Thirty-three and a Third, Complete List
I am just past thirty-three and a third years old in April of 2020. When I turned thirty I considered posting a list of the thirty best songs – an aesthetic portrait written in the FM radio language of national bank holiday weekends. I couldn’t narrow the list to thirty, so the article was neverContinue reading “Thirty-three and a Third, Complete List”
Thirty-three for Thirty-three, pt. 7 (5-1)
6. Albert Ayler, “Bells,” Love Cry, Impulse!, 1968, USA With 1968’s Love Cry, Albert Ayler distilled the ideas he had developed over years – about tone; melodic, harmonic, rhythmic improvisation; avant-garde and nostalgia; structure and freedom; popular music and art music – into the most succinctly stated free jazz of the decade. There is noContinue reading “Thirty-three for Thirty-three, pt. 7 (5-1)”
Thirty-three for Thirty-three, pt. 6 (10-7)
10. Mor Thiam, “Ayo Ayo Nene,” Dini Safarrar, self-released / Jazzman, 1973, Senegal / USA Mor Thiam’s “Ayo Ayo Nene (Blessing For The Newborn Baby)” is stomping, joyful, pushed into the red, Afrojazz. The baby is Thiam’s son, R&B star, Akon, then less than a year old, pictured on the back cover, propped up onContinue reading “Thirty-three for Thirty-three, pt. 6 (10-7)”
