Playlist, Week of 2021-08-08

Excellent reinterpretations of Duke Ellington themes from Matthew Shipp on To Duke... The new Prince album (recorded in 2010) is nice enough, if not the masterpiece some critics are calling it... definitely not the best thing he did in the 21st century... Sometimes some solo Anthony Braxton really hits the spot... McCoy Tyner really hit his stride on Cosmos and Extensions, both albums represented on the Mosaic Select set... I especially love the pieces with strings, and Wayne Shorter's work on Extensions is stellar... Alice Coltrane's harp fits in beautifully as well...

Playlist 2021-08-09:

*Joshua Abrams Quartet: Unknown Known
*Jeff Beck Group: Jeff Beck Group
*Anthony Braxton: Saxophone Improvisations Series F (disc 1)
*Anthony Braxton: 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017 (Comp. 402, 408)
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2019-05-02 Nashville (rough mix wav) "No. 5"
*Duke Ellington: 1899-1974 (side 9)
*Tomas Fujiwara: 7 Poets Trio
*Guided By Voices: Live from Austin TX (disc 1)
*Mary Halvorson/John Dieterich: A Tangle of Stars
*Jimi Hendrix Experience: Winterland (disc 4)
*Hypercolor: Hypercolor
*Susie Ibarra: Folkloriko
*Henry Kaiser: Requia and Other Improvisations for Guitar Solo
*Massacre: Love Me Tender
*Evan Parker/Matthew Shipp: Rex, Wrecks, & XXX (disc 2)
*Andy Partridge: My Failed Songwriting Career, Vol 1
*Pere Ubu: By Order of Mayor Pawlicki (Live in Jarocin) (disc 1)
*Robert Pollard: Motel of Fools
*Prince: Welcome 2 America
*Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter One: Les Gens de Couleur Libres
*Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
*Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee
*Matthew Shipp Trio: To Duke
*Wadada Leo Smith: Ten Freedom Summers (discs 2, 3)
*Sparks: Past Tense (The Best of Sparks) (discs 1, 2, 3)
*Sparks: A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
*Karlheinz Stockhausen: Historic First Recordings Of The Klavierstücke I-VIII & XI (David Tudor)
*Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra: Other Planes of There "Other Planes of There"
*Craig Taborn/Vadim Neselovskyi: Da'at
*Cecil Taylor Trio and Quintet: Love for Sale
*Tiger Trio: Unleashed
*McCoy Tyner: Mosaic Select (discs 1, 2)
*UYA: 1992-04-05/18: Delay (wav)
*UYA: 1992-04-18/21: Business Button (wav)
*Various artists: The Wrecking Crew (discs 1, 2)
*Various artists: Ad-Rock & Mike D's Alphabetical Jukebox (CDR compilation) (discs 37, 38, 39)