April 2013 Listening

1.       “Twins” Ty Segall (Drag City) LP

2.       “At Folsom Prison” Johnny Cash

3.       “Love Cry & The Last Album”  Albert Ayler  (Impluse! 06007 5334699) CD

4.       “Walk, Love, Sleep” Peter Brotzmann Chicago & Tentet  (Smalltown Superjazzz - stsj174cd) CD

5.       “Represencing” Joshua Abrams with  Chad Taylor/ David Boykin (Eremite  MTE 058LP) LP

6.       “Now Here's My Plan” Bonnie Prince Blly with Angel Olson (Drag City  DC525) LP

7.       “Sunrise in Different Dimensions”  Sun Ra (Hat Hut 2R17) LP

8.       “Giorgio Gaslini Meets” Giorgio Gaslini with Steve Lacy & Tony Oxley (PA USA PR-7014) LP

9.       “Holy Ghost”  Albert Ayler  (Revenent  123) CD

10.   “Carved Into Roses/Infinityland/Singles” Skullflower with Matt Bowers  (VHF  vhf#128) CD

11.   “The Wonder Show of the World” Bonnie Prince Blly & The Cairo Gang (Drag City  DC2012) LP

12.   “20th Anniversary”  Globe Unity Orchestra  with Alex von Schlippenbach & Evan Parker (FMP CD 45) CD

13.   “14 Songs”  Paul Westerberg   

14.   “Duo (London) 1993” Anthony Braxton & Evan Parker  (Leo CD LR193) CD

15.   “What would the Community Think” Cat Power (Matador OLE 202-2P) CD

16.   “Graz, Austria 2000-03-30”  Peter Brotzmann with Keiji Haino & Shoji Hano  (CDr)

17.   “Building Nothing Out of Something” Modest Mouse (Up 073) CD

18.   “Ocean of Earth” Kevin Norton / Joelle Leandre / Thomas Ulrich (Barking Hoop  BKH-007) CD

19.   “Duo Exchange”  Frank Lowe  & Rashied Ali (CDr)

20.   “Noah Howard Quartet” Noah Howard with Ric Colbeck &  Dave Grant (ESP 1031-2) CDr

21.   “When I See the Sun & Frigid Stars” Codiene

22.   “Green River” Green River

23.   “Black Suite” Jacque Coursil   

24.   “Folkjokepus” Roy Harper   

25.   “Dabbling with Gravity and Who You Are” Vibracatheral Orchestra with Michael Flowers and Michael Bower

26.   “Riobec” Cecil Taylor with  Gunter Sommer  (FMP  CD 2) CD

27.   “Complete Discography” Minor Threat with Ian MacKaye  (Dischord 40) CD

28.   “Pretenders”  Pretenders with Crissy Hyde  (Sire 6083-2) CD

29.   “First Recordings Volume 2” Albert Ayler

30.   “The Dried Rat-Dog” Peter Brotzmann with Hamid Drake  (Okka Disk D12004) CD

31.   “Painter's Spring” William Parker with Hamid Drake & Daniel Carter

32.   “Cremated Thoughts”  Alex Ward (Treader TDR011) CD

33.   “Guitar Army of One”  Willie Lane   

34.   “Bends Beyond” The Woods   

35.   “The Legend of Blind Joe Death” John Fahey

36.   “Isolation Drills” Guided By Voices (TVT-2160-2) CD

37.   “Post-Merch Vol. 1 - The Punch Line / What Makes A Man Start Fires?”  Minutemen (SST CD 138) CD

38.   “Paradoxical Frog” Kris Davis with  Ingrid Laubrock & Tyshawn Sorey  (Clean Feed  CF183CD) CD

39.   “Out of Time” REM (Warner Brothers 9 26496-2) CD

40.   “Deburring Tool” Jack Wright  with Jacod Felix Heule & Tony Dyer (Bug Incision Records  BIM-13) CD

41.   “The Hour of the Star”  Ivo Perelman  with Matthew Shipp. Joe Morris & Gerald Cleaver (Leo CD LR 605) CD

42.   “Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra & Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta” Freitz Reiner & CSO (RCA 09026-61504-2) CD

