10/24/07

I never mind the rain from the sky
if I can find the sun in your eyes:

The Beginning, The Middle & The End / Monk Hughes & the Outer Realm / A Tribute to Brother Weldon
Oceanic Beloved / Alice Coltrane / A Monastic Trio
Fortunato / Marion Brown / Three For Shepp
Skin 2 / Julius Hemphill / 'Coon Bid'ness
Clockwork of the Spirits / Bobby Hutcherson / Head Up
Mtume / Harold Land / A New Shade of Blue
Layla-Joy / Billy Hart / Enchance
La Raza / Luis Gasca / Luis Gasca
Gypsy Queen / Gabor Szabo / Spellbinder
Maiden Voyage / Roswell Rudd / Flexible Flyer
Soul Stream / George Braith / Soul Stream
Strangers in the Night / Richard "Groove" Holmes / Misty
Christopher Columbus / Brother Jack McDuff with Gene Ammons / Mellow Gravy
Green's Greenery / Grant Green / Grantstand
Guitar Blues / Herb Ellis & Joe Pass / Two For the Road
Surrey With the Fringe on Top / Ahmad Jamal / Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961
Tenderly / Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts / The Scenic Route
Sometimes I'm Happy / Sun Ra / Nuclear War
You're My Desire / The Four Mints / Gently Down Your Stream

10/17/07

and the times that I'm big and small,
won't seem different from birds at all:

Edit the Sad Parts / Modest Mouse / Interstate 8
Unwind / Sonic Youth / Washing Machine
Last of the Lemach Line / Magik Markers / Boss
Lesson No. 1 For Electric Guitar / Glenn Branca / Lesson No. 1
Hey Pig He Stole My Sound / Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice / Gipsy Freedom
When You Walk / Smog / Julius Caesar
Positive Vibration Force / Akron/Family / S/T
Pernambuco / Luiz Bonfá / Solo in Rio 1959
In a Silent Way / Joe Zawinul / Zawinul
Check Up / Sam Yahel Trio / Truth and Beauty
Irvine's Vine (Spirit Man's Lament) / Monk Hughes & the Outer Realm / A Tribute to Brother Weldon
Sadness / Ornette Coleman / Town Hall, 1962
Theme of the Stargazer/Outer Space Incorporated/Next Stop Mars / Sun Ra / Nothing Is...
Welcome / John Coltrane / Kulu Sé Mama
Losel Drolma / Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake / Back Together Again
India / Joshua Redman / Back East
Evil Eye / Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore / Blowing In From Chicago
Anything Goes / Gerry Mulligan & Stan Getz / Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz
In a Mellotone / Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster / Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster
18 Carrots For Rabbit / Gerry Mulligan & Johnny Hodges / Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges
Line For Lyons / Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker / Mulligan/Baker
Let's Get Lost / Chet Baker / Prince of Cool

10/10/07

Today would be the 90th birthday of Thelonious Monk if he were still on this planet. This show is a celebration of his music. There aren't enough hours in a day to showcase his work, but I did my best. Wherever you are, thank you Thelonious.

Also: birthday wishes to Ed Blackwell

Rhythm-a-ning:

Stardust / Don Byas / Midnight at Minton's
Let's Call This / Thelonious Monk / Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins
Round About Midnight / Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World
Well You Needn't / Miles Davis / Volume 2
Bye-Ya / Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane / At Carnegie Hall
Blue Monk / J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding / The Great Kai & J.J.
I Mean You / James Spaulding / Brilliant Corners
Shuffle Boil / Thelonious Monk with the Gigi Gryce Quartet / Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols
Straight No Chaser / Art Pepper / So In Love
Let's Cool One / Clark Terry and Thelonious Monk / C.T. Meets Monk
Off Minor / Bud Powell / A Portrait of Thelonious
Bemsha Swing / Fred Hersch Trio / Live at the Village Vanguard
In Walked Bud / Thelonious Monk with Jon Hendricks / Underground
Four in One / Mischa Mengelberg Quartet / Four in One
Crepuscule With Nellie / Thelonious Monk / Monk's Music
Blue Monk / Ron Carter Quartet / Piccolo
Epistrophy / Steve Lacy Four / Morning Joy
Sophisticated Lady / Thelonious Monk / Thelonious Monk Plays Duke

10/03/07

1st show of the new season:

Into the Freedom World / Mice Parade / Mokoondi
Red Sunshine / Caural / Stars on My Ceiling
Dayscape / Malik Flavors / Ugly Beauty
All We Got / Keith Jarrett & Jack DeJohnette / Ruta and Daitya
Drums Around the World / Norman Connors / Love From the Sun
Pharoah's Tune (The Journey) / Leon Thomas / The Leon Thomas Album
Life is Round / Compost / Life is Round
Pretend You're in Love / Carla Bley / Night-glo
Fikisha / Roy Ayers / Evolution: The Polydor Anthology
One For the Monica Lingas Band / The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble / Yesterdays Universe: Prepare For a New Yesterday (Volume One)
Evergreen Part Two / The Stone Poneys / Evergreen Vol. 2
A Street That Rhymes at 6 a.m. / Norma Tanega / 45
Who's Making Love / Lou Donaldson / Hot Dog
Ain't It Funky Now / Grant Green / Green is Beautiful
Tighten Up / James Brown / Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68
Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter / Nina Simone / Nina Simone: Anthology
Feeling Funky / The Crusaders / Those Southern Knights
Funk Attack / Dexter Wonsel / Time is Slipping Away
Universal Rhythms / Mandrill / Mandrill Is
Walking in Rhythm / The Blackbyrds / Night Grooves