Outside of Herb Jeffries, Duke Ellington was unfortunate in his choice of male vocalists... on Rotterdam 1969, Tony Watkins is no exception... his execution of "It don't mean a thing" is excruciatingly non-swinging... whether at Duke's behest or on his own volition, it's a real buzzkill that mars an otherwise strong, swinging set... The title song of Primping for the Prom is just the sort of suave, swinging urbanity from Duke that's floating my boat these days... No time for Miles this week... On Les Girls, "The Girls Suite" is a seldom-played set of wonder and swing that I know I'll be returning to time and again... "Suite Thursday" is yet another awesomely swinging suite... What the hell is Coltrane doing on "Offering" from Expression?...it's an offering of love in a torrent of overflowing notes and tones that reach (and maybe even surpass) the intensity often achieved on Interstellar Space...
Playlist 2021-03-08:
*Air: Air Raid (side 1)
*Noël Akchoté: Compositions 241 (Plays Anthony Braxton)
*Noël Akchoté: Compositions 255 (Plays Anthony Braxton)
*Noël Akchoté: Compositions 286 (Plays Anthony Braxton)
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: Message to Our Folks (side 2)
*Daniel Barbiero/Cristiano Bocci: Now/Here
*Beatles: With the Beatles (2009 stereo remaster) (sides 1, 2)
*Beatles: Help! (2009 mono remaster)
*Booker T. & the MGs: Soul Selections (CDR compilation)
*Anthony Braxton/Eugene Chadbourne: Duo (Improv) 2017 (disc 4)
*Circle: 1971-03-03 Hamburg (CDR) "There Is No Greater Love"
*John Coltrane: Expression (side 2)
*Duke Ellington: Monologue (sides 1, 2)
*Duke Ellington: Primping for the Prom (sides 1, 2)
*Duke Ellington: Les Girls! The Girls Suite & Toot Suite Premieres (1958-1963)
*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Suite Thursday/Controversial Suite/Harlem Suite (side 1)
*Duke Ellington: In Coventry, 1966
*Duke Ellington: The Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA-Victor Recordings (disc 20)
*Duke Ellington: Cool Rock
*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Rotterdam 1969
*Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: The Conny Plank Session
*Duke Ellington: Uppsala 1971
*Duke Ellington: Live in Poland (1971)
*Gentle Giant: In a Glass House (side 1)
*Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Vol. 37 (1978-04-15 Williamsburg VA) (disc 2)
*Jimi Hendrix: War Heroes (side 1)
*Jimi Hendrix: Burning Desire
*Jimi Hendrix: Songs for Groovy Children (The Fillmore East Concerts) (disc 3)
*Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: Stir Crazy (CDR compilation) (disc 11)
*Love Supreme Electric: A Love Supreme and Meditations (disc 2)
*Roscoe Mitchell: Splatter
*Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (side 2)
*Luis Russell: 1929-1930 (CDR compilation) (disc 2)
*Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars (disc 1)
*Sun Ra: Egypt 1971 (disc 3)
*Cecil Taylor: 1998-12-06 Yoshi's, Oakland (CDR) (disc 1)
*Various artists: Telephone Lobi
*Yes: Close to the Edge "Close to the Edge"
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