Out Front Outback

Friends,

Here is the playlist for this week’s Out Front, Outback radio show. It’s available for a Listen on the web at kusp.org until next week’s show is loaded in early Wednesday morning. As always, a real treat for me to be able to weave seemingly disparate musical threads into the tapestry, perhaps helping you find new appreciation and meaning in individual offerings and the music as a whole.

You may see some patterns within the list relative to musical careers and influences, but please also recognize I strive hard to make the program make sense musically. Ideally you will be able to find new connections with new sounds you may otherwise have not run into or taken to heart and mind. Ideally this experience will help you develop appropriate esteem for the musicians and their music…. It is worthy.
Keep those ears growing!

Larry
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Larry Blood – Host of Out Front, Outback
Presenting jazz and extensions as a living art form, with tradition a byword for music moving into the future. A KUSP-FM featured program serving California’s Central Coast since 1983, airing Tuesdays from 9:30pm to midnight PST.
Home: 128 Anderson St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
contact = larryb@cruzio.com
**OFOB playlists available via the link to the right.
**Listen to the most recent show via the kusp music show player [http://kusp.org/archive/102.html#], also with a link to the right. – See more at: http://blogs.kusp.org/outfrontoutback/#sthash.alrOi8on.dpuf
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OFOB for 6/11/13:

• Top Dave Douglas- Sozaboy- Witness- BMG Bluebird [my favorite Dave Douglas date from 2000. Dave- trumpet, Chris Speed- reeds, Joe Daley- tuba, Mark Feldman- violin, Erik Friedlander- cello, Drew Gress- bass, Bryan Carrot- vibes and other tonal mallet instruments, Michael Sarin- drums, Ikue Mori- electronic percussion, Josh Roseman- trombone. Many of the same players came to SC and played at Kuumbwa shortly after this release…. Even better live!]
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• 6:25 Szilard Mezei Trio- Most Nem (Now No)- Barmikor, Most (Anytime, Now)- Not Two records [Hungarian viola Szilard is a great performer and composer. He also leads medium to large groups, all to good effect, but this pared down setting w/bass + drums is chock full of music and meaning]
• Begins under previous piece at 15:00 Lovedale (Jesper Lovdal/Nils Wogram/Jacob Anderskov/Anders Mogensen)- Landscape- Green Sounds- Ilk music [four great Danish musicians perform a delicate dance on sax, trombone, piano/wurlitzer, drums]
• 18:44 Jeanne Lee- Your Ballad- Conspiracy- Earthforms Records [a beautiful piece from a unique vocalist]
• 25:19 East-West Collective [Didier Petit/Sylvain Kassap/Xu Fengxia…]- Folk Song- concert recording- n/a [cello, clarinet, guzheng … add Larry Ochs- tenor/sopranino and Miya Masaoka- koto for a concert at Yoshi’s in Oakland, Tuesday June 18. A special group.]
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• 38:55 Steve Lacy [w/Bobby Few]- The Rent- Associates- felmay/new tone [producers of this date visited w/Steve and went through a vast collection of his archival recordings to put together this collection of duets. Though Steve’s groups were more often pianoless, and he probably did the most work w/Mal Waldron, there is something special about his dates w/Bobby Few]
• 48:22 Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser- Mauger Time- Synastry- pi rcordings [a date of voice/bass duets... not an easy thing to pull off, it all works beautifully.  Jen's vocals ala China provide a teaser for Rudresh's Indian influences]
• 54:08 Mauger (Rudresh Mahanthappa/Mark Dresser/Gerry Hemingway)- Intone- The Beautiful Enabler- Clean Feed [Mauger: in spite of; notwithstanding. Perhaps a comment on the difficulty of a collaborative creative group in this market driven world? Three top composers/leaders/improvisers, all with big ears, deliver and satisfy. This a Rudresh composition]
• 59:33 Rudresh Mahanthappa- Are There Clouds in India?- Gamak- ACT Music [Dave Fiuczynski plays guitar in this quartet. He has specialized in Eastern sounds, so a natural collaborator for Rudresh who often composes pieces using Indian scales/temperament. You may have caught these two playing in a band w/Jack DeJohnette at the Monterey Jazz Festival last year, also broadcast by KUSP in our weekend festival broadcast]
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• 71:09 The Nommonsemble (Whit Dickey/Rob Brown/Mat Maneri/Matthew Shipp)- Love- Life Cycle- Aum Fidelity [Rob has worked several times w/drummer Whit Dickey to good effect. Matt Maneri slices tones on viola, and Matthew Shipp remains the ever percipient pianist for a textural gem]
• 78:08 Marco Eneidi w/William Parker/Donald Robinson- One More Thing- Cherry Box- Eremite [a fave date of mine featuring altoist Marco… we also heard a few of his pieces last week. If you’re a creative horn player, it doesn’t get much better than to have William Parker and Donald Robinson behind you.  Marco started his music career in the SF Bay area, mixed it up w/many greats back East from '81-'95, moved back to the bay area to work w/Glenn Spearman and under the tutelage of Bill Dixon and Jimmy Lyons in the '80s +, and moved back to the bay area in the '90s.  Since 2004 Marco has lived in Austria, so it's important to note that he'll be back for a visit and a single performance at Duende's in Oakland on Wednesday, June 26 w/Lisa Mezzacappa- bass, Vijay Anderson- drums.  Re: Duende's see duendeoakland.com; for more information about Marco, visit http://www.marcoeneidi.com/]
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• 95:00 Oles Brothers with Rob Brown- Black Eagle- Live at SJC- FenomMedia [Rob kicks alto ass for this live date in Poland w/Marcin Oles- bass, Bartlomiej Brat Oles- drums. Bart wrote this number]
• 106:54 The Dave Rempis Percussion Quartet- Cream City Stomp- Phalanx- Aerophone records [Reedman Dave is featured on many recordings by Kurt Vandermark incl. Vandermark 5 dates, but can also say quite a lot on his own. Two drummers give extra impetus for some strong blowing, here you get 26 minutes from a live date in Milwaukee. One of two first outings for Dave’s Aerophone label. We also hear from the great Swedish émigré Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten- bass, + fellow Chicagoans Tim Daisy & Frank Rosaly beat the skins]
• 133:20 Jimmy Lyons- Other Afternoons- Other Afternoons- BYG/Affinity [Marco Eneidi studied w/Jimmy. Jimmy played many years w/Cecil Taylor. Unusual to here find Jimmy paired w/Lester Bowie- trumpet… though I admire them both for their bottomless creativity, like Cecil I hear Jimmy as a cerebral player where Lester is more of player whose musical feet firmly plant his body to the ground. Makes for an interesting quartet w/Andrew Cyrille on drums and recorded in France in 1970 w/Alan Silva- bass]
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• Starts under breatk at 147:12 Marco Eneidi- A Tiny Hole in Tuva- Ghetto Calypso- Not Two Records [double arco basswork, and it sounds like someone is pulling off the somewhat difficult task of Tuvan throat singing [creating double tones]. A richly colorative closer for this week]