43.   “Funny Farm” King Kong (Drag City  DC 33) LP

44.   “Ill Communications” Beastie Boys (Grand Royal CL 72438 28599 1 8) LP

45.   “Upstairs at Eric's” Yaz (Sire LP)

46.  " Greatest Hits!" Joe Cocker's (A&M  SP 4670 LP)

47.   "Black Celebration" Depeche Mode (Sire 25429-1 LP)

48.   "Jazz Reunion" Coleman Hawkins with Pee Wee Russell and Bob Brookmeyer (Jazzman  Jaz 5042 LP)

49.   "Journey in Satchidananda" Alice Coltrane with Pharoah Sanders (Impluse IMP-228) LP

50.   "Bridges" Mats Gustafsson/ Nate Wooley/ Erik Carlson/ Steve Hess/ Jim Denley/ Espen Reinertsten LP

51.   "On the Beach"  Neil Young (Reprise 698) LP

52.   "The Bright Orange Years" Volcano Suns (Homestead Records HMS020) LP

53.   "Slaughterhouse" Ty Segall (In the Red ITR 211) LP

54.   "154" Wire (EMI SHSP 4015) LP

55.   "Action Action Action" Jackie McLean with Billy Higgins/ Bobby Hutcherson/ Cecil McBee/ Charles Tolliver (Blue Note  4218) LP

56.   "Schonberg Quartet #4; Webern Five Movements; Berg String Quartet Op 3" Juillard String Quartet (Columbia  ML 4737) LP

AGM Playlist April 2013 - A Bit Early

Thought I'd get the list up now otherwise it might slide to mid-May. Started the month by going up to NYC to attend the NY Audio Show. Like a case of malaria that recurs from time to time, audiophilia brings on recurrent bouts of "upgrade-itis," which leaves its victim dazed and confused. One heads to these shows hoping to find the perfect amp, speaker, turntable, whatever. One returns utterly flummoxed. Nevertheless, it was rather fun, and on the way back, I was able to stop at PREX, which had a pretty good stock of jazz LPs, and literally many, many thousands of cheap CDs! I ran out of time before I could get through it all. As you will see below, I did pick up some Japanese pressings, for which  I have a preference.

