Playlist, Week of 2026-07-12

I have been immersing myself in the mammoth new release of Cecil Taylor big band shows... 14 (!) hour-ish long sets... I can only handle one set an evening... amazing stuff, with Taylor melding with the group, leading it by not leading... And of course listening to this much Cecil engenders listening to more Cecil... Meanwhile the "Dark Star" listening is winding down... 

Playlist 2026-07-13:

*Anthony Braxton: Composition 98 (Studio) "Part 1"
*Anthony Braxton/ Italian Instabile Orchestra: Creative Orchestra (Bolzano) 2007
*Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Blue Rose
*John Coltrane: Offering: Live at Temple University (disc 1)
*Miles Davis: 1966-05-21 Portland OR (CDR) (disc 1)
*Dietrichs: Live Bahdu
*Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7, etc. (BBC Philharmonic/Sinaisky)
*Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 1 (BBC Symphony Orchestra/Boult)
*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: The Treasury Shows, Vol. 13 (disc 2)
*Duke Ellington: Copenhagen 1964
*Fire! Orchestra: 2018-03-03 Geneva (CDR)
*Flight of the Conchords: The Distant Future
*Flying Sutra with Ayumi Ishito: Out Beyond Orbit
*Grateful Dead: 1978-04-24 Normal IL (CDR) (disc 3)
*Grateful Dead: 1992-03-20 Hamilton, ON (CDR) "Dark Star"
*Grateful Dead: 1992-06-08 Richfield OH (CDR) "Dark Star"
*Grateful Dead: 1992-06-18 Charlotte NC (CDR) "Dark Star"
*Grateful Dead: 1992-06-22  Pittsburgh (CDR) "Dark Star"
*Neil Jendon/Mark Nagy: Cardew/Treatise, Vol. 7: Pages 161-193
*Matt Mitchell/Kate Gentile: Snark Horse (disc 2) "Thumbly"
*Muffins: Baker's Dozen (disc 12)
*Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil
*Wadada Leo Smith: Najwa "Ornette Coleman´s Harmolodic Sonic Hierographic Forms: A Resonance Change In The Millennium"
*Sun Ra: East Two +7
*Sun Ra and His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra: 1980-12-31 Detroit (CDR) (disc 2)
*Cecil Taylor Quartet with Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost (disc 1) "Four"
*Cecil Taylor/Art Ensemble of Chicago: 1984-10-30 Paris (CDR) (track 1)
*Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer: Riobec "Riobec 1"
*Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane: At Iridium 2004 (discs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
*Pat Thomas & XT: Strata, Act (Joy Contemporary)* (disc 2)
*David Tudor et al.: Music from the Tudorfest (disc 1)
*UYA: 1995-02-09 Slip Tight II (wav)
*UYA: 1995-02-12 Have You Signed Your Check? (wav)
*Various artists: Wavelength Infinity: A Sun Ra Tribute (disc 1)