Playlist, Week of 2020-08-30

I'm a sucker for that Canterbury keyboard sound, that almost-schlocky horror movie organ sound exemplified by Mike Ratledge and Dave Sinclair... it's in heavy evidence in the work of Dave Stewart on Hopper Tunity Box... Stewart cleaned his sound up for his stint with Bruford... while his playing is nice there, I prefer the dirtier sound of his playing with Hatfield and the North and National Health (the first two albums, anyway)... I like the pairing of Derek Bailey with the Ruins, but I think I prefer the Ruins on their own... perversely, their insanity is rather curbed with the addition of Bailey... Some great pop on the new Lemon Twigs album... I can tell it's one of those records that will bear up to repeated listening... I guess I can't avoid the hype, but it is fun picking through the lists and stories about Charlie Parker these days... he still sounds astounding... this is a good list... I hear a lot of Morton Feldman in Tyshawn Sorey... I am enjoying going back through some of my old Blue Note reissue albums... they just sound fantastic...

Playlist 2020-08-31:

*Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Meeting
*Beatles: Introducing the Beatles (sides 1, 2)
*Hamiet Bluiett: Im/possible to Keep (disc 2)
*Bill Bruford: Fainting in Coils (sides 2, 3)
*Buffalo Springfield: Last Time Around
*Don Cherry/Penderecki/The New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra: Actions "Actions"
*George Clinton Presents Parliament/Funkadelic: Mothership Connection Newberg Session
*John Coltrane: Kulu Sé Mama (side 2)
*Miles Davis & His Tuba Band: Pre-Birth of the Cool (sides 1, 2)
*Miles Davis: The Complete On The Corner Sessions (disc 2) "Ife"
*Elton Dean Quartet: 2004-07-26 London (CDR)
*Death Ambient: Drunken Forest
*Decoy with Joe McPhee: Spontaneous Combustion (disc 1)
*Derek and the Ruins: Saisoro
*Duke Ellington's Spacemen: The Cosmic Scene
*Agustí Fernández plus Big Ensemble Taller De Músics: Aura
*Fire! Orchestra/Krzysztof Penderecki: Actions
*Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet: Time Like This
*Benny Goodman: Small Groups 1941-1946 (CDR compilation) (disc 2)
*Guided By Voices: Mirrored Aztec
*Joe Henderson: Multiple
*Henry Cow and Friends: A Celebration of Lindsay Cooper: 2014-11-21 London (CDR) (discs 1, 2)
*Andrew Hill: One for One (side 2)
*Dave Holland: Emerald Tears (side 1)
*Hugh Hopper: Hopper Tunity Box (side 1)
*Keith Jarrett: Standards, Vol. 2
*Jefferson Pilot: Shadow Hobby
*Elvin Jones : The Prime Element (sides 1, 3)
*King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind (disc 3)
*Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: And Other Desert Towns
*Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: Stir Crazy (CDR compilation) (disc 4)
*Lemon Twigs: Songs for the General Public
*Grachan Moncur III: Mosaic Select (disc 3)
*Necks: Body
*New Ting: 2019-07-29 "Tardy But Hardy" (wav)
*Charlie Parker: Charlie Parker Volume III (side 1)
*Elvis Presley: A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-55 Recordings (disc 2)
*Dudu Pukwana and Spirits Rejoice: 1980-06-01 Nyon Festival, France (CDR)
*Tom Rainey Trio: 2013-10-19 Brooklyn NY (CDR) "track 6"
*Rova :: Orkestrova: Electric Ascension
*Schubert: Octet (Michael Collins)
*Frank Sinatra: Nice 'n' Easy (side 1)
*Matthew Shipp Quartet: Not Bound
*Sonic Youth: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom
*Tyshawn Sorey: Alloy "A Love Song"
*Space Debris: Behind the Gate (disc 2)
*Cecil Taylor: In Transition (sides 1, 2)
*Tammi Terrell: Come On and See Me: The Complete Solo Collection (disc 2)
*McCoy Tyner: Cosmos (side 1)
*Various ‎artists: Crumb: Original Soundtrack (side 1)
*Various ‎artists: Reunion Tape 1 (cassette compilation) (side B)
*Various ‎artists: Random Radar Records (A Random Sampler) (side 2)
*XTC: Drums and Wires
*XTC: Black Sea (Surround Sound Series) (disc 1)
*XTC: English Settlement (2016 original master ed.)