1) PARANOID- Black Sabbath- NEMS LP.
2) SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH - Black Sabbath- NEMS LP.
3) THE BAY - ROVA and Andrea Centazzo - Ictus LP. Lovely analogue
4) SOMETHIN' ELSE - Cannonball Adderley- Blue Note LP. Working man's KOB.
5) BRUDER BREDA - Trespass Trio- Clean Feed CD. Strong.
6) SKY BURIAL- Matt Bauder, Peter Evans, Nate Wooley -5049 Records CD
7) ONE FOUR AND TWO TWOS - John Stevens, Paul Rutherford, Evan Parker, Barry Guy. Great stullf. I always like hearing Parker play with Stevens, who with Bailey, were really his mentors. Emanem CD.
8) MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS - Mingus of course! - Impulse/Speakers Corner LP. Fantastic analogue quality.
9) PETIT OISEAU - William Parker Quartet - Aum Fidelity 2LP.
10) ANITA O'DAY AT MR. KELLY'S - Verve/Polygram Japan.
11) THE BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY - Mingus - Impulse/Analogue Productions 2LP 45rpm. Killer sound.
12) MOONDANCE- Van Morrison- RTI 180g reissue LP, sound quality is really good but maybe not quite up there with the Astral Weeks album.
13) THE INTREPID- LIVE IN POLAND - Jemeel Moondoc Quartet- PolJazz LP.
14) HARMONIUM and THE KLINGHOFFER CHORUSES - John Adams, comp. SF Symphony and Chorus, John Adams, cond; and, Orch. Opera Lyons, Kent Nagano, cond.
15) COMPOSITIONS - Globe Unity - JAPO LP.
16) ACTING TRIO - Philipe Mate (tenor sax), Andre Maurice (cello), J-P Sabar (piano). Don't know who these guys were/are but they put on a pretty exciting show. BYG LP.
17) ONE LONG MINUTE - John Tchicai's Five Points - Nu Bop CD.
18) 2ND PIANO CONCERTO - Gina Bachauer, piano. LSO, Skrowaczewski, cond. Mercury Living Presence LP. Excellent performance.
19) FRESH CREAM - Clapton, Bruce, Baker. Atco LP. Tasty.
20) INNER SPACE - Corea, Joe Farrell, Woody Shaw, Steve Swallow, Joe Chambers. Atlantic 2LP. Surprisingly, pretty good.
21) PRETTY MONSTERS - Katharine Young (quartet) - Public Eyesore CD. Great stuff!
22) GIMME SOME LOVIN' - The Spencer Davis Group - UA LP.
23) BIRTHMARK - Lotte Anker trio. Clean Feed CD. Glad to see another Anker album.
24) VIOLIN CONCERTOS- Brahms, Stravinsky - Hilary Hahn, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, cond. Not a grouping one might expect, but worth hearing Hahn's handling of the Stravinsky.
25) MIGHTY LIGHTS - Jane Ira Bloom, Fred Hersch, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell. Enja CD.
26) THE MARMALADE KING - Gerry Hemingway quintet, Michael Moore, Walter Wierbos et al. hat Jazz Series. Excellent.
27) SKETCHES OF TOKYO - John Hicks & David Murray. DIW LP.
28) RECORDING NYC 1986 - David Murray, James Blood Ulmer, Fred Hopkins, Sunny Murray. DIW LP. Neve seen this one before, turns out to be very good indeed.
29) MILES IN TOKYO - Miles, Rivers, Hancock, Carter, Williams. Sony Japan LP. Had to get this performance on LP.
30) EVOLUTION: Teddy Charles Quintet, with Giuffre, Shorty Rogers, Shelly Manne, Curtis Counce. Side 2: New Directions Qt: Monterose, Mingus, et al. Victor Japan LP.
31) MINGUS - Mingus  Dolphy, Knepper, Ervin, Curson...Candid/Base (Italy) LP. Excellent acoustic.
32) EAST COASTING: Mingus, Knepper, Hadi, Bill Evans on piano (wow), et al. Bethlehem/Get Back LP. Just wanted this one on LP, and this more than fits the bill.
33) LET 'EM ROLL - John Patton, Grant Green et al. Blue Note LP.
34) CAPUCHIN SWING - Jackie McLean. Blue Note-Toshiba Japan LP. Did not have this Jackie Mac on LP, and I love these Japanese pressings.
35) SHIFT IN THE WIND - Peacock, Art Lande, Eliot Zigmund. ECM LP. Very nice.
36) THE WIDE POINT - Mangelsdorff, Palle Danielson, and Elvin Jones (!). MPS-BASF LP. Nicely done.
37) OLD AND NEW DREAMS: Cherry, Redman, Haden, Blackwell. ECM LP.
38) OLD AND NEW DREAMS: These guys were not real big on interesting titles. This one on Black Saint LP.
39) THE JEWEL IN THE LOTUS - Bennie Maupin. ECM LP.
40) BOBBY JASPAR - eponymous - with Idrees Sulieman, Geo. Wallington, Wilbur Little, Elvin Jones. Riverside/Victor Japan LP. French sax player.
41) MAX - Max Roach, Mobley, Dorham, et al. Chess/Teichiku Records, Japan LP.
42) SVIATOSLAV RICHTER RECITAL - Richter plays Schubert, Chopin, Liszt. DGG LP.
43) CARRYIN' ON - Grant Green. Blue Note LP.
44) SONNY ROLLINS IN JAPAN - eponymous. Victor Japan LP.
45) FROM TIME TO TIME FREE - Joachim Kuhn, Humair, Jenny-Clark. CMP LP. Nice.
46) VIOLIN CONCERTO & CELLO CONCERTO - Hugh Wood, comp, Manoug Parikian (vn), Moray Welsh (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil Orch, David Atherton, cond. Little known but quite fine music. Picked it up years ago in a bunch of English LPs.  I know it's beside the point, but the sonics on this are ridiculous - in a great sort of way. Massive dynamics. On the Unicorn label, which I think is pretty rare- they knew how to make LPs.
47) SYMPHONY No. 10 and KINDERTOTENLIEDER. Mahler, comp. NY Phil, Bernstein, Janet Baker. Columbia LP (mono).
48) DEVOTION - John McLaughlin w/Buddy Miles, Larry Young. OAO/Celluloid LP. Kick ass LP.
49) TEN - Pearl Jam - Epic/Legacy LP.
50) TONIGHT AT NOON - Mingus- Atlantic LP.
51) TIDAL - Fiona Apple - Sony CD.
52) LES VIOLENCES DE RAMEAU - Louis Sclavis Sextet. ECM CD. Mixes everything from Rameau to Weather Report to free jazz- sounds like a hot mess but comes out quite well.
53) LIVE AT VISIONES- technically Lars Danielson's album (bass player), but really belongs to Dave Liebman. Bobo Stenson on piano. It's good.
54) SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE - Berlioz. Tison Thomas, SF Symphone. RCA CD. Meh.
55) UNDERTHRU - Joe Morris Quartet, with Matt Maneri, Chris Lightcap, Gerald Cleaver. Omnitone CD. Who knew?!
56) BOUND - Cuong Vu, Jamie Saft, Stomu Takeishi, Jim Black. Omnitone CD. Vu sings, not a good idea (could be worse), but the playing is good, and Jim Black is a monster on the drums.
57) LIKE OLD TIMES - Mal Waldron - Jackie McLean.  Victor Japan LP.  Jackie did a number of these "old pal" albums but I've never seen this one before. I don't think it was released in the U.S. Since it's for the Japanese market, it's going to be more mainstream, but the playing is still fine, and Jackie plays just great on Side 2.
58) THELONIUS IN ACTION - AT THE FIVE SPOT CAFE- Monk, Johnny Griffin, Roy Haynes. Riverside/Victor Japan LP.
59) LET IT BLEED - Rolling Stones - London LP.
60) LIVE AT THE ASCENSION LOFT - Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. Delmark CD.
61) ADA-OTO - PNL, Pat Thomas, Lonberg Holm, Brotzmann.  (Bro??) CD. Let's end this list with a totally kick-ass album.

