Playlist, Week of 2024-11-03

Excellent clarinet playing from Alex Ward on Steeped... Been digging deep into classic second quintet Miles Davis... this music has fascinated and puzzled me for years and years, largely due to the brilliance of Tony Williams... As much as I loved (and was influenced by) Bill Bruford's drumming with Yes, I gotta say I prefer Alan White's, especially on Tales and Relayer... Bruford really didn't come into his own until King Crimson, where his almost uptight syncopations and off-kilter beats meshed better, whereas White is anything but uptight...he's earthy and he swings... I lost interest in Yes as a going concern pretty soon after Awakening, but I return quite often to Tales, largely because of Alan White... 

Playlist 2024-11-04:

*AMM: The Crypt - 12th June 1968 (disc 2) "Coffin nor Shelf"

*Derek Bailey/John Butcher/Gino Robair: Scrutables

*Blast: Stringy Rugs

*Blood Incantation: Hidden History of the Human Race

*John Blum Quartet feat. Marshall Allen: Deep Space

*Boredoms: Pop Tatari

*Brand X: Unorthodox Behaviour (side 1)

*Anthony Braxton Saxophone Quartet: Sax QT (Lorraine) 2022 (discs 1, 2, 3, 4)

*John Butcher/Pat Thomas/Dominic Lash/Steve Noble: Fathom

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

*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2019-05-02/03 Nashville (rough mix wav) (disc 2)

*John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings (disc 13)

*Lol Coxhill: Ear of the Beholder

*Kris Davis Trio: Run the Gauntlet

*Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings (disc 2)

*Miles Davis: E.S.P.

*Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Smiles

*Miles Davis: Sorcerer

*Miles Davis: Nefertiti

*Miles Davis: Miles in the Sky

*Miles Davis: Miles Davis at Fillmore (side 3)

*Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding

*Earth Wind and Fire: All 'n All (side 1)

*Folk Choir: They'll Know We Are Christians

*Forebrace: Steeped

*Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (50th Anniversary) (side 1)

*Mary Halvorson Quintet: Bending Bridges

*Mary Halvorson Septet: Illusionary Sea

*Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage

*Joe Henderson: Barcelona

*Jimi Hendrix: First Rays of the New Rising Sun

*Dave Holland New Quartet: 2024-09-14 Santa Fe (CDR) (disc 1)

*Bobby Hutcherson: Joe Chambers: Composer (cassette compilation) (sides A, B)

*King Crimson: Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Elemental Mixes)

*Christian Marclay: More Encores

*Brian Marsella’s iMAGiNARiUM: Mediatas (disc 1)

*Roscoe Mitchell/Malachi Favors: 1993-10-16 Oakland CA (CDR)

*Roscoe Mitchell Discussions Orchestra: Discussions "Who Dat"

*New Ting: 2024-10-28 "I'm Step Not Your Stones" (wav)

*Office Ladies: Brains in Bed, Brains and Boots, No Boots in Bed (side 1)

*Charlie Parker: Live and Private Recordings in Chronological Order (disc 12)

*Annette Peacock: I Have No Feelings

*Ivo Perelman Trio: Garden of Jewels

*Tomeka Reid/Kyoko Kitamura/Taylor Ho Bynum/Joe Morris: Geometry of Caves

*Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee

*Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (side 1)

*Soft Machine: Six (side 2)

*Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars (disc 2)

*Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra: Strange Strings (Expanded Edition) (side 4)

*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: 1985-06-10 Philadelphia (CDR) (disc 1)

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

*Various artists: Tokyo Flashback

*Anna Webber: simpletrio2000

*Mary Wells: Forgive & Forget: Selected Tracks 1960-64 (CDR compilation)

*Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life (side 2)

*Yes: Yes (side 1)

*Yes: Time and a Word (side 1)

*Yes: Tales from Topographic Oceans (2016 remaster) (disc 2) "Ritual"

*Yes: Relayer (2016 remaster) (disc 1)

*Neil Young: Zuma

Playlist, Week of 2020-10-18

I'm struck by how much Tony Williams's late Blue Note compositions sound like the music of the great Miles Davis quintet of the '60s... I was foolish to be disappointed with Foreign Intrigue when I bought it when it first came out... what was I expecting? Lifetime?... the stupidity of youth... and I wonder: what mistakes am I making now?... at any rate, this music now sounds deeply rich and intriguing... I discovered another version of Duke Ellington playing "New World a-Comin'" from the First Sacred Concert, this time a piano solo... I prefer the band version... Haven't heard a lame Charlie Parker solo yet... 

Playlist 2020-10-19:

*Rodrigo Amado: This Is Our Language
*Art Ensemble: 1967/68 (disc 4) "A to Ericka"
*Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor (Emerson String Quartet)
*Blood Incantation: Hidden History of the Human Race
*Tom Buckner/Gerald Oshita/Roscoe Mitchell: New Music for Woodwinds and Voice (side 2)
*Centipede: Septober Energy (side 2)
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2015-05-14 Nashville (wav) Track 3
*John Coltrane: Live in Seattle "Out of This World"
*Deerhoof: Love-Lore
*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: The Treasury Shows, Vol. 6 (disc 1)
*Duke Ellington: The Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA-Victor Recordings (disc 18)
*Farmers By Nature: Love and Ghosts (disc 2) "Bisanz"
*Jimmy Giuffre 3: 1961 (disc 1)
*Benny Goodman: The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Master Takes (disc 1)
*Fletcher Henderson: The Complete Fletcher Henderson 1927-1936 (sides 3, 4)
*King Crimson: Larks' Tongues in Aspic: The Complete Recordings (disc 9)
*Booker Little: Out Front (side 1)
*Charles Mingus: Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (disc 2)
*Roscoe Mitchell: Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound and Space Ensembles (side 2)
*Joe Morris Quartet: Balance
*Muffins: <185> (side 1)
*Charlie Parker: The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker (discs 6, 7)
*Charlie Parker: Charlie Parker (sides 7, 8)
*Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions (side 6)
*Mario Pavone Dialect Trio: Philosophy
*Pere Ubu: Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection (sides 1, 2)
*Popol Vuh: Einsjäger und Siebenjäger
*RAIC: Lamentations
*Matthew Shipp: Sonic Fiction
*Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
*Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Live at Montreux (sides 1, 3)
*Sun Ra: 1977-07-08 WKCR-FM, NYC (CDR)
*Charles Tolliver Big Band: Mosaic Select (disc 3)
*Various artists: Studio One 007: Licensed to Ska
*Various artists: The Other Side of the Trax: Stax-Volt 45rpm Rarities 1964-1968
*Various artists: Ad-Rock & Mike D's Alphabetical Jukebox (CDR compilation) (disc 13)
*Various artists: Subradar Sampler #01
*Various artists: Subradar Sampler #02
*Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald: The Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions (1934-1941) (disc 5)
*Dan Weiss/Starebaby: Natural Selection
*Tony Williams: Mosaic Select (discs 2, 3)