And from the land of video:

Another piece from Rob’s date in Poland w/the Oles Brothers:

…and links to more videos, here’s a 2001 concert of Jen Shyu and Mark Dresser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2ox4cbVJH8

Rudresh’s Gamak at Winter Festival in NYC, January 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVtGKzSpJyE

More from Szilard Mezei’s trio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c9GD0zak_Q

And Bobby Few’s trio here joined by altoist Ernest Dawkins in Italy in 2010: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tiBRULjTmk&NR=1&feature=endscreen

for a funkier side of Bobby Few w/Henry Grimes + Rasul Siddik singing “I Ain’t Got Nothing But the Blues”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igA9Nzekysg

Friends,

Below is the playlist from this week’s radio show. A big thank you to Larry Ochs of Rova Saxophone Quartet for providing concert material used in the program. Note Rova is having two collaborative concerts Thursday and tonight (6/7) in SF [see rova.org for more info], and the East-West Collective will be at Yoshi’s in SF on June 18. Both should be solid shows. Something else to look forward to if you can make it is Marco Eneidi’s Shattered Trio 6/27 and Oliver Lake’s residency [4 nights of different collaborations w/Scott Amendola, Roscoe Mitchell, Myra Melford, Phillip Greenlief… - see duendeoakland.com for more info]. Also, of course, there continue to be interesting shows at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center including Gregory Porter, John Scofield, Benny Green and Bobby Hutcherson [see kuumbwajazz.org for info].

I hope you get a chance to listen to this show before a new show is loaded up next week. It seems like I am continually finding or refinding music which stimulates, and greatly enjoy the opportunity to share same with you.

Check back here a little later for notes + some video treats.

Keep up those ears growing!

Larry
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Larry Blood – Host of Out Front, Outback
Presenting jazz and extensions as a living art form, with tradition a byword for music moving into the future. A KUSP-FM featured program serving California’s Central Coast since 1983, airing Tuesdays from 9:30pm to midnight PST.
Home: 128 Anderson St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
contact = larryb@cruzio.com
**OFOB playlists available via the link to the right.
**Listen to the most recent show via the kusp music show player [http://kusp.org/archive/102.html#], also with a link to the right.
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OFOB for 6/4/13:

• at top Stephen Gauci/Kris Davis/Michael Bisio- Still, So Beautiful- SKM Three- Clean Feed
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• 6:43 Lacy/Aebi/Rzewski- Do Not Judge Me Lightly #2- Packet- New Albion
• 11:50 Steve Lacy & Brion Gyson- Nowhere Street 1- Songs- HATology
• 21:07 My Silence [Jason Stein/Nick Butcher/Mike Reed/Shron Van Etten]- The Passing Moment- It Only Happens at Night- 482 Music
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• 33:46 Bill Dixon- Motorcycle ’66: Reflections & Ruminations- Tapestries for Small Orchestra- Firehouse 12 Records
• 47:15 East-West Collective [Didier Petit/Xu Fenxia/Sylvain Kassap/Larry Ochs/Miya Masaoka]- Crane-Sablier/Je Lis Sur Toutes Les Levres- concert recording- n/a
• 57:29 Julius Hemphill Big Band- Leora- Julius Hemphill Big Band- Elektra Musician
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• 73:03 Jazz Contemporaries [George Coleman/Julius Watkins/Clifford Jordan/Harold Mabern/Larry Ridley/Keno Duke]- Reasons in Tonality- Reasons in Tonality- StrataEast
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• 98:22 Julius Hemphill- G Song- Raw Materials and Residuals- Black Saint
• 106:47 Rob Brown Trio- Sinew- Sounds- Clean Feed
• 114:14 Larry Ochs/Miya Masaoka/Peggy Lee- Last Light- concert recording- n/a
• 118:58 Dewey Redman- Imani- The Ear of the Behearer- Impulse
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• 126:18 Bill Dixon- Negoro Codex- Son of Sisyphus- Soul Note
• 130:50 Tony Malaby’s Novela- Floating Head- Novela- Clean Feed
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• 143:10 The Nommonsemble [Whit Dickey/Rob Brown/Mat Maneri/Matthew Shipp]- War- Life Cycle- Aum Fidelity

Friends,

Some long sets this week, so the below playlist w/start times for navigating on the kusp music show player should be of particular value when you Listen. As always, my pleasure to be able to serve up some fascinating music.

