03/30/08

"for your pleasure" was not on this week because ré was out with the flu, so i bravely sprawled for another two hours. to listen to the last half, look up the archive for "for your pleasure." this marathon session had a lot of really good moments and some choice tunes, but now i am exhausted. at least i got that jazz rock out of my system. there were some real groovy moments, though. next week will be a bit more swinging, for what it's worth.

four hours of real talk:

Ending / Four Tet / Everything Ecstatic Part II
Underwater / Kevin Ayers and the Whole World / Shooting at the Moon
Slightly All the Time / Soft Machine / Live in Paris
The Lonely Sea and the Sky / Hugh Hopper / Hopper Tunity Box
Raining in My Heart / Robert Wyatt / Cuckooland
Summer Rain / Ian Carr & Nucleus / Belladonna
Mixed Roots / Al Foster / Mixed Roots
In a Funky Way / Charlie Rouse / Two in One
Great Gorge / Joe Farrell / Moon Germs
Goli Dance / Dave Liebman / Drum Ode
2-3 in 1 / Pheeroan akLaff / House of Spirit: Mirth
Equipoise / Max Roach / Members, Don't Git Weary
Seascape / Buster Williams / Dreams Come True
Two Areas / Kenny Barron / Peruvian Blue
You Say You Saw What / Ted Dunbar / Secundum Artum
Gazelle / Joe Henderson / Black Miracle
Grow Your Own / Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett / Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett
Depression and Illusion / The Joachim Kuhn Group / Bold Music
Lassana Lamaya (Beautiful Child) / Charlie Mariano & Chris Hinze / Blue Stone
Early Minor / Joe Chambers / The Almoravid
Man in the Green Shirt / Weather Report / Live & Unreleased
Maze / Curtis Fuller / Crankin'
Kookie and the Zoom Club / Nucleus / Live in Bremen
Theresa's Blues / Steve Marcus / Count's Rock Band
Like Miles / Terumasa Hino / Hi-Nology
Side 3 / Miles Davis / Miles Davis in Concert
Tarishi / Oneness of Juju / African Rhythms
Keep Dreaming / Stan Getz / Another World

03/23/08

mountains of straight bombs tonight. groovy and funky throughout. there is nothing else to say. except that i incorrectly introduce "samba de orfeu" as being the same tune as "black orpheus"—it isn't.

somebody's calling your name:

Look to the Sky / Roy Ayers / Daddy Bug
Samba de Orfeu / Grant Green / Iron City!
Stone Flower / Fats Theus / Black Out
De De / Hampton Hawes / Playin' in the Yard
One for Trane / Art Blakey / Buhaina
Softly As in a Morning Sunrise / Larry Young / Unity
Ronnie's Bonnie / Reuben Wilson / On Broadway
Hola Muneca / Lonnie Smith / Mama Wailer
JP's Thing / Frank Foster / The Loud Minority
Prime Element / Elvin Jones / At This Point in Time
Time and Space / Eddie Henderson / Heritage
Ballade / Curtis Fuller / Crankin'
Echoes / Frank Cunimondo Trio / Echoes
March of the Goober Woobers / Cumulo Nimbus / 47 Times Its Own Weight
Somebody's Calling My Name / Billy Wooten / In This World
All Aboard the Soul Funky Train / The JB's / Hustle With Speed
Between Two Sheets / Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns / A Blow For Me, A Toot For You
Soul Power (Pt. 1) / James Brown / 45

03/16/08

How strange to discover that one lives with the heart
as one lives with a wife. Even after many years,
nobody knows what she is like. The heart has
a life of its own. It gets free of us, escapes,
is ambitiously unfaithful. Dies out unaccountably
after eight years, blooms unnecessarily and too late.
—Jack Gilbert, "Not the Happiness but the Consequence of Happiness"

:

Blu-a-round / Sahib Shihab / Jazz Sahib
Out of Nowhere / Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney / 2 Guitars
Bemsha Swing / Thelonious Monk / Brilliant Corners
Me and You / Charles Mingus / Newport Rebels
Speak Low / Sonny Clark / Sonny's Crib
Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue / Duke Ellington / Ellington at Newport 1956
It's You or No One / Dexter Gordon / Doin' Allright
Blues Minor / John Coltrane / The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions
Syeeda's Song Flute / Tommy Flanagan / Giant Steps
Mack the Knife / Kenny Dorham / Quiet Kenny
It's a Lovely Day / Elmo Hope / Trio and Quintet
Sweet and Lovely / Von Freeman / Doin' It Right Now
Sweet and Lovely / Cecil Taylor / Jazz Advance
One and One / Teddy Edwards / The Inimitable Teddy Edwards
Secret Love / James Moody / Never Again!
Satin Doll / Jimmy McGriff / I've Got a Woman
Misty / Richard "Groove" Holmes / Misty

03/09/08

The arches of her feet are like voices
of children calling in the grove of lemon trees,
where my heart is as helpless as crushed birds.
—Jack Gilbert

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His Holy Modal Majesty / Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Steven Stills / Super Session
Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album / The Soft Machine / Six
After Later / Larry Coryell / At the Village Gate
Little Heart of Pieces / Barry Miles / White Heat
Lions of Judah / Steve Reid Ensemble / Spirit Walk
Seventh Period / Compost / Life is Round
Like A Thief In The Night / Mike Longo / 900 Shares of the Blues
Indian Lady / Don Ellis / Electric Bath
Indian Soul / Los Astronautas / Land of Love
Don Quixote / Luiz Bonfa / Jacaranda
Chutney / Mandrill / S/T
It's Your Thing / The Jazz Crusaders / Lighthouse '69
I'm On It / Bayete / Worlds Around the Sun
My Cherie Amour / Joe Henderson / Black Miracle
Shortie's Portion / Patricia Rushen / Prelusion
A Change of Face / Steve Kuhn / Trance
On Green Dolphin Street / Steve Grossman / Way Out East Vol. 1
And Now the Queen / Paul Bley Trio / Closer
Lefty Teachers at Home / Don Byron / Ivey-Divey

03/02/08

Africa—Centre of the World / Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Roy Ayers / Music of Many Colours
African Message / Tony Allen / No Accomodation for Lagos
Akula Owu Onyeara / The Funkees / Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6
Busy / Nomo / S/T
Chocolate / Mickey & the Soul Generation / The Complete Mickey & the Soul Generation
Frustration / The MG's / S/T
One More Time / Billy Martin & the Soul Jets / I Turn You On
What's Your Problem Baby / Bobby Patterson / Soul is My Music: The Complete Jetstar Recordings 1965-1970
My Girl / Otis Redding / Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Stand By Me / Spyder Turner / Stand By Me
Bumpin' on Young Street / Young-Holt Unlimited / Oh Girl
Ten Minutes to Four / Eddie Harris / Eddie Harris Sings the Blues
People Make the World Go Round / Grant Green, Jr. / Introducing G.G.
You Are the World / Donald Byrd / Stepping Into Tomorrow
I'm Not So Sure / Milt Jackson / Olinga
Inner City Blues / Grover Washington, Jr. / Inner City Blues
The Phantom / Duke Pearson / The Phantom