Jazz

Poly-Rythmo said:
Some thoughts/overlap with others:

Muriel Grossmann - Golden Rule
My favourite from recent years. A bit of a Coltrane/spiritual vibe. (And if you like this check out Reverence by her too)
Maisha - There Is A Place
Top notch spiritual jazz, but fairly short as just an EP
Theon Cross - Fyah
The tuba player from Sons of Kemet but teams.up with Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd on this one.
Mammal Hands
If you like Gogo Penguin (and I personally like EST a lot more) then check out Mammal Hands. They were on the same label, and are piano, sax and drums trio. I prefer them to Gogo by some distance, and I like Gogo.
Cykada
New group on the fab Astigmatic label from Poland. They're based in London and have a pretty raucous sound with guitar in the mix.
Bonus pick
Quin Kirchner - The Other Side of Time
Another Chicago drummer, this is sadly impossible to find on vinyl currently but I really dig this. Not cut and up and edited like Makaya, but very inventive.
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@Poly-Rythmo thanks for this note. It prompted me to go back and dig into EST more and it's been really great to both rediscover and get a range of their records on vinyl. I'd started with them at a point that I was buying mostly CDs and frankly just stopped listening as I transitioned back to vinyl. It's really been a joy and a great rediscovery during these weird times. Thank you.
 
HuddieLedbetter said:
@Poly-Rythmo thanks for this note. It prompted me to go back and dig into EST more and it's been really great to both rediscover and get a range of their records on vinyl. I'd started with them at a point that I was buying mostly CDs and frankly just stopped listening as I transitioned back to vinyl. It's really been a joy and a great rediscovery during these weird times. Thank you.
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EST are probably in my top 10 bands of any genre. I just love the way they come together so well - the more classical piano, the occasionally distorted bass, and the heavy-metal loving drummer. Their three live albums on vinyl (Hamburg, London, Gothenburg) are all great. The bassist and drummer teamed up with Bugge Wesseltoft for Rymden - it isn't as good as EST but it's decent, and live they're excellent.
 
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