More modality and non-resolution

Slightly over a year ago I posted a badass mix of modal jazz (here). That was actually part two. I couldn’t find part one until just now, so here it is. It doesn’t get any better than this, folks.

Here’s wat Dodz, the dude who created this mix, said about it:

The reason there’s no track title for the braxton thing, is that most of his composition titles are schematics of some sort, usually represented graphically, so i have no way of writing it. I guess i could scan it if anyone is that curious.

There’s so much great jazz out there that could be classified as either ‘modal’ or ‘free’ (tension, non-resolution) that one could easily fill hundreds of mixes.

I started this one with 2 absolute classic jazz nuggets that were composed by miles davis. the first track, ’so what’, being the one that started it all. Milestones is another basic modal track that is centred around just 2 key centres for long periods of the form. The improviser is given a whole different set of possibilities when approaching a tune from this perspective as opposed to songs that are based on a constantly changing harmonic framework, where you’d be more inclined to ‘outline’ the changes as they pass at a quiker rate.

MP3 (160kbps)

Tracklist
01. Miles Davis – So What (Kind Of Blue)
02. Bill Evans – Milestones (Vanguard)
03: John Coltrane – Resolution (A Love Supreme)
04: Anthony Braxton (Montreaux/Berlin Concerts)
05: Michael Brecker – 2 Blocks From The Edge (2 Blocks From The Edge)
06: Pat Labarbera – Up Loose (Pass It On)
07: John Coltrane – Amen (Sun Ship)
08: Ira Sullivan – E Flat Tuba G (Horizons)
09: Wayne Shorter – Juju (Footprints Live)