Playlist, Week of 2014-10-26

http://173000.blogspot.com/2008/07/cecil-taylor-tony-oxley.html

I stumbled across Hank Shteamer's most recent blog post about Cecil Taylor, and I am so glad I did...it's chock full of insight and has some great links. I was astounded to find out there that the legendary 10-CD box set of the Feel Trio (Cecil, William Parker, Tony Oxley), Two Ts for a Lovely T, is available on amazon for under $12. MP3s, true, but at 320, and I'll never be able to afford that limited-edition out-of-print box, and it has long been a gap in my Cecil collection, so I jumped on it, and immersed myself in it all week. It is fantastic. Oxley is killer, and the perfect complement to Cecil, who is, as usual, ravishing and beautiful here. Whew.

Playlist 2014-10-27:

*Rodger Coleman & Sam Byrd: Cosmologies (LP) (side A)
*Jimmy Ghaphery/Tatsuya Nakatani: 2014-02-20 Richmond VA (wav)
*Globe Unity Orchestra: 1979-01-26 Bad Godesberg, Germany (CDR)
*Joe Henderson: In ‘n Out
*Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra: Strange Strings (2014 remaster)
*Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: Two Ts for a Lovely T (discs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
*Thumbscrew: 2014-09-13 Chicago (CDR) (disc 1)
*Mike Elder/Harry Forrest/Greg Jordan/Sam Byrd: 2014-08-29 (wav) (selections)
*Four Tops: 50th Anniversary Anthology (disc 1)
*Residents: Meet the Residents
*Il Sogno del Marinaio: Canto Secondo
*Various artists: Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing Off
*Various artists: It’s Saturday Night! Starday-Dixie Rockabilly 1955-1961 (disc 3)
*Frank Zappa: Sleep Dirt (side 1)