhythm programming

We originally planned to have jdg do the drum track, but he got a bit off target after moving and the exploding computers and the Kyma distraction over the past year, so we'll just leave the door open for his Superstar Dub Remix.

Try it: you might like it.

- m

Barnadine · Post by **Barnadine** » Thu May 12, 2005 3:22 am

Smoov!

I tried. I liked. Great intro. Good mix of the angular and laidback. Propulsive rhythm. Yeah.

I'd say there's more than a nod to that whole "rock'n'roll" thing from last century. Which might get the purists' knickers in a bunch, but is perfectly fine in my book.

Very nice indeed.

Gregjazz · Post by **Gregjazz** » Thu May 12, 2005 3:36 am

Bit of punk jazz, eh? Sounds cool!

Personally when I think of jazz, I think of "ok, get out the Real Book."

rockstarfx · Post by **rockstarfx** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:19 am

this has an off-kilter, unbalanced feel that i'm really digging. especially when that distorted guitar riff comes in. sorry for the vague description, but yeah, definitely very cool. i'd like to hear it completely disintegrate into a bashing-every-instrument finale, but i'm destructive that way..

sounds sweet as it is

AndrewSimon · Post by **AndrewSimon** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:28 am

Great! I love it.
The only thing that bothers me is the wide gap in the playing style between the guitar and the piano.

It doesn't sound like two band members..... and I assume this is true judging by the title.

Hovmod · Post by **Hovmod** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:36 am

cool. Leaning towards Scofield or something, there... Great rhythm to kick it off, some funny bits and an actual ending.

sonicsmurf · Post by **sonicsmurf** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:07 am

Great! I also like it. It's just that the drum sounds suck. Still, it's excellent music. Great solos!

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Thu May 12, 2005 9:13 am

Wicked!
And, unlike Andrew, I find the playing styles to match perfectly, of course not in a "classical" jazz sense, but well, the original meaning of jazz has neer been to follow whichever conventions there might be - it's only jazz clone factories that have led us to those assumptions.
If you listen to the likes of John Zorn, Bill Frisell and whomever, you'll just know that they're mixing whatever comes to their mind.
I find your work to perfectly follow these ideas.
Great stuff and marvelleously worked out too!

topaz · Post by **topaz** » Thu May 12, 2005 9:27 am

ahh very cool indeed

my only comment would be the piano round the other way
ie the improv comes in after the safer stuff.

but hey it's done and wicked, i just prefer the way the guitarist breaks us in slowly

great grooves

sic · Post by **sic** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:56 am

Yeah, very cool, and it reminds me sometimes a bit of Scofield too. Excellent porgramming work too, doesn't sound like a computer band

Cheers!

- Ulli -

griels · Post by **griels** » Thu May 12, 2005 11:06 am

Hmm, not bad... Would have liked it to take off (maybe with a soprano sax solo

) at some point, but great stuff

Hovmod · Post by **Hovmod** » Thu May 12, 2005 11:11 am

Sascha Franck wrote: If you listen to the likes of John Zorn, Bill Frisell and whomever, you'll just know that they're mixing whatever comes to their mind.

"The likes of John Zorn" - now there's an oxymoron...

Almost two years ago I had the pleasure of attending a one-off Naked City 10 year reunion concert in Amsterdam's fantastic Carre theatre. The nutty Japanese guy was brilliantly replaced with Mike Patton, otherwise the usual suspects: Zorn, Horowitz, Frisell, Frith...

This has nothing to do with this thread. I just jumped at the ridiculous thought of finding someone "like" Zorn

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Thu May 12, 2005 11:12 am

I enjoyed this quite a bit.
great groove

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Thu May 12, 2005 11:15 am

Hovmod wrote: This has nothing to do with this thread. I just jumped at the ridiculous thought of finding someone "like" Zorn

Heh - well, you're right.
I should've better said "the usual suspects", but that wouldn't be appropriate either.

TrekStar · Post by **TrekStar** » Thu May 12, 2005 11:58 am

heya...congratz to this great collaboration!

groovy / jazzy / weird

highly enjoyed it

especially liked that guitar line on 2:32-2:35

and the piano/guit unisono stuff in the end

greetings to hotbop and markleford

a top team!

Markleford vs Hotbop: Long-Distance Stomp [jazz]