Playlist, Week of 2018-10-21

Listening to Randy Porter's wonderful work with improvising schoolchildren (The Saga of Padani) reminded me of his early CD with The Manufacturing of Humidifers, Dire Images of Beauty... it's a fun romp through a series of skronky and engaging improvs and quirky compositions... it was great fun to dig this out again; it had been a while... in addition to Porter's inventive guitar playing, it also features the exciting sax work of Dan Plonsey, a major contributor to the Sun Ra Satur listserv back in the early days of the interwebs... Plonsey also appears on Anthony Braxton's Nine Compositions (DVD) 2003...

Playlist 2018-10-22:

*AMM: 2016-11-12 Budapest (CDR)
*Tim Berne: Science Friction
*Tim Berne: The Sublime And: Science Friction Live
*David Binney: Welcome to Life
*Anthony Braxton: Trio (NYC) 2011 (streaming)
*Bruford: Gradually Going Tornado
*John Coltrane: John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
*Duke Ellington: The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (discs 2, 3)
*Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd: Jazz Samba
*Mary Halvorson: Code Girl
*Mat Maneri: Sustain
*Mat Maneri: Pentagon
*Manufacturing of Humidifiers: Dire Images of Beauty
*Thurston Moore/Evan Parker/Walter Prati: The Promise
*New Ting Ting Loft: 2018-10-08 "Corner Winds" (wav)
*New Ting Ting Loft: 2018-10-15 "Who Needs Another Repair Job?" (wav)
*Larry Ochs Sax and Drumming Core: Wild Red Yellow
*Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo: No Mundo Dos Sons (disc 1)
*Ivo Perelman: The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 1: Titan
*Purple Trap: Decided ... Already The Motionless Heart Of Tranquility, Tangling The Prayer Called "I" (disc 1)
*Matthew Shipp Trio: To Duke
*Matthew Shipp: Sonic Fiction
*Sun Ra: ESP Radio Tribute Highlights (disc 1)
*Sun Ra & His Arkestra: The Cymbals​/​Symbols Sessions (New York, 1973) (disc 2)
*Craig Taborn: Junk Magic
*Craig Taborn/Ikue Mori: Highsmith
*Third Coast Ensemble: Wrecks
*Henry Threadgill: Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus
*Vandermark 5: Beat Reader
*Grateful Dead: Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Believe It if You Need It (discs 1, 2)
*Rallizes Dénudés: France Demo tapes
*Spiritualized: And Nothing Hurt
*Yes: 1974-02-28 Detroit (CDR) (disc 2)