Playlist, Week of 2023-10-22

Been a while since I listened to Joseph Jarman's As If It Were the Seasons, and it struck me all over again how wonderful "Song for Christopher" is... it starts off with a tranquil flute evocation, soon joined by the brilliant free brushwork of Thurman Barker, an interlude with vocalist Sherry Scott, and then a wild, intense free form full-throated large ensemble blowout that gets cut short abruptly by more wordless operatic vocalizing over a bed of exotic percussion and koto... just beautiful... 

Playlist 2023-10-23:

*AACM Great Black Music Ensemble: Umbria Jazz 2009, Perugia, Italy (CDR) (disc 1)
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Paris Session "The Ninth Room"
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: 1980-08-03 Seattle (CDR)
*Anthony Braxton: Two Compositions (Orchestra) 1995
*Anthony Braxton: 4 Compositions (Ulrichsberg) 2005 Phonomanie VIII (disc 4)
*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (FRM) 2007 (disc 1)
*Anthony Braxton/Taylor Ho Bynum: Duo (Amherst) 2010
*Circle: 1971-03-03 Hamburg (CDR) "Comp. 6A"
*John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings (disc 2)
*John Coltrane: 1963-11-04 Stuttgart (disc 1)
*Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (disc 1)
*Missy Elliott: Respect M.E.
*Brian Eno: Another Green World (sides 1, 2)
*ESG: A South Bronx Story
*Jerry Garcia/Merl Saunders: 1971-05-11 San Francisco (CDR)
*Jerry Garcia Band: 1993-11-12 NYC (CDR) (disc 1)
*Grateful Dead: Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings (disc 4)
*Grateful Dead: 1972-04-17 Copenhagen (discs 1, 2)
*Julius Hemphill: The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (discs 3, 4)
*Joseph Jarman: As If It Were the Seasons "Song for Christopher"
*Jefferson Pilot: Sad Magazine
*Ingrid Laubrock: Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt (disc 2)
*Ingrid Laubrock: Monochromes
*Charles Mingus: The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (disc 5)
*Tyler Mitchell featuring Marshall Allen: Dancing Shadows
*Tyler Mitchell Octet: Sun Ra's Journey featuring Marshall Allen
*New Ting: 2023-07-30 the Wharf, Richmond VA (wav)
*Annette Peacock: Live in Paris
*Picchio dal Pozzo: Picchio dal Pozzo
*Ravi Shankar/Ali Akhbar Khan: Ragas
*Matthew Shipp Trio: Root of Things
*Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden
*Sparks: The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte (sides 1, 2)
*Speaker Music: Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry (disc 2)
*Squeeze: Argybargy
*Squeeze: Singles: 45s and Under (sides 1, 2)
*Lennie Tristano: The New Tristano
*Various artists: The Rough Guide to Salsa Dance
*Various artists: The Rough Guide to Salsa Dance (2nd ed.)
*XTC: The Big Express (Surround Sound Series) (disc 3)
*XTC: Skylarking (sides 1, 2)
*XTC: Nonsuch (side 1)
*John Zorn's Cobra: 2023-09-03 San Francisco (CDR)