Playlist, Week of 2018-01-07

In my Henry Threadgill listening thread, it's good to be getting into the Zooid years... Liberty Ellman's guitar tone is softer than previous guitarists Threadgill used, and suits the compositional structure better... and Zooid is all about composition, I think, with not so much clear "soloing" going on, especially from Threadgill, who almost seems to recede into the compositional fabric of the music even as he, and the rest of the band, are continually soloing... it may be more harmolodic than not... I realize I don't have a clear grasp on this music yet, or have a way to write about it... whatever it is, it's always very melodic, and the pulse is always steady and propulsive...

Playlist 2018-01-08:

*Daniel Barbiero/Sam Byrd/Jimmy Ghaphery: 2017-12-02 Rhizome, Washington DC (wav)
*Anthony Braxton: GTM (Outpost) 2003 (disc 1)
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2017-12-27 Nashville (wav)
*Duke Ellington: The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (disc 5)
*Billie Holiday: Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944 (disc 5)
*Ingrid Laubrock with Liam Noble & Tom Rainey: Sleepthief
*Lounge Lizards: No Pain for Cakes
*New Ting Ting Loft: 2017-02-27 "Several Round Things" (wav)
*New Ting Ting Loft: 2017-10-09 "Fight Back in the Kitchen" (wav)
*New Ting Ting Loft: 2017-11-27: "All That Remains" (wav)
*Paradoxical Frog: Paradoxical Frog
*Tyshawn Sorey: The Inner Spectrum of Variables (disc 1)
*Henry Threadgill Zooid: 2007-05-17 NYC (CDR) (disc 2)
*Fall of Troy: Manipulator
*Tito Puente: The Complete 78s: Vol. 2
*Sonic Youth: Bad Moon Rising
*This Heat: This Heat
*Various artists: Space Age Cocktail Lounge (disc 2)
*Yes: 1972-12-15 London (CDR)