Playlist Week of 2014-04-12

* Veracini: Sonatas (Holloway/ter Linden/Mortensen) (ECM CD)

* LeClair: Sonatas (Holloway/ter Linden/Mortensen) (ECM CD)

* Thelonious Monk: Monk’s Dream (Columbia/Legacy CD)

* Ornette Coleman: Chappaqua Suite (Columbia/Sony 2CD)

* Wayne Shorter: Native Dancer (Columbia LP)

* Tony Williams: Life Time (Blue Note CD)

* John Abercrombie: 39 Steps (ECM CD)

* Don Sebesky: The Rape of El Morrow (CTI LP)

* Hubert Laws: In The Beginning (CTI 2LP)

* Pat Martino: Joyous Lake (Warner Bros. LP)

* Pat Martino: Starbright (Warner Bros. LP)

* Pat Martino: Exit (Muse LP)

* Steve Khan: The Blue Man (Columbia LP)

* Steve Khan: Arrows (Columbia LP)

* Alte Leidenschaften: Alte Leidenschaften Special Guest Ray Anderson (Carsten Hormes LP)

* DJ Wally: Nothing Stays The Same (Thirsty Ear CD)

* Rodger Coleman & Sam Byrd: Cosmologies (LP master) (24-bit WAV)

* V/A: Love’s A Real Thing: The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa (Luaka Bop 2LP)

* Frank Ocean: Channel Orange (Island/Def Jam CD)

* Martina McBride: Everlasting (Vinyl Records LP)

* Grateful Dead: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 1984-06-14 (d.2) (SBD 3CDR)

* Grateful Dead: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD 1984-06-27 (selections) (SBD 3CDR)

* Crosby Stills & Nash: Crosby Stills & Nash (Atlantic/Audio Fidelity CD)

* Crosby Stills & Nash: CSN (Atlantic/Audio Fidelity CD)

* Derek & The Dominoes: Layla And Other Love Songs (Atlantic/Mobile Fidelity CD)

* Love: Love (Elektra/Sundazed LP)

* Love: Da Capo (Elektra/Sundazed LP)

* Love: Forever Changes (Elektra/Rhino LP+7”)

* Love: Four Sail (Elektra/Sundazed LP)

* Love: Black Beauty (High Moon LP)

* Ten Years After: Stonedhenge (Deram LP)

* Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (EMI/Analogue Productions SACD)

* Todd Rundgren: Something/Anything? (Bearsville 2LP)

* Todd Rundgren’s Utopia: Todd Rundgren’s Utopia (Bearsville LP)

* Todd Rundgren’s Utopia: Another Live (Bearsville LP)

* Rodriguez: Searching For Sugar Man (Columbia/Legacy/Light In The Attic 2LP)

* Mandrill: Mandrilland (Polydor 2LP)

* Mandrill: New Worlds (Arista LP)

* Earth: Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I (Southern Lord 2LP)

* Earth: Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II (Southern Lord 2-45RPM LP)

* Opeth: Watershed (Roadrunner CD+DVD)

* Ensemble Pearl: (ensemble pearl) (Drag City 2LP)

* London Grammar: If You Wait (Columbia 2LP)

  

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Commentary:

The LP project, entitled Rodger Coleman & Sam Byrd - Cosmologies, is coming along nicely and was mastered this week by the legendary engineer, Richard Dodd (who also mastered my CD). This time, I actually got meet him! It was all I could do not to badger him with questions about Robert Wyatt, Pete Sinfeld, George Harrison, Tom Petty, et al.  He was a terrifically nice guy, a perfect English gentleman and very funny. I was able to listen to a bit of the music in his mastering suite, which was an amazing experience.  He was actually complementary of the sound of my home recording and said it took less time than he expected to complete the mastering. That made me feel really good!

Lacquers are being cut next week at Welcome to 1979 and will be delivered to United Record Pressing shortly after that. Unfortunately, Record Store Day has overwhelmed every vinyl pressing plant in the world, and there will be a significant delay (up to eight weeks) before my record will be completed. However, I am planning to make the music available online via Bandcamp soon. Stay tuned!

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If you are interested in my music, please visit my website, Nuvoid Jazz Records, or click on the link below to order a copy of my CD, Rodger Coleman & Sam Byrd - Indeterminate (Improvisations for Piano And Drums). Thank you for your support!