Sunday, October 31, 2010

10-18-10 Playlist

Octoberfest continues...

1. Quest / Mario Pavone / TRIO ARC (Playscape)
2. Spin With the EARth / Adam Lane Quartet / BUFFALO (Cadence)
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3. Last Seen Headed II / Joelle Leandre, Francois Houle & Raymond Strid / LAST SEEN HEADED (Ayler)
4. Stake / Jason Adasiewicz / SUN ROOMS (Delmark)
5. Chanting / Erik Friedlander / PRWL (Crytogramophone)
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6. Monk's Dream / Steve Lacy & Roswell Rudd / SCHOOL DAYS (Hat Art)
7. Diasporadiation / David Boykin / DIASPORADIATION (Dreamtime)

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8. Inserted Space / Milford Graves & John Zorn / MILFORD GRAVES-JOHN ZORN (Tzadik)
9. Psirouk / Grix / SWEET, SOUR, SHARP & SOFT (Jazzwerkstaff)
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10. The New York Suite : Part 3-Improvisors / Vandermark 5 / BEAT READER (Atavistic)

More next week.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

10-11-10 Columbus Day Playlist

Hope you had a nice holiday weekend, however you feel about Columbus.

1. Small Beggar / Eric Zinman / ENSEMBLE (Cadence Jazz Records)
2. Pablo / Tomas Ulrich's Cargo Cult / TOMAS ULRICH'S CARGO CULT (CIMP)
3. Frosted / Aram Shelton / ARRIVE-LIVE AT ELASTIC (Singlespeed)
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4. Book of Krittika / David S. Ware / ONCEPT (Aum Fidelity)
5. Circus / Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman / DUAL IDENTITY (Clean Feed)
6. Imaginary Solutions / Joe Morris / TODAY ON EARTH (Aum Fidelity)
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7. Nice Work If You Can Get It (mst. tk.)/ Thelonious Monk / GENIUS OF MODERN MUSIC VOL. 1 (Blue Note)
8. Criss Cross (mst. tk.)/ Thelonious Monk / GENIUS OF MODERN MUSIC VOL. 2 (Blue Note)
9. Bye-Ya / Thelonious Monk w/John Coltrane /THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET W/JOHN COLTRANE AT CARNEGIE HALL (Blue Note)

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10. East Kent Goldings / Evan Parker & Ingebrigt Flater-Haken / THE BREWERY TAP (Smalltown Superjazz0
11. Silence Becomes A Roar / Jason Robinson / FINGERPRINT (Circumvention)
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12. 4th Avenue, Adam's Block / Rodrigo Amado / SEARCHING FOR ADAM (Not Two)

More to come.

Friday, October 22, 2010

10/4/10 Playlist

The begining of Sound Principles Octoberfest. The sounds are the same--it's just a little cooler outside, and darker a little earlier. And you're on your own for the beer. But the music is great!

1. Play to Live / Jason Moran / TEN (Blue Note)
2. Stomping / Magnus Broo and Paal Nilssen-Love / GAME (PNL Records)
3. Turn It Up / Assif Tsahar, Cooper-Moore, & Chad Taylor / DIGITAL PRIMITIVES (Hopscotch)
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4. A Widow's Last Penny / Vijay Anderson / HARDBOILED WONDERLAND (NotTwo)
5. We Are The People Who Are Darker Than Blue / William Parker / I PLAN TO STAY A BELIEVER: THE INSIDE SONGS OF CURTIS MAYFIELD (Aum Fidelity)
6. Too Sweet / The Thirteenth Assembly / (UN)SENTIMENTAL (Important Records)
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7. Blue Nile / Alice Coltrane / TRANSLINEAR LIGHT (Impulse)
8. Acuppa / Mauger / THE BEAUTIFUL ENABLER (Clean Feed)
9. Black Hawk Dance / Scott DuBois / BLACK HAWK DANCE (Sunnyside)

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10. Freedom. Disc One, Track One / Paul Rogers Freedom Orchestra / LIVE AT THE RUDERSDORF JAZZ FESTIVAL (FMR)

More next week. Thanks for listening.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

9/27/10 Playlist

Last week I was in Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island. No jazz in any of those places, but if you like fiddle tunes....
Thanks to Jesse Kaminsky for filling in.

1. Beginning / Frank Kimbrough Trio / PLAY (Palmetto)
2. New Rugs / Joe Fiedler Trio / THE CRAB (Clean Feed)
3. The Liar / Paul Dunmall / SOLO BAGPIPES (Duns Ltd. Editions)
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4. Something From Nothing / Stephen Gauci-Kris Davis-Michael Bisio / SKM (Clean Feed)
5. RBHK-KNNK / Fred Hess Big Band / HOLD ON (Dazzle)
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6. Quick Draw / Ingrid Laubrock / ANTI-HOUSE (Intakt)
7. Spirits Entering / FAB Trio / A NIGHT IN PARIS (Marge)
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8. India (Live) / John Coltrane / THE COMPLETE 1961 VILLAGE VANGUARD SESSIONS (Impulse)
9. Out Of This World (Live) / John Coltrane / LIVE IN SEATTLE (Impulse)
10. My Favorite Things (Live) / John Coltrane / LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD AGAIN! (Impulse)


Coltrane Lives!!!

