Playlist, Week of 2023-08-27

In addition to my Duke-Dead-Braxton-Cecil-Ra-Mingus listening spree, I have also been fitting in lots of Sparks... they've been on a major roll since 1994's Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins... the new album, The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte,  is typical only in its sharp pop brilliance... On the Dead front, I find myself mostly stuck in the early '70s these days... they were just so much better with only one drummer (the awesome, mind-blowing Bill Kreutzmann)... 

Playlist 2023-08-28:

*Art Ensemble: 1967/68 (disc 2) "Trio (Oh Susanna)"
*Beatles: 1963-04-04 Stowe School, Buckingham (CDR)
*Beatles: Abbey Road (Anniversary Edition) (disc 3)
*Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Roots and Herbs
*Anthony Braxton: 4 Compositions (Ulrichsberg) 2005 Phonomanie VIII (disc 2)
*Anthony Braxton/Joe Morris: Four Improvisations (Duo) 2007 (disc 1)
*Centipede: Septober Energy (disc 2)
*Miles Davis: In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete (disc 1)
*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: 1956-04-16 Basin Street, NYC (CDR)
*Fire! Orchestra: Echoes (disc 1)
*Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Vol. 14 (1972-03-21/27 Academy of Music, NYC) (disc 4)
*Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks 30 (1972-03-25/27/28 Academy of Music, NYC) (discs 1, 2)
*Grateful Dead: 1973-11-11 Winterland (CDR) "Dark Star"
*Grateful Dead: 1974-10-18 Winterland (streaming) "Seastones>Jam>Dark Star>Morning Dew"
*Lionel Hampton: The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941 (disc 5)
*Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
*Charles Mingus: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
*Charles Mingus: Changes One
*Tyler Mitchell Octet: Sun Ra's Journey Featuring Marshall Allen
*Santana: 1973-09-30 Panama City, Panama (CDR) (disc 2)
*Sparks: No. 1 in Heaven (40th Anniversary Ed.) (sides 1, 2, 3,4)
*Sparks: Exotic Creatures of the Deep (sides 1, 2, 3, 4)
*Sparks: A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip (sides 1, 2, 3, 4)
*Sparks: The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte
*Sun Ra: Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow (side 1)
*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Live at Montreux (side 3)
*Sun Ra: Lanquidity (45rpm version) (sides 1, 2)
*Craig Taborn/Vadim Neselovskyi: Da'at
*Cecil Taylor Unit/Diane McIntyre Sound in Motion Dance Co.: The Eye of the Crocodile (1983-03-19 Camden, England) (CDR)
*Cecil Taylor: 1995-12-08 Ulrichsberg (CDR)
*Henry Threadgill Ensemble Double Up: Old Locks and Irregular Verbs "Part One"
*Charles Tolliver: Mosaic Select (disc 3)
*Various artists: Mozart at Midnight
*John Zorn/Jamie Saft Trio: Astaroth: Book of Angels, Vol. 1 

Reading List, Week of 2023-08-27

Reading List 2023-08-28:

*Barth, John. The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor (reread/started)
*DeVito, Chris, et al. The John Coltrane Reference (started)
*Shakespeare, William. Coriolanus (Arden 3rd ed., ed. Peter Holland) (reread/started)
*Parker, T. Jefferson. The Rescue (finished)
*Shakespeare, William. Coriolanus (Arden 2nd ed., ed. Philip Brockbank) (reread/finished)
*Mingus, Charles. More than a Fakebook (reread/in progress)

 

Playlist, Week of 2023-08-20

Still deep into my Braxton/Cecil/Dead/Duke/Mingus/Sun Ra dive... That doesn't mean I can't enjoy other stuff as well... Case in point: Notes on a Century, the new album by OCON (Colin OCon, one-third of Dark Carpet)... an attractive mix of psychedelia, country funk, and exotica, vaguely reminiscent at times of Shuggie Otis's Inspiration Information... OCON plays almost all the instruments all the time... nice drumming, strong psyched-out guitar... extra vocals on three tracks by Jefferson Pilot... definitely worth checking out... 

Playlist 2023-08-21:

*Area: Crac! 

