Playlist Week of 7-31-10

* Buxtehude: Seven Sonatas, Op.1 (Holloway/Mortensen/ter Linden) (Naxos CD)
* Buxtehude: Seven Trio Sonatas (Holloway/Mortensen/ter Linden) (Naxos CD)
* Buxtehude: Six Sonatas (Holloway/Mortensen/ter Linden) (Naxos CD)
* Rebel: Violin Sonatas (Manze/Egarr/ter Linden) (Harmonia Mundi CD)
* Veracini: Sonatas (Holloway/Mortensen/ter Linden) (ECM CD)
* Vivaldi: Cello Sonatas (ter Linden/Mortensen) (Brilliant Classics 2CD)
* Messiaen: Visions de l’Amen (Bon/de Leeuw) (Montaigne CD
* Messiaen: Chronochromie, etc. (Chicago Symphony/Boulez) (DG CD)
* Henry Cowell: Piano Music (Smithsonian Folkways CD)
* John Coltrane: Fearless Leader (d.5) (Prestige 6CD)
* Sun Ra: Life Is Splendid (Ann Arbor 9-9-72 (Alive/Total Energy CD)
* Sun Ra: Space Is the Place (Impulse! CD)
* Marshall Allen & The Vertical Dogs: The Fridge, Washington, D.C. 2-27-10x (AUD CDR)
* Andrew Hill: Eternal Spirit (Blue Note CD)
* Cecil Taylor: Cecil Taylor Unit (New World CD)
* Cecil Taylor Unit: 3 Phasis (New World CD)
* Matthew Shipp Quartet: Pastoral Composure (Thirsty Ear CD)
* Matthew Shipp’s New Orbit: New Orbit (Thirsty Ear CD)
* Herbie Hancock: Headhunters (Columbia CD)
* Herbie Hancock & Headhunters: Thrust (Columbia CD)
* Herbie Hancock & Headhunters: Flood (Sony – Japan CD)
* Herbie Hancock: Directstep (Sony –Japan CD)
* Pat Metheny Group: Offramp (ECM LP)
* Pat Metheny Group: First Circle (ECM LP)
* Pat Metheny Group: The Road to You (Geffen CD)
* Marc Johnson: The Sound of Summer Running (Verve CD)
* Tortoise: A Lazarus Taxon (d.1-2) (Thrill Jockey 3CD+DVD)
* Rolling Stones: Satanic Majesties Request (selections) (ABKO SACD)

* Grateful Dead: Boston Garden, Boston, MA 9-24-91 (SBD 3CDR)
* Grateful Dead: Dick’s Picks, Vol.17 (Boston Garden 9-25-91+) (GD 3CD)
* Grateful Dead: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN 6-21-93 (SBD 3CDR)
* Grateful Dead: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN 6-22-93 (SBD 3CDR)
* Bob Dylan: A Tree With Roots: The Genuine Basement Tapes, Vol.1 (fan/boot 2CDR)
* Yes: The Yes Album (Atlantic/MFSL CD)
* Can: Saw Delight (Spoon SACD)
* Yo La Tengo: Wiggins Park, Camden, NJ 7-17-10 (FM CDR)
* Robert Pollard: Moses on a Snail (GBV, Inc. CD)

* Flaming Lips: Soft Bulletin 5.1 (stereo) (Warner Bros. DVD-A)
* Animal Collective: Spirit They’re Gone…/Danse Manatee (Fat Cat 2CD)
* Animal Collective: “Peacebone” (tr.2) (Domino CDEP)
* Animal Collective: Fall Be Kind (Domino CDEP)

Commentary:

The big news this week was getting to see my old friend and bandmate, Sam Byrd, yesterday. It’s always such a pleasure to see Sam again and make some noise here at Heeltop Home Studio (photo). Sam is more passionate about music than just about anyone I know and I always learn a lot just hanging out with him. And getting to play music with him really brings back the good old days (even though I am no longer the musician I used to be). I’m still going through the (somewhat inebriated) recordings but, who knows, maybe I’ll post some of this stuff to the Internet Archive. We sure had a lot of fun! Thanks for the inspiring visit, Sam!