This show in my humble opinion gets filed under “replete w/successful segues + a rich and satisfying weave of threads.” Dig in!

Keep those ears GROWING!

Larry
P.S. a tip of the porkpie to Larry Ochs for the recording from the East-West collective performance.
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Larry Blood – Host of Out Front, Outback
Presenting jazz and extensions as a living art form, with tradition a byword for music moving into the future. A KUSP-FM featured program serving California’s Central Coast since 1983, airing Tuesdays from 9:30pm to midnight PST.
Home: 128 Anderson St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
contact = larryb@cruzio.com
**OFOB playlists available via the link to the right.
**Listen to the most recent show via the kusp music show player [http://kusp.org/archive/102.html#], also with a link to the right.
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OFOB for 5/28/13:

• at top  Aki Takase- Fleurette Africaine- My Ellington- Intakt [solo piano, a masterful set of reworkings of the Duke’s music]
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• 3:48 Aki Takase- Lotus Pond, dedicated to D.E.- My Ellington- Intakt [the one piece on the date composed by Aki]
• 7:23 Busk [Anders Filipsen/Thomas Rehling/Lase Ehn]- Low Flower- Nur Eins [only one]- Ilk music [brand new from this Danish piano trio]
• 13:05 Donal Fox- Gone City (mvt 2: Andante)- Gone City- New World [Pianist Donal Fox’s music embraces jazz and classical idioms. This release drew from a variety of projects recorded between ’91 and ’93 which include settings w/Oliver Lake, Quincy Troupe’s poetry, a tenor vocalist and Gone City with clarinet and bass which was written for a Ballet in three movements. The second movement drops nicely withing this set, as well.]
• 21:42 Didier Petit/Xu Fengxia duo- unknown session [From an East-West Collective performance earlier in their current tour, this piece pared down from the full quintet of Didier Petit- cello, Xu Fengxia- guzheng (the Chinese precursor to the koto) and voice, Sylvain Kassap- bass clarinet and clarinet, Miya Masaoka koto and Larry Ochs tenor & sopranino saxophones. A fascinating group, for information on the East-West collective SF performance… see http://www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco/livemusic/artist/show/3525]
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• 36:26 William Parker & Hamid Drake- Chaung Tzu’s Dream- Piercing the Veil- Aum Fidelity [William on balaphone… check out Hamid’s great frame drum work!]
• 45:13 Rob Reddy’s Quttah- Prayer II- However Humble- Koch Jazz [Rob’s foray into middle eastern flavorings for this date. Rob- soprano sax, Jeff Lee Johnson- guitar/electric sitar, Charles Burnham-violin, mandolin, Rufus Cappacocia- cello, Dom Richards- bass, Hearn Gadbois- dumbek, zarb, percussion]
• 49:43 Steve Lacy- Mother Goose- The Beat Suite- Sunnyside [Steve was always drawn to other fine arts including painting and poetry, and this date celebrates beat poets including this one by Kenneth Rexroth expressed by Irene Aebi. A 2003 date w/Steve Lacy- soprano sax, Irene Aebi- vocals only, George Lewis- trombone, Jean-Jacques Avenel- bass and John Betch- drums.]
• 54:54 Sirone’s Concord- For All We Don’t Know- Sirone’s Concord- Not Two [This quartet features sax, violin, drums and some remarkable arco work by Sirone on bass and was recoded in Germany in 2003. Also of interest, year later a concert in NYC w/the same instrumentation was recorded for Silkheart, rendering the date Configuration w/Billy Bang- violin, Charles Gayle- alto/tenor sax, Tyshawn Sorey-drums.]
• 63:30 Kalle Kalima- Parris Island- Some Kubricks of Blood- TUM Oy [Guitarist Kalle leads this Finnish group including Mikka Innanen on reeds, a quarter-tone accordionist and double bassist… no drums, but there’s enough going on so you hardly miss them. Kalle also provides his own percussion effects by banging the strings. I love this date. Ordered up so “soon come” to OFOB = Kalle’s latest about which All About Jazz calls “a wild, winding ride, populated with colorful, dreamy scenes and weird images and dark figures, rich in details and nuances and both surprising and distressing in turns.” I can hardly wait!]
• @77:40 Steve Lacy- Bone- Wordless- Futura [The CD title is literal… this live concert was all instrumental. This ’71 Paris concert featured master musician Steve Lacy on soprano sax w/Irene Aebi eschewing her vocal work for cello only, Ambrose Jackson- trumpet, Kent Carter- bass and Jerome Cooper- drums.]
• @85:10 Sirone’s Concord- You Are Not Alone But We Are Few (reprise)- Sirone’s Concord- Not Two [Sirone’s probably best known as the bass player with the Revolutionary Ensemble, a groundbreaking collaborative trio also featuring Leroy Jenkins- violin and percussionist Jerome Cooper. Note Sirone’s penchant for playing w/violins. Another place to find Sirone is w/the collaboration Phalanx which included George Adams, James Blood Ulmer- guitar and Rashied Ali- drums, and on Dewey Redman’s great recordings for Impulse (Coincide + The Ear of the Behearer). A great composer he led few dates of his own before he passed on October 2009]
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• 98:18 Alvin Curran/Rova Saxophone Quartet- Wonder Bread- Electric Rags II- New Albion [a great and unusual piece of music composed by Alvin Curran who is also featured on electronics. For info on upcoming Rova concert go to www.rova.org]
• 110:10 Tim Berne and the Copenhagen Art Ensemble with Herb Robertson and Marc Ducret- The Legend of p-1- Screwgun records [a BIG/DENSE date w/13 players headed up by sax shredder Tim Berne. Two CDs with only four compositions which clock in between 28 and 42 minutes… note Tim wastes none of this time. The Legend runs 33 minutes and tells a fascinating story.]
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• 144:28 Black Host [Gerald Cleaver, Darius Jones, Cooper-Moore…]- Wrestling- Life in the Sugar Candle Mines- NSpy [drummer Gerald Cleaver wrote all the tunes. Closing a show which reveled in the atypical, this an atypical “fusion” (think Jimi meets Pharoah) w/all gutsy players on sax, piano/synth, guitar, bass.]

