Now Playing

[SqDanceCallingSteve]

v/a -- Cry Baby (soundtrack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0vYukWDMS0 Song by Louis Armstrong's wife, group was still performing on Broadway and 181st Street in the late 60s, before I left for the Left Coast.




God's Got It: The Legendary Booker And Jackson Singles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHq2Pv0ecBQ




Don Cherry/ Krzysztof Penderecki -- Actions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IoGkWqZtwI




Voces8 -- Lux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n11niFQX1Qc

[MRS]

Sunn 0))) is now playing outdoors 2.7 miles from my house, loud and clear.

[SqDanceCallingSteve]

Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DywqTMdfraw




ROVA --The Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7TCMvHjhmY




Hazel Scott -- Relaxed Piano Moods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5citFMnSLM





Guy Clark -- Old No 1/ Texas Cookin'/ Dublin Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDuOGKno0Ag





Guy Clark, et al -- Heartworn Highways/ Together at the Bluebird Cafe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOmqSyDxclk




The Essential Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDhYUsW2YtI





Billy Currington -- Summer Forever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEPWb0_PhVI

[SqDanceCallingSteve]

Jason Lescalleet - Mattresslessness https://vimeo.com/28237474




Fritz Hauser/ v/a --Zwei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XDGTnAS-SE




Dixie Chicks -- Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c5b8ZtjwwY




The Moonglows -- Their Greatest Hits: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey2-DTXkLRY

[bedouin]

two wonderful low decibel noise works
from Miguel A. García this year:



Pscipilnitsa

and here :

Argiope

[bedouin]

This one get my vote for best so far this year.
Wicket duo Felicia Atkinson / Jefre Cantu-Ledesma have put together a thoroughly provocative, absorbing ambiance that bends logic. Want to hear more from both...

Comme Un Seul Narcisse

[Yii]

I can listen to this all damn day.

[walto]

Guthrie/Kamerman, Sinter

Fucking awesome. Highly recommended.

[SqDanceCallingSteve]

Dadawah (Ras Michael) -- Peace and Love (Gorgeous album in heavy rotation here! Nyabinghi style of reggae, hypnotic, steely, tabla-like drumming, moving.)




Greg Kelley/ Olivia Block -- Resolution




John Zorn -- Pellucidar


and dancing in the town plaza last night to Roy Rogers and The Delta Rhythm Kings: http://www.ci.healdsburg.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6318

[Adrian]

on heavy rotation:
http://rawtonkrecords.bandcamp.com/albu ... e-bow-grip
Dirk Serries - Etched Above The Bow Grip

[Dan Warburton]

Dadawah (Ras Michael) -- Peace and Love (Gorgeous album in heavy rotation here! Nyabinghi style of reggae, hypnotic, steely, tabla-like drumming, moving.)

Words cannot express my love of this album!

[slayerhatesusall]

骨架的 - Skeleton

One of the best plunderphonics/ vaporwave/ ambient albums I've heard, much more dark and mysterious then most using manipulated samples in interesting ways.




Yann Leguay - Quasi Static Crack Propagation

Sounds from cd players, and cassette players utilized to create very interesting compositions.






Ghost- The lost of mercy/ Renown

Very good obscure polish death metal from 1994.

[Dan Warburton]

The rehearsal take of "In A Silent Way" - wonderful!

[walto]

Caught several displays of amazing (and, to me fairly unpleasant) virtuosity on the radio this morning. One was some Earl Hines thing and the others were solos by Dave Leibman and Fred Foster on an old Elvin Jones Blue Note recording.

So much speed and dexterity--so little to say.

[SqDanceCallingSteve]

Olivia Block -- Pure Gaze




Ras Michael & Sons Of Negus -- Love Thy Neighbor





The Best of King, Federal & Deluxe Doo-Wop, 1&2




Saint-Saens: Complete Symphonies




Scriabin -- Piano Music (Ogdon)

[Wombatz]

Earl Hines ... so much speed and dexterity--so little to say.

had you said that about art tatum i'd wholeheartedly agree ... earl hines is pure adventure, though

[walto]

Funny--I prefer Tatum. Different strokes, I guess.

Maybe you agree with me about Leibman and Foster though?

[Wombatz]

since i don't even like elvin jones, i fully expected to dutifully be bored stiff (although i have a liebman hat hut which i remember being surprisingly nice?), but the first track has such nice echo on the flute, how can you possibly hate that ?

[walto]

It's those same really fast runs over and over again. I didn't even like that kind of sax playing back in the 70s. Learn the same ornamentation in every key and try to do it faster than anybody else. It's not just repetitive (which, as a Feldman lover, I don't mind) it's ostentatious and competitive, like a peacock show.

Hines is a little different, since he's got so many more gizmos in his belt, but it has a similar effect on me. I'm impressed with his chops, but I never think what he's doing is beautiful--just impressive.

I don't get that feel from Tatum myself, but I understand that a lot of people do: I can't explain this.

[J.F.]

Learn the same ornamentation in every key and try to do it faster than anybody else.

He probably found his personal song and likes to be flexible with it for a wider range of tempos.