Playlist, Week of 2020-05-31

Sympathizing with the protesters and hoping they don't get sick... or shot...  while the country burns, I continue to work and listen to music... Last week, an amazing thing was the presentation on Internet radio of half an hour of unheard Sun Ra from Mexico in 1974, available on Mixcloud... it's an amazing set with lots of solo synthesizer, plus June Tyson on "Stardust from Tomorrow" and "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" and a meaty "Discipline 27-II"... as far as I know, this is the only extant live material from this tour... there's hardly any material from 1974 period; it's one of the least represented years in the discography, so this is major... I love the material from The Compete "Is" Sessions... back when Chick Corea was interesting... it's 1969, and it's related to the work Herbie Hancock was doing with his Mwandishi band in 1971 (largely because of the presence of Bennie Maupin), but it's edgier and a bit more abstract... certainly the spirit of Miles Davis hovers over it, but Woody Shaw more than holds his own... Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette, of course, cook... fusion? classic jazz standards? avant garde? free improvisaiton? I love it all... Wonderful to revisit the dark density of John Coltrane's Om.... let's hear it for clarified butter... Andrew!!! has some of John Gilmore's best work outside Sun Ra... Alice Coltrane's organ work continues to amaze and inspire me... Also enjoying pulling out my old battered Beatles albums, in all their mono glory, to play on the portable turntable out on the deck... Leslie Gore sounds damn good out there too... 

Playlist 2020-06-01:

*Art Ensemble of Chicago: Chi-Congo

*Anthony Braxton: 20 Standards (Quartet) 2003 (disc 2)

*Billy Cobham: Shabazz

*Alice Coltrane: Universal Consciousness

*Alice Coltrane: Transfiguration

*John Coltrane: Om

*Chick Corea: The Complete “Is” Sessions (discs 1, 2)

*Bob Crosby and His Orchestra: Their Greatest Hits (side 1)

*Kris Davis: Rye Eclipse

*Duke Ellington: Blues in Orbit (side 1)

*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Ellington Indigos (side 2)

*Bill Evans: The Complete Riverside Recordings (disc 3)

*Agustí Fernández/Artur Majewski/Rafał Mazur: Spontaneous Soundscapes

*Milford Graves: Bäbi (disc 1)

*Herbie Hancock: Treasure Chest (side 3)

*Andrew Hill: Andrew!!! (sides 1, 2)

*Keith Jarrett: Sun Bear Concerts (disc 6)

*George Lewis/Douglas Ewart: Jila - Save! Mon. - The Imaginary Suite

*Joe McPhee & Chris Corsano: Under a Double Moon

*Joe McPhee & Chris Corsano: Scraps and Shadows

*Lee Morgan: The Procrastinator (side 2)

*Oakland Elementary School Arkestra: The Saga of Padani

*Charlie Parker: The Immortal Charlie Parker (side 1)

*Keith Rowe/John Tilbury: Enough Still Not To Know (discs 1, 2, 3)

*David Sancious: Forest of Feelings (sides 1, 2)

*David Sancious And Tone: Transformation (The Speed Of Love) (side 1)

*Wadada Leo Smith: America's National Parks (disc 2)

*Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Quintessence (disc 2)

*Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra: When Angels Speak of Love (2019 remaster)

*Sun Ra: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1

*Sun Ra Arkestra: 1974: Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City (streaming)

*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: 1976-08-24 Châteauvallon, France (CDR) (disc 3)

*Sun Ra Arkestra: 1976-09 Rehearsal (CDR)

*Mal Waldron: The Call (side 2)

*Lenny White: Venusian Summer (side 2)

*Larry Young: Of Love and Peace

*3-2-1: The Last 3-2-1 (cassette)

*3-2-1: 3-2-1 More Time (cassette)

*Beach Boys: Pet Sounds (side 2)

*Beatles: Introducing the Beatles (sides 1, 2)

*Beatles: Meet the Beatles (sides 1, 2)

*Beatles: A Hard Day's Night (OST) (sides 1, 2)

*Beatles: Beatles VI (sides 1, 2)

*Booker T & The MG's: The Booker T. Set (side 2)

*Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young: Deja Vu (sides 1, 2)

*Gentle Giant: 1976-09-23 Dusseldorf (CDR)

*Lesley Gore: The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore (side 2)

*Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Vol. 5 (1973-11-17 UCLA) (disc 2)

*Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66: Look Around

*Muffins: Manna/Mirage

*Devadip Carlos Santana & Turiya Alice Coltrane: Illuminations

*Devadip Carlos Santana: The Swing Of Delight

*Frank Sinatra: Nice 'n' Easy (side 2)

*Wig Drop: Wig Drop 3