Acid Mother Temple at DC9; April 21, 2013

It was like Mothra was in battle with Rodan

Recent favorite record - Joshua Abrams "Represencing"

This 2012 release on Eremite has a monster groove and Abrams playing on the guimbri is sublime.  Check out this solo rooftop piece

Evan Parker at the Stone, September 17 to 22, 2013

Evan Parker at the Stone

AGM Playlist March 2013

Apologies for the inordinately long list this time, but when you are convalescing from surgery, there is not much to do but lie on the couch and listen to music. By the same token, one is not much up for typing up lists either. Anyway, hope y'all find something interesting in here to repay your time.


1) MUSIC FOR PEOPLE, BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES & MOSQUITOES: Jimmy Giuffre 3. Choice/Inner City LP. Beautiful, deep record, something of Lacy about it, but without Lacy's tartness.
2) IMPROVISIE:  Paul Bley, Annette Peacock, Han Bennink. America LP. Quite a trio. Weird hearing Bley play synthesizer throughout. Peackock fascinated me, and Bennink was kicking it.
3) NATURAL ESSENCE: Tyrone Washington. Blue Note LP. Obscure BN hard bop album.
4) AXIS: Paul Bley, solo piano. Improvising Artist LP.
5) BLISS: Chick Corea, John Gilmore. Inner City LP. Darned if this isn't good.
6) CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS: Dave Holland, Rivers, Braxton. ECM LP. A great record.
7) JUMPIN IN: Holland, Steve Coleman, Priester. ECM LP.  Very very good.
8) NEUTRONS: DK3, including Vandermark. Quarterstick LP. Hard charging record. More KV would have been nice.
9) CURLEW:  NORTH AMERICA: Frith, Corsa, et al. Moers LP. What passed for avant jazz in the benighted 80s.
10) MAMA AFRICA: Peter Tosh. EMI LP. Reggae lite.
11) WE THOUGHT ABOUT DUKE: Koglmann, Konitz, et al. Hatology. I'm not a particular fan of Ellington, Koglmann, or Konitz, but this album really made a good impression on me.
12) LIVE AT MANDEL HALL: Art Ensemble of Chicago. Delmark 2LP. You know I am a fan of AEC.
13) ENRICO RAVA QUARTET:  with Roswell Rudd. ECM LP. With trumpet and bone front line, this group works the body like an old prizefighter.
14) SEVEN COMPOSITIONS (TRIO) 1989: Braxton, with Oxley, honing his genius. Hatology CD.
15) A BIG HAND: Tony Bevan group. Foghorn CD. Big inventive horn sound, imaginative, but definitely not in the Parker or Butcher school.
16) CLARINET & STRING QUARTET: Morton Feldman, Composer. Pelligrini Qt. hat [now] ART CD.
17) UNTITLED COMPOSITION FOR CELLO AND PIANO: Morton Feldman, comp.
18) MEMORY SELECT: THE PARIS CONCERT III:  Tim Berne Bloodcount. Winter CD.
19) THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LUNGS: Parker, Bailey, Bennink. Great hearing Parker matched up with other musical masters rather than some dial-twiddler "playing" an Apple laptop. psi CD.
20) SYMPHONY No. 5 & No. 9: Shostakovich, comp. Prague S.O, Maxim Shostakovich, cond. Supraphon CD.
21) CREATIVE ORCHESTRA (KOLN) 1978: Braxton, Golia, Rothenburg, Leo Smith, Kenny Wheeler, whew. Hatology CD.
22) THE WHITE STRIPES: Eponymous. Third Man Records LP.
23) THE ULTIMATE ELVIN JONES: Elvin with Joe Farrell, Jimmy Garrison. Blue Note LP. Pretty good. Farrell plays with sophistication and the music is interesting.
24) KEEPIN' UP WITH THE JONESES: Thad, Hank and Elvin Jones, recorded March 1958. Metrojazz LP.
25) ENIGMA VARIATIONS & WAND OF YOUTH (rather an odd title! Attention Dr. Freud): Elgar, comp. Sir Adrian Boult cond, London P.O. This is on an old HMV LP. I finally checked out the box it comes in, and discover a Miro litho in it!