In the video department:

Kalle Kalima at Bimhuis in 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoLIua-ttU4

The East-West Collective in Paris, 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64qL95xqgwo

…and a duet performance of Aki Takase and Xu Fengxia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7iiebq_l3Q

Friends,

Here’s the playlist for this week’s show… note there was a little more talk in some of the breaks about the SF Offside Festival which ran May 23-25.  Since some breaks are a little longer, if you hurry and listen to the show on the KUSP music show player, you may want to skip ahead [use the start times below] to the next music piece after music descriptions at the beginning of breaks.

Note for those of you who want to stay on top of the OFOB experience I have a direct email roster which gets this and other postings earliest.  Email me if you would like your address added to that list.

As per usual, I hope you find some stimulating music for your entertainment and edification.

Keep those ears GROWING!

Larry
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Larry Blood – Host of Out Front, Outback
Presenting jazz and extensions as a living art form, with tradition a byword for music moving into the future. A KUSP-FM featured program serving California’s Central Coast since 1983, airing Tuesdays from 9:30pm to midnight PST.
Home: 128 Anderson St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
contact = larryb@cruzio.com
**OFOB playlists available via the link to the right.
**Listen to the most recent show via the kusp music show player [http://kusp.org/archive/102.html#], also with a link to the right.
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OFOB for 5/21/13:

• 0:00 Aki Takase- The Mooche- My Ellington- Intakt [a gorgeous and thought provoking solo piano approach to the music of Duke Ellington]
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• 8:50 Jim Baker- Post-industrial Societies and Their Precursors- More Questions Than Answers- Delmark [more ruminative solo piano – long and deep]
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• 34:11 Vinny Golia- Biograph- Feeding Frenzy- 9 Winds [Vinny on clarinets w/a string quartet including Ken Filiano- bass]
• 40:29 Steve Adams & Ken Filiano- Heartfelt Return- In Out Side- 9 Winds [Steve of Rova does some overdubbing on multiple reeds for this duet date]
• 47:41 Lisa Mezzacappa & Nightshade- The Eric Dolphy Memorial BBQ- Cosmic Rift- Leo Records [SF bassist Lisa is proving to be a strong improviser and leader, and though also a strong composer/arranger, she opted here to do a cover of a Zappa tune… here joined by John Finkbeiner- electric guitar, Tim Perkis- electronics and Kjell Nordeson- vibes and percussion]
• 53:12 Lisa Mezzacappa’s Bait & Switch- Catalypsoclysmic- What is Known- Clean Feed [w/Lisa- bass, Aaron Bennett- tenor sax, John Finkbeiner- guitar, Vijay Anderson- drums. I did a miserable job of pronouncing the song title… think of a cataclysmic calypso and you’ll come closer to Lisa’s intention.]
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• 62:05 The Wiener Kids- My Bike/Goner- What a Mess- bandcamp.com [featuring Jordan Glenn- drums and compositions, Aram Shelton and Cory Wright- reeds]
• 69:44 The Green Mitchell Trio- Wee Ramekin- The Green Mitchell Trio- Edgetone Records [Not sure who Green Mitchell is… Cory Wright is on reeds + compositions, Lisa Mezzacapa back on bass, Jason Levis- drums]
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• 79:10 Mike Reed’s People Places & Things- Old- Clean on the Corner- 482 Music [Mike on drums heads up this quartet which focuses on the rich Chicago tradition of jazz and creative music, with Greg Ward- alto sax, Tim Haldeman- tenor sax, Jason Roebke- bass. This group wowed me in a recent concert I saw where they followed the William Parker Quartet. Afterwards I asked Greg if he was daunted by having to take the stage after the great Rob Brown worked his magic on alto… he replied “no, I just knew I had to bring my game.” He did!]
• 84:45 Larry Ochs/Rova- Full House- The Mirror World (for Stan Brackhage: Realizaton 1: Hand- Metalanguage [Larry’s conception, he plays tenor and is joined by the balance of Rova along with percussionists Gino Robair and William Winant.]
• 95:31 Kyle Bruckmann [w/Wrack & Rova Saxophone Quartet]- On Procedural Grounds- On Procedural Grounds- New World [Kyle on oboe, Jen Clare Paulson- viola, Jason Stein- bass clarinet, Anton Hartwich- bass, Tim Daisy- percussion, Rova (Larry Ochs, Bruce Ackley, John Raskin, Steve Adams), Gino Robair and Tim Perkins- live electronics
• 124:46 Greg Ward’s Fitted Shards- Like Mozart- South Side Story- Nineteen-Eight Records [Greg's back with his own date dabbling w/an updated approach to fusion.  More info about this Greg at http://www.gregward.org/]
• 131:44 Black Host [Gerald Cleaver/Darius Jones/Cooper Moore/Brandon Seabrook/Pascal Niggenkemper]- May Be Home- Life in the Sugar Candle Mines- Northern Spy Records [a dark colorative approach to fusion, I find this date particularly fascinating… drummer Gerald is clearly working his own vision + “sound design” w/Darius- alto sax, Cooper-Moore- keyboards, Brandon- guitar, Pascal- bass]
• 141:44 William Parker & Hamid Drake- Faces- Volume 2: Summer Snow- Aum Fidelity [William- doson’ngoni, Hamid Drake- frame drum]
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We’ll keep it light and just give you one video this time… here’s Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly.  Check out the killer solo by Greg Ward!

