Playlist, Week of 2022-08-28

Always a pleasure... This week, Braxton, Cecil Taylor, the Muffins, and National Health kept me going...

Playlist 2022-08-29:

*Art Ensemble of Chicago: Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at Iridium "Song for My Sister"
*Beach Boys: Smiley Smile (side 2)
*Beach Boys: Friends (side 2)
*Beatles: Past Masters (2009 stereo remaster) (side 4)
*Paul Bley: Open, to Love
*Anthony Braxton: Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989
*Anthony Braxton: Sextet (Parker) 1993 (disc 1)
*Anthony Braxton with the Creative Jazz Orchestra: Composition No. 175, Composition No. 126 Trillium-Dialogues M (disc 2)
*Anthony Braxton: Trillium J (disc 1)
*Donald Byrd: Royal Flush
*Kris Davis: Capricorn Climber
*Kris Davis Infrasound: Save Your Breath
*Miles Davis: In Concert (disc 1)
*Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage
*Herbie Hancock: Speak Like a Child
*Andrew Hill Big Band: 2003-05-24 Bath (CDR)
*Tim Hodgkinson: Onsets
*Lightnin' Hopkins: Lightnin' and the Blues: Complete Herald Recordings
*Keith Jarrett: Byablue
*Keith Jarrett: Bop-Be
*Paul Motian: Tribute (side 1)
*Muffins: Manna/Mirage
*Muffins: <185> (sides 1, 2)
*Muffins: Open City
*National Health: Playtime
*Nurse With Wound: Flawed Existence (disc 4)
*Prince: Miscellaneous (CDR compilation)
*Steely Dan: Can't Buy a Thrill
*Karlheinz Stockhausen: Historic First Recordings of the Klavierstücke I-VIII & XI (David Tudor)
*Cecil Taylor: Love for Sale
*Cecil Taylor/Buell Neidlinger: New York City R&B
*Cecil Taylor: Student Studies "Amplitude"
*Cecil Taylor: The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert at the Town Hall NYC November 4, 1973
*Cecil Taylor Workshop Ensemble: Legba Crossing
*Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: 2 Ts for a Lovely T (disc 1)
*Thee Oh Sees: A Weird Exits
*Trio M: 2008-01-31 NYC (CDR) (disc 2)
*Trio M: 2009-10-31 Tampere, Finland (CDR)
*Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat
*Work: Live in Japan

 

Reading List, Week of 2022-08-28

Reading List 2022-08-29:

*Mucedorus (started)
*Shakespeare, William. King Henry VI Part 1 (Arden 3rd series, ed. Edward Burns) (reread/started)
*Ellman, Lucy. Things Are Against Us (finished)
*Faulkner, William. Absalom, Absalom! (reread/finished)

 

Playlist, Week of 2022-08-21

 

Shades is my absolute favorite of all the Keith Jarrett "American quartet" (often a quintet, of course) albums... everyone just plays brilliantly on this... so much to learn from Paul Motian... Neil Young nails it again with Noise & Flowers... I'm quite fond of the material Prince wrote for female singers like Sheena Easton, Mavis Staples, Elisa Fiorillo, and Taja Sevelle... "If I Could Get Your Attention" should have been a hit... Nice to hear Cecil Taylor with electric guitar... Still floating my boat: Anthony Braxton...

Playlist 2022-08-22:

*Apollonia 6: Apollonia 6
*Ginger Baker's Air Force: Ginger Baker's Air Force
*Beach Boys: Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971 (disc 3)
*Borderlands Trio: Wandersphere (disc 2)
*David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
*Anthony Braxton: Composition 98 "Part 1"
*Anthony Braxton with the Creative Jazz Orchestra: Composition No. 175, Composition No. 126 Trillium-Dialogues M (disc 1)
*Anthony Braxton Large Ensemble: 2010-04-29 Wesleyan (CDR) (disc 2)
*Anthony Braxton: Composition N. 247
*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Standards) 2020 (discs 11, 12, 13) (streaming)
*Chemical Brothers: Brothers Gonna Work It Out
*Circus Devils: Pinball Mars
*Circus Devils: Five
*J Dilla: Donuts
*Sheila E: The Glamorous Life
*Sheila E: Romance 1600
*Sheila E: Sheila E
*Elisa Fiorillo: I Am (selections)
*Jimmy Giuffre 3: 1961 (disc 2)
*Keith Jarrett: Mysteries
*Keith Jarrett: Shades
*Madhouse: 8
*Madhouse: 16 (New Directions in Garage Music)
*Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home
*Roscoe Mitchell/Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble: Three Compositions "Quintet #1 for Eleven"
*Jason Moran: Black Stars
*Nurse With Wound: Flawed Existence (discs 2, 3)
*Larry Ochs/Nels Cline/Gerald Cleaver: What Is To Be Done "Outcries Rousing"
*Paradoxical Frog: 2012-09-21 New Haven CT (CDR) (disc 1)
*Don Pullen featuring Sam Rivers: Capricorn Rising (side 1)
*Wayne Shorter: The All Seeing Eye (side 2)
*Stereolab: Fluorescences
*Cecil Taylor: Conquistador! (side 2)
*Cecil Taylor Quartet: Incarnation
*Neil Young + Promise of the Real: Noise & Flowers
*John Zorn: Fencing 1978 (John Zorn's Olympiad Vol. 2)
*John Zorn/Spike Orchestra: Cerberus (Book of Angels Vol. 26)
*John Zorn: Mount Analogue

