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April 2015 Listening

1. "A Rock in the Snow" Paul Flaherty, Chris Corsano & C. Spencer Yeh [Important IMPEC095]
2. "Trio (London) 1993" Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton & Paul Rutherford [Leo LR 197]
3. "Off-Road" Mats Gustafsson & David Grubbs [Blue Chopsticks BC 11]
4. "Second Edition" PIL [Island 2WX 3288]
5. "BBC Sessions" Led Zeppelin [Atlantic 83061-2]
6. "Reverse Blue" Mary Halvorson, Chris Speed, Eivind Opsvik & Tomas Fujiwara [Relative Pitch RPR1025]
7. "Carpal Tunnel (2005)" Derek Bailey [Tzadik TZ 7612]
8. "Raag Manifestos" Jack Rose [VHF vhf#85]
9. "Trio and Duo in New Orleans" Kidd Jordan, Peter Kowald & Alvin Fielder [No Business]
10. "Des Pas Sur La Neige" Eve Risser [Clean Feed CF323CD]
11. "Painter's Spring" William Parker, Hamid Drake & Daniel Carter

1. "Isolation Drills" Guided By Voices [TVT Records TVT 2160-2]
2. "Snakeoil" Tim Berne, Ches Smith, Oscar Noriega & Matt Mitchell [ECM 2234]
3. "Ege Bamyasi" Can [Spoon]
4. "Solo (Pisa) 1982" Anthony Braxton [Leo GY 28]
5. "Duets (1995)" Anthony Braxton & Joe Fonda [Clean Feed CF079CD]
6. "Bendowa" Nobuyasu Furuya, Gabriel Ferrandini & Hernâni Faustino [Clean Feed CF194]
7. "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - LA's Desert Origins (2004)" Pavement [Matador ole 610-2]
8. "One Beat" Sleater-Kinney [Kill Rock Stars KRS387]
9. "Rise Above it All" Bardo Pond [Fire BLAZE207]
10. "Green Blues" MV & EE with Matt Valentine & Erika Elder [Ecstatic Peace! E.109]
11. "Castles of Ghana" John Carter [Gramavision 18-8063-1]
12. "Dauwhe" John Carter Octet  
13. "Hollow Lake Open Graves" Paul Kikuchi & Jesse Olson [Perfecture 001]
14. "Go" Dexter Gordon, Sonny Clark, Billy Higgins & Butch Warren [Blue Note 84112]
15. "Post-Mersh Vol. 1" Minutemen [SST Cd 138]
16. "Let England Shake" PJ Harvey [Island VR 352]
17. "Sun Worship Tiger Hatchery" Mike Forbes, Andrew Scott Young & Ben Billington [ESP 5003]
18. "First and Last" Glenn Spearman, Rashid Bakr & Matthew Goodheart [Eremite MTE015]
19. "A Jackson in your House/ Message to Our Folks" The Art Ensemble of Chicago with Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Malchi Favors & Joseph Jarman  
20. "Ultimate Nina Simone" Nina Simone [Verve]
21. "Homeless" Charles Gayle, Sinore & Dave Pleasant [Silkheart SHCD 116]
22. "The La's" The La's [London 828 202-2]
23. "London Calling" The Clash [Epic E3K92923]
24. "Talking Timbuktu" Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Toure [Hannibal HNCD 1381]

March 2015 Listening

1.       Ottawa” Paul Flaherty & Randall Colbourne [Zaabway 2006] CD

2.       “NCAT” Nate Wooley, C Spencer Yeh, Audrey Chen & Todd Carter [Monotype] LP

3.       “Vaincu.Va! (Live 1978)” Evan Parker [Western Front Music] LP

4.       “Boerum Palace” Steve Gunn [Three Lobed] LP

5.       “Summit Conference” Reggie Workman, Sam Rivers, Andrew Hill, Julian Preister and Pheeroan Aklaff

6.       “Dragnet” The Fall [IRS]

7.       “Metal Box” PIL [Virgin] CD

8.       “A Thousand Leaves” Sonic Youth

9.       “Brotzmann Trio” Peter Brotzmann, Peter Kowald and Sven Ake Johansson [Cien Fuegos CF 008] LP

10.   “Roswell Rudd” Roswell Rudd, John Tchicai, Louis Moholo & Finn Von Eyben[ American  #10] CD

11.   “The Other Village Vanguard” John Coltrane with Elvin Jones Jimmy Garrison, Workman, Dolphy, Garvin Bushell,  Ahmed Abdul-Malik & McCoy Tyner [Impluse! AS-9325] LP

