Playlist, Week of 2018-12-30

Happy new year to everyone!  Inspired by the Art Ensemble of Chicago biography, I am beginning to delve back into their amazing discography.... and continuing to be blown away by Craig Taborn... the Flaga set is a brilliant showcase for his acoustic piano playing, and it's got some of the best drumming by Tyshawn Sorey I've heard yet... speaking of him, the new Tyshawn Sorey album promises to be amazing... I've only had time to play the first disc (of three!) so far, and the textures and moods of that disc are sumptuous and beguiling... can't wait to check out the rest... didn't realize Joe Morris was on it... Also exciting is the new Insurrection disc... lotsa killer guitar work!... Continuing to explore the new Beach Boys digital releases of alternate takes, backing tracks, and other goodies from 1968... nice to hear "My Little Red Book" finally officially released... Brian really puts his heart and soul into that one!

Playlist 2018-12-31:

*Horacee Arnold: Tales of the Exonerated Flea
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: A Jackson in Your House
*David Binney: Third Occasion
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2017-11-19 Nashville (rough mix wav)
*John Coltrane: Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Deluxe Edition) (disc 2)
*Duke Ellington: The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (disc 8)
*Duke Ellington: Afro Bossa
*Flaga: Flaga (Zorn/Masada Book Two: The Book of Angels Vol. 27)
*Michael Formanek:  The Rub And Spare Change
*Vince Guaraldi Trio: A Charlie Brown Christmas
*Billie Holiday: Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944 (disc 5)
*Ingrid Laubrock: Contemporary Chaos Practices
*Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars (disc 1)
*John Zorn/Insurrection: Salem 1692
*Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam
*Animal Collective: Centipede Hz
*Beach Boys: I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions
*Beatles: The Beatles (Super Deluxe Edition) (disc 2)
*Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland (50th anniversary ed.) (discs 1, 3)
*George Jones and the Jones Boys: Live in Texas 1965
*Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf
*Residents: Duck Stab/Buster & Glen (pREServed Edition) (disc 1)
*Phil Spector: A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
*Various artists: The Spirit of Christmas Past