Friends,

Here’s the playlist for last night’s radio show, with another focus on the William Parker Quartet to encourage local folks to come out for the show at Kuumbwa – Sound Unity title piece is a good 21 minutes, so you get a good idea of the long-story capability of this band. Also played = two dates by the Quartet’s reedman, Rob Brown… the Rogue Art date featuring some solid piano work by Craig Taborn.

Plenty of other SoLyd music in the show including some regional players:

• ROVA sax quartet in a recent release – a major bay area creative resource!
• The late Glenn Spearman who was a major force on the SF bay area creative scene, joined by Larry Ochs [of Rova]
• Under played altoist Marco Eneidi who has moved from the area but maintains bay area connections flexes on his own date + the recent collaborative date recorded in Oakland– check out his Jimmy Lyons influence
• Sonny Simmons in a classic date from 1970 w/the unique Barbara Donald on trumpet

Keep those ears growing!
Larry
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Larry Blood – Host of Out Front, Outback
Presenting jazz and extensions as a living art form, with tradition a byword for music moving into the future. A KUSP-FM featured program serving California’s Central Coast since 1983, airing Tuesdays from 9:30pm to midnight PST.
Home: 128 Anderson St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
contact = larryb@cruzio.com
**OFOB playlists available via the link to the right.
**Listen to the most recent show via the kusp music show player [http://kusp.org/archive/102.html#], also with a link to the right.
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OFOB for 5/14/13:

• Arrigo Cappelletti Quintet- Intermission Music- Hot Music- Leo Records [a Carla Bley composition]
• Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet- Song for What’s Gone- What’s Gone- Coppens Records [This Boston based band featured Steve Adams before he moved West and joined up w/Rova]
• Rova Saxophone Quartet- Glass Head Concretion- Planetary- SoLyd Records [an incredible band that puts the Art in Art Music! With an over 30 year history, a good starter for more info is at their website: http://www.rova.org/about-us/as-was.html]
• Wheelhouse [Dave Rempis/Jason Adasiewicz/Nate McBride]- Song Sex part 2- Boss of the Plains- Aerophone records [a brand new project on Dave’s new label… for more info see http://daverempis.com/]
• Rob Brown- Wonder/Wander Off- Unexplained Phenomena: Live at Vision Festival XV- Marge
• William Parker Quartet- Sound Unity- Sound Unity- Aum Fidelity [WPQ dates available directly from http://www.aumfidelity.com/home.htm]
• Rob Brown Trio- A Fine Line- Unknown Skies- Rogue Art [Rob is a truly remarkable talent, [particularly for his alto work. Though the site has not been updated in a while, there’s still plenty to dig into at Rob’s site - http://www.robbrownmusic.com/]
• Glenn Spearman- The Old Book/Rituals- Blues for Falasha- Tzadik [Glenn left this plane in 1998 and was an important force on the SF bay area scene for many years. I like this post from Dan Plonsey’s site - http://www.plonsey.com/beanbenders/GlennSpearman.html]
• Jimmy Lyons Quintet- Remembrance- Wee Sneezawee- Black Saint [w/ the one true creative bassoon player Karen Borca playing on this + Marco’s date. Jimmy the alto player in Cecil Taylor’s classic Unit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lyons]
• Marco Eneidi Quintet- La Chica con los Torros- Final Disconnect Notice- Botticelli Records [more info at http://www.marcoeneidi.com/]
• Vinny Golia/Marco Eneidi/Lisa Mezzacappa/Vijay Anderson- Catholic comstocking smut hound- Hellbent in the Pacific- NoBusiness Records [a bonifide smoker! Note this label from Lithuania has been releasing some fascinating dates - http://nobusinessrecords.com/]
• Sonny Simmons- E=mc2- Burning Spirits- Contemporary [this creative music classic from 1970 was first issued as a double Lp, very rare and out of print for many years… reissued on CD in 2003 and still available at a reasonable price! Don’t miss out this time! Featuring the woefully under-recorded and recently deceased Barbara Donald on trumpet. Full personnel = Sonny Simmons : tenor and alto sax, English horn. Barbara Donald : trumpet. Michael White : violin. Lonnie Liston Smith : piano. Richard Davis + Cecil McBee : bass. Clifford Jarvis : drums. More information available on Sonny + Barbara Donald at http://www.sonnysimmons.org/]

And in the video department…

Here’s a great concert headed up by oboist Kyle Bruckman’ performance of “On Procedural Grounds” in 2010 in SF.  This piece which includes ROVA in the band…. part 1:

….and parts 2, 3 & 4 of the concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=1h2bFaGVc78, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVBlEhGIiDI, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h2bFaGVc78

Sonny Simmons w/the Cosmosomatics!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JOqPnhouoo

From August 2012, Marco Eneidi + Lisa Mezzacappa + Vijay Anderson at Berkeley Arts Festival – five parts available!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e23IDnHHPss&list=PLqGgM2HhhNQCr_59yQKKEU_XVa3diSB96