Reading List, Week of 2022-08-21

Reading List 2022-08-22:

*Faulkner, William. Absalom, Absalom! (reread/started)
*Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon (finished)
*Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists (finished)
*Ellman, Lucy. Things Are Against Us (in progress)

 

Playlist, Week of 2022-08-14

 Busy summer... David Boykin's sax solo in "Bright City" on The Secret Escapades of Velvet Anderson blew me away... one of the best evocations of the spirit of John Gilmore I've heard... brilliant album... 

Playlist 2022-08-15:

*Souren Baronian: The Middle Eastern Soul of Carlee Records (disc 1)
*Borderlands Trio: Wandersphere (disc 1)
*Anthony Braxton: Trillium E (disc 4) "Act 4, Part 2"
*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Standards) 2020 (disc 10) (streaming)
*Camberwell Now: All's Well
*Junk Magic: Compass Confusion
*Jimmy Giuffre 3: 1961 (disc 1)
*Mary Halvorson: Belladonna
*Hat Shoes: Differently Desperate
*Keith Jarrett: Death and the Flower
*Madhouse: 8
*Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet: For the Love of Fire and Water
*Nicole Mitchell's Sonic Projections: The Secret Escapades of Velvet Anderson
*Nurse With Wound: Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella
*Nurse With Wound: Flawed Existence (disc 1)
*Nurse With Wound/Graham Bowers: Excitotoxicity
*Annette Peacock: An Acrobat's Heart
*Prince and the Revolution: Dream Factory (soniclovenoize reconstruction) (boot CDR)
*Prince: Miscellaneous (CDR compilation)
*Devadip Carlos Santana: The Swing of Delight
*Sparks: Propaganda (sides 1, 2)
*Sparks: Angst in My Pants
*Mavis Staples: Time Waits for No One
*Sun Ra: Ra to the Rescue!
*Supremes: 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1961–1969 (selections)
*Craig Taborn: Light Made Lighter
*Cecil Taylor: Always a Pleasure "Third"
*Lewis Taylor: Numb
*Time: Ice Cream Castle
*Trio M: 2008-01-31 NYC (CDR) (disc 1)
*Lisa Ullén/Elsa Bergman/Anna Lund: Space
*Various artists: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (disc 1)
*Various artists: 60s Far East Pop and Rock n Roll (CDR compilation)
*John Zorn: Perchance to Dream
*John Zorn/Simulacrum: Spinoza

Reading List, Week of 2022-08-14

 

Reading List 2022-08-15:

*Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon (started)
*Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists (started)
*Nelson, Michael J. Fluffy Humpy Poopy Puppy: A Ruff Dog-Eared Look at Man's Best Friend (started/finished)
*Nelson, Michael J. Happy Kitty Bunny Pony: A Saccharine Mouthful of Super Cute (finished)
*Tudahl, Duane. Prince and the Parade and Sign o' the Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986 (finished)
*Ellman, Lucy. Things Are Against Us (in progress)

Playlist, Week of 2022-08-07

If the weather outside is hot, then I guess the music has to be too...

Playlist 2022-08-08:

*Muhal Richard Abrams: Blues Forever (side 1)

*Art Ensemble of Chicago: Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at Iridium (discs 1, 2)

*Beach Boys: Friends (side 1)

*Boris: Dear

*Anthony Braxton's Sonic Genome Project: 2010-01-31 Vancouver (CDR) (disc 1)

*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Standards) 2020 (discs 8, 9) (streaming)

*Bruford: Rock Goes to College

*Convergence Quartet: Slow and Steady

*Kris Davis: Rye Eclipse

*Miles Davis: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (disc 5) "What I Say"

*Miles Davis: What I Say? Volume 1

*Miles Davis: What I Say? Volume 2

*Miles Davis: Star People (side 2)

*Deerhoof: Devil Kids (sides 1, 2)

*Jack DeJohnette: Made in Chicago "Chant"

*Family: The Family

*Flying Lotus: You're Dead!

