Playlist, Week of 2024-06-23

Been getting inspired by Living Space, Michael Veal's excellent book on late Coltrane and Miles Davis' Lost Quintet... so, lots of Coltrane and Miles showing up... Still absorbing the Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet recordings... Tomeka Reid adds magic to whatever setting she plays in... Duke Ellington's "Tough Truckin'" struck me recently on the Magic Jukebox... controlled small-group swing with a  beautifully simple piano set-up... and a killer Harry Carney solo...

Playlist 2024-06-24:

*André 3000: New Blue Sun (disc 1)

*Jason Bivins/Ian Davis/Jimmy Ghaphery: 2003-11-15 Richmond VA (CDR)

*Beatles: Meet the Beatles (mono) 

*Borderlands Trio: Rewilder (disc 1)

*Anthony Braxton: Orchestra (Pisa) 1980 "Comp. 46"

*Rodger Coleman: Guitar Experiments

*John Coltrane: Coltrane (Ozone 21) (side 1)

*John Coltrane: The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. I: Feelin' Good (side 2)

*John Coltrane: 1965-07-27 Antibes (CDR) "Blue Valse (Ascension)"

*John Coltrane: The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording

*Marilyn Crispell/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: Nothing Ever Was, Anyway (discs 1, 2)

*D’Angelo and the Vanguard: Black Messiah (side 3)

*Miles Davis: The Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection, Vol. 2 (LP 3: sides 1, 2)

*Miles Davis: 1969-03 Rochester NY (CDR)

*Duke Ellington: Blue Light (side 2)

*Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet: As Things G o

*Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh

*Gilgamesh: Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into

*Benny Goodman: Fletcher Henderson Arrangements (CDR compilation) (disc 2)

*Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks 4 (1970-02-13 Fillmore East) "Dark Star"

*Herbie Hancock: Crossings

*Joe Henderson Quintet: At the Lighthouse

*Joseph Jarman: As If It Were the Seasons "As If It Were the Seasons/Song to Make the Sun Come Up"

*Keith Jarrett: The Köln Concert

*Ingrid Laubrock: The Last Quiet Place

*Joëlle Léandre/Craig Taborn/Mat Maneri: hEARoes

*Steve Lehman/Orchestre National de Jazz: Ex Machina

*Jackie McLean: Let Freedom Ring

*Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet: Hear the Light Singing

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

*Paul Motian Trio: Sound of Love

*Ivo Perelman Quartet: Water Music

*Bud Powell: The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (side 2)

*Sun Ra: Space Is the Place (Blue Thumb) (side 2)

*Sun Ra: Excelsior Mill

*Sun Ra: Inside the Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC

*Henry Threadgill: Too Much Sugar for a Dime

*Henry Threadgill's Zooid: This Brings Us To, Volumes I & II (side 3)

*Tower of Power: 1972-09-30 Berkeley CA (CDR)

*Tower of Power: Jump Out Your Trick Bag: Live San Francisco '75 Broadcast (CDR)

*McCoy Tyner: The Real McCoy (side 2)

*Umlaut Chamber Orchestra: Zodiac Suite

*Various artists: Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (discs 5, 6, 7)

*Nate Wooley: Mutual Aid Music (disc 2)

*John Zorn: Bagatelles Vol. 13: Speed-Irabagon Quartet

*John Zorn: Bagatelles Vol. 14: Peter Evans

*John Zorn: Bagatelles Vol. 15: Ben Goldberg 4

Reading List, Week of 2024-06-23

Reading List 2024-06-24:

*Dench, Judi, with Brendan O'Hea. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent (started)
*Barton, Anne. "Love's Labor's Lost," in Riverside Shakespeare (1974) (started/finished)
*King, Stephen. You Like It Darker (finished)
*Riley, Tim. Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary (reread/finished)
*Mendelson, Cheryl. Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (in progress)
*Shakespeare, William. Love's Labour's Lost (Arden 3rd ed., ed. H.R. Woudhuysen) (reread/in progress)
*Veal, Michael E. Living Space: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Free Jazz, from Analog to Digital (in progress)

Playlist, Week of 2024-06-16

There's a Riot Goin' On is still an amazing album that supersedes the neo-soul that came after it and was so influenced by it... Alex Ward's new solo guitar album The Trade is a great showcase for his Derek Bailey-derived explorations... Lots of new Sun Ra out there, at some point will try for a more in-depth review or two... New live Deerhoof album is a gas... I love the way they improvise while retaining the basic structure of their songs... I missed David Murray's Picasso when it first came out, but it's a wonderful suite with outstanding piano from Dave Burrell... 

Playlist 2024-06-17:

*Muhal Richard Abrams: Think All Focus One
*Muhal Richard Abrams Experimental Band: 2012-08-25 Saalfelden (CDR)
*Albert Ammons: Blues & Boogie Woogie King
*Art Ensemble: 1967/68 (disc 1) "Quartet No. 2"
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Paris Session "The Ninth Room"
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at Iridium (disc 1) "On the Mountain
*Daniel Barbiero/Sam Byrd/Jimmy Ghaphery: 2017-03-21 Rhizome, DC (CDR)
*Beatles: The Beatles (side 4)
*Bix Beiderbecke: Bix Restored: The Complete Recordings and Alternates, Vol. 4 (June 1928-Sept. 1930) (discs 2, 3)
*Anthony Braxton: Solo (NYC) 2002
*Anthony Braxton: 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (disc 10) (streaming)
*John Coltrane: Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Deluxe Edition) (disc 2)
*John Coltrane: The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
*John Coltrane: Coltrane (Ozone 21) (side 2)
*John Coltrane: Transition
*John Coltrane Quartet: 1965-04-02 Half Note (Jack Gold Remix) (disc 3)
*D'Angelo: Voodoo
*Deerhoof: The Free Triple Live Album
*Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks 12 (1974-06-28) (disc 2)
*Grateful Dead: 1979-11-01 Long Island NY "Scarlet Begonias>Fire on the Mountain"
*Grant Green: The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Grant Green with Sonny Clark (disc 4)
*Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: Stir Crazy (CDR compilation) (discs 8, 9)
*Ingrid Laubrock: Monochromes
*Brandon Lopez/Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: No es la Playa
*Roscoe Mitchell Sound Ensemble: Live in Detroit (CDR) (side 2)
*David Murray Octet: Picasso
*Ravi Shankar: Three Ragas "Raga Jog"
*Matthew Shipp Quartet: Points
*Sly and the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On
*Sun Ra: Pathways to Unknown Worlds
*Sun Ra: Aurora Borealis
*Sun Ra: Excelsior Mill
*Sun Ra: Inside the Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC
*Horace Tapscott: The Dark Tree 1 & 2 (disc 1)
*Television: Marquee Moon
*McCoy Tyner: Song of the New World
*Various artists: Anari (OST)
*Various artists: Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (discs 3, 4)
*Various artists: Jellyfinger (CDR compilation)
*Alex Ward: The Trade (streaming)

Reading List, Week of 2024-06-16

Reading List 2024-06-17:

*King, Stephen. You Like It Darker (started)
*Perry, Thomas. Hero (started/finished)
*Clowes, Daniel. Ice Haven (reread/finished)
*Mendelson, Cheryl. Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (in progress)
*Riley, Tim. Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary (reread/in progress)
*Shakespeare, William. Love's Labour's Lost (Arden 3rd ed., ed. H.R. Woudhuysen) (reread/in progress)
*Veal, Michael E. Living Space: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Free Jazz, from Analog to Digital (in progress)

 

Playlist, Week of 2024-06-09

The summer is gearing up....

Playlist 2024-06-10:

*Muhal Richard Abrams: Song for All
*Beatles: Hard Day's Night (2009 stereo remaster) (sides 1, 2)
*Beatles: Let It Be (2009 stereo remaster) (sides 1, 2)
*Bix Beiderbecke: Bix Restored: The Complete Recordings and Alternates, Vol. 1 (Feb. 1924-Sept. 1927) (disc 2)
*Bix Beiderbecke: Bix Restored: The Complete Recordings and Alternates, Vol. 5
*Anthony Braxton: Two Compositions (Orchestra) 2005
*Anthony Braxton: 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (disc 9) (streaming)
*Rodger Coleman: Guitar Experiments
*Colla Parte: Live at Rhizome DC
*Gentle Giant: 1975-11-24 Basel (CDR)
*Frode Gjerstad/Isach Skeidsvoll: Twenty Fingers
*Samuel Goff: Transmissions
*Grateful Dead: 1973 Selections (CDR compilation)
*Grant Green: The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Grant Green with Sonny Clark (discs 2, 3)
*Joe Henderson: The Milestone Years (disc 2)
*Freddie Hubbard: Open Sesame
*Freddie Hubbard: Goin' Up
*Ahmad Jamal: The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62 (disc 3)
*Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick
*Kaluza/Roder: Am Frankfurter Tor
*Michael Mantler: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra Update
*Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra/Small Unit: Spectral Fiction
*Merzbow: 1930
*Miles Okazaki: Trickster
*Prince: The Rainbow Children
*Tom Rainey Obbligato: Untucked in Hannover
*Replacements: Let It Be
*Sonic Youth: Walls Have Ears
*Mike Sopko/Bill Laswell/Tyshawn Sorey: On Common Ground
*Soundcarriers: Wilds
*Sun & Steel: Off the Hook! Live at Motvind
*Sun Ra: At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (disc 2)
*Sun Ra: Media Dreams (disc 2)
*Li Chin Sung: Past
*Cecil Taylor Unit: The Unreleased 1976-77 Compositions (Alex Ward youtube compilation)
*Cecil Taylor Quartet featuring Anthony Braxton: 2007-10-13 Reggio Emilia, Italy (CDR)
*Various artists: Molam: Thai Country Groove from Isan
*Otomo Yoshihide/Paal Nilssen-Love: 19th of May 2016

