Sunday, March 30, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Celebrating Cecil Taylor - Painted Bride Center, Philadelphia, March 8, 2014
I decided to drive up from DC to Philadelphia for the "Celebrating Cecil Taylor" show, sponsored jointly by Ars Nova and Painted Bride. As a celebration it was a bit odd: no documentary clips, no interviews, no benediction from the Master, etc.
As a marketing strategy, it was prescient: Painted Bride was sold out.
What there was, though, was a group of Cecil alumni - Andrew Cyrille, Henry Grimes, William Parker, Bobby Zankel--who put on a killer concert. Yes, include Dave Burrell too, not exactly a Cecil alum, more of a makeshift Cecil in place of actual Cecil. They played hard, and they played long, a little over 2 hours with a short intermission. Zankel, whom I've not seen before, sounded inspired--or maybe he always plays like this- but he played his ass off. Cyrille had a masterful 10 minute solo. Grimes sounded like back in the day. Parker added thunder to Grimes bass, creating a deep pulse throughout the evening. And Burrell played free and fast yet without coming off like a Cecil clone. He's got his own thing.
It was an exciting evening. Still a little groggy from I-95, cheesesteaks, great music, and a late night return, but ---worth it.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
February 2014 Listening
1.
“Atemwende” Nate Wooley with Mivos Quartet [Ignoring
Gravity Music IGM 12-13 CD]
2.
“Sand City” Steve Gunn & John Truscinski [Three
Lobed Recordings TLR-083 LP]
3.
Sam Rivers & Dave Holland [Improvizing
Artists 373843 LP]
4.
“For Olim” Cecil Taylor [Soul Note SN 1150 LP]
5.
"White Light/ White Heat 45th Anniversary Edition" The Velvet
Underground [Polydor LP]
6.
“Ballads” Derek Bailey [Tzadik TZ 7607 CD]
7.
“Mingus at Antibes 1960” Charles Mingus with Eric
Dolphy, Ted Curson, Booker Ervin, Dannie Richmond & Bud Powell [Atlantic SD
2-3001 LP]
8.
“A Love Supreme” John Coltrane with Elvin Jones,
Jimmy Garrison & McCoy Tyner [Impluse! GR-155 LP]
9.
“Relayer” Yes [Atlantic SD 19135 LP]
10.
“Monorail & Satellites” Sun Ra
11.
“Sleeper” Ty Segall [Drag City LP]
12.
“Hair” Ty Segall with White Fence [Drag City LP]
13.
“What the Brothers Sang” Bonnie Prince Billy and
Dawn McCarthy [Drag City DC-555 LP]
14.
“Bonnie 'Prince' Billy” Bonnie Prince Billy LP
15.
“Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg
Series Vol. 10” Bob Dylan [Columbia LP + CD]
16.
“Distant Effects” Major Stars with Wayne Rogers [Squealer
SQLR036 LP]
17.
“Perles Noires vol. II” Sunny Murray with Sabir
Mateen, Oluyemi Thomas & John Blum [Eremite Eremite 046 CD]
18.
“God is Good” Om with Al Cisneros & Chris
Hakius [Drag City DC404 LP]
19.
“Half Smiles of the Decomposed” Guided By Voices
[Matador OLE 612-2 CD]
20.
“Creative Orchestra (Koln) 1978” Anthony Braxton
[Hatology 2-644 CD]
21.
“Boneshaker” Mars Williams, Paal Nilssen-Love
& Ken Kessler [Trost Records Trost 113LP LP]
22.
“Intermodulations” Bill Evans & Jim Hall [Verve
V6-855 LP]
23.
“Rock On - The Bunch” Richard Thompson, Sandy
Denny and others [Carthage Records CGLP 4424 LP]
24.
“Strawberry Jam” Animal Collective
25.
“Guitarrotists” Various Artist including J
Mascis, Sonic Boom, Wayne Rogers, Steve Albini, etc [No. 6 Records CD]
26.
“Morning Phase” Beck
27.
“Verisions” Zola Jesus
28.
“Honey's Dead” Jesus and the Mary Chain [Warner CD]
29.
“Roomsounds” Califone [Perisable CD]
30.
“Tompe Le Monde” Pixies [Elektra E261118 CD]
31.
“Heartland” Magda Mayas [Another Timber AT25 CD]
32.
“Endless Summer” Fennesz [Mego 035 CD]
33.
“Nuggets: Original Artifacts from the First
Psychedelic Era 1965-1968” Various Artist [Rhino R2 75466 CD]
34.
“Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers” Wu-Tang Clan [BMG
BG2 66358 CD]
35.
“Stankonia” Outkast [Arista ARCD 6072 CD]
36.
“The Complete Black Lion & Vogue Recordings”
Thelonious Monk [Mosaic MR4-112 LP]
37.
“Polar Satellites” Nathan Bowles & Scott
Verrastro [MIE 019 LP]
38.
“Totem Three” Master Musicians of Bukkake [Important
Records LP]
39.
“Howlin' Wind” Graham Parker [Mercury SRM-1-1095
LP]
40.
“Improvisations” Roscoe Mitchell with John
Edwards & Tony Marsh [Otoroku ROKU006 LP]
41.
“The Congregation” Johnny Griffin with Sonny
Clark, Paul Chambers & Kenny Dennis [Blue Note B1 077 7 89383 1 6 LP]
42.
“Mahler Sympony No. 4” Reiner with Chicago
Symphony [RCA Living Stereo LSC-2364 LP]
43.
“Warrior on the Edge of Time” Hawkwind
44.
“Infinity” Neokarma Jooklo Octet Feat.Makoto
Kawaba
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