No concert review for me this month: I missed the Tatsuya Nakatani Gong Orchestra show because it coincided with my wife's birthday. Jason Ajemian is playing a solo show here at the end of the month. Here's what's getting play in my household.
1. Arrington de Dionyso, Abraxasaxophonic Smooth Jazz Vagina (Gilgongo LP): Crucial reissue of a ltd edition CDR. Arrington blowing over the distorted signal from a smooth-jazz radio station.
2. Tony Malaby, Tamarindo Live (Clean Feed CD): Snoozefest.
3. Joe McPhee & Chris Corsano, Scraps and Shadows (Roaratorio LP): Got around to picking this up. Not as dire as you dudes made it sound. Still, the LP on 8mm with Eli Keszler is the best recent McPhee.
4. The Group, Live (No Business LP): More Marion Brown is always a good thing. Tight performance from Cyrlle, Bang, et al.
5. Arrington de Dionyso, Naga Suara (Slanty Shanty Records Tape): Arrington fucks around with the sounds that have predominated on his recent malaikat dan signha releases.
6. Andrew Scott Young, Warm White Light (Baked Tapes): A-Side sounds like an homage to Partch--great stuff. Still trying to wrap my head around the dance (?) music on the B-Side.
7. Sagas, Sojourner's Lament (Lighten Up Sounds Tape): A real burner. Follow-up to the equally scorching Signal Refracted on Avant Archive.
8. Parker/Guy/Lytton/Evans, Scenes in the House of Music (Clean Feed CD): Boxers' shuffling feet.
9. Joe McPhee & Eli Keszler, Ithaca (8mm LP): This probably should have made my best of 2012 list. Keszler was on fire last year.
10. Talk West, Freights & Fields (No Kings Tape): This release didn't hold my interest like the other ones.
11. Motoharu Yoshizawa, Inland Fish (Trio Records LP): Solo bass with Sabu Toyozumi appearing on one cut. Some cool pastoral elements to some of these tunes.
12. Marilyn Crispell, Rhythms Hung in Undrawn Sky (Leo LP): I like Crispell's work, but this one falls a bit flat for me.
13. Revolutionary Ensemble, The Psyche (RE: Records LP): Always find their music so refreshing. Some of that's attributable to the different instrumentation, but Sirone, Leroy Jenkins and Jerome Cooper are all masters.
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