Playlist: 20090623

Powerhouse

Us 5 (Joe Lovano)

Folk Art

Blue Note

Folk Art

Us 5 (Joe Lovano)

Folk Art

Blue Note

Making Love to the Dark Ages (Pts 1 & 2)

Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber

Making Love to the Dark Ages

Live Wired

Twelve Windows

William Hooker

Complexity #2

KOS Recordings

Mirror Images

Joe Fonda, Carlo Morena, George Schuller

A Drop of Water

Konnex

Moglichkeiten

Joe Fonda, Carlo Morena, George Schuller

A Drop of Water

Konnex

Specific Gravity

Michael Jefry Stevens Quartet

For the Children

CJR

Soundhear

Muhal Richard Abrams, George lewis, Roscoe Mitchell

Streaming

PI Recordings

"The '59 Sound" 

A Radio Documentary focusing on three seminal releases (by Columbia) in 1959: "Time Out" (Dave Brubeck); "Sketches of Spain" (Miles Davis); "Ah Um" (Charles Mingus).

Magg Zelma

Art Ensemble of Chicago

Full Force

ECM

He Took a Cab to Neptune

Art Ensemble of Chicago

Sirius Calling

Pi Recordings

Next Step

Conference Call

Poetry in Motion

Clean Feed

Playlist: 20090616

Spirit World
William Hooker
Armageddon
Homestead Records

Song for Charles
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City (Live at Iridium)
Pi Recordings

State Secrets
William Hooker
Armageddon
Homestead Records

Lush Life
Lisa Sokolov
A Quiet Thing
Laughinghorse Music

Kol Nidre
Lisa Sokolov
A Quiet Thing
Laughinghorse Music

Ol' Man River
Lisa Sokolov
A Quiet Thing
Laughinghorse Music

River
Chanda Rule
I Too Speak of a River
Like Water Music

Poltva Part IV
Five Spot
Poltva (live in Lviv at jazz Festival BEZZ 2007)
SoLyd Records

Alloy
Steve Lehman Octet
Travail, Transformation, and Flow
Pi Recordings

Echoes
Steve Lehman Octet
Travail, Transformation, and Flow
Pi Recordings

Rudreshm
Steve Lehman Octet
Travail, Transformation, and Flow
Pi Recordings

Loud Dove
Tony Malaby
Paloma Recio
New World Records

Pia Mater
Jason Robinson
Cerberus Rising
Circumvention

Was It A Rat I Saw
Noah Preminger
Dry Bridge Road
Nowt Records

Playlist: 20090526

It's been a while since I just played music for y'all.

The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost
John Coltrane
The Impulse Story
Impulse!

Alechinsky
Tony Malaby
Paloma Recio
New World Records

Luke
Noah Preminger
Dry Bridge road
NOWT Records

Modern Enunciator
Carl Maguire's Floriculture
Sided Silver Solid
Firehouse 12

Splayed Fingers
Michael Musillami Trio + 3
From Seeds
Playscape Recordings

Lying in Bed, Moving Through Space
Rozanne Levine & Chakra Tuning
Only Moment
Acoustics

A Change is Gonna Come
Jaimoe's Jasssz Band
Ed Blackwell Memorial Concert
Lil' Johnieboy Records

Didn't He Ramble
Kermit Ruffins
Livin' a Treme Life
Basin Street

Playlist: 20090414

Danger Notes
Reptet
Chicken or Beef?
Monktail Records

Reptet Score!
Reptet
Chicken or Beef?
Monktail Records

Les Memoires de Django et Wes
Ameranouche!!!
Homage a Manouche
Red Squirrel Records

Maih Maul
Ameranouche!!!
Homage a Manouche
Red Squirrel Records

Down by the Riverside
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
Forked Tongue
Cuneiform

Strange Man
Emily Bezar
Exchange
DemiVox

Number Six
Jessica Lurie Ensemble
Shop of Wild Dreams
Zipa! Music

Sick(s) Fragments (Part 1)
Herb Robertson's NY Downtown Allstars
Real Aberration
Clean Feed

Sick(s) Fragments (Part 2)
Herb Robertson's NY Downtown Allstars
Real Aberration
Clean Feed

Sick(s) Fragments (Part 3)
Herb Robertson's NY Downtown Allstars
Real Aberration
Clean Feed

Convergence (Kinsmen)
Rudresh Mahanthappa
Kinsmen
PI Recordings

IIT
Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition
Apti
Innova Recordings

Sinner Man
Nina Simone
Pastel Blues
Philips

Playlist: 20090331 (Pete Robbins Interview)

Pete Robbins, Mario Pavone, and Tyshawn Sorey will be at Firehouse 12 on Friday, 4/3... playing freely improvised music! Pete and I spoke at length about the upcoming show, and about music in general.

