Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
I've been meaning to start this thread for a while but have dithered because I know I'll find it tricky to explain. It all makes sense in my head, please bear with me.
It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of electronic music and it was one of my routes into jazz. One of the first jazz musicians I heard who piqued my interest was Herbie Hancock; blame "Rockit" and then, much later, John Surman playing solo on BBC2's Late Show:
The mix of synths and sax meant an expensive time buying all of his ECM output, looking to find more like that. Also that led to the Azimuth albums.
What I like is the use of synthesizer / electronics in jazz in their own right. Not the use of electronics or synthesizers as a different timbre to play extended chords or solos with, but as complementary / contrasting sound source or rhythmic bed to play against. As well as John Surman, other examples of the sort of use I'm talking about:
Or the use of David Durrah's Moog interludes in this:
Are there any artists / releases you can think of like those?
It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of electronic music and it was one of my routes into jazz. One of the first jazz musicians I heard who piqued my interest was Herbie Hancock; blame "Rockit" and then, much later, John Surman playing solo on BBC2's Late Show:
The mix of synths and sax meant an expensive time buying all of his ECM output, looking to find more like that. Also that led to the Azimuth albums.
What I like is the use of synthesizer / electronics in jazz in their own right. Not the use of electronics or synthesizers as a different timbre to play extended chords or solos with, but as complementary / contrasting sound source or rhythmic bed to play against. As well as John Surman, other examples of the sort of use I'm talking about:
Or the use of David Durrah's Moog interludes in this:
Are there any artists / releases you can think of like those?