Today I will begin a daily column called Rediscovery at All About Jazz. The purpose of the column is to bring an older album deserving of attention back into the spotlight - and not just jazz either. It started on social media where, for example, Hatfield and the North's The Rotter's Club ran the other day.
The purpose of Rediscovery is not to be simply me feeding you information, though; as with social media, I am trying to engender discussion about albums that I think are important, and the reason for moving it to All About Jazz was to make it possible to centralize discussion in one place. If you have a Facebook, Twitter or Google account you do not need to create a new account with the site's comment software, DISQUS; you can sign in with any of those accounts and if your browser has cookies enabled you should only have to do that once.
So here goes today's first Rediscovery at All About Jazz, Don Byron's wonderful Tuskegee Experments. The first column explains the reason behind its creation, so is longer than usual. Most entries will be just a couple paragraphs because your thoughts matter, so please read and post your comments.
Ok, as usual, the first bit of each day's column will be posted in this thread, with a link to the full article at All About Jazz. Enjoy....and please participate!!
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For this column I step away from my avoidance of personalization because its roots and intent are, indeed, very, very personal.
The germination of this column began as the result of two coinciding events. First, after months of relative inactivity due to a health matter that, while thankfully non-life threatening and treatable, could take several more months to get me back to my usual breakneck speed and has slowed my writing to a crawl, I began to feel like I needed to do something to keep promoting music that moved me, but in ways that required less physical and mental energy.
The second—and much happier—event was acquiring the best sound system I have ever owned (and will likely ever own) recently, as part of an upcoming home renovation. Still waiting on the Tetra 111 Subwoofers to complete my 333 stacks (combined with the renowned Ottawa company's 222 bookshelves), Oppo BDP-105D multimedia player and Leema Tucana II integrated amplifier, the sound is still so many orders of magnitude beyond what I had that I have truly begun hearing albums as if for the first time...the increase in fine detail, depth, breadth and transparency has truly been that significant.
And so, as I began pulling out albums I'd not heard in weeks ... months ... years ... decades ... I thought: why not share these records with others who may or may not know them? Focusing largely on reviewing new releases, I've never had the chance to pay respect to so many older recordings that have shaped my ears and my love of music.
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