Playlist, Week of 2024-04-28

Some random Muhal Richard Abrams shows this week... on the 1977 Chico Freeman sets (audience recordings), he's unfortunately underrecorded... too bad, because as a whole, the lineup is incredible (Freeman and Henry Threadgill on horns and the unbeatable rhythm section of Steve McCall, Fred Hopkins, and Muhal on piano)... Muhal was given a lot of solo space on the jam from the Jimmy Lyons tribute... even in a great band featuring Archie Shepp and Andrew Cyrille, Muhal stands out... finally, another stellar performance of Muhal with the Art Ensemble of Chicago... again, pretty muddily recorded, but I have a high tolerance for bootlegginess, especially with artists like these... In other great piano jazz, Paul Bley's Turning Point (also released as Turns) features some of John Gilmore's best playing outside the Arkestra... 

Playlist 2024-04-29:

*Muhal Richard Abrams: 1976-07-18 NYC (CDR)

*Art Ensemble of Chicago with Muhal Richard Abrams: 1974-08-07 Laren, The Netherlands (CDR)

*Beatles: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band (Anniversary Ed.) (disc 5, PCM Stereo)

*Paul Bley: Turning Point

*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Standards) 2020 (disc 10)

*Anthony Braxton: 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (discs 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10) (streaming)

*Rodger Coleman/Sam Byrd: Who Doesn't Fade? "Who Doesn't Fade?"

*Rodger Coleman/Sam Byrd: The Mathematics of War "New Landscape"

*Colla Parte: Live at Rhizome DC

*D’Angelo and the Vanguard: Black Messiah (sides 1, 2, 3, 4)

*Miles Davis: The Complete On the Corner Sessions (disc 2)

*Chico Freeman Quintet: 1977-02-11 NYC (CDR) (discs 1, 2)

*Genesis: Foxtrot "Supper's Ready"

*Gentle Giant: Playing the Fool (side 2)

*Benny Goodman: Fletcher Henderson Arrangements (CDR compilation) (discs 2, 3)

*Grateful Dead: 1973-06-10 Washington DC (CDR) "Dark Star"

*Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino: Concepts in Unity

*Happy the Man: "Better Late…" (side 2)

*Alexander Hawkins Trio: Carnival Celestial

*Fletcher Henderson's Sextet: 1950

*Hüsker Dü: Zen Arcade

*George Lewis/Douglas Ewart: Jila-Save! Mon.-The Imaginary Suite

*Butch Morris: Butch Morris Conducts Berlin Skyscraper (disc 2)

*New Ting: 2024-04-17 OSB, Richmond VA (wav) 

*Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted

*Soft Machine: 5 (side 1)

*Sonic Youth: Evol

*Sparks: Hello Young Lovers (sides 1, 2, 3, 4)

*Sun Ra: In Some Far Place: Roma '77 (disc 1)

*Tasavallan Presidentti: Lambert Land (side 1)

*UYA: 1992-11-10 O.D.-in' w/Donald  (wav) "Old Dick Donald Had a Duck"

*UYA: 1992-12-06/08 We Got (wav)

*UYA: 1992-12-15 Buntcake Wonderland (wav)

*Various artists: Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (discs 1, 2)

*Various artists: Jimmy Lyons Benefit 1986-02-01 NYC (disc 2) "All Star Jam"

*Way Out Northwest: The White Spot

*Joe Zawinul: Zawinul

*John Zorn/Simulacrum: Inferno

*John Zorn: Bagatelles Vol. 12: Cleric