So much Braxton! Still working my way through his mammoth Charlie Parker project... I love the way the band approaches these songs, making them so much more than rote cover versions... the compositions have always deserved far more than that, and Braxton and company deliver fresh interpretations that prove that bebop isn't stale after all... I am especially taken with the various versions of "Repetition"... In my darker times, I drift toward thoughts of teeth-grinding despair... all the attention I give to this one box set is time away from the hundreds of other Braxton recordings to listen to... time, mortality, choice, attention... oh well! "It's all good" as the kidz say... there's so much great music in this world, it's hard to regret listening to any of it... I'm sure Braxton wouldn't begrudge me spending time with his Bird project at the expense of the Trillium operas... which I'll get back to soon...
Playlist 2019-06-24:
*Anthony Braxton: Sextet (Parker) 1993 (disc 8)
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2019-05-02 Nashville (rough mix wav)
*Farmers By Nature: Love and Ghosts (discs 1, 2)
*Grant Green: Idle Moments
*Alexander Hawkins: Iron into Wind (Pears from an Elm)
*Bobby Hutcherson: Dialogue
*Layers of Memory: (More) Layers of Memory
*Roscoe Mitchell Orchestra: Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, March 19-20, 2018
*Joe Morris Quartet: Balance
*Evan Parker: Set
*Tom Rainey Trio: Combobulated
*David Bowie: Low
*James Brown: The Singles, Vol. 1: The Federal Years 1956-1960 (disc 1)
*Nils Frahm: All Melody
*Tim Hecker: Radio Amor
*Henry Cow: John Peel Session 24th April 1973
*Prince: Originals
*Prince: Small Club 1988 (disc 2)
*Rascals: The Island of Real
*Otis Redding: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
*Otis Redding/Carla Thomas: King and Queen
*Esperanza Spalding: 12 Little Spells
*Various artists: Country & Western Hit Parade 1947: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Hillbilly Music
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