26) SOMETHING IN BLUE: Monk, McKibbon, Blakey. Black Lion LP. Recorded in London 1971.
27) REJOICING: Metheny, Haden, Higgins. ECM 1984. Really a good album, Metheny plays strongly, and nice sonics too.
28) THOUGHTS: Bill Dixon, with Wm Parker, Peter Kowald, Marco Eneidi, et al. Soul Note LP.
29) VIOLIN SONATA: Elgar, comp. Alan Loveday (vn), Leonard Bassini (p). Decca (UK) LP.
30) WILDFLOWERS: NY JAZZ LOFT SESSION, Vol 5: Sunny Murray, Byard Lancaster, Roscoe Mitchell. Douglas LP. I dig the music but it bothers me that I can go up to NYC and hear the same music 30+ years later.
31) WILDFLOWERS: NY JAZZ LOFT SESSION, Vol. 4: Bluiett, Hemphill, Lyons, Lake, Murray.
Douglas LP.
32) SOLILOQUY FOR OBOE & ORCHESTRA: Elgar, comp. Leon Goosens, Oboe, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, cond Norman Del Mar.
33) EIGHT (+1) TRISTANO COMPOSITIONS 1989 FOR WARNE MARSH: Braxton and group play like they had a plane to catch, Still some interesting elements, but I doubt Warne would be too well pleased.  hatology CD.
34) FUCHSIA SWING SONG: Sam Rivers. Music Matters 2LP 45rpm. The more I listen the better these 45s sound.
35) SIZZLE: Sam Rivers. Really just one long jam session. ABC/Impulse LP.
36) STONEWATER: Brotzmann Chicago Tentet. Okkadisk LP.
37) THE ATLANTA CONCERT: Brotzmann, Fred Hopkins, and Hamid Drake, Okkadisk ltd ed LP.
38) SYMPHONY No.1 & MEDEA SUITE & ADAGIO FOR STRINGS: Samuel Barber, comp. Eastman Rochester Orch, Howard Hansen, Mercury Golden Imports LP (they have excellent sound).
39) STEVE LACY PLAYS MONK: Lacy with Michael Graillier (p), J-F Jenny Clark (b), and Aldo Romano (d). You know it's good.
40) OUT TO LUNCH: Dolphy, Hubbard, Hutcherson, Richard Davis, Tony Williams. This album never gets old for me. Blue Note/King Japan LP.
41) MINGUS IN EUROPE, VOL. I: Mingus, Dolphy, Clifford Jordan, Byard, Richmond. This performance took place in WUPPERTAL, Germany on April 26, 1964. Might not Brotzmann (or Kowald) have been in the audience? Has PB ever mentioned it in an interview? Enja LP.
42) MONTREUX TWO: Archie Shepp group. Arista Freedom LP.
43) FRANK WRIGHT TRIO: Wright, Grimes, and Tom Price. ESP/Get Back LP.
44) BACK TO BLACK: Amy Winehouse. Universal CD.
45) BILLIE HOLIDAY'S GREATEST HITS: MCA Records LP. Miss Winehouse must have listened to some Billie as she developed her singing style. There are some interesting similarities.
46) EXPLORATIONS: Bill Evans Trio. Riverside/Victor Japan LP.
47) MUSIQUE POR LA VIOLE: Marin Marais, comp. Charivari Agreable group. ASV CD. Marais, my favorite Baroque composer. Beautiful music for the bass viol.
48) CENTERING: Wm Parker box set. Disc 1.Parker, Daniel Carter, John Hagen, Arthur Williams. No Business CD. They were young once and full of ideas and vigor.
49) CENTERING: Disc 2. Blistering performance by DSW worth the price of admission.
50) PIANO CONCERTO #3 (Prokofiev), & PIANO CONCERTO IN G MAJOR (Ravel): Martha Argerich, Berline Phil Orch. DGG LP. A great performance.
51) SONATAS & INTERLUDES FOR PREPARED PIANO: John Cage, comp, Joshua Pierce, piano. Wergo CD.
52) IN FULL CRY: Joe and Matt Maneri. ECM CD.
53) NEW DIRECTIONS IN MODERN MUSIC: Rashied Ali Quartet. Survival LP. Just been reissued on another label.
54) THE WOMEN BLUES OF CHAMPION JACK DUPREE: Folkways LP.
55) WARDELL GRAY MEMORIAL: Wardell Gray. Prestige LP.