Playlist: 20090310B (After the Preemption)

Picking up where we left off...

Chains and Water A, B, C

Burnt Sugar

Making Love to the Dark Ages

Live Wired

Africa

John Coltrane Quartet

Africa/Brass

Impulse!

Playlist: 20090310 (Basketball Preemption)

Saw Dr. Lonnie Smith at the Jazz Standard, Saturday.  My God! He walks slowly out onto the stage with a cane; all smiles, mind you;  sits quietly behind the B3... pauses... and commences to play... like nothing I've ever seen or heard.  Jazz keeps you young; it's true!

Matterapat

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Rise Up!

Palmetto

Dapper Dan

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Rise Up!

Palmetto

Your Mama's Got a Complex

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Too Damn Hot!

Palmetto

The night before, we saw the Gerry Hemingway Quartet at the Cornelia Street Cafe.  Gerry... Ellery... Kermit... and Herb Robertson.  Here's the latest from Herb:

Tracks 1~3

Sick(s)/Real Aberration

Herb Robertson's NY Downtown Allstars

Clean Feed

Friday, I also ran into Charles Blass, who runs lovevolv incorporated.  He happily shared the good news about Burnt Sugar.  

Chains and Water A

Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber

Making Love To The Dark Ages

Live Wired Music

Playlist: 20090303

IIT

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition

Apti

Innova

Baladhi

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition

Apti

Innova

Nourishing Our Roots

Alex Cline

Continuation

Cryptogramophone

Clearing Our Streams

Alex Cline

Continuation

Cryptogramophone

Onan (Suite)

Nels Cline

Coward

Cryptogramophone

Menba' (Maqam Bayat)/Jourjina

Amir ElSaffar

Two Rivers

PI Recordings

Hemayoun

Amir ElSaffar

Two Rivers

PI Recordings

Convergence (Kinsmen)

Rudresh Mahanthappa

Kinsmen

PI Recordings

Rivers Run

Dave Holland Sextet

Pass it On

Dare2

Fran Dance

Miles Davis

Kind of Blue (Legacy Edition)

Columbia/Legacy

Playlist: 20090224 (Mardi Gras!)

Basin Street Blues

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Soundtrack

Concord Records

Dipper Mouth Blues

Louis Armstrong

Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography

Verve

Canal Street Blues

Louis Armstrong

Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography

Verve

Aunt Hagar's Blues

Louis Armstrong

...Plays W.C. Handy

Columbia/Legacy

Beale Street Blues

Louis Armstrong

...Plays W.C. Handy

Columbia/Legacy

Hesitating Blues

Louis Armstrong

...Plays W.C. Handy

Columbia/Legacy

Struttin' With Some Barbecue

Doreen Ketchens

God Is My Rock

DJNO

Amazing Grace

Doreen Ketchens

God Is My Rock

DJNO

Double Dealing/When Will the Blues Leave?

John Sinclair & Ed Moss

If I Could Be With You

Schoolkids' Records

If I Could Be With You

John Sinclair & Ed Moss

If I Could Be With You

Schoolkids' Records

We Gona Funk It Up (on Mardi Gras)

Doreen Ketchens

The Blues

DJNO

When The Saints Go Marching In

Dr. John

N'Awlinz Dis Dat or D'udda

Blue Note

Playlist: 20090217

Oof

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

Mama's House Live

Katalyst Entertainment

Kari

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

Mama's House Live

Katalyst Entertainment

Mikuro's Blues

David S. Ware Quartet

Renunciation

AUM Fidelity

Long Distance Runaround

The Bad Plus

For All I Care

Heads Up

Barracuda

The Bad Plus

For All I Care

Heads Up

Heart of Gold

The Bad Plus

These Are The Vistas

Columbia

Saturn's Return

Emily Bezar

Exchange

DemiVox

Anything They Say

Emily Bezar

Exchange

DemiVox

Lament

Emily Bezar

Exchange

DemiVox

Number Six

Jessica Lurie Ensemble

Shop of Wild Dreams

Zipa! Music

I Don't Care If I Don't Care

Jessica Lurie Ensemble

Shop of Wild Dreams

Zipa! Music

Hornbills

Christopher Roberts, Mark Morton, James Bergman

Trios for Deep Voices

Cold Blue Music

Graveling

Open Loose

Strange Unison

Radio Legs