MUSIC OF THE WAITS: Renaissance music. Argo LP.
LIGHT ON THE WALL: Vandermark-Daisy Duo. Laurence Family 2LP.
CHANGE OF SEASON: Mengelberg-Lacy-Geo.Lewis-Bennink. Soul Note LP.
EMPIRE: Red Trio+John Butcher. No Business LP.
EVIDENCE: Steve Lacy, Don Cherry. Prestige CD.
INVENTIONS & DIMENSIONS: Herbie Hancock. Maybe Herbie's least known album (or does that go to "The Prisoner"?). BN/TOCJ CD.
SUMMER 1967: John Stevens, Evan Parker, Peter Kowald. I think Parker played best with Stevens and Derek Bailey. What a triad! Emanem CD. (This would be lovely on vinyl).
A NEW DISTANCE: John Stevens, John Butcher, Roger Smith. Emanem CD.
FRAMEWORKS: John Stevens, Trevor Watts, Kenny Wheeler, Paul Rutherford. The 1st group of pieces has Norma Winstone vocalising. The 2nd has Julie Tippetts. Much prefer Tippetts. Emanem CD.
TALKIN' ABOUT!: Grant Green, Larry Young, Elvin Jones. BN/Music Matters 45rpm 2LP.
THE SWEETNESS OF THE WATER: Spring Heel Jack, basically John Coxon and Ashley Wales on electronics, with an ever-changing but always amazing line-up of musicians, here it is Evan Parker, Wadada Leo Smith, John Edwards and Mark Sanders. Thirsty Ear CD.
MUDDY WATERS: Chess Box, LP.1.
FACTUS 8, 1981-1982: New Order EP.
SINSEMILLA: Black Uhuru. Great cove rand cool vibe. Mango LP.
A PROMISE: Echo & The Bunnymen. Korova EP 45rpm. Bill got me interested in this group from his playlists. I completely missed them first time around but really like them now.
LITTLE RED'S FANTASY: Woody Shaw, Fran Strozier (!), et al. Muse LP. Woody is so good.
ARCADE: John Abercrombie, Richie Bierach. ECM LP.
AFRO-BEAT AIRWAYS: West African Shockwaves, Ghana & Togo, 1972-1979. I'm getting into these Analogue Africa compilations. Analogue Africa 2LP.
CUMBRIA & JAZZ FUSION: Charles Mingus and unidentified large group (too lazy to research). Atlantic LP.
MILK MAN: Deer Hoof. Mucho quirky but I like it. Polyvinyl Records LP in cool yellow.
TRIO LIVE: Steve Lacy, Andrea Centazzo, Kent Carter. SO very good! Ictus LP.
METASTASIS, PITHOPRAKA, EONTA: Xenakis, comp. Fr. Nat'l Radio Orch, Maurice LeRoux, cond. Cardinal LP. I dug this and the vinyl gives it an extra margin.
THE SCENE CHANGES: The Amazing Bud Powell. BN LP.
SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS: Sonny Rollins. Prestige LP.
THE WALK: The Cure. Sire LP.
THE FREEDOM RIDER: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (Morgan, Shorter version). BN LP.
HISTORIC CONCERTS: Cecil Taylor & Max Roach. Soul Note 2LP.
STREETS: Charles Gayle Trio. Gayle's latest and maybe his best. This is really good. Northern Spy CD.
L'AFFRONTEMENT DES PRETENDANTS: Louis Sclavis Quintet. Harder blowing than you might expect. ECM CD.
UP POPPED THE TWO LIPS: Henry Threadgill Zooid. Pi CD.
DIAL "B" FOR BARBARA: Horace Tapscott Sextet. Recorded 1983 in L.A. I was pretty surprised to find Sabir Mateen in the group. Nimbus West CD.
EVIDENCE: Joelle Leandre and Jerome Bourdellon (fl, cl, bcl). This one had me really engaged. On the famous Relative Pitch label. Kevin's releases keep hitting high marks.
MUSIC FROM EUROPE: Gunter Hampel Group. Still sounds contemporary. ESP CD.
BLACK SNAKE: John Lee Hooker. Prestige LP.
THE DEJOHNETTE COMPLEX: De JOHNETTE, Maupin, Cowell, Gomez, Haynes. Strong. Milestone LP.
MASTER OF REALITY: Black Sabbath. Paid practically no attention to this group when they were initially around, now I find their music quite good. NEMS LP.
RESERVE: Brotzmann, Sommer, Phillips. This album calls out for remastering or a Cien Fuegos analog production. FMP CD.
SYMPHONY NO. 4 in G: Mahler, Concertgebouw, Solti. London LP.
BUSTER BEE: Oliver Lake, Julius Hemphill Duo. Sackville LP. This one took a few listens but am on it now.
FRIEND OPPORTUNITY: Deer Hoof (again). I like this even more than Milk Man. On groovy emerald green vinyl. Polyvinyl Records LP.
AFRICA/BRASS: Coltrane Quartet. Jasmine LP, a UK sub of MCA. I need a better pressing!
HIGH BLUES PRESSURE: Freddie Hubbard, with Maupin and Spaulding, et al. Freddie's best work is not this, it's on BN of course. Atlantic LP.
WHITE BLOOD CELLS: White Stripes. I like their music. Third Man Records.
DIFFERENCES, SEQUENZ III, VII, DUE PEZZI: Berio, comp. and cond. Cathy Berberian, Heinz Holliger, Juilliard Ensemble Lucio Berio. Philips Modern Music Series LP.
THE WELCOME: Marty Ehrlich, Anthony Cox, Pheeroan AkLaff. Sound Aspects LP, 1984. An entirely worthy performance.
THE BIG MARGOTTA: Giancarlo Locatelli, Alberto Braida. brokenresearch LP (122/200). Another performance you have to hear a few times to really appreciate.
BLOOD ON THE TRACKS: Bob Dylan. I grew up with Dylan, but have hardly listened to him recently. I enjoyed this, even if at times I had the sense that this was a holographic Dylan. CBS LP.
THROUGH THE PAST DARKLY (BIG HITS VOL.2): The Rolling Stones. I bought this copy way back in 1969/70, and it still sound exciting.
Northern Spy has another Gayle session in the works...
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