Playlist, Week of 2014-07-13

I have delved into some of the recent iTunes 2014 Sun Ra remasters. Watch this space for the quick overview I posted to the Saturn listserv.

Playlist 2014-07-14:

*Various artists: Anthology of Noise and Electronic Music #6: Sixth a-chronology 1957-2010
*Various artists: District of Noise Vol. 6: A Compilation of Experimental Music from Washington DC
*AMM: Combine + Laminates + Treatise ‘84
*AMM: 1988-01 BBC Maida Vale Studios (CDR)
*Daniel Barbiero/Sam Byrd/Jimmy Ghaphery: 2014-07-05 Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring MD (wav)
*Anthony Braxton's Sonic Genome Project: 2010-01-31 Vancouver (CDR) (disc 1)
*Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet & 7-tette: Navigation (The Complete Firehouse 12 Recordings) (disc 2)
*Miles Davis: Miles at the Fillmore (discs 3, 4)
*Duke Ellington: The Private Collection, Vol. 6: Studio Sessions New York 1968
*Herbie Hancock: Sunlight (side 1)
*Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble: Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin’ Shoes
*Roscoe Mitchell: Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound and Space Ensembles
*Grachan Moncur III: Evolution
*Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research Arkestra: The Invisible Shield (2014 remaster)
*Sun Ra: Monorails and Satellites, Vol. 1 (2014 remaster)
*Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra: Strange Strings (2014 remaster)
*Sun Ra and His Blue Universe Arkestra: Universe in Blue (2014 remaster)
*Sun Ra: Astro Black (2014 remaster)
*Sun Ra: Explore the Cosmos (2014 remaster) (selections)
*Tom Rainey Trio: Pool School
*Leo Smith: Budding of a Rose
*Cecil Taylor Quintet: 1965-07-02 Newport Jazz Festival
*Various artists: WSAM: Jazz = DNA (cassette compilation)
*Beach Boys: Hawthorne CA (disc 1)
*Scott Brookman (unreleased selections 2014)
*Chemical Brothers: Further (selections)
*Chemical Brothers: Come with Me
*Dungen: Tio Bitar
*Lost: Lost Tapes 1965-1966
*Mr. Bungle: Mr. Bungle
*Various artists: The History of Indian Film Music (disc 1)
*Mary Wells: Something New: Motown Lost & Found

Reading List, Week of 2014-07-13

Reading List 2014-07-14:

*Thomas, Gordon. Los Manos de Jack Kirby (reread/started)
*Thomas, Gordon. “Squanto Must Die” (reread/finished)
*Martin, George R.R. A Feast for Crows (reread/in progress)
*Martin, George R.R. A Dance with Dragons (reread/in progress)

For this re-read of the two latest Song of Ice and Fire novels, I am trying the concurrent reading of both of them at once, as outlined here. Gotta say, it's a gas! The image comes from a different source, but I couldn't resist.

Life Itself

Reading is sometimes thought of as a form of escapism. . . . But a book can also be where one finds oneself; and when a reader is grasped and held by a book, reading does not feel like an escape from life so much as it feels like an urgent, crucial dimension of life itself. (Rebecca Mead, My Life in Middlemarch, as quoted by Claire Messud)

Playlist, Week of 2014-07-06

Playlist 2014-07-07:

*AMM: At the Roundhouse
*AMM: Laminal (disc 2)
*Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet: Box
*Paul Bley/John Gilmore/Paul Motian/Gary Peacock: Turning Point
*Anthony Braxton: For Trio
*Anthony Braxton/Roscoe Mitchell Creative Orchestra: 1984-06-30 Austria (CDR)
*Thomas Chapin Trio: Sky Piece
*Miles Davis: Volume 1 [Blue Note]
*Miles Davis: Volume 2 [Blue Note]
*Miles Davis: Miles at the Fillmore (discs 1, 2)
*Jimmy Giuffre: New Forms in Jazz
*Roscoe Mitchell: “Chant” (Wildflowers: The New York Jazz Loft Sessions, Complete, disc 3)
*Roscoe Mitchell/Anthony Braxton Creative Orchestra: 1984-06-30 Austria (CDR)
*Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble: 3X4 Eye
*Pete La Roca Sims: Turkish Women at the Bath
*Sun Ra: Discipline (cassette compilation)
*Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra: Strange Strings (2014 remaster)
*Sun Ra: Monorails and Satellites, Vol. 1 (2014 remaster)
*Wadada Leo Smith & Roscoe Mitchell Creative Orchestra: 1979-06-03 Moers
*Cecil Taylor Quartet: At Newport
*Cecil Taylor Quintet: 1965-07-02 Newport Jazz Festival (streaming)
*Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
*Tex Goldstein: Horse In The Teepee
*Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: Naturally
*Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: 100 Days 100 Nights
*Killswitch Engage: As Daylight Dies
*Kropotkins: Five Point Crawl
*Floyd Miles: Goin’ Back to Daytona
*Carla Thomas: Sweet Sweetheart: The American Studios Sessions and More
*Various artists: Miami Sound: Rare Funk & Soul from Miami, Florida 1967-1974
*Various artists: WSAM: Seattle (CDR compilation)
*Mary Wells: Something New: Motown Lost & Found (disc 1)

Reading List, Week of 2014-07-06

Reading List 2014-07-07:

*Martin, George R.R. A Feast for Crows (reread/started)
*Martin, George R.R. A Dance with Dragons (reread/started)
*Thomas, Gordon. “Squanto Must Die” (started)
*Pynchon, Thomas. “A Journey into the Mind of Watts,” NYT Magazine, 1966-06-12 (started/finished)
*Thomas, Gordon. “The End of Fun” (started/finished)
*Brown, Charles Brockden. Edgar Huntly, or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker (finished)
*Prévost, Edwin. No Sound Is Innocent (finished)

Sound Excerpt from the Show Last Night (plus photo)

photo: Gary Rouzer

Here's a quick excerpt from the trio performance (plus dancers) last night. Great fun!

Gig this Saturday in Silver Spring MD: "Site Specific Improv & Jazz"

Colla Parte

I'm playing in a trio this weekend, with Daniel Barbiero and Jimmy Ghaphery, at a benefit for the Pyramid Atlantic. I'm very excited about this; it'll be the first time we've played together as a trio, and it will be all improv, with dancers. This group is what is billed as "Site-Specific Improvisation in sound and movement with musicians."

It's a Dan Barbiero double bill, with Colla Parte also playing, and I am equally psyched to see them after enjoying so many of their recordings. If you are in the DC area, come check out this nice evening of improvisational fireworks. Sparklers optional.