Playlist Week of 2014-01-04

* J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (AAM/Egarr) (Harmonia Mundi 2SACD)

* Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane: At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note CD)

* Andrew Hill: Dance Of Death (Blue Note CD)

* Andrew Hill: Passing Ships (Blue Note CD)

* Wayne Shorter: Footprints Live! (Verve CD)

* Wayne Shorter: Algeria (Verve CD)

* Herbie Hancock: My Point Of View (Blue Note CD)

* Jack DeJohnette: Sorcery (Prestige LP)

* Jack DeJohnette: Cosmic Chicken (Prestige LP)

* Weather Report: Live Inn Tokyo (Sony 2LP)

* Terje Rypdal: Bremen Sendesaal 1973-04-04 (FM FLAC)

* Joachim Kühn Band: Sunshower (Atlantic LP)

* Rodger Coleman & Sam Byrd: Heeltop Home Studio 2013-12-23 (WAV)

* Rodger Coleman & Sam Byrd: Heeltop Home Studio 2013-12-27 (WAV)

* Shango: Shango Funk Theology (Celluloid LP)

* Mark Stewart + Maffia: Mark Stewart + Maffia (Upside LP)

* Grateful Dead: Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA 1990-12-31 (d.1-2) (selections) (SBD 3CDR)

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

* Utopia: Ra (Bearsville LP)

* Todd Rundgren: Hermit of Mink Hollow (Bearsville LP)

* Guided By Voices: Forever Since Breakfast (Matador CDEP)

* Guided By Voices: Box (Scat 6LP)

* Guided By Voices: The Grand Hour (Scat 7”EP)

* Guided By Voices: Vampire On Titus (Scat LP)

* Guided By Voices: Get Out Of My Stations (Slitbreeze 7”EP)

* Guided By Voices: Static Airplane Jive (City Slang/Recordhead CDEP)

* Guided By Voices: The Clown Prince Of The Menthol Trailer (Domino/Recordhead CDEP)

* Guided By Voices: Bee Thousand (Scat LP)

* Guided By Voices: Bee Thousand: (The Director’s Cut) (Scat 3LP)

* Guided By Voices: I Am A Scientist (Scat 7”EP)

* Guided By Voices: Tonics & Twisted Chasers (Rockathon CD)

* Guided By Voices: Alien Lanes (Matador LP)

* Guided By Voices: Motor Away (Matador 7”)

* Guided By Voices: Tiger Bomb (Matador 7”EP)

* Guided By Voices: Under The Bushes, Under The Stars (Matador LP+EP)

* Guided By Voices: The Official Ironmen Rally Song (Matador 7”EP)

* Guided By Voices: Plantations Of Pale Pink (Matador 7”EP)

* Guided By Voices: Sunfish Holy Breakfast (Matador EP)

* Guided By Voices: Mag Earwig! (Matador LP)

* Guided By Voices: Bulldog Skin (Matador 7”/CDEP)

* Guided By Voices: I Am A Tree (Matador CDEP)

* Guided By Voices: Wish In One Hand… (Jass 7”EP)

* Guided By Voices: Do The Collapse (TVT LP)

* Guided By Voices: Daredevil Stamp Collector: The Do The Collapse B-Sides (Fading Captain LP)

* Guided By Voices: Isolation Drills (TVT LP)

* Guided By Voices: Let’s Go Eat The Factory (GBV, Inc. LP)

* Robert Pollard: Not In My Airforce (Matador LP)

* Robert Pollard: Waved Out (Matador LP)

* Robert Pollard: Crickets: The Best of the Fading Captain Series (Fading Captain 2CD)

* My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (d.2) (Sony 2CD)

* My Bloody Valentine: MBV (MBV LP+CD)(†)

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

* Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes/Sun Giant (Sub Pop LP+EP)

* The Wilderness Of Manitoba: When You Left The Fire (Tiny Ogre 2LP)

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Commentary:

GBV! GBV! GBV! GBV!

Sort of by request of Jean K, I've started making videos about my Guided By Voices/Robert Pollard obsession. We've only just begun...!

Playlist Week of 2013-12-28

* Venice Baroque Orchestra (Marcon/Camignola): Concerto Veneziano (Archiv Prod. CD)

* Duke Ellington: The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (Fantasy LP)

* Duke Ellington: The Intimate Ellington (Pablo LP)

* Duke Ellington & Ray Brown: This One’s For Blanton (Pablo LP)

* Andrew Hill Quartet: Divine Revelation (Inner City LP)

* Andrew Hill: Faces Of Hope (Soul Note LP)

* Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost (Revenant 3LP)

* Albert Ayler: Live In Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings (d.1) (Impulse! 2CD)

* Jayson Lindh: Cous Cous (Metronome/CTI LP)

* Lenny White: Big City (Nemperor/Atlantic LP)

* The Stark Reality: Acting Thinking Feeling (Now Again 6LP+7”)

* Pat Metheny Group: Still Life (Talking) (Geffen LP)

* Rodger Coleman & Sam Byrd: Heeltop Home Studio 2013-12-23 (WAV)

* Rodger Coleman & Sam Byrd: Heeltop Home Studio 2013-12-27 (WAV)

* I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America 1950-1990 (Light In The Attic 3LP)†

* Daft Punk: Random Access Memories (Columbia CD)†/†

* Elvis Presley: Elvis’ Christmas Album (RCA-Victor/Friday Music LP)

* Elvis Presley: If Every Day Was Like Christmas (RCA-Victor CD)

* Shelby Lynne: Just A Little Lovin’ (Lost Highway CD)

* Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour: No.34 “Xmas & New Years” (FM 2CDR)

* Bob Dylan: Christmas In The Heart (Columbia CD)