Friday, October 15, 2010

9/13/10 Playlist

The beat goes on...

1. Coming Out Of Nothing / Pandelis Karayorgis Trio / BLOOD BALLAD (Leo)
2. Think Like The Waves / Gordon Grdina, Gary Peacock & Paul Motian / THINK LIKE THE WAVES (Songlines)
3. The Rub / Rich Halley / MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS (Louie)
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4. Can't Wait To Go Om / Paul Dunmall / UNDISTRACTED (Duns Ltd. Editions)


5. Soledad / William Parker / CORN MEAL DANCE (AUM FIDELITY)
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6. Ponzi / Lisa Mezzacappa's Bait and Switch / WHAT IS KNOWN (Clean Feed)
7. Don't Ruin Me / Angles / EVERY WOMAN IS A TREE (Clean Feed)
8. Walking On Fire / Transit / QUADROLOGUES (Clean Feed)
9. Put My Finger On It / Keefe Jackson / SEEING YOU SEE (Clean Feed)

On vacation next week. Behave yourselves.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

9/6/ 10 Playlist

September Song(s)....

1. Broken Promise / Dave Burrell / MOMENTUM (High Two)
2. (Kalap)(Hat) / Szilard Mezei Trio / THE TREMBLING OF THE PUPPY (Gyot)
3. Anti-House / Ingrid Laubrock / ANTI-HOUSE (Intakt)
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4. Toward Fall / Stephan Crump Rosetta Trio / RECLAMATION (Sunnyside)
5. Welcome Steps / Jacob William Quartet / SECONDARY DEVATIONS (Ayler)
6. Bend / Fieldwork / DOOR (Pi)
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7. Richard's House Of Blues / Lisa Mezzacappa's Bait and Switch / WHAT IS KNOWN (Clean Feed)


8. Baobabs / The Convergence Quartet / SONG/DANCE (Clean Feed)
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9. Mount Fuji / Noah Howard / THE BLACK ARK (Bo'Wevil)
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10. Start Frame and Soft Hard (Interpolation 1) / SFQ / THIRTEEN RECTANGLES (Bruce's Fingers)
11. Rectangle 1 / SFQ / THIRTEEN RECTANGLES (Bruce's Fingers
12. Rectangle 2 / SFQ / ibid.
13. Rectangle 3 / SFQ / ibid.
14. Rectangles 4 & 5 / SFQ / ibid.
15. Rectangle 6 / SFQ / ibid.

No room for squares, but plenty of rectangle.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

8/30/10

On vacation last week in Oregon, visiting my daughter and son-in-law. Thanks to Charlie Kohlhase for filling in.

1. Giant (Steps) / John Law Trio / GIANT LEAVES (AUTUMN STEPS) (FMR)
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2. Calling All Portraits / Mary Halvorson-Jessica Pavone-Devin Hoff-Ches Smith / CALLING ALL PORTRAITS (Skycap)
3. Underground / Daniel Levin / DON'T GO IT ALONE (rITI)
4. Attila 02 (Dawning Ritual) / Steve Coleman and Five Elements / HARVESTING SEMBLANCES AND AFFINITIES (Pi)
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5. Crow Soul / Dennis Gonzalez' Yells At Eels with Rodrigo Amado / THE GREAT BYGDOSZCZ CONCERT (Ayler)


6. Papa's Midnight Hop / Ideal Bread / TRANSMIT (Cuneiform)
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7. Thumbs Up / Ed Blackwell Project / WHAT IT IS? (Enja)
8. Untitled (Disc 2, Track 2 / Sonore (Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet Plus 1) / 3 NIGHTS IN OSLO (Smalltown Superjazz)
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9. Shoes, Jump / Stephan Crump Rosetta Trio / RECLAMATION (Sunnyside)
10. Circus / Rudresh Mahanthappa / MOTHER TONGUE (Pi)
11. Dart Night At The Willow / Charlie Kohlhase Quintet / DART NIGHT (Accurate)

...and that's it.

Friday, October 1, 2010

8/16/10 Playlist

So many playlists, so little time....

Today had an interview with trumpeter Jerry Sabatini of Sonic Explorers.

1. Dogon A.D. / Vijay Iyer Trio / HISTORICITY (ACT)
2. The Cradle / Aram Shelton / ARRIVE--LIVE AT ELASTIC (Singlespeed)
3. Nonau / Bob Magnusson-Tom DeSteno Quartet / OMENS (CIMP)
4. Let's Go Down To The River / William Parker Organ Quartet / UNCLE JOE'S SPIRIT HOUSE (Centering)
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5. Exodus / Sonic Explorers / LORE OF THE LAND (self released)
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6. Geraldo's Hideaway / Sonic Explorers / SO NEAR, SO NEAR (self- released)
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7. The Alarm Clock Is My Only Kryptonite / Charlie Kohlhase's Explorers Club / ADVENTURES (Boxholder)
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8. Mendacity / Max Roach w/ Abby Lincoln / PERCUSSION BITTER SWEET (Impulse)

9. To The Roach Pt 2 / Odean Pope / TO THE ROACH (CIMP)
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10. No More Net / Cross Border Trio / NEW DIRECTIONS (Circumvention)
11. Suburban Angst / Sean Conly / RE:ACTION (Clean Feed)

And farewell to Abby Lincoln, a true original.