*Keith Jarrett: Back Hand

*Jill Jones: Jill Jones

*Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra: Galactic Parables: Vol. 1 (disc 1) "Free Agents of Sound"

*Rob Mazuerk Quartet: Father's Wing

*Paul McCartney: McCartney II

*Charles Mingus Sextet: Concertgebouw Amsterdam (side 2)

*Roscoe Mitchell/Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble: Three Compositions

*Ikue Mori: Tracing the Magic

*New Ting: 2022-07-19 Orbital Music Park, Richmond VA (wav)

*New York Contemporary Five: Consequences

*Prince and the Revolution: Purple Rain (Deluxe Expanded Edition) (disc 2)

*Prince: 1984-11 Detroit (Club Gig) (CDR)

*Prince and the Revolution: Around the World in a Day (side 2)

*Prince: The Work Vol. 2 (disc 1)

*Rova Channeling Coltrane: Electric Ascension

*Ravi Shankar: Master of Sitar "Raag Bihag" 

*Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight (side 1)

*Wayne Shorter: 2001-07-13 Lugano, Switzerland (CDR)

*Wayne Shorter: 2002-07-12 The Hague, Netherlands (CDR)

*Sparks: Kimono My House (sides 1, 2)

*Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Biosystem

*Sun Ra: On Jupiter (side 1)

*Cecil Taylor Quintet: Stereo Drive

*Nate Wooley: Mutual Aid Music (disc 1)

*Stevie Wonder: 1972-11-19 WNET Studios, NYC (CDR)

*Stevie Wonder: Feeding off the Love of the Land: Various Songs (1974-1975) (boot CDR)

*Robert Wyatt: Dondestan (Revisited)

*John Zorn/George Lewis/Bill Frisell: News for Lulu 

Reading List, Week of 2022-08-07

Reading List 2022-08-08:

*Ellman, Lucy. Things Are Against Us (started)
*Nelson, Michael J. Happy Kitty Bunny Pony: A Saccharine Mouthful of Super Cute (started)
*Hanks, Fletcher. You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (started/finished)
*LaValle, Victor and Dietrich Smith: Destroyer (finished)
*Shakespeare, William. Cymbeline (Arden 3rd series, ed. Valerie Wayne) (reread/finished)
*Winn, John C. Way Beyond Compare: The Beatles' Recorded Legacy, Vol. 1: 1957-1965 (finished)
*Tudahl, Duane. Prince and the Parade and Sign o' the Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986 (in progress)

Playlist, Week of 2022-07-31

 

Live at the Apollo Vol. II is still some of the greatest live James Brown you can get, especially the sequence on side 2... what I'm talking about...  While I'm reading these Prince books, I'll no doubt be listening to a ton of Prince and Prince-related grooves over the next month or so... no better way to get ready for that than to listen to some JB.... it's getting to be a hot summer...

Playlist 2022-08-01:

*Apollonia 6: Apollonia 6
*Beatles: Past Masters (2009 stereo remaster) (side 3)
*Paul Bley Quintet: Barrage
*Anthony Braxton Large Ensemble: 2010-04-29 Wesleyan (CDR) (disc 1)
*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Standards) 2020 (disc 7) (streaming)
*James Brown: Live at the Apollo, Volume II (side 2)
*Clear Frame: Clear Frame
*Miles Davis: Star People (side 1)
*Sheila E: The Glamorous Life
*Sheila E: Romance 1600
*Egg: The Civil Surface (side 2)
*Duke Ellington: All American in Jazz
*Family: The Family
*Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (50th Anniversary) (sides 1, 2)
*Mary Halvorson: Belladonna
*Jimi Hendrix: Rainbow Bridge
*Joelle Leandre + Mephista: 2010-06-25 The Stone, NYC (CDR)
*Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (Barbirolli, New Philharminia Orchestra)
*Roscoe Mitchell: L-R-G/The Maze/S II Examples
*Roscoe Mitchell: Numbers
*New Ting: 2022-07-19 Orbital, Richmond VA (wav)
*Herbie Nichols: The Bethlehem Years (side 2)
*Nurse With Wound/Graham Bowers: Rupture
*Prince and the Revolution: From the Soundboard: 1984 Birthday Show (CDR)
*Prince and the Revolution: Around the World in a Day (side 1)
*Royal Blood: Typhoons
*Sparks: Hello Young Lovers
*Steely Dan: Citizen Dan (disc 2)
*Sun Ra: Lanquidity (45rpm version) (sides 1, 2)
*Cecil Taylor Jazz Unit: The Early Unit 1962
*Various artists: Modern Jazz: The Beginnings
*Various artists: Masters of the Modern Piano 1955-1966 (side 3)
*Violet: Violet Ray Gas and the Playback Singers
*Anna Webber: Simple
*Stevie Wonder: On the Right Track: Various Songs (1972-1973) (boot CDR)
*Stevie Wonder: Ribbon in the Sky: Various Songs (1977-1991) (boot CDR)
*John Zorn. The Hierophant
*John Zorn/Simulacrum: Spinoza
*John Zorn: Perchance to Dream

Reading List, Week of 2022-07-31

 

Reading List 2022-08-01:

*LaValle, Victor and Dietrich Smith: Destroyer (started)
*Tudahl, Duane. Prince and the Parade and Sign o' the Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986 (started)
*Litweiler, John. The Freedom Principle: Jazz after 1958 (selections) (reread/finished)
*Morris, Jon. The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half-Baked Heroes from Comic Book History (finished)
*Tudahl, Duane. Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (finished)
*Shakespeare, William. Cymbeline (Arden 3rd series, ed. Valerie Wayne) (reread/in progress)
*Winn, John C. Way Beyond Compare: The Beatles' Recorded Legacy, Vol. 1: 1957-1965 (in progress)