Playlist, week of 2019-01-06

Working through the Craig Taborn discography has been a great way to get exposed to the great playing of all the wonderful musicians he's played with...  for example, I have really enjoying exploring the excellent drumming of Gerald Cleaver, and his excellent album Be It as I See It with Uncle June demonstrates his composing skills as well...  Farmers by Nature is another excellent Cleaver/Taborn project I hadn't been familiar with... I love how Cleaver helps sustain the hypnotic mood generated by Lotte Anker and Taborn on "Cumulus" from Triptych... one of the finest free drummers ever... so glad I got to see him in person, with Nels Cline and Larry Ochs, in late 2016... Mary Halvorson's work with Anthony Braxton through the past decade has been consistently excellent...

Playlist 2019-01-07:

*Lotte Anker/Craig Taborn/Gerald Cleaver: Triptych
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Spiritual (side 1)
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: Phase One
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: Live [Live at Mandel Hall]
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: Bap-Tizum
*Anthony Braxton: Sextet (Parker) 1993 (disc 2)
*Anthony Braxton 12+1tet: 2012-10-13 Venice (CDR)
*Anthony Braxton Diamond Curtain Wall Quartet + Jason Moran: 2012-12-15 Kennedy Center (CDR)
*Anthony Braxton Diamond Curtain Wall Quartet: 2015-01-23 Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France (wav)
*Gerald Cleaver/Uncle June: Be It As I See It
*Gerald Cleaver/Uncle June: 2009-01-06 NYC (CDR)
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2017-11-19 Nashville (rough mix wav)
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2017-11-20 Nashville (rough mix wav)
*Scott Colley: Empire
*Eldorado Trio: Eldorado Trio
*Duke Ellington: The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (disc 9)
*Joseph Jarman: Song For
*Ingrid Laubrock: Contemporary Chaos Practices
*Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth: Deluxe
*Roscoe Mitchell: Sound
*Roscoe Mitchell: Hey Donald
*Jelly Roll Morton: Volume Three (JSP)
*Evan Parker: The Snake Decides
*Evan Parker: Set
*Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo: No Mundo Dos Sons (disc 2)
*Ches Smith: The Bell
*Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars (discs 2, 3)
*Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra: When Angels Speak of Love
*Sun Ra: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 2
*Cecil Taylor Unit: The Unreleased 1976-77 Compositions (Alex Ward youtube compilation)
*David Torn Prezens: 2008-03-14 New Haven, CT (CDR)
*Alex Ward Item 10: Volition (Live At Cafe Oto)
*Beach Boys: 50 Big Ones (disc 1) (selections)
*Beach Boys: Pet Sounds (stereo)
*Beach Boys: Sunshine Tomorrow 2: The Studio Sessions
*Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland (50th anniversary ed.) (disc 2)
*Lemon Twigs: Do Hollywood
*Tito Puente: The Complete 78s: Vol. 1 (disc 2)
*Various artists: Pennies from Heaven: 48 Original Recordings Featured in the BBC TV Serial (selections)
*Various artists: Stax '68: A Memphis story (discs 1, 2, 3)