Ida's Sound World

I find myself listening to more CDs because I don't need to get up to change sides. Also, pulling out a record and putting it on the turntable while holding a baby is risky business.

1. Cecil Taylor, One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye (HatHut 2CD): Listened to while Ida played on her "jungle gym," a forest-themed playmat.
2. Morton Feldman, Early Piano Works (Hat Art CD): Enervating for Mom, enthralling for Dad. Baby nonplussed.
3. Dennis Johnson, November (Irritable Hedgehog 4CD): A crowd-pleaser in our household. Sweet dreams, baby.
4. Cecil Taylor, Conquistador (Blue Note CD): Baby immediately stopped crying. Doesn't annoy Mom. Bill Dixon does some great stuff on this session.
5. Various Artists, God's Power (Tabs Out CS): The latest exclusive release from the world's best cassette podcast.
6. Broken Trap Ensemble, Upes (Astral Spirits CS): Some lovely improvisation from Aram Shelton et al. Probably the first time baby heard a cello outside of the womb.
7. Ballister, The Ballister Monologues (Astra Sprits CS): Blistering free-jazz set for a boisterous audience. Very lo-fi and primal. Baby didn't seem displeased. Wonder if this is what free jazz sounds like filtered through the womb?
8. Tashi Dorji, Tashi Doji (Headway CS): Listened to after our email exchange. I still dig this, but Ida started screaming when it came on.
9. Cecil Taylor, The Eighth (HatHut CD): More Cecil for Ida. Helped her to get through Mom's return to part-time work and enabled Dad to get some stuff done.
10. Yo La Tengo, I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One (Matador CD): Didn't engender much of a response.
11. William Cody Watson, Seafoam (No Kings CS): Morning Drone.
12. Coyote Image Classic, Coyote Image Classic (Hooker Vision 2CS): Soothing drones calm baby and allowed Dad to do some work.
13. Ornette Coleman, Complete Science Fiction Sessions (Columbia 2CD): Great variety for baby to enjoy. Baby started crying when first disc ended. Fortunately, there's a second disc for her pleasure.
14. Jimmy Lyons, Push Pull (HatHut 3LP): The Baby Bjorn carrier gives me the power of hands-free listening. The interplay between Borca and Lyons is awesome.
15. Beast Nest, Songs for Puppies (Full Spectrum CS): Excellent soundscapes and compositions. Highly recommended
16. Pierrot Lunaire, This Love of Mine (Sic Sic 2CS): Gauzy parlor music.
17. Glover/Perrault, Freight 1110 through Greensboro (Full Spectrum CS): Spiritual descendants of Henry Flynt.
18. Aaron Dilloway & Jason Lescalleet (Glistening Examples LP): A much different outing than Grapes and Snakes. Also enjoyed this one a lot. Lescalleet has been on fire of late.
19. Mind over Mirrors, The Voice Calling (Immune CS). One of Id'a favorite recordings.
20. Catherine Lamb, Matter/Moving (Winds Measure Recordings 2CS): A favorite from last year.
21.夕方の犬(U ･ｪ･), ʕ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʔ♡ (Constellation Tatsu CS). Screwed and chopped weirdness. with a bit of a doo-wop vibe.

22. Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Matador CD): Listened to in the car. Good, but doesn't do much for me these days.
23. Various Artists, Swim Trunks (Space Slave Editions 2CS): Four-way split. The Kyle Landstra and Gunter Schlienz tracks are perfect jams for 80-degree weather.

24. Roscoe Mitchell, Nonaah (Nessa 2CD): So good.

25. Archers of Loaf, Vee Vee (Alias CD): I feel old.