Reading List, Week of 2024-06-09

Reading List 2024-06-10:

*Clowes, Daniel. Ice Haven (reread/started)
*Shakespeare, William. Love's Labour's Lost (Arden 3rd ed., ed. H.R. Woudhuysen) (reread/started)
*Pynchon, Thomas. Gravity's Rainbow (reread/finished)
*Mendelson, Cheryl. Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (in progress)
*Riley, Tim. Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary (reread/in progress)
*Veal, Michael E. Living Space: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Free Jazz, from Analog to Digital (in progress)

 

Playlist, Week of 2024-06-02

These days I am letting the music flow through, not making connections, just flowing, just listening... the absolute profusion of brilliant music out there never ceases to astound me... truly inspiring... but the more I listen, the less I find to say... early Aretha Franklin reminds me of nobody more than Amy Winehouse... 

Playlist 2024-06-03:

*Muhal Richard Abrams: The Visibility of Thought

*Beatles: Rubber Soul (2009 mono remaster)

*Bix Beiderbecke: Bix Restored: The Complete Recordings and Alternates, Vol. 3 (Feb.-June 1928) (disc 1)

*Anthony Braxton: 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (disc 8) (streaming)

*Pete Christlieb/Warne Marsh Quintet: Apogee

*Sonny Clark: The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions (disc 6)

*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2018-11-19/20 Nashville (rough mix wav) (disc 3)

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

*Sylvie Courvoisier: Signs and Epigrams

*Bill Dixon: Son of Sisyphus

*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: The Treasury Shows, Vol. 6 (disc 2)

*Aretha Franklin: Soul Sister: The Classic Aretha Franklin

*Grateful Dead: Dark Star Comp 2 (1971) (CDR compilation)

*Grateful Dead: 1972-09-27 Jersey City, NJ (Dick's Picks 11) (disc 1)

*Grateful Dead: Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Believe It If You Need It (discs 2, 3)

*Grateful Dead: 1980-09-04 Providence RI (Download Series Vol. 7) (disc 3)

*Grateful Dead: 1990-03-30 Uniondale NY (CDR) (discs 1, 2, 3)

*Grant Green: The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Grant Green with Sonny Clark (disc 1)

*Kip Hanrahan: Desire Develops an Edge (selections)

*Joe Henderson: The Kicker

*Joe Henderson: Tetragon

*High Llamas: Here Come the Rattling Trees

*High Llamas: Hey Panda

*Tim Hodgkinson: Onsets

*Bobby Hutcherson: Oblique

*Susie Ibarra: Songbird Suite

*I.P.Y.: IPY

*Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: Stir Crazy (CDR compilation) (disc 7)

*Rob Mazurek/Exploding Star Orchestra: Dimensional Stardust

*Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet: Hear the Light Singing

*Matt Mitchell: Fiction

*Richard Pinhas: Tranzition

*Catherine Sikora/Susan Alcorn: Filament

*Sonic Youth: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom

*Tyshawn Sorey Trio: Mesmerism

*Sun Ra: Egypt 1971 (disc 1)

*Sun Ra: Media Dreams (disc 1)

*Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 First Visit

*Television: Marquee Moon

*Thollem/Wimberly/Cline: Radical Empathy

*John Zorn's Cobra: 2023-09-03 San Francisco (CDR)

Reading List, Week of 2024-06-02

Reading List 2024-06-03:

*Veal, Michael E. Living Space: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Free Jazz, from Analog to Digital (started)
*Shakespeare, William. King Richard II (Arden 3rd ed., ed. Charles R. Forker) (reread/finished)
*Mendelson, Cheryl. Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (in progress)
*Pynchon, Thomas. Gravity's Rainbow (reread/in progress)
*Riley, Tim. Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary (reread/in progress)