Sunday, March 27, 2011

3-7-11 Playlist

Will the winter of our discontent become spring this month? Not quite.

1. Attraction Of The Moon / Eri Yamamoto Trio / IN EACH DAY, SOMETHING GOOD (Aum Fidelity)
2. No Neighborhood Rough Enough / Steve Lehman Octet / TRAVAIL, TRANSFORMATION AND FLOW (Pi)
3. Redundant Triangulation / Tom Abbs Frequency Response / CONSCRPTION (CIMP)
4. Chantal / The Thirteenth Assembly / (UN)SENTIMENTAL (Important Records)\
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Interview with Tomas Fujiwara, the drummer with The Tirteenth Assembly and Tomas Fujiwara and the Hook-up.
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5. Folly Cove / Tomas Fujiwara And The Hook-Up / ACTIONSPEAK (482 Music)
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More interview with Tomas Fujiwara
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6. Opel / Tomas Fujiwara And The Hook-Up / ACTIONSPEAK (482 Music)
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7. What's Your Story Morning Glory #2 / Mary Lou Williams / NITE LIFE (Chiaroscuro)
8. Afrika Rising Trilogy: Movement I-The Ancient Power Awakes / Nicole Mitchell Black Earth Ensemble / AFRIKA RISING (Dreamtime)
9. Movement II-Metamorphosis / Nicole Mitchell Black Earth Ensemble / AFRIKA RISING (Dreamtime)
10. Movement III-Intergalactic Healing / Nicole Mitchell Black Earth Ensemble / AFRIKA RISING (Dreamtime)

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11. Unconscious Forces / Jane Ira Bloom / LIKE SILVER, LIKE SONG (Artist Share)
12. Dressed Like A Horse / Mokuto / DRESSED LIKE A HORSE (Ninth World)

Keep your ears open...

2-28-11 Playlist

The harder I go, the behinder I get/

1. Take The A-Train / Matthew Shipp Trio / ART OF THE IMPROVISER (Thirsty Ear)
2. Good Looking Android / Jason Adasiewicz / ROLLDOWN (432 Music)
3. Thirty-Five / Either/Orchestra / MOOD MUSIC FOR TIME TRAVELERS (Accurate)
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4. Naked Truth / Hamid Drake, Alvert Beger & William Parker / EVOLVING SILENCE VOL. 1 (Earsay)
5. Bronx #3 / Daniel Levin Quartet / BACALHAU (Clean Feed)
6. Enshakoota / Gord Grdina Trio w/Mats Gustafsson / BARREL FIRE (Drio Audio)

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7. On A Country Road / John Carter / FIELDS (Gramavision)
8. St. Louis Sonority / Stephen Haynes / PARHESSIA (Engine)
9. Udentity III / Denman Maroney / UDENTITY (Clean Feed)
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10. Trictrac / Return Of The New Thing / TRAQUE (Ayler)

Keep listening.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

2-21-11 Playlist

The days are getting longer. Really.

1. Where Does That Tunnel Go / Kris Davis Trio / GOOD CITIZEN (Fresh Sound)
2. Sanctum / Adam Lane, Lou Grassi and Mark Whitecage / DRUNK BUTTERFLY (Clean Feed)
3. Lahk Laka / Francois Carrier / ENTRANCE 3 (Ayler)
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4. Platinum Inside Straight / Henry Threadgill / EVERYBODY'S MOUTH'S A BOOK (Pi)
5. February-Locomotive-February / Sakoto Fujii / DESERT SHIP (NotTwo)

6. Cherry Pop / All Ears / LINE (BBB)
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7. The Silent Drum / John Carter / DANCE OF THE LOVE GHOSTS (Gramavision)
8. The Buried Quilt / Rova and the Nels Cline Singers / THE CELESTIAL SEPTET (New World)
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9. Fertility Dance / Frequency / s/t (Thrill Jockey)
10. J20 19-23 / Waclaw Zimpel, Wotjek Traczyk and Robert Rasz / THE LIGHT (Multikulti Project)
11. Svettpalor / Moksha / s/t (Moserobie)

Let's do this again next week.

2-14-11 Playlists

Proof positive that there are no avant garde jazz Valentine's Days songs.

1. The New Fact / Matthew Shipp Trio / ART OF THE IMPROVISER (Thirsty Ear)
2. Our Hospitality (ver. 1) / Ken Aldcroft's Convergence Ensemble / OUR HOSPITALITY (Trio Records)
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3. Suspended In Amber / New Haven Improvisers Collective / INFLECTION (NHIC Records)
4. Outspoken / Avram Fefer / RITUAL (Clean Feed)
5. Big Oil Tango / Aaardvark Jazz Orchestra / AMERICAN AGONISTES (Leo)
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6. Capture / John Carter / CASTLES OF GHANA (Gramavision)
7. #4 / Chris Welcome Quartet / s/t (Tigerasylum)
8. Reborn Not Gone / Matt Bauder / DAY IN PICTURES (Clean Feed)
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Tribute To Tony Levin, R.I.P.

9. There's No Going Back Now (exerpt) / Mujician / THERE'S NO GOING BACK NOW (Cuneiform)


But at least the show was done with love.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

2-7-10 Playlist

Groundhogs need great sounds for the long winter.

1. Ando / Benoit Delbecq Trio / THE SIXTH JUMP (Songlines)
2. Between Shadow and Space / Michael Dessen Trio / BETWEEN SHADOWS AND SPACE (Clean Feed)
3. A Drunk Monk / Eric Hofbauer and the Infrared Band / MYTH UNDERSTANDING (Creative Nation)

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4. Questions / Tomas Fujiwara and the Hookup / ACTIONSPEAK (482 Music)
5. Freak Seen / Crepuscule Trio / UNVEIL (Circumvention)
6. Gray Stones/Shards Of Sky / Rich Halley Quartet / LIVE AT THE PENOFIN JAZZ FESTIVAL (Pine Eagle0
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7. Dauwhe / John Carter / DAUWHE (Black Saint)
8. Torus III / Ken Vandermark and Kent Kessler / COLLECTED FICTION (Okkadisk)
9. Mister Barista / Fredrik Nordstrom / LIVE IN COIMBRA (Clean Feed)
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10. Methone / David S. Ware / SATURNIAN (Aum Fidelity)
11. Red Cage / The Engines / WIRE AND BRASS (Okkadisk)

Thanks for listening. More next week.