Playlist Week of 9-08-12

* Uccellini: Sonatas (Romanesca) (Harmonia Mundi CD)

* Schoenberg, et al.: Piano Concerto, etc. (Cleveland Orch./Boulez/Uchida) (Philips CD)

* Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies…, etc. (Orch. National de France/Nagano/Loriod) (Erato CD)

* Boulez: Répons, etc. (Ensemble InterContemporain/Boulez) (Deutsche Grammophon CD)

* Boulez: Sur Incises, etc. (Ensemble InterContemporain/Boulez) (Deutsche Grammophon CD)

* Cecil Taylor: Air Above Mountains (Buildings Within) (Enja CD)

* Cecil Taylor: In Florescence (A&M CD)

* Mary Halvorson Quintet: Firehouse 12, New Haven, CT 5-18-12 (AUD FLAC)

* The Beatles: Beatles For Sale (2009 stereo) (Apple/EMI CD)†

* The Beatles: Let It Be (2009 stereo) (Apple/EMI CD)†

* The Beatles: Abbey Road (2009 stereo) (Apple/EMI CD)†

* Grateful Dead: Workingman’s Dead (Warner Bros./Rhino LP)

* Grateful Dead: American Beauty (Warner Bros./Rhino LP)

* Grateful Dead: War Memorial Auditorium Rochester, NY 9-02-80 (d.3) (SBD 3CDR)

* Grateful Dead: Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 12-31-84 (SBD/FM 3CDR)

* Grateful Dead: Spring 1990 (selections) (GDP/Rhino 18HDCD)

* King Crimson: Live In Argentina 1994 (d.2) (DGM/Inner Knot 2DVD)

* Talk Talk: The Colour Of Spring (EMI LP/DVD)

* The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin (Warner Bros. HDCD)

* Radiohead: In Rainbows (TBD CD)†

* Radiohead: The King Of Limbs (TBD/Ticker Tape CD)†

* Porcupine Tree: Lightbulb Sun (KScope CD/DVD)

* Porcupine Tree: Recordings (KScope CD)†

* Porcupine Tree: In Absentia (Lava/Atlantic CD)†

* Porcupine Tree: Deadwing (Lava/Atlantic CD)†

* Opeth: Deliverance (Music For Nations/KOCH CD)

* Opeth: Heritage (CD/DVD)†

* Katatonia: Brave Yester Days (Avantgarde 2CD)

* Katatonia: Night Is The New Day (Peaceville CD)

* Katatonia: Dead End Kings (Peaceville CD)

* Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam (Domino 2LP)

* Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino 2LP)

* Animal Collective: Centipede Hz (Domino 2LP/DVD)

* Six Organs Of Admittance: Ascent (Drag City LP)

* Mastodon: Remission (Relapse 2LP)

* Baroness: First & Second (Relapse LP)

* Baroness: Red Album (Relapse 2 45-RPM LP)

* Baroness: Blue Record (Relapse 2 45-RPM LP)

* Baroness: Yellow & Green (Relapse 2LP)

* Pelican: What We All Come To Need (Southern Lord CD)

* Holograms: Holograms (Captured Tracks MP4)†

†=iPod

‡=car

Commentary:

Thursday night was AMAZING! We were written up as a Critic’s Pick in the weekly Nashville Scene—and a standing-room-only crowd showed up! Sam played his ass off (as usual) and inspired me to really go for it. At one point, I looked up to see interpretive dancing going on in front of the audience. How interesting, I thought, and kept playing. I had no idea this was going to happen—part of the whole Indeterminacies thing, you know, "expect the unexpected"—but it was very, very cool and added a whole other level of artiness to the proceedings. Stan Link asked great, probing questions which prompted quite an outpouring of insightful comments from the audience. An older, rather conservative-looking woman said that she was at first “scared to death” but as the music went along, she could start to appreciate that we really were playing together rather than against each other—and almost came to enjoy the experience. Nearly brought me to tears, it did. Many folks had never heard anything quite like this, but responded really positively. It was possibly the highest musical moment of my life and an affirmation that this life-long obsession with music has been worthwhile.

Huge thank you to Lesley Beeman and Lain York of Zeitgeist for inviting me to do this; to Sam for driving nine hours each way to join me (I couldn’t have done it without him!); to Steinway Piano Gallery of Nashville for generously providing the instrument; and to my nephew, Brian Totoro, who professionally recorded the event—I can’t wait to hear it!