Playlist, Week of 2018-09-30

I am starting an informal (and not necessarily chronological) romp through the discography of Craig Taborn (at least through what I have access to)... as I think back on my experience at the Big Ears Festival earlier this year, besides Roscoe Mitchell and Evan Parker the musician whose performances I find myself ruminating over the most is Taborn... I missed his quartet, which was on the one day I wasn't there, but he shined in sets with Rocket Science, the Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, and Roscoe Mitchell... I was especially impressed by two things: his super-sensitive approach to the piano with Rocket Science, presenting a lyrical counterpoint to the atonal flutterings of Sam Pluta's electronics and Peter Evans' trumpet, and his majestic electronics statement as part of the huge Roscoe Mitchell Bells for the South Side ensemble... Taborn's earliest recording, James Carter's JC on the Set, places him firmly in the jazz quartet tradition, albeit one that's stretched inside and out both by Carter's stylistic breadth and by his choice of material, which ranges from Don Byas and Duke Ellington to Sun Ra and three seasoned originals... Taborn proves himself as comfortable as Carter is with both taking it out and grooving on the inside... he continues this multi-faceted approach on Conversin' with the Elders... it's partially this versatility, I think, that so attracts me to his playing, and his career ever since has thrived on this multiplicity of approaches... he can hold his own in the Cecil Taylor arena, he can swing with the best of them, and he is equally adept with electronics in both the noise sphere (Junk Magic) and the fusion sphere (Dave Holland's Prism)...

Playlist 2018-10-01:

*Anton Webern: Complete Webern - Boulez (disc 3)
*AMM: An Unintended Legacy (discs 1, 2, 3)
*Daniel Barbiero/Ken Moore/Dave Vosh: Transparent Points on Four Axes
*Anthony Braxton: Trillium E (disc 2)
*James Carter: JC on the Set
*James Carter: The Real Quietstorm
*James Carter: Conversin' with the Elders
*James Carter: In Carterian Fashion
*Francisco Mora Catlett: World Trade Music
*Mary Halvorson: Code Girl
*Alexander Hawkins: Unit[e] (discs 1, 2)
*Mat Maneri: Sustain
*Wolfgang Muthspiel: Rising Grace
*New Ting Ting Loft: 2018-09-11 Venable St., Richmond, VA. "Kitchen Cousins" (mp3)
*New Ting Ting Loft: 2018-09-24 "How Easily I Can Lie" (wav)
*Evan Parker: Strings with Evan Parker (disc 1)
*Hugh Ragin: An Afternoon in Harlem
*David Rogers Sextet: The World Is Not Your Home
*Archie Shepp: Attica Blues
*Sun Ra: The Stranger
*Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra: The Night of the Purple Moon
*Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra: Horizon "The Shadow World"
*Band: Music from Big Pink
*Jeff Beck Group: Jeff Beck Group
*Dark Carpet: 2018-04-27 Brooklyn, NY (CDR)
*Mike Elder/Harry Forrest/Greg Jordan/Sam Byrd: 2018-09-22 (wav)
*Emerson Lake & Palmer: Emerson Lake & Palmer
*Emerson Lake & Palmer: Tarkus (side 1)
*Esquivel & His Orchestra: Complete 1954-1962 Recordings (disc 4)
*King Crimson: 1972-03-08 Milwaukee
*Paul McCartney: Egypt Station
*National Health: Missing Pieces
*Various artists: Charas Babu: Inspiring Colourful and Rare Sounds from India
*Various artists: Brian Wilson: Visions: His Complete Outside Productions (boot CDR) (disc 1)
*Various artists: History of Electronic/Electroacoustic Music (CDR compilation) (discs 16, 17)