Playlist, Week of 2020-02-16

I have really been enjoying the new album from OOIOO... Nijimusi is perhaps closest in spirit to Taiga and to the Boredoms' Vision Creation Newsun, with its extended grooves, layered guitar chords, and general spacey feel... six years was a long time to wait for a new album; here's hoping the next one will show up sooner... Kabalaba (with Muhal Richard Abrams) and the 1984 Paris concert with Cecil Taylor are prime examples of full-bore Art Ensemble... both feature pretty much high-energy in-your-face improvisation the whole time... and both feature excellent guest work from pianists who match their energy and power at every step of the way... gawd, I love this music... Digging deep into recent recordings with Rodger Coleman... where the hell do we come up with all this stuff?... I also continue to be energized by Henry Cow...

Playlist 2020-02-17:

*Art Ensemble of Chicago with Muhal Richard Abrams: Kabalaba
*Black Host: Life In The Sugar Candle Mines
*Bill Bruford's Earthworks: The Sound of Surprise
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: The Mathematics of War "New Landscape"
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2019-08-27 Nashville (rough mix wav)
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2019-08-28 Nashville (rough mix wav)
*Alice Coltrane: Ptah the El Daoud
*Miles Davis: The Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection, Vol. 2 (LP 1, LP 2)
*Duke Ellington: Duke 56/62 Vol. 1 (sides 2, 4)
*Samuel Goff: Transmissions
*Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith - Yo Miles!: Sky Garden (discs 1, 2)
*Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith - Yo Miles!: Upriver (discs 1, 2)
*Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith - Yo Miles!: 2000-03-04 Fillmore (CDR) (disc 1)
*Layers of Memory: Hence Thrice
*Keeril Makan: In Sound
*Maybe Monday: Saturn's Finger
*John McLaughlin: My Goal's Beyond (side 2)
*New Ting: 2020-02-03 "Fred's Lane Is My Lane" (wav)
*Larry Ochs/Nels Cline/Gerald Cleaver: What Is to Be Done "Shimmer Intend Spark Groove Defend"
*David Sancious And Tone: Transformation (The Speed Of Love) (side 1)
*Soft Machine: 5
*Cecil Taylor/Art Ensemble of Chicago: 1984-10-30 Paris (CDR) (track 2)
*John Zorn: Chimeras (revised)
*Various artists: History of Electronic/Electroacoustic Music (CDR compilation) (disc 44)
*Big Star: Complete Third (disc 2)
*Chris Cutler/Fred Frith: Live In Prague And Washington (side 1)
*Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose
*Graham Central Station: Release Yourself (side 2)
*Guided By Voices: Propeller
*Guided By Voices: Vampire on Titus
*Guided By Voices: Bee Thousand
*Henry Cow: 1975-05-17 Grenoble, France (CDR)
*Henry Cow with Robert Wyatt: 1975-06-22 Rome (CDR)
*Henry Cow: Western Culture (Cow Box Redux)
*Sean O'Hagan: Radum Calls, Radum Calls
*OOIOO: Nijimusi
*Chano Pozo : El Tambor De Cuba (Life And Music Of The Legendary Cuban Conga Drummer) (disc 1)
*Sheriff Jack: Everybody Twist
*Skeleton Crew: The Country of Blinds
*Esperanza Spalding: Emily's D+Evolution
*Various artists: Country & Western Hit Parade 1966: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Hillbilly Music
*Wilco: 2004-07-08 Stockholm (CDR)
*Brian Wilson: No Pier Pressure (side 2)