1. Henry Flynt, Ascent to the Sun (Recorded CD): One of my favorites from Flynt.
2. Joe McPhee, Tenor & Fallen Angels (HatHut CD): Solo McPhee
3. Joe McPhee, Nation Time (Atavistic UMS CD): Feeling the spirit.
4. Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love (Laurence Family 2LP): A really nice package. Music is good, too.
5. Sun Ra, Space Aura (Art Yard 10" LP): Recorded at SUNY Buffalo. Some good stuff here, but probably not essential. Looking forward to hearing that shelved ABC-Impulse! album that Roaratorio plans to release.
6. The End of the World Championship, Balance Beam (Sacred Phrases CS): Really intense drones.
7. Tom Blancarte, The Shortening of the Way (Tubapede LP): So much more than a solo bass record.
8. Nate Wooley/Hugo Antunes/Chris Corsano, Malus (NoBusiness LP): Very atmospheric. Lots of breathing room.
9. Motion Sickness of Time Travel, Ballades (Hooker Vision 6CS): Beautiful. Very happy to have this.
10. John Dikeman, The Double Trio (Astral Spirits CS): A mixed bag. Some strong stuff on the B-side. Jeb Bishop is the man.
11. Sound Out Light, I'm Leaving This World (Digitalis CS): The title says it all.
12. Dylan Golden Aycock, Guitar Meanderings (Cabin Floor Esoterica CS): Pretty much.
13. Grasshopper, Dark Sabbath: Symbols of Evil (Hausu Mountain LP): Bow your heads.
More cassettes. Love it. You are right about Blancarte, the Evans/Blancarte Sparks disc let me into the world of Evans. It is outstanding. Still trying to find my way in the Sun Ra world. Wish I had a guide, it is a thick forest of releases across multiple decades. Anyway to get a grasp of it would be helpful.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that Sparks disc is great. I feel the same way about Sun Ra; I just buy stuff at random. Plus, CDs are the way to go for a lot of his stuff--aside from Art Yard, and now Roaratorio, a lot of those vinyl reissues sound shitty.
ReplyDeleteOne quick comment about "Space Aura" --based solely on the John Gilmore solo in the title track, I would say yes it is essential. That is one killer of a solo!! The whole notion of navigation of Ra pops up over and over. There are various things online. It's hard to get a handle on because his work covers so many styles and spans so many decades, not to mention all the various versions and labels. May I humbly offer my own list of suggestions, based on chronology and style? See http://worldofabstractdreams.blogspot.com/2013/12/deep-jazz.html
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Sam, thanks for the useful list. Glad the spaceways brought you to our insular little site!
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