Friends,
Below is the playlist for this week’s show… available for listening until next Wednesday morning [5/15] when the show for 5/14 is loaded. A lot of focus on William Parker Quartet… I want to make sure OFOB fans are fully forewarned about their visit to the Kuumbwa Jazz Center on Thursday, May 16, 7pm… a rare treat when any of these NYC blowers make it to the West Coast. Aside from the glitch in play of the Rob Brown piece, I think you’ll find a good flow to the show, + a lot of fine music!
Start times to facilitate KUSP music show player listening included. Dig in!
Larry
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Larry Blood – Host of Out Front, Outback
Presenting jazz and extensions as a living art form, with tradition a byword for music moving into the future. A KUSP-FM featured program serving California’s Central Coast since 1983, airing Tuesdays from 9:30pm to midnight PST.
Home: 128 Anderson St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
contact = larryb@cruzio.com
**OFOB playlists available via the link to the right.
**Listen to the most recent show via the kusp music show player [http://kusp.org/archive/102.html#], also with a link to the right.
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• OFOB for 5/7/13:
• 0:00 Lester Bowie- Lonely Woman- Fast Last [a.k.a. Hello Dolly]- Muse [a beautiful brass arrangement by Julius Hemphill]
• 7:24 Ornette Coleman- Ramblin’- Beauty is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings- Rhino/Atlantic [original Lp = The Shape of Jazz to Come]
  
• 13:58 Rob Brown- Trio Unsprung- The Big Picture- Marge [sorry, I had some problems w/how the player was reading this CD, but a wonderful piece by Rob & company!]
• 22:36 William Parker Quartet- Poem for June Jordan- Sound Unity- Aum Fidelity [Rob Brown- alto sax, Lewis Barnes- trumpet, William Parker- bass, Hamid Drake- drums/percussion]
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• 38:53 William Parker Quartet- Old Tears- Raining on the Moon- Thirsty Ear
• 44:22 William Parker Quartet- Purple- O’Neal’s Porch- Centering Music
• 54:18 William Parker/Raining on the Moon- Corn Meal Dance- Corn Meal Dance- Aum Fidelity [Eri Yamamoto on piano + Leena Conquest- vocal added to the quartet]
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• 65:36 William Parker/Raining on the Moon- Prayer- Corn Meal Dance- Aum Fidelity [quartet sits out.. Eri + Lena only]
• 69:28 William Parker Quartet- Dust from a Mountain- Petit Oiseau- Aum Fidelity [WPQ goes eastern]
• 75:35 Henry Threadgill Sextett – Gift- Rag, Bush and All- Novus [I love it when a segue works like this!]
• 80:19 Vinny Golia/Marco Eneidi/Lisa Mezzacappa/Vijay Anderson- Everything Imaginable Can Be Dreamed Of- Hellbent in the Pacific- NoBusiness Records [I think Vinny may be sitting out on this tune… Maro- alto sax, Lisa- bass, Vijay- drums. Recorded in the SF Bay area]
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• 93:34 Oliver Lake- Lonely Blacks- Heavy Spirits- Arista [a classic solo alto piece from Oliver… the early years!]
• 97:08 The Engines [Dave Rempis/Jeb Bishop/Nate McBride/Tim Daisy]- Four Feet of Slush- Wire and Brass- Okka Disk [players in the Ken Vandermark Chicago school… a solid quartet who generally play longer tunes w/lots of development. Dave- tenor sax, Jeb- trombone, Nate- bass, Tim- drums]
• 107:08 Vinny Golia Quintet- Not Used- Razor- 9 Winds [Vinny- reeds, Michael Vlatkovich- trombone, Nels Cline- guitar, Joel Hamilton- bass, Billy Mintz- drums – the L.A. scene struts its stuff!]
• 119:24 Rich Halley Quartet featuring Bobby Bradford- The River’s Edge is Ice- Live at the Penofin Jazz Festival- Pine Eagle Records [Rich from Portland on tenor sax w/Bobby from L.A. on cornet, Clyde Reed from Vancouver on bass, Rich’s son Carson- drums. The festival a small event in rural Northern California celebrating it’s 20th anniversary!]
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• 132:49 Rob Blakeslee Quintet- Megan’s Tugboat- Last Minute Gifts- Louie Records [Rob a great trumpet player from Portland area who unfortunately seems to have stopped playing, Michael Vlatkovich- trombone, Clyde Reed- bass, Dave Storrs- drums.]
• 141:03 The Engines [Dave Rempis/Jeb Bishop/Nate McBride/Tim Daisy]- Rewind- The Engines- Okka Disk [the first outing by The Engines]

Friends,

Here’s the playlist for this week’s radio show… as always, available to listen to until the wee hours of next Wednesday morning when the subsequent show is loaded up on the KUSP music show player [note: below times more accurate than those listed w/in “most recent playlist” + in the music show player format. The new “most recent playlists” feature helps w/visuals + gives links to some of music purchases. Like most systems, not flawless: the excellent Engines w/John Tchicai release is not in the database. For this and some other recording I suggest you visit Not Two’s website. For the intrepid music junkie, a more thorough search of the web may be needed. If you need any assistance or have other questions/comments, feel free to contact me.

Two new releases by the great pianist/leader Satoko Fujii kick things off. A good intro to her music as some can be challenging. An important thread which will be continued the next couple shows includes music by the William Parker Quartet… Central Coast residents will want to make sure to catch their show at Kuumbwa on May 16th [http://kuumbwajazz.org/2013/04/william-parker-quartet/]. William’s apt compositional dedication to Alan Shorter [Wayne’s brother] allowed for a nice little set. New to OFOB resources = Black Host. Drummer Gerald Cleaver wrote all the pieces for an amazing mashup of styles also featuring two idiosyncratic masters: Darius Jones on alto sax + Cooper-Moore on piano.

Lots of other great music w/in, so ‘nuff said, time for you to dig in!