12.   “Mr Face” Ty Segall

13.   “Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions” David Bowie

14.   “Live” Virginia Genta, David Vanzan & Chris Corsano [Troglosound 033] LP

15.   “Psycho Candy” The Jesus and the Mary Chain [Reprise 9 25383-1] LP

16.   “Earth Passage” Joseph Jarman, Don Moye, Craig Harris & Rafael Garrett [Black Saint BSR 0052] LP

17.   “The Rest” Steve Lacy & Joe McPhee [Roaratorio - roar28] LP

18.   “Two Raga Moods” Ravi Shankar, Kanai Dutt, Gopi Mohan & Niran Roy [Capitol  SP-10482] LP

19.   “Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990)” Guided By Voices

20.   “Under the Bushes, Under the Stars” Guided By Voices [Matador]LP

21.   “Set & Setting” Bardo Pond

22.   “The Gift” The Jam

23.   “The Giant is Awakened” Horace Tapscott with Black Arthur Blythe and others [International Phonograph Inc]  CD

24.   “Content Nausea” Parquet Court

25.   “Knife Play” Xiu Xiu [5 Rue Christine]CD

26.   “Allehujah Don't Bend Ascend” Godspeed You Black Emperor  [Constellation Records CST081] LP

27.   “Hell” James Brown [Polydor PD 2-9001] LP

28.   “Best Wishes” Jad Fair [Iridescence I-16] LP

29.   “Journey” Joelle Leandre & India Cooke [NoBusiness NBLP 25] LP

30.   “Concerto for Two Violins – Bach” Heifetz [RCA LSC-3266] LP

31.   “Haydn & Boocherini Cello Concertos” Janos Starker [Angel  S 35725] LP

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.

February 2015 Listening

1.       “Cellar Door Sessions” (1974) Miles Davis with John McLaughin, Michael Henderson, Gary Bartz, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette and Airo Moreira

2.       “Indigo Trio” Hamid Drake with Harrison Bankhead & Nicole Mitchell [Rogue Art ROG-0018] CD

3.       “Patterns in a Chromatic Field” Morton Feldman with Charles Curtis: Cello & Aleck Karis: Piano [Tzadik 8002] CD

4.       “The Music Improvisation Company” Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Jamie Muir, Christine Jeffrey and Hugh Davies [ECM 1005 ST] LP

5.       “Extricate” (1990) The Fall [COG-Sinister Fontana D 143261] CD

6.       “3:Hey!Luciani” The Fall [Beggar s Banquet Bega 176 T] LP

7.       “Calling it the 8^th” Cecil Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, William Parker and Rashid Bahr [hat Musics 3508] LP

8.       “I” (1968) Led Zeppelin [Atlantic R1-536123] LP

9.       “Daydream Nation” Sonic Youth [DGC DGCD-24515] CD

10.   “Alarm” Peter Brotzmann

11.   “For Adolphe Sax” Peter Brotzmann with Peter Kowald, Sven-Ake Johansson and Fred van Hove [Cien Fuegos CF009] LP

12.   “Funny Rat/s 3” (2009) Peter Brotzmann and Shoji Hano [Heart Lord Studio Disc HLSCD-006] CD

13.   “Illusionary Sea” Mary Halvorson with Ingrid Laubrock, Irabagon, Garchik, Hebert, Finlayson, & Ches Smith [Firehouse 12 Records FH12-04-08-017] LP

14.   “Now Is - Ingebrigt Haker Flaten New York Quartet” Joe McPhee, Nate Wooley, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and Joe Morris [Clean Feed CF263CD] CD

15.   “Journey in Satchidananda” Alice Coltrane with Pharoah Sanders, Rashid Ali, Charlie Haden, and others [Impluse! IMP 12282] CD

16.   “The Other Village Vanguard” John Coltrane with Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison, Workman, Dolphy, Garvin Bushell, Ahmed Abdul-Malik & McCoy Tyner [Impluse! AS-9325] LP

17.   “Cymbals” (1973) Sun Ra [Troglosound ‎ 2000] LP

18.   “Passport to Satori” Greg Kelley & Alex Neilson [Golden Lad Records ROWF6] LP

19.   “Bodies & Soul” Frank Lowe with Charles Moffett & Tom Flood [CIMP 104] CD

20.   “Ege Bamyasi” Can [Spoon] SACD

21.   “Symphony for Improvisers” (1966) Don Cherry with Ed Blackwell, Henry Grimes, Gato Barbieri, Pharoah Sanders, Karl Berger, and Jenny Clark [Blue Note B1 7243 8 28976 1 3] LP

22.   “Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People” (2000) Califone [jealous butcher jb100] LP

23.   “Genius of Modern Music - Volume 1” Thelonious Monk [Blue Note BST 81510] LP

24.   “Turn” Roscoe Mitchell with Craig Taborn, Corey Wilkes, Jaribu Shahid, and Tani Tabbal [Rogue Art Rog-0063” CD

25.   “Toc Sine” Jean-Luc Guionnet & Pascal Battus [Cathor Cath011] CD

26.   “My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky” Swans [Young God YG43X] LP

27.   “Marquee Moon” (1977) Television [Rhino R1 1098] LP

28.   “Winterreise” Alexander von Schlippenbach with Evan Parker & Paul Lovens [Psi 06.10] CD

29.   “End of the Century” (1980) Ramones [Sire SRK 6077] LP

30.   “Antiquity” Jackie McLean & Michael Carvin [Inner City 2028] LP

31.   “Regeneration” Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Mengelberg, Kent Carter and Han Bennink [Soul Note SN 1054] LP

32.   “Destiny Street” Richard Hell with Robert Quine & Fred Maher [Celluliod CEL 6619] LP

33.   “Painful” (1993) Yo La Tengo [Matador 92298-2] CD

34.   “Dig Me Out” (1996) Sleater-Kinney [Kill Rock Stars KRS279] LP

35.   “Refulgo” (2009) Bardo Pond [Three Lobed] LP

36.   “The Emerald Tablet” Rhyton [Three Lobed] LP

37.   “Juju” (1981) Sioxsie & the Banshees [PVC 8903] LP

38.   “Bandwidth” (2009) Circulasione Totale Orchestra with Frode Gjerstad [Rune Grammofon RCD 2089] CD

39.   “Compact Snap!” The Jam [Polydor 821 712-2] CD

40.   “Squirrel Bait” Squirrel Bait [Homestead Records HMS028] EP

41.   “The Moon & Antarctica” Modest Mouse [Epic ek83871] CD

42.   “Disallow” High Rise [Squealer Revisted SQLREV 1003] LP

43.   “Terraform” (1998) Shellac with Steve Albini, Bob Weston and Todd Trailor [Touch and Go TG200] LP

44.   “European Echoes” (1969) Manfred Schoof with 16 performers including Evan Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Derek Bailey, Kowald, Van Hove [Cien Fuegos CF 008] LP

45.   “Water Music” Handel  performed by Nicholas McGrehan and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra [Harmonia Mundi HUM 7010] LP

46.   “Not the Spaces You Know, But Between Them” Bardo Pond, Steve Gunn, Sonic Youth, Sun City Girls, Mouthus, Comets on Fire, Wooden Wand and Eternal Tapestry [Three Lobed Recordings TLR-080] LP

47.   “Iorxhscimtor” (2001) Orthrelm -‎ Mick Barr and Josh Blair [Tolotta Records TOL 09V] 12"

48.   “Time for a Witness” (1991) The Feelies [A&M 75021 5344 2] CD

49.   “Jane's Addiction” Jane's Addiction [Triple X Records 51004-2] CD

50.   “Too Much Too Soon” New York Dolls [Mercury SRM-1-1001] LP

January 2015 Listening

1.       “Porcupine” Echo and the Bunnymen [Sire 9 23770-1] LP

2.       “Low Cost Space Flights (2013)” Paul Flaherty & Chris Corsano [Feeding Tube Records FTR152] LP

3.       “Live at Spectacle” Steve Baczkowski, Chris Corsano, Bill Nace and Greg Kelley [Open Mouth 34] LP

4.       “Key Cutter” Vampire Can't with Chris Corsano, Bill Nace and Jessica Rylan [Load Records 073] LP

5.       “Quadrologues” Transit with Nate Wooley, Reuben Radding, Jeff Arnal and Seth Misterka [Clean Feed CF143CD] CD

6.       “Quintessence (1973-74)” Spontaneous Music Ensemble with Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Tervor Watts, Kent Carter, and John Stevens [Emanem 4217] CD

7.       “Topography of the Lungs” Evan Parker, Derek Bailey and Hans Bennik [OTOroku ROKU(RE)001] LP

8.       “Sum and Differences” Peter Evans, Sam Pluta Jim and Altieri [Carrier 008] CD

9.       “Dark to Themselves” Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, David S Ware, Mark Edwards and Raphe Malik [Inner City 3001] LP

10.   “Live at Nefertiti” Peter Brotzmann, Peeter Uuskyla and Peter Friis Nielsen [Ayler Records aylCD-004] CD

11.   “Fox Fire” Ken Vandermark, Barry Guy and Mark Sanders [Maya MCD0901] CD

12.   “Broda” Ben Chasny & Gala Drop [Gala Drop Records] LP

13.   “Ascension (1965)” John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Marion Brown, Archie Shepp, and Dewey Johnson [Impluse! AS-95] LP

14.   “Other Planes of There (1964)” Sun Ra [Saturn Records KH-98766] LP

15.   “Disco 3000” Sun Ra Art Yard [LP 001] LP

16.   “Heraldic Beasts (1998-2001)” Pelt with Jack Rose, Mike Gangloff & Patrick Best [Eclipse Records ECL-050] LP

17.   “Time's Vibes” Neokarma Jooklo Trio with Virginia Genta, David Vanzan and Maurizio Abate [Conspiracy Records CORE076] LP

18.   “Evo Magico” Neokarma Jooklo Trio with Virginia Genta, David Vanzan and Maurizio Abate [Troglosound Troglosound ‎– 1000] LP

19.   “Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc (1987)” Nikki Sudden & Rowland S Howard [Creation Records CRELP 022] LP

20.   “Half Smiles of the Decomposed” Guided By Voices [Matador OLE 612-2] CD

21.   “Isolation Drills” Guided By Voices [TVT Records TVT 2160-2] CD

22.   “Get Happy!(1980)” Elvis Costello and the Attractions [Columbia PC 36347] LP

23.   “Unwound” Bloodcount with Tim Berne Chris Speed Michael Formanek & Jim Black [Screwgun] CD

24.   “Sun Zoom Spark” Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band [Rhino Records R1 541728 / 8122795862} LP

25.   “Spiderland” Slint [Touch and Go TG 64] LP

26.   “Science Fiction” Ornette Coleman [Columbia C2K 63569] CD

27.   “Second Album” The Beatles [Capitol ST 2080] LP

28.   “The Condor” Steve Lacy with Steve Potts Bobby Few, Jean-Jacques Avenel; Oliver Johnson; Irene Aebi; & Sam Woodyard [Soul Note SN 1135] LP

29.   “The Kinks Kronikles (1972)” The Kinks [Reprise 2XS 6454] LP

30.   “Smokin” Humble Pie [A&M SP 4342] LP

31.   “Brown Submarine” Boston Spaceships with Robert Pollard [Guided By Voices Inc GBVI-3] CD

32.   “Life Stars Here (2002)” Airport 5 with Robert Pollard

33.   “My Goals Beyond” John McLaughlin [Elektra E1-60031} LP

34.   “A Date with Elvis (1984)” The Cramps [Big Beat Wika 46] LP

35.   “Gris-Gris” Dr John [Atco 33-234] LP

36.   “Amok! EP” Ledernacken  EP

37.   “Mosiac Select: Grachan Moncur III” Grachan Moncur III [Mosaic MS-001] CD

38.   “Switched On” Stereolab [Slumberland 22] CD

Changes in the Sound Room

There were some changes to my downstairs stereo in 2014.  The Rega CD player was moved upstairs and replaced with an Oppo 103 CD/DVD Player.  The Oppo acts a music server to a Synology DS411slim NAS (Network Area Storage).  This allows me to tap into my over one TB of digital music.  It has redundant disk storage and back up.  This is actually a step back in digital sound but a step forward in digital music convenience and management.  The future may lead to adding a used DAC (Digital Audio Converter).

On the analog side, added a Zu Audio’s Denon DL-103 R Mk.II cartridge with a Bob’s Devices CineMag 3440 AH (Blue) Transformer (MC) Step-Up Device. Wow, what a change this made.  The system has included moving coils from Adcom, Sumiko, and Ortofon but this has quantum change in getting dynamic and low level percussion & bass information from the groves.  This magical combination has been featured many times at the Capital Audio Show.  Still looking to upgrading the pre-amp, phono pre-amp, turntable and tonearm

At the back-end of the system, an old pair of Sennheisers have been replaced with Mr. Speaker Alpha Dog Headphones.  Again, big “wow” reaction.  The bass and smoothness across the spectrum makes it a huge improvement.  This can also be attributed to Burson SoloistHeadphone Amp / Pre Amp with is high quality build solid state that is very versatile. 

There are a lot of big plans hopefully in the near future including speakers and turntable, will be trying to make those dreams a reality.