* The Beatles: I Hope We Passed The Audition (Purple Chick fan/boot CDR)

* The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper (Deluxe Edition) (selections) (Purple Chick fan/boot 4CDR)

* The Beatles: Magical Mystery Year (Deluxe Edition) (selections) (Purple Chick fan/boot 4CDR)

* The Beatles: From Then To You (Deluxe Edition) (Purple Chick fan/boot CDR)

* The Beatles: Live At The BBC : The Collection (Apple/Capitol 4CD)

* Grateful Dead: Dick’s Picks Vol.31 (August 4-6, 1974) (excerpts) (d.3-4) (GDP 4HDCD)

* Grateful Dead: McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, CO 1990-12-13  (selections) (SBD 3CDR)

* Sir Douglas Quintet: The Mono Singles ’68-’72 (Sundazed 2LP)

* Michael Bass: Parchesi Pie (Random Radar LP)

* Michael Bass & His Moderately Sized Orchestra: Painting By Numbers (Random Radar LP)

* Steven Feigenbaum & Tom Scott: Things Are More Like They Are Now… (Random Radar LP)

* The Smiths: Louder Than Bombs (Sire 2LP)

* Katatonia: Dead End Kings (Peaceville CD)†

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Commentary:

I hope everyone our there in Bloggerville had a very Merry Christmas! We certainly did.

In fact, I got the best Xmas present ever—not just one but two whole days with my good friend (and drummer extraordinaire), Sam Byrd! We recorded over 150 minutes of music in my newly renovated home studio, much of which is the best stuff we have ever done.

While I would have been happy with what we laid down on that first session, by the second day, we were in the groove and playing with real fire and intensity. If only we could get together like this all the time—imagine what we could do!

In any event, the plan is to put some of this out in 2014—hopefully on vinyl! I’ll keep you posted…

Happy New Year!

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Sam also brought some records over so we could make a joint Vinyl Community video. He has an amazing collection! Check it out:

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SHAMELESS PLUG DEPT.

Our CD, Indeterminate (Improvisations for Piano and Drums), documents a live performance at Zeitgeist Gallery from September 2012 and is available by clicking the link below. Thank you for your interest and support!

Playlist Week of 2013-12-21

* Hesperion XXI (Savall): Orient-Occident 1200-1700 (Alia Vox SACD)

* Hesperion XXI (Savall): Istanbul: Dimitrie Cantemir 1673-1723 (Alia Vox SACD)

* Purcell: Fantasias For The Viols 1680 (Hesperion XX) (Savall) (Alia Vox SACD)

* Duke Ellington: An Explosion Of Genius 1938-1940 (d.1-3) (Smithsonian 6LP)

* Duke Ellington: Ellington Uptown (Columbia LP)

* Duke Ellington: Duke Plays Ellington (Capitol LP)

* Duke Ellington: Jazz Party In Stereo (Columbia/Classic LP)

* Duke Ellington: Blues In Orbit (Columbia/Classic LP)

* Duke Ellington: The Pianist (Fantasy LP)

* Sun Ra & His Arkestra: The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Ontario 1978-03-13 (AUD 3CDR)

* Miles Davis: In A Silent Way (Columbia/Mobile Fidelity LP)

* Miles Davis: The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions (d.1) (Columbia/Legacy 3CD)

* Miles Davis: Amandla (Warner Bros. LP)

* Wayne Shorter Quartet: Beyond The Sound Barrier (Verve CD)

* Wayne Shorter Quartet: Without A Net (Blue Note CD)

* Weather Report: Mysterious Traveler (Columbia LP)

* Weather Report: Tale Spinnin’ (Columbia LP)

* Pharoah Sanders: Message From Home (Verve CD)

* Derek Bailey: Carpal Tunnel (Tzadik CD)

* Tim Berne: The Shell Game (Thirsty Ear CD)

* Funkadelic: Maggot Brain (Westbound CD)

* Parliament: Mothership Connection (Casablanca CD)

* Frank Ocean: Nostalgia Ultra (FrankOcean.com MP3)†/‡

* Shelby Lynne: Just A Little Lovin’ (Lost Highway CD)

* Grateful Dead: Road Trips Vol.1 No.4: From Egypt With Love (GDP/Rhino 3+1HDCD)

* Yes: Close To The Edge (Atlantic/Audio Fidelity SACD)

* Tony Levin/David Torn/Alan White: Levin/Torn/White (Lazy Bones CD)†/‡

* Genesis: Live (Charisma LP)

* Genesis: Selling England By The Pound (Charisma LP)

* Camel: Rain Dances (GAMA LP)

* Camel: A Live Record (Decca 2LP)

* Camel: Breathless (Arista LP)

* The Doobie Brothers: Best Of The Doobies (Warner Bros. LP)

* Automatic Man: Automatic Man (Island LP)

* Automatic Man: Visitors (Island LP)

* Supertramp: Crime Of The Century (A&M/Mobile Fidelity CD)

* Los Lobos: This Time (Hollywood/Mobile Fidelity SACD)

* Prefab Sprout: Two Wheels Good (Epic LP)

* Robert Pollard: Blazing Gentlemen (GBV, Inc. LP)

* Boards Of Canada: Music Has A Right To Children (Warp 2LP/MP3)†

* Boards Of Canada: The Campfire Headphase (Warp 2LP/MP3)†

* Kyuss: Blues For The Red Sun (Elektra LP)

* Kylesa: Ultraviolet (Season Of Mist CD)

* Red Fang: Murder The Mountains (Relapse LP)

* Red Fang: Whales And Leeches (Relapse LP+12”)

* Zombi: Escape Velocity (Relapse LP)

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Commentary:

Happy Winter Solstice!