@@nicknickson3650 i still am not used to track 2 of Thembi 🤣 i love crazy stuff but that one is different I love Morning Prayer, Thembi and Astral Travelling tho!
@@stijn8588 check out the albums Mwandishi and Crossings by Herbie Hancock if you haven't heard them yet ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uUFINUzGt8E.html
What an unexpected review. I can't tell you how much this music means to me. My dad has Alzheimer's and recently moved to a memory care facility. We have always bonded through music, so I bought him a record player for his room and some records. This was one of the first records I bought him (he's been a fan of Pharoah since the 70s but hadn't heard this). He listens to it all the time now, it seems to be one of the few things that brings him comfort. I'm so grateful to Pharoah for creating such beautiful music before he left us, and that this music allows me to still connect to my dear dad. Thanks Smags for giving this one a listen. I needed this.
What a beautiful testament to the power and love of music. If I know anything about alzheimers it's that your father could have EASILY never recognized Pharoah in this album, as it is new to him and not a memory from a while ago. But the spirit of Pharaoh persists, all these years later, through stylistic changes etc. And your father still recognized and connected with that familiar essence. How beautiful, for all involved ❤❤❤🙏 ❤❤❤
Although Pharoah passed shortly after this album came out, I was very lucky to to see Floating Points and the LA Philharmonic perform this piece in its entirety at the Hollywood Bowl with Shabaka Hutchings (of The Comet Is Coming). One of the best live concert experiences ever. Also for the next Jazz album, I really gotta rep Headhunters by Herbie Hancock. 40 minutes of funky goodness, one of the best fusion albums ever
YES my dude. So glad you have dipped your toes into jazz. Jazz music is true expression of the soul. Here are three classic jazz albums: "Kind of Blue" - Miles Davis "Portrait in Jazz" - Bill Evans "Chet Baker Sings" - Chet Baker There are so many more though. Jazz music was popular in the 1920s and spans decades with many evolutions, many ebbs and flows. It became even wilder after "Bitches Brew."In my opinion the best way to discover new jazz is to check out the discographies of jazz artists you like.
Bro watching you in the various stages of PRONE position throughout the second half of this album IS jazz, YESSSSS, LFGGGG ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥🙏❤️🔥❤️🔥🙏🤬🙏🙏❤️🔥❤️🔥
Now you just have to cover all the jazz classic! A love supreme, kind of blue, black saint and the sinner lady, bitches blues, etc Also please do karma by Pharoah sanders its amazing
This record is like going on a train ride through the Alps. Just seeing a different views, across rolling hills, on the side of mountains, and pointing trees. And you just stare as they come and go, with the sounds of the train being your anchor point. RIP Pharoah Sanders. Jazz legend, and pioneer.
For me the "meaning" of this album is an intergenerational conversation through music. You have classical, jazz, and electronic music in one seamless piece. Pharoah Sanders was in his 80s at the very end of his career while Floating Points (who composed the work) is in his mid 30s. The title "Promises" could refer to the what we owe and give eachother through the generations. The promises we make and keep down the line. Sanders was an intensely spiritual and family based man. He spent his last years surrounded by his church and family, using music to honor god and connect with his loved ones.
This is one of my favorite albums ever, so happy to see you react to this. I’d love to see you react to Songs About Leaving by Carissa’s Wierd, masterpiece of a slowcore album and another one of my favorites
Definitely an interesting choice for your first jazz listen lol you should peep some Miles Davis, Kind of Blue is a great intro to Miles and Jazz in general. Really chill too. In A Silent Way by him is amazing too though and is more jazz fusion with elements of ambient to it. I think you'd enjoy either of these. Keep up the great work Smags! You a G for this one. Hope you and everyone else has a great day!
This album is always guaranteed to make me sob. Even more so after Sanders passing. He last moments on the saxophone are him daringly declaring his humanity amidst a sea of electronic instrumentation that swallows him in the end. Haunting and beautiful
Love how I recommend albums but then get put onto so much by your uploads Still tho everything Harmony by the lemon twigs. Fav album of last year. Would recommend
I got this recommended by my local record store and listened to individual movements and didn’t get it. Only when I actually took my time and listened to it front to back I was blown away!
This suite is on par with The Four Seasons and A Love Supreme for me. I can't make it five or six minutes in without starting to cry my eyes out. You used the exact word I think of for this album: curing.
This is pretty far from the stuff you usually react to, but The World We Knew by Frank Sinatra has some incredibly potent musical moments i'm not sure how else to describe it, there's no reactions of it yet on RU-vid but I need to see the emotions hit another like it did for me😭 good reaction as always on this one
if you need another album that puts you to sleep, Windswept Adan by Ichiko Aoba. all ill say is that laying in a hammock by a lake or ocean is the ideal way to listen. i think i had the best sleep of my life in a hammock by a lake while listening to this for the first time but then i had to listen again when i woke up because it was so good
if you want more jazz, karma by pharaoh sanders is amazing, and the new kamasi washington album sounds like it’ll be hella good from the two songs released already also don’t forget about blood on the tracks by bob dylan and dopethrone by electric wizard, and maybe filosofem by burzum
You gotta check out some of floating points solo work, "crush" might be the best entrypoint i think. He is one of the best electronic artists doing it right now, and definetly worth a video
Please please please check out the album Choirs Of The Eye by Kayo Dot! Avant garde doom metal with modern classical and jazz influenced elements, the primary composer studied under Yusef Lateef, another jazz great now passed in a similar school of jazz as Pharaoh Sanders, if you liked this I think you'll like the vibe of that album a lot!
I don’t know much about him but floating points is awesome from his music I’ve heard. Definitely highly recommend Crush from him. Really cool modular synth/drum programming
Promises is one of my fave albums ever. Karma is up there as well so that’s a must do eventually. If you’d like to hear another album from the year promises came out that I would consider a behemoth of the decade it would be by the time I get to phoenix by injury reserve. Absolutely decade defining
Love the Jazz review. Other cool modern jazz albums to check out: Yussef Dayes- Black Classical Music Cecile Mcclorin Salvant- Ghost Song Makaya Mccraven- In These Times Ambrose Akinmusire- Owl Song
Journey to the One and Africa are my favourite Pharaoh Sanders records. I recommend listening to Miles Davis Kind of Blue. Dexter Gordon Go, John Coltrane Blue Trane
Man i fckin love your reactions!!! If you're on the mood for metal, i think you really should react to Electric Wizard's Dopethrone, my fav album oat :D
If you want to get into japenese jazz i would recomend caseopia (jazz fusion) or scenery (classic jepense jazz). Both albums are incredible in different ways.
