Playlist, Week of 2018-03-11

Delving into the mammoth Anthony Braxton Bird set.... just wonderful... The live Sly & the Family Stone sets from 1968 feature the band at its peak in terms of power and pure funkativity... I was lucky enough to see Sly at the Mosque in '68... as I recall, he was only about 45 minutes late... Love Sonic Youth's noise-rock sensibility with their takes on 20th-century composers like John Cage and Cornelius Cardew... The Beach Boys 2012 show in Texas is a little rougher than the officially released CDs from the 50th anniversary tour, but it is still surprisingly strong...

Playlist 2018-03-12:

*Chopin: Piano Masterpieces (Martin Roscoe)
*Muhal Richard Abrams: Blues Forever
*Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra: Rejoicing with the Light
*Art Ensemble of Chicago with George Lewis: 1977-07-28 NYC (CDR) (disc 3)
*Art Ensemble of Chicago with Hamiet Bluiett: 1979-02-03 NYC (CDR)
*Anthony Braxton: Sextet (Parker) 1993 (discs 1, 2, 3) (streaming)
*Anthony Braxton: Trillium R: Composition 162 - An Opera in Four Acts/Shala Fears for the Poor (disc 4)
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2017-12-27 Nashville (wav) track 4
*Stephan Crump/Ingrid Laubrock/Cory Smythe: Planktonic Finales
*Miles Davis: Miles at the Fillmore (disc 2)
*Bill Dixon: Son of Sisyphus
*Kate Gentile: Mannequins
*Sun Ra: Cosmo Earth Fantasy: Sub Underground Series Vol. 1 & 2 (Art Yard) “Cosmo Earth Fantasy”
*Sun Ra and His Mythic Science Arkestra: The Paris Tapes: Live at le Theatre du Chatelet 1971
*Henry Threadgill Zooid: 2010-02-13 NYC (CDR) (disc 2)
*Henry Threadgill Zooid: 2010-05-04 Rome (CDR) (disc 1)
*Various artists: That Devilin' Tune (Vol. III, disc 4)
*Beach Boys: 2012-04-26 Grand Prairie, TX (CDR) (disc 1)
*Boredoms: Vision Creation Newsun
*Scott Brookman: A Song for Me, a Song for You
*Scott Brookman: Smellicopter (selections)
*Carter Family: Volume 2 1935-1941 (disc 1)
*Chicago: At Carnegie Hall (disc 2)
*Mike Elder/Harry Forrest/Greg Jordan/Sam Byrd: New CDR Compilation (disc 1)
*Fable: 1978-09-25 Hopewell, VA (CDR)
*Grand Funk Railroad: On Time
*Grateful Dead: 1968-02-14 San Francisco (CDR) (disc 1)
*Grateful Dead: 1973-09-11 Williamsburg, VA (CDR) (disc 3)
*George Harrison: All Things Must Pass (disc 1)
*Ned Lagin: Seastones
*Love: Forever Changes
*Tito Puente: The Complete 78s: Vol. 3 (disc 2)
*Sly and the Family Stone: Live at the Fillmore East October 4th & 5th, 1968 (disc 2)
*Sonic Youth: A Thousand Leaves
*Sonic Youth: Goodbye 20th Century (disc 1)
*Various artists: Anthology of Noise and Electronic Music #6: Sixth a-chronology 1957-2010 (disc 1)
*Various artists: Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label
*XTC: Transistor Blast (disc 4)
*Yes: 1974-12-11 Boston (CDR) (disc 2)