Larry

P.S. Another OMG better-not-miss show at Kuumbwa is Jason Moran & the Bandwagon on May 6!  See video section below for a sample.
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Larry Blood – Host of Out Front, Outback
Presenting jazz and extensions as a living art form, with tradition a byword for music moving into the future. A KUSP-FM featured program serving California’s Central Coast since 1983, airing Tuesdays from 9:30pm to midnight PST.
Home: 128 Anderson St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
contact = larryb@cruzio.com
**OFOB playlists available via the link to the right.
**Listen to the most recent show via the kusp music show player [http://kusp.org/archive/102.html#], also with a link to the right.
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OFOB for 4/30/13:

• Satoko Fujii New Trio- Tremble- Spring Storm- Libra Records
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• 4:39 Satoko Fujii New Trio- Whirlwind- Spring Storm- Libra Records
• 9:33 Satoko Fujii ma-do- Nile River- Desert Ship- Not Two Records
• 14:39 Satoko Fujii ma-do- Set the Clock Back- Time Stands Still- Not Two Records [may have mis-announced tune title]
• 19:56 Mike Pride’s From Bacteria to Boys- It Doesn’t Stop- Betweenwhile- Aum Fidelity
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• 33:17 William Parker Quartet- Petit Oiseau- Petit Oiseau- Aum Fidelity
• 42:44 Rob Brown- Bell Tone- Unexplained Phenomena: Live at Vision Festival XV- Marge
• 56:16 Alan Shorter- Beast of Bash- Tes Esat- America Records
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• 62:40 William Parker Quartet- Shorter for Alan- Petit Oiseau- Aum Fidelity
• 75;13 Alan Shorter- Outeroids- Orgasm- Verve
• 79:21 Wayne Shorter- Mephistopheles- The All Seeing Eye- Blue Note  [composed by Alan Shorter]
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• 93:46 Frank Lowe [w/Grachan Moncur, Don Cherry…]- Dues and Don’ts- Decision in Paradise- Soul Note
• 104:39 Black Host [Gerald Cleaver/Darius Jones/Cooper-Moore…]- Hover- Life in the Sugar Candle Mines- Northern Spy Records
• @120:25 (crossfade) Marco Eneidi/Peter Kowald/Damon Smith/Spirit- Ghetto Calypso- Ghetto Calypso- Not Two Records
• 126:19 (Ken Vandermark’s) Territory Band 6 with Fred Anderson- Part 2- Collide- Okka Disk
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• 137:43 The Engines (Dave Rempis/Jeb Bishop/Nate McBride/Tim Daisy) w/John Tchicai- Gloxinia- Other Violets- Not Two Records (sorry… ran out of time for whole piece to fit on the music show player)

And in the video section:

The William Parker Quartet!

and links to more:

WPQ w/vocalist Leena Conquest added =  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSFAC0_DeMA

… the promised Jason Moran and the Bandwagon =  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGj3WXFBnJA

and a solid live piece from Satoko Fujii’s ma-doh = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrTYRU7ekuk

Billy Bang Quintet- a rare video w/Frank Lowe = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uh7EWMqrzE

Friends,
The most exciting festival I know of is the Vision Festival in NYC. An amazing powerhouse gathering of creative musicians which its 18th year. If you have any way to be in New York City between June 12-16, you won’t be disappointed. Artists include too many to list here… check out all the absolutely amazing groups playing via their website at http://artsforart.org/event/visionfestival18/schedule

Larry

Friends,
I was a little late getting this up, but a reminder [!] that playlists are postded directly to the listings via the “Recent Playlists” button on the right! If you get a chance to listen to this show before tonight’s show gets posted in the morning, more power to you!
Keep those ears growing!
Larry
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Larry Blood – Host of Out Front, Outback
Presenting jazz and extensions as a living art form, with tradition a byword for music moving into the future. A KUSP-FM featured program serving California’s Central Coast since 1983, airing Tuesdays from 9:30pm to midnight PST.
Home: 128 Anderson St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
contact = larryb@cruzio.com
**OFOB playlists available via the link to the right.
**Listen to the most recent show via the kusp music show player [http://kusp.org/archive/102.html#], also with a link to the right.
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OFOB for 4/23/13:

• 0:00 Jaki Byard w/Roland- Memories of You- The Jaki Byard Experience- Prestige
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• 9:52 Eric Hofbauer- West End Blues- American Grace- Creative Nation Music
• 14:41 Spencer Barefield- Ugly Beauty- Xenogenesis 2000- Xenogenesis Music
• 22:49 Simon Nabatov- The Spinning Song- Spinning Songs of Herbie Nichols- Leo Records
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• 41:21 Steve Lacy- Ugly Beauty- The Door- Novus
• 49:08 Thelonious [Buell Neidlinger/Marty Krystall…]- Ask Me Now- Thelonious- K2B2
• 54:30 Mal Waldron- Our Colline’s a Treasure- Our Colline’s a Treasure- Soul Note
• 60:42 Misha Mengelberg Quartet w/Dave Douglas- Reef- Four in One- Songlines
• 64:29 Steve Lacy [w/Masahiko Togashi]- Moon- Stalks- Nippon Columbia
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• 81:43 Masahiko Togashi [w/Steve Lacy]- The Window- Spiritual Moments- King Record Company (japan)
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• 92:18 Atle Nymo/Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten/Hakon Mjaset Johansen- And Now- …Play Complete Communion- Bolage [covering a Don Cherry composition]
• 99:00 The Fred Hess Band- Alison’s Dream- In the Grotto- Alison recording
• 107:43 School Days [Ken Vandermark/Jeb Bishop/Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten/Paal Nilssen]- Bookworm- Crossing Division- Okka Disk
• 116:45 Rent Romus’ Lords of Outland- If Ornette Grew Cacti- Thee Unhip- Nine Winds
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• 124:11 The Vinny Golia Quintet- While All Are Away- One, Three, Two- Jazz’Halo Tonesetters
• 139:33 William Parker Double Quartet- Alpha 60- Alphaville Suite- Rogue Art

And in the video department:

Mal Waldron and Jeanne Lee perform Seagulls of Kristiansted!

