In thinking about Ginger Baker's legacy, I say ignore"Toad" and focus on the live version of "Spoonful" from Wheels of Fire... blues-based free-jazz/rock improv at its finest... Another great (if not the greatest) free rock improv band was Henry Cow... even more than the improvisations on Unrest and Concerts, the various live concerts that came out as part of the 40th anniversary box set really solidify their position as top-notch, exciting, and challenging improvisers... "A Fireside Chat with Lucifer," from the album of the same name, is one my favorite lengthy guided improvs from Sun Ra... Ra's '80s work often gets overlooked, but there's a lot of gold there, especially in the Black Saint and A&M albums...
Playlist 2019-10-14:
*Boneshaker: Fake Music
*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (New Haven) 2014 (discs 1, 3)
*Anthony Braxton: Quintet (Tristano) 2014 (streaming) (disc 1)
*Taylor Ho Bynum 9-Tette: The Ambiguity Manifesto
*Gerald Cleaver/William Parker/Craig Taborn: Farmers By Nature (discs 1, 2)
*Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons
*Miles Davis: Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (disc 4)
*Duke Ellington: The Reprise Studio Recordings (disc 1)
*Mary Halvorson Octet: 2018-11-12 Venice (CDR)
*Ingrid Laubrock: Serpentines
*Charles Mingus: Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (discs 4, 5)
*New Ting: 2019-10-07 "We All Answered" (wav)
*Ches Smith: The Bell
*Harvey Sorgen/Joe Fonda/Marilyn Crispell: Dreamstruck
*Sun Ra: A Fireside Chat with Lucifer (side 1)
*Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: Two Ts for a Lovely T (disc 4)
*Weather Report: Weather Report
*James Brown: The Singles, Vol. 10: 1975-1979 (disc 2)
*James Brown: The Singles, Vol. 11: 1979-1981 (discs 1, 2)
*Cold Blood: Live at the Record Plant, Sausalto CA Jul 2, 1974 (CDR)
*Cream: Wheels of Fire (disc 2)
*Danger Mouse: The Grey Album
*Digital Underground: Sons of the P
*Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings (disc 13)
*Earth Wind & Fire: Open Our Eyes
*Gentle Giant: Acquiring the Taste
*Gentle Giant: Three Friends
*Henry Cow: Trondheim (discs 1, 2)
*Howlin' Wolf: Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 (disc 2)
*Led Zeppelin: Presence
*Todd Rundgren: Faithful
*Various artists: History of Electronic/Electroacoustic Music (CDR compilation) (disc 33)
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