*Anthony Braxton: The Complete Braxton 1971 (side 1)

*Anthony Braxton: Piano Quartet, Yoshi's 1994 (disc 1)

*Anthony Braxton: Composition No. 46 (+168 and Language Music)

*Cold Blood: 1971-06-30 Fillmore West, SF (CDR)

*Rodger Coleman and Andrew Dickson: Sometimes Knowledge Is a Curse

*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2022-11-26 Nashville (wav)

*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2023-07-17 Nashville (wav)

*John Coltrane: Evenings at the Village Gate (side 4)

*Miles Davis: 1970-10-18 Fillmore West (CDR)

*Miles Davis: Pangaea (side 3)

*Dope: American Apathy

*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: The Duke and His Men (side 2)

*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts, December 1944 (disc 1)

*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: The Treasury Shows, Vol. 3 (disc 2)

*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Festival Session (side 1)

*Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove (sides 1, 2, 4)

*Grateful Dead: Live/Dead (side 1)

*Grateful Dead: Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings (disc 2)

*Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Vol. 14 (1972-03-26 Academy of Music, NYC) (disc 3)

*Grateful Dead: Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead (disc 3)

*Grateful Dead: 1973-05-20 Santa Barbara CA (CDR) (discs 3, 4)

*Jimi Hendrix Experience: 1969-01-16 Nuremberg (CDR)

*Lionel Hampton: The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941 (disc 4)

*Buddy Holly: The New Complete Buddy Holly v2.0 (disc 10)

*Charles Mingus: Changes One "Sue's Changes"

*Matt Mitchell/Kate Gentile: Snark Horse (disc 1)

*Roscoe Mitchell Discussions Orchestra: Discussions

*OCON: Notes on a Century

*Parliament: Live P. Funk Earth Tour (side 1)

*Santana: 1973-09-30 Panama City, Panama (CDR) (disc 1)

*Soft Machine: Facelift (disc 2)

*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Jazz in Silhouette (Expanded Edition) (sides 3, 4)

*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Pictures of Infinity

*Sun Ra: Nuits de la Fondation Maeght Vol. 2

*Sun Ra: Discipline Variations: A Compilation 1970-1972 (CDR compilation) (disc 3)

*Sun Ra Arkestra: Hours After

*Sun Ra: Hendersonia: Sun Ra Performs Fletcher Henderson

*Sun Ra Arkestra: Living Sky

*Cecil Taylor/The Ensemble: The Light of Corona "One"

*Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane (Ubuntu): 2005-12-14 (CDR) (disc 2)

*Tool: Undertow

*UYA: 1992-08-19/26: Valu-Pack of Sounds (wav)

*UYA: 1992-08-26: Knock First (wav)

*Various artists: Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (disc 7)

*Dionne Warwick: The Complete 1960s Singles Plus (disc 3) (selections)

*O.V. Wright: That's How Strong My Love Is

*John Zorn: Calculus

 

Reading List, Week of 2023-08-20

Reading List 2023-08-21:

*Parker, T. Jefferson. The Rescue (started)
*Parker, T. Jefferson. A Thousand Steps (started/finished)
*Mingus, Charles. More than a Fakebook (reread/in progress)
*Shakespeare, William. Coriolanus (Arden 2nd ed., ed. Philip Brockbank) (reread/in progress)

Playlist, Week of 2023-08-13

Still listening... really enjoying the 1972 Academy of Music lead-ups to the Dead's European tour... with Keith Godchaux firmly in place, they really begin toopen up "The Other One"... Some parts of the massive Centipede piece Septober Energy reminds me of Fire! Orchestra...

Playlist 2023-08-14:

*Noël Akchoté: C.T.O. (The Incredible Music of Cecil Taylor) (For Guitar)
*Marshall Allen/Roscoe Mitchell/Milford Graves/Scott Robinson: Flow States
*Arctic Monkeys: Favourite Worst Nightmare
*Alban Berg: Streichquartett Op. 3/Lyrische Suite (Alban Berg Quartet)
*Alban Berg: Violin Concerto/Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
*Anthony Braxton: 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (selections)
*Anthony Braxton: Composition No. 46 (+168 and Language Music)
*Anthony Braxton: Trillium E (disc 3) "Act 3, Part 2"
*Anthony Braxton: 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017 (Comp. 418)
*Peter Brötzmann Octet: The Complete Machine Gun Sessions "Machine Gun" 2nd take
*Centipede: Septober Energy (disc 1)
*John Coltrane: Evenings at the Village Gate
*Miles Davis: Volume 1 (Blue Note)
*Miles Davis: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (disc 3) "Honky Tonk"
*Duke Ellington: 1899-1974 (sides 3, 4, 5)
*Grateful Dead: Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings (disc 1)
*Grateful Dead: History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice)
*Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Vol. 14 (1972-03-26 Academy of Music, NYC) (disc 2)
*Grateful Dead: 1973-05-20 Santa Barbara CA (CDR) (discs 1, 2)
*Herbie Hancock: Treasure Chest (side 4)
*Herbie Hancock: Sextant (sides 1, 2)
*Buddy Holly: The New Complete Buddy Holly v2.0 (disc 9)
*Bobby Hutcherson: Components
*Rob Mazurek/Exploding Star Orchestra: Lightning Dreamers
*Charles Mingus: Jazzical Moods
*Charles Mingus: A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
*Charles Mingus: Blues & Roots
*Charles Mingus: Mingus in Europe Vol. 2 (side 1)
*Tyler Mitchell Octet: Sun Ra's Journey Featuring Marshall Allen
*Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder
*OCON: Notes on a Century
*Prince: The Chocolate Invasion
*Sparks: Balls (sides 3, 4)
*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Jazz in Silhouette (Expanded Edition) (sides 1, 2)
*Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra: Space Is the Place: Music from the Original Soundtrack (disc 2)
*Sun Ra: Haverford College, Jan. 25, 1980
*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Prophet
*Cecil Taylor: Cecil Taylor Unit
*Cecil Taylor: Live in the Black Forest
*Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer: Riobec "Riobec 1"
*Cecil Taylor Workshop Ensemble: Melancholy "Sphere No. 2"
*They Might Be Giants: They Might Be Giants
*Charles Tolliver: Mosaic Select (disc 2)
*Lennie Tristano: Lennie Tristano
*Lennie Tristano: The New Tristano
*Various artists: Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (disc 6)
*Various artists: The Rough Guide to Salsa Dance (Special Ed.)
*Howard Wales & Jerry Garcia: Hooteroll?
*John Zorn: Valentine's Day

