Playlist, Week of 2018-03-04

Just pick out any random Anthony Braxton show from the '70s... chances are it will be brilliant and kick-ass... It's starting to look like "back to the seventies" around here, what with the Chicago, and the Yes, and the Roxy Music, and the Braxton, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago... but there are plenty of other decades represented too!... Speaking of Roscoe Mitchell (was I? I was certainly thinking of him), his playing cooks on Grachan Moncur III's New Africa... definitely the highlight of that album for me... Major release on Bandcamp of Braxton's Sextet (Parker) 1993... 11 CDs' worth of Braxton playing Bird!... a little high for my budget, but it's streaming now... essential Braxton, I would say... check out "Parker Melodies, " a wonderful 34-minute deconstruciton and collage of Bird melodies and free but focused energy...

Playlist 2018-03-05:

*Beethoven: Live at the Proms: Symphony No. 5/No. 7 (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
*Chopin: Piano Masterpieces (Martin Roscoe)
*Art Ensemble of Chicago with George Lewis: 1977-07-28 NYC (CDR) (disc 2)
*Daniel Barbiero & Chris Lynn: Doubting All Things Aligned
*Anthony Braxton: Performance (Quartet) 1979
*Anthony Braxton: Sextet (Parker) 1993 "Parker Melodies" (streaming)
*Anthony Braxton: Trillium R: Composition 162 - An Opera in Four Acts/Shala Fears for the Poor (discs 1, 2, 3)
*Duke Ellington: Blues in Orbit
*Jimmy Ghaphery: Songs for Cosmos (streaming)
*Mary Halvorson/Jessica Pavone/Devin Hoff/Ches Smith: Calling All Portraits
*Ingrid Laubrock Anti-House: Ingrid Laubrock Anti-House
*Roscoe Mitchell Discussions Orchestra: Discussions
*Grachan Moncur III: New Africa
*Grachan Moncur III: Aco Dei De Madrugada (One Morning I Waked Up Very Early)
*New Ting Ting Loft: 2016-03-28 “Well Extract Belief System” (wav)
*New Ting Ting Loft: 2018-02-12 "Quit Looking (For Things That Are Missed)" (wav)
*New Ting Ting Loft: 2018-02-19 "Only in Your Ears" (wav)
*Wadada Leo Smith: Najwa
*Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Unreleased Studio Sessions and Broadcasts 1966-1968 (CDR)
*Sun Ra: Discipline 27-II (2017 remaster)
*Sun Ra: Sun Ra Plays Gershwin (streaming)
*Henry Threadgill Zooid: 2010-02-13 NYC (CDR) (disc 1)
*Henry Threadgill Zooid: 2010-05-08 Amsterdam (CDR) (disc 2)
*Various artists: That Devilin' Tune (Vol. II,  disc 8)
*Various artists: Creative Music Studio Archive Selections Vol. 1 (disc 2)
*Beatles: Anthology 2 (disc 1)
*Blind Faith: Blind Faith (Deluxe Edition) (disc 2)
*James Brown: Jazz
*Carter Family: 1927-1934 (disc 5)
*Chicago: At Carnegie Hall (disc 1)
*Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: 100 days 100 Nights
*King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind (disc 1)
*Love: Forever Changes
*Prince: Outtakes 1993-1994 (boot CDR)
*Roxy Music: The Thrill of It All (discs 3, 4)
*Sly and the Family Stone: Live at the Fillmore East October 4th & 5th, 1968 (disc 1)
*Various artists: Eccentric Soul: The Viscojon Label
*Yes: 1974-12-11 Boston (CDR) (disc 1)