Playlist, Week of 2023-01-29

Still getting a handle on Cecil Taylor... I've been listening to him for almost 50 years (!) and his music still rewards repeated listening, and also continues to mystify... I'm so glad I got to see him multiple times, and even was able to talk to him (and Jimmy Lyons!) once... it was more like, make a fool of myself and mumble while he looked at me askance... but still... no matter where you dip in his vast discography there are treasures and inspirational puzzles... how on earth was he able to sustain his vision with such power and uncompromising effort, for so many years?... it occurs to me that many of the artists I most admire, like Sun Ra and Anthony Braxton, have done that... All three of them have a huge legacy of recorded sound that takes years to process and understand... I'm still working on it, not there yet... and of course there is no end: the journey is all... so much more to say on Mr. Taylor... in due time... for now, my listening, while still all over the place, is focusing on Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, and Charles Mingus... keeping me going...

Playlist 2023-01-30:

*Susan Alcorn/Leila Bordreuil/Ingrid Laubrock: Bird Meets Wire

*Anthony Braxton: Nine Compositions (DVD) 2003 "Comp. 328 (12tet)"

*Terri Lyne Carrington: New Standards, Vol. 1

*Elvis Costello & the Attractions: Get Happy (sides 1, 2)

*Kris Davis: Aeriol Piano

*Duke Ellington: …And His Mother Called Him Bill

*Satoku Fujii: Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams

*Joe Henderson: The Complete Joe Henderson Blue Note Sessions (disc 3)

*Jimi Hendrix: Songs for Groovy Children (The Fillmore East Concerts) (disc 4)

*Henry Kaiser Band: Heart's Desire

*Mat Maneri: Pentagon

*Charles Mingus & the Jazz Workshop All Stars: The Complete Birdland Broadcasts 1961-62 (FM) (discs 1, 2, 3)

*Charles Mingus: The Complete Town Hall Concert

*Andrew Oliver/David Horniblow: The Complete Morton Project

*Charlie Parker Quintet: Complete Live at Birdland (disc 2)

*Greg Saunier/Mary Halvorson/Ron Miles: New American Songbooks, Vol. 1

*Arnold Schoenberg: Das Klavierwerk (Peter Serkin)

*Arnold Schoenberg: String Trio, Op. 45/String Quartet, Op. 10 (Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center) (CDR)

*Tyshawn Sorey: The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (disc 3)

*Sun Ra: Exotica (discs 1, 2)

*Sun Ra: Some Bonus Tracks (CDR compilation)

*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: 1985-09-27/28 Philadelphia (CDR) (discs 1, 2)

*Sun Ra Arkestra: 1985-10-25 Innsbruck, Austria (CDR)

*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Prophet

*Cecil Taylor: The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert at the Town Hall NYC November 4, 1973 

"Autumn/Parade"

*Cecil Taylor: Indent

*Cecil Taylor: Mysteries: Untitled

*Cecil Taylor: 3 Phasis 

*Cecil Taylor Unit: 1978-06-10 Köln (CDR)

*Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane (Ubuntu): 2004-03-28 (CDR) (disc 1)

*Henry Threadgill Zooid: Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp

*UYA: Improvisations 4 (1990-1992): Blister Ethic "Black Drone" 

*Various artists: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (disc 2)

*Anton Webern: Complete Webern - Boulez (disc 6)

*Tony Williams: Spring

*Stevie Wonder: At the Close of a Century (disc 4)

*John Zorn: Tzadik Radio Hour 

*John Zorn: Bagatelles Vol. 12: Cleric