Reading List, Week of 2023-08-13

Reading List 2023-08-14:

*Mingus, Charles. More than a Fakebook (reread/started)
*Shakespeare, William. Coriolanus (Arden 2nd ed., ed. Philip Brockbank) (reread/started)
*Parker, T. Jefferson. Then She Vanished (started/finished)
*Parker, T. Jefferson. Last good guy (started/finished)
*Parker, T. Jefferson. Swift Vengeance (finished)
*Smith, Emma. The Making of Shakespeare's First Folio (finished)

 

Playlist, Week of 2023-08-06

I am quite taken with Alex Ward's playing... he is equally adept at guitar and clarinet, and has fascinating improvisatory skills on both... Still on my Sun Ra-Cecil Taylor-Charles Mingus-Grateful Dead-Duke Ellington-Anthony Braxton kick! Enough there for a few lifetimes... well, I only have one, so better get back to listening...

Playlist 2023-08-07:

*Anthony Braxton: Alumni Orchestra (Wesleyan) 2005
*Anthony Braxton: 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017 (Comp. 409)
*Peter Brötzmann/Milford Graves/William Parker: Historic Music Past Tense Future
*Cold Blood: 1971-06-30 Fillmore West, SF (CDR)
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2023-07-17 Nashville (wav)
*John Coltrane: Evenings at the Village Gate
*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: The Duke and His Men (side 1)
*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Festival Session (side 2)
*Farmers By Nature: Love and Ghosts "Seven Years In"
*Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Vol. 22 (1971-12-06 Felt Forum, NYC) (disc 3)
*Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Vol. 14 (1972-03-26 Academy of Music, NYC) (disc 1)
*Buddy Holly: The New Complete Buddy Holly v2.0 (disc 5)
*Andrew Lisle/Alex Ward: Doors
*Charles Mingus: Jazz Composers Workshop
*Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (discs 1, 2)
*New Ting: 2023-07-11 "Pigskin Opportunity" (wav)
*Tony Oxley/Derek Bailey Quartet: 1993-09 Crawley, England (CDR)
*Matthew Shipp Trio: Root of Things
*Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple
*Wadada Leo Smith: String Quartets Nos. 1-12 (disc 7)
*Sparks: Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins (side 2)
*Sparks: The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte (sides 1, 2)
*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Super-Sonic Jazz
*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Jazz in Silhouette (Expanded Edition) (sides 3, 4)
*Sun Ra: Pathways to Unknown Worlds
*Sun Ra: Disco 3000 (Complete Milan Concert 1978) (discs 1, 2)
*Cecil Taylor Quintet: 1965-07-02 Newport (CDR)
*Cecil Taylor: Double Holy House
*Henry Threadgill Ensemble: The Other One
*Charles Tolliver: Mosaic Select (disc 1)
*Lennie Tristano: Personal Recordings 1946-1970 (discs 5, 6)
*U Totem: U Totem (selections)
*Dionne Warwick: The Complete 1960s Singles Plus (discs 1, 2)
*John Zorn: Tractatus Musico-Philosophicus

Reading List, Week of 2023-08-06

 

Reading List 2023-08-07:

*Parker, T. Jefferson. Swift Vengeance (started)
*Parker, T. Jefferson. The Room of White Fire (started/finished)
*Smith, Emma. The Making of Shakespeare's First Folio (in progress)