…and a trio date of Mal Waldron with Reggie Workman + Ed Blackwell!

Friends,

Here’s the playlist for the program from 4/16. It always takes a while to produce the fuller playlist w/times and note, so I’d love to hear any feedback on how useful you find it. As per usual, available to Listen to through next Tuesday.

Keep those ears growing!

Larry
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Larry Blood – Host of Out Front, Outback
Presenting jazz and extensions as a living art form, with tradition a byword for music moving into the future. A KUSP-FM featured program serving California’s Central Coast since 1983, airing Tuesdays from 9:30pm to midnight PST.
Home: 128 Anderson St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
contact = larryb@cruzio.com
**OFOB playlists available via the link to the right.
**Listen to the most recent show via the kusp music show player [http://kusp.org/archive/102.html#], also with a link to the right.
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OFOB for 4/16/13:
0:00  Benoit Delbecq and Fred Hersch Double Trio- Ronchamp- Fun House- Songlines [Benoit + Fred- pianos, Jean-Jacques Avenel + Mark Helias- basses, Steven Arguelles + Gerry Hemingway- drums. New.]
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4:52 Kahil El’Zabar’s The Ritual- Day of the Celestials- Sacred Love- Sound Aspects [Kahil on sanza a.k.a. kalimba, Lester Bowie- trumpet, Raphael Garrett- clarinet + percussion, Malachi Favors- bass. Mostly Kahil + Lester for this number]
13:58 Masahiko Togashi w/Don Cherry/Charlie Haden- Song of Soil- Sessions in Paris, Vol. 1: Song of Soil- Take One Record [see earlier OFOB playlists for notes]
18:44 Jeanne Lee- Your Ballad- Conspiracy- Earthforms Records [poet/vocalist Jeanne’s one real hit was the reworking of Laura [theme from the ’44 film noir directed by Otto Preminger w/Gene Tierney + Dana Andrews] w/pianist Ran Blake from the 1962 “The Newest Sound Around” on RCA, but her unique vocal work drew her to be included in dates w/Mal Waldron, Marion Brown, Archie Shepp, Enrico Rava and others of the creative elite. An extremely rare date, this number also features Gunter Hampel- bass clarinet, Mark Whitecage + Perry Robinson- clarinets, Jack Gregg- bass, Steve McCall- drums, and on other tunes Sam Rivers. 1975]
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31:08 The Universal Quartet [Kasper Tranberg/Yusef Lateef/Adam Rudolph/Kresten Osgood]- 1.1875- Light- Ilk music [a lovely date, Kasper plays trumpet, cornet or pocket trumpet, Yusef (yes, that Yusef Lateef) on various reeds, Adam Rudolf on world percussion + flutes, Kresten on drums & perc. Clearly Yusef had been listening to Don Cherry’s Brown Rice date]
36:51 Don Cherry- Si Ta Ra Ma- Orient- Affinity/BYG [a concert date from France in 1971 w/Don on pocket trumpet, piano, flute and vocals, Han Bennink- drums, Mocqui Cherry- tamboura. Note I misspoke re: which tune we heard during the show. This has just been reissued on CD w/some equally rare Cherry concert material from the period (Blue Lake). Visit downtownmusicgallery.com for more info]
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59:17 Don Cherry/Nana Vasconcelos/Collin Walcott- Mumakata- The Complete Codona Trilogy: Codona 1- ECM [this band a wonderful vehicle for Don’s continued exploration in world musics, w/like minded Brazilian Nana on percussion & berimbau, Colin Walcott, also known for his work w/the Paul Winter Concert + Oregon, on sitar & tabla. Codona could have easily recorded many more than the 1979, ’81 + ’83 dates, but Colin died in an auto accident on tour w/Oregon in East Germany in 1984]
67:29 Debo Band- Yefeker Wegagene- Debo Band- Next Ambience/Sub Pop [Seattle based, a tentet which revels in the joyful noise of the music of Ethiopia]
72:56 Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society- The Tallest Tower in the World- Brooklyn Babylon- New Amsterdam [Darcy composes + conducts this large group. Their second date after the 2008 hit release Infernal Machines]
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76:40 Grachan Moncur III- A for Pops (for Louis Armstrong)- Inner Cry Blues- Lunar Module Records [including a nice vocal by Grachan in this tribute… any tension built up is now officially released. Virtuoso trombonist Grachan wrote most of the tunes on two Jackie McLean dates he was featured on, which led to his first two leader dates, also on Blue Note in the ‘60s. He went on to work w/Archie Shepp in the ‘70s, but while always an important addition to recordings by a wide variety of artists including Frank Lowe, William Parker’s In Order to Survive and Beaver Harris, he is generally under-recorded relative to his not inconsiderable talent. After a masterful late leader date “Exploration” in 2004 which in an ideal world would have led to a career revival, this 2007 date is his last recording.]
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93:08 Marion Brown- West India- Three for Shepp- Impulse [Marion- alto sax, Grachan Moncur III- trombone- Dave Burrell- piano, Norris Jones a.k.a. Sirone- bass, Dave Capp- drums... recorded just after Shepp’s Four for Trane, this date features 3 tunes penned by Marion and 3 including this one by Archie. 1966]
99:28 Julius Hemphill w/Abdul Wadud + Famoudou Don Moye- G Song- Raw Materials and Residuals- Black Saint [an essential date for those interested in Hemphill’s music, Julