Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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



Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

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

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Playlist: 20090331 (Pete Robbins Interview)

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

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!

Dapper Dan
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Rise Up!

Your Mama's Got a Complex
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Too Damn Hot!

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

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

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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

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

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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