56) PIANO CONCERTO (Delius) & SONATA, Op. 26 (Barber): Marjorie Mitchell, piano & NDS S.O.. Wm Strickland, cond. Decca LP. I pick up albums by female classical musicians, esp. pianists, as many were denied a real career, although their performances are often quite fine.
57) l'OISEAU DE FEU: Stravinsky, comp. Concertgebouw, Colin Davis, cond. Philips LP.
58) THIN AIR: Halvorson & Pavone. Sometimes sounds like a late night session at the NYU dorm by two aspiring sorority sisters. Anyway, it has the characteristics of early work. Thirsty Ear CD.
59) THE FISH: Guionnet, Duboc, Perraud. Clean Feed CD. Fish is good for you, and tasty.
60) CATCHING NET: (the connection between 59 & 60 is purely coincidental). Eli Keszler. Pan 32 CD. Mr. Staas turned me onto this. Thank you sir.
61) PRESQUE RIEN: Luc Ferrari. RGRM 2LP. Thanks again to Master Peter. Pretty interesting, I'm still getting my head around this one.
62) STRONG PLACE: Laubrock, Halvorson, Hebert, Rainey, Kris Davis. Intakt CD. Excellent.
63) PLATFORM 1 TAKES OFF: Vandermark, Broo Swell, et al. Clean Feed CD.
64) INSOMNIA:  Tim Berne. Clean Feed CD.
65) THIRTY YEARS FROM MONDAY: Alvin Currant, Coxhill, Zigaro, Trovesi, Centazzo. Another gem from the Ictus box. CD.
66) LIVE IN EUROPE 1967: BOOTLEG SERIES, VOL. I: Miles Davis Quintet. Disc 1. Columbia 3 CD box.
67) DARKLY AGAIN: Coxhill, Koglmann, Centazzo. More fine stuff from Ictus Box.
68) DE STIJL: White Stripes. Third Man Records LP.
69) YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT; Wilco. Nonesuch CD.
70) THIS BRINGS US TO, VOl. I: Henry Threadgill Zooid. Pi CD.
71) NEFERTITI: Andrew Hill Trio. Inner City LP. Beautifully recorded and performed.
72) PRAYER FOR PEACE: Amalgam. No Business. LP. I'm liking this more now.
73) FOXES FOX: LIVE AT THE VORTEX: Evan Parker, Beresford, John Edwards, Moholo, Wheeler. Emanem CD. Good but I like the original Foxes Fox more.
74) SYMPHONY No.8: Shostakovich, comp. Kirov Orch, Gergiev, cond.
75) THE EIGHT: Cecil Taylor, Lyons, Wm Parker, Bakr. hatology CD.
76) CENTERING:  Disc 4. Wm Parker, Moondoc, Carter, et al. Pretty hot set.
77) CHECK FOR MONSTERS: Okkyung Lee (cello), Peter Evans (piccolo tp, tp), Steve Beresford (p). Emanem CD. I think a really superior album. Certainly has the best liner notes I've seen in a while.
78) PLANET DREAM: Swell, Rob Brown, Dan Levin. Clean Feed CD. Ingredients don't really mix.
79-81) CALLING PLANET EARTH, OUTER SPACEWAYS INCORPORATED, SPACEWAYS: Sun Ra. 3CD Freedom Box Set.
82) ESTILHACOS: Steve Lacy. A bit short but definitely worthwhile. Clean Feed CD.
83) AOYAMA CROWS: Die Like a Dog Quartet. Brotzmann, Kondo, Parker,, Drake. Jazzwerkstatt CD.
84) LIVE AT CAFE OTO:  Lean Left. Terrie Ex, Andy Moore, Vandermark. Unsounds CD. Strongly done.
85) SOMETHING WILD: MUSIC FOR FILM: Morton Feldman, comp. Ensemble Recherche. WDR CD. Music with an interesting history and worth listening to.
86) TROUT MASK REPLICA: Captain Beefheart. Rhino reissue 2LP. Zappa's fingerprints, footprints and handprints are all over this one.  Never been much of a Zappa fan myself. Has its moments but I doubt the claims for it as a masterpiece.
87) NEW YORK IS NOW: Ornette, Dewey Redman, Garrison, Jones. Blue Note LP.
88) REVENUE: Steve Lacy, Potts, J-J, Betsch. No Irene!  Soul Note CD.
89) MATADOR: Grant Green, Tyner, Cranshaw, Elvin (again). Music Matters 2LP 45rpm. Call these packages my guilty pleasures. Plus these Green titles were only released in Japan.
90) UNKNOWN PLEASURES: Joy Division. Factory/Rhino LP.
91) OUT THERE: Dolphy. Prestige LP.

Lately Listening

1. Albert Ayler, Lorrach/Paris 1966 (Hat Musics LP): A shopping cart careening around the corner at unsafe speeds.
2. Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sirius Calling (Pi CD): I'd forgotten how enjoyable these later AEC recordings are. A collection of (mostly) well-mannered, well-constructed miniatures.
3. Flowers/Corsano/Hejnowki, (Hot Cars Warp LP): Found more to like about this jammer than the first time I auditioned it.
4. Cecil Taylor, One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye (HatHut 3-LP): The many sides of Cecil Taylor.
5. Joe Morris & Nate Wooley, Tooth & Nail (Clean Feed CD): Works and doesn't work at the same time.
6. Roland P. Young, Isophonic Boogie Woogie (EM CD): Lots of different sounds, not all at once. Last two tracks are incredibly cheesy.
7. Bill Nace, Too Dead for Dreaming (8mm Single-Sided LP): Good stuff.
8. Je Suis le Petit Chevalier, Dark Morse (Shelter Press Tape): Ghostly drum circle of one.
9. Phillip Corner with Phoebe Neville, Concerto for Housekeeper and Other Dances with Phoebe (Imminent Frequencies Tape): Archival release that took me by surprise. Totally unfamiliar with Corner and his work. Recording is rough around the edges but it works. A lot to digest here.