Playlist, Week of 2024-12-01

Well, as you can tell, I've been on a bit of a Miles Davis kick lately... finished reading Miles Beyond finally, been meaning to get to that for years... I have been especially drawn again to the whole period where he began incorporating electric keyboards into the mix, with Dave Holland on bass (before the whole Michael Henderson era, which is its own exciting and mindblowing beast)... it's amazing how totally out Holland, Chick Corea, and Jack DeJohnette take things on Black Beauty... I am also a fan of Teo Macero's edited Fillmore suites on At Fillmore... don't get me wrong, it's also wonderful to have the full unedited sets on the box set, and maybe it's just nostalgia, since that 2-LP set was an early Miles purchase of mine, but I think the album sides flow beautifully, and the playing is really intense and exciting... Steve Grossman had a mighty hard act to follow (I mean, Wayne Shorter, forget it), but he acquits himself admirably... and Miles's playing is extraordinary... and it's equally ferocious on Black Beauty... It's about that time: I meant the time for a big box set of the Pete Cosey band! Come on, Columbia! (or Sony, or whoever the hell is putting this stuff out)... 

Playlist 2024-12-02:

*Muhal Richard Abrams Quintet: 1977-03-04 NYC (CDR) (disc 2) track 1
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: Phase One (side 2)
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: 1979-03-31 Verona (CDR)
*Beatles: With the Beatles (2009 mono remaster)
*Beatles: Hard Day's Night (2009 mono remaster)
*Beatles: Beatles for Sale (2009 mono remaster)
*Beatles: Revolver (Super Deluxe 4 LP Edition 2022) (side 8)
*Beau Hunks: Little Rascals Music
*Anthony Braxton: Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978 "Comp. 45"
*George Clinton/P-Funk All Stars: How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? (disc 2)
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2015-05-14 Nashville (wav) track 6
*John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings (disc 16)
*Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings (disc 1)
*Miles Davis: Sorcerer
*Miles Davis: Miles Davis Quintet 1965-'68 (disc 6)
*Miles Davis: The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions (disc 1)
*Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (sides 1, 2)
*Miles Davis: Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West (sides 1, 2)
*Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack Johnson "Yesternow"
*Miles Davis: Live-Evil
*Miles Davis: Big Fun (sides 1, 2)
*Bob Dylan/Various artists: Theme Time Radio Hour S01 E06 "Jail"
*Bob Dylan/Various artists: Theme Time Radio Hour S01 E07 "Father"
*Bob Dylan: Triplicate (disc 3)
*Elder: 2014-03-07 track 1 (wav)
*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: The Treasury Shows, Vol. 9 (disc 1)
*Duke Ellington: All American in Jazz
*Duke Ellington: Midnight in Paris
*Duke Ellington: All Star Road Band (side 1)
*Grateful Dead: Dark Star Comp 5 (1990) (CDR compilation)
*Mary Halvorson/Weasel Walter: Opulence
*Mary Halvorson Octet: Away with You
*Jefferson Pilot: Recordeo
*Ingrid Laubrock: 2009-08-01 The Stone, NYC (CDR)
*New Ting: 2024-11-18 "Ocean World" (wav)
*New Ting: 2024-11-25 "Range and Range" (wav)
*Charlie Parker: Live and Private Recordings in Chronological Order (disc 16)
*Annette Peacock: Paradiso, Amsterdam February 21 1991
*Nino Rota: 8 ½ (OST)
*Horace Silver: Song for My Father
*Sparks: Balls (sides 3, 4)
*Sparks: A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip (sides 3, 4)
*Sun Ra: Kingdom of Discipline (sides 1, 2)
*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: 1985-07-25 Paris (CDR)
*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: 1985-10-08 NYC (CDR)
*Sun Ra Arkestra: 1985-10-31 Munich (CDR) (disc 3)
*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Prophet (side 1)
*Sun Ra and the Cosmic Love Arkestra: 1988-10-31 San Francisco (CDR) (disc 1)
*Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane (Ubuntu): 2004-03-28 (CDR) (disc 2)
*UYA: 1993-01-26/31 Hold the "G" (wav)
*John Zorn/Brian Marsella Trio: Buer (Book of Angels Vol. 31)