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