Saturday, March 27, 2010

3/22/10 Playlist

A lot of great bands visiting the Boston-Cambridge area this week. Hope you got out to see one of them.

1. Thicket / Joe Morris-Petr Cancura-Luther Grey / WILDLIFE (Aum Fidelity)
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2. Angels And Demons At Play / Respect Sextet / SIRIUS RESPECT (Avant Mode)
3. Jasper Jaguar-Deceptor / Charlie Kohlhase's Explorers Club / ADVENTURES (Boxholder)
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4. Space Aura / Sun Ra / SECRETS OF THE SUN (Atavistic)
5. Walkabout / Rob Brown Trio / LIVE AT FIREHOUSE 12 (NotTwo)
6. Siwa / Co Streiff Sextet / QUATAR (Intakt)
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7. The Rumpus / Cosmologic / EYES IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD (Cuneiform)
8. Given Pt. 1 / Steven Lantner Quartet / GIVEN-LIVE AT MUENSTER (Hatology)
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9. A Dispatch From Reuters / Michael Thieke-Christan Weber-Michael Grienerr / THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE (Ayler)
10. Waves (Asia) / Brad Shepik / HUMAN ACTIVITY SUITE (Songlines)
11. Springing Winter / Fred Anderson / STAYING IN THE GAME(Engine)



And a happy 81st birthday to the great Fred Anderson. May he play for many more years.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

3/15/10 PLAYLIST

Amongst other things, a trio led by a tuba player (Ben Stapp, music from Serbia (Szilard Mezei) and the first new recording in about 40 years from Giuseppi Logan.

1. Ancestral Voyage-Mystery Succeed / Daniel Carter and Reuben Radding / LUMINESCENCE (Aum Fidelity)
2. Morning Sunset / Linda Oh Trio / ENTRY (self-released)
3. Stellar / Mike Baggetta Quartet / SMALL SPACES (Fresh Sound)

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4. Al Shadhili's Litany of the Sea: Sunrise / Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quintet / SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS (Cuneiform)
5. Legal Action / James Carney Group / WAYS AND MEANS (Songlines)

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6. Steppin' / Giuseppi Logan Quintet / GIUSEPPI LOGAN QUINTET (Tompkins Square)
7. Painted Sharks / Ben Stapp Trio / ECSTASIS (Uqbar)
8. The 3/4 Tune / Peter Evans / THE PETER EVANS QUARTET (Firehouse 12)

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9. Fasching / Bengt "Frippe" Nordstrom / THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL OFFICE (Ayler)

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10. Jaquar / Szilard Mezei Quintet / CERKNO (Leo)
11. Doin' the Dust-Up / Slavic Soul Party / IN MACEDONIA (Knitting Factory JAM)





BTW, if you're interested, the Ben Stapp and Linda Oh cds are available at CD Baby (see links.) The others are available at most of the other on-line sellers.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

3/8/10--2nd Show

Yes, they actually let me be on for a second week. Here's music from France, Scandinavia, Italy and the ol' USA. (A note I should have included before: the format is song title, artist, album name and label.)

1. Waves / Kartet / JYVASKYLA (Naive)
2. Genius Syndrome / Skull Session / RISE ABOVE (Skycap)
3. Rom / Atomic / HAPPY NEW YEARS (Jazzland)
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4. Pragma / Enten Eller / TRAIT D'UNION (Splacsh)
5. Dreams of An Alternate Future/Remembering the Past / Cosmologic / EYES IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD (Cuneiform)
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6. That's Not A Closet / Jason Stein's Locksmith Isadore / A CALCULUS OF LOSS (Clean Feed)
7. Be The Frog / Darren Johnston / THE EDGE OF THE FOREST (Clean Feed)
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8. The Uh Uh Uh / Steve Lacy Quartet / REVENUE (Soul Note)
9. Night / Myra Melford's Be Bread / THE WHOLE TREE GONE (Firehouse 12)

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10. Toward "To West" / Sakoto Fujii w/Mark Dresser and Jim Black / TOWARD "TO WEST" (Enja)


Hope you enjoyed the show. If you missed it, check the archives at the WMBR website.

Friday, March 5, 2010

3/1/10 PLAYLIST--1st Show!!!

Welcome to the blog for Sound Principles, a radio show on WMBR 88.1 FM on Mondays from 6-8 PM. Here is the playlist for that show.

Theme: Groove / William Parker Quartet

1. Moon Bird / Myra Melford Be Bread / THE WHOLE TREE GONE(Firehouse 12)
2. Thingin' / Michael Attias / RENKU IN COINBRA (Clean Feed)
3. Army of Strangers / The Thirteenth Assembly / (UN)SENTIMENTAL (Important)
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4. The Progress Suite / The October Trio w/Brad Turner / LOOKS LIKE ITS GOING TO SNOW (Songlines)
5. For Fela Kuti #2 / Tony Wilson Sextet / PEARLS BEFORE SWINE (Drip Audio)
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6. Fourth Limb / Linda Oh Trio / ENTRY (self-released)
7. Nuru Light: Prince of Peace / The Alexander Hawkins Ensemble / NO NOW IS SO (FMR)
8. Soul Samurai / Pinton, Kullhammar, Zetterberg and Nordeson / CHANT (Clean Feed)
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9. Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam / Horace Tapscott / THOUGHTS OF DAR ES SALAAM (Arabesque)
10. The Star of the Show / Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club / ADVENTURES (Boxholder)
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11. Lithotone I: Parts 3,4,and 5 / Raoul Bjorkenheim, William Parker and Hamid Drake / DMG @ THE STONE (DMG ARC)



That's all you get this week. Tune in next time.