Playlist, Week of 2024-04-14

Getting into some later Muhal Richard Abrams this week... the 2012 reuniuon show of the Experimental Band from Saalfelden is a knockout, with a truly awesome lineup including Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Amina Claudine Myers, Wadada Leo Smith, and George Lewis... the AACM All-Stars... I need to listen more to the 2016 quintet with Jonathan Finlayson... In the meanwhile, Jack DeJohnette's Made in Chicago project is another mindblower, again with Mitchell and Threadgill... Muhal especially shines on the Threadgill composition "Leave Don't Go Away"... and this live version of "Chant" (a classic Roscoe Mitchell composition) features Muhal joyfully stretching out, especially at the end... great playing all around...

Playlist 2024-04-15:

*Muhal Richard Abrams Experimental Band: 2012-08-25 Saalfelden (CDR)

*Muhal Richard Abrams Quintet: 2016-01-31 Milano (CDR)

*Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Paris Session "The Ninth Room" 

*Beatles: Beatles for Sale (2009 stereo remaster) (sides 1, 2)

*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Standards) 2020 (discs 4, 5)

*Anthony Braxton: 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (disc 5) (streaming)

*James Brown and the Famous Flames: Think! (side 2)

*Don Cherry/Penderecki/New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra: Actions "Actions"

*Sonny Clark: The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions (disc 1)

*Rodger Coleman: Guitar Experiments

*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2023-12-29 Nashville (rough mix wav)

*John Coltrane: Evenings at the Village Gate (side 2)

*Sylvie Courvoisier: Signs and Epigrams

*Jack DeJohnette: Made in Chicago

*Fire! Orchestra/Krzysztof Penderecki: Actions

*Aretha Franklin: Aretha Now (side 2)

*Fully Celebrated Orchestra: Sob Story

*Mary Halvorson: Cloudward

*Alexander Hawkins Mirror Canon: Break a Vase

*Fletcher Henderson: Swing's the Thing (1931-1934) (side 1)

*High Llamas: Hey Panda

*Dave Holland New Quartet: 2023-07-13 Pori, Finland (CDR)

*Kinks: The Journey: Part 1 (side 3)

*Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: Stir Crazy (CDR compilation) (disc 1)

*Michael Mantler: The Hapless Child

*Michael Mantler: Many Have No Speech

*Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet: 2024-03-23 Knoxville TN (CDR)

*Roscoe Mitchell Orchestra: Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, March 19-20, 2018

*Butch Morris: Butch Morris Conducts Berlin Skyscraper (disc 1)

*Evan Parker ElectroAcoustic Septet: Seven "Seven-2"

*Annette Peacock: Sky-Skating

*Annette Peacock: Paradiso, Amsterdam February 21 1991

*Annette Peacock: 31:31

*Annette Peacock: 4 Emilia-Romagna W/LV

*Tomeka Reid Quartet: 3+3 (side 1)

*Yamamoto Seiichi: Nu Frequency

*Ches Smith: Laugh Ash

*Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings Vol. 1 (selections)

*Soft Machine: Fifth

*Sparks: Balls (sides 1, 2, 3)

*Cecil Taylor Orchestra of Two Continents: 1984-10-20 Rubigen, Switzerland (CDR) (disc 2)

*Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: Two Ts for a Lovely T (disc 2)

*Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus: Spirit of Nuff…Nuff

*Henry Threadgill's Zooid: This Brings Us To, Volumes I & II (side 1)

*UYA: 1992-11-17 Sonic Extruder (wav)

*Anna Webber/Matt Mitchell: Capacious Aeration

*Nate Wooley: Mutual Aid Music (disc 1)

*John Zorn/Bladeunner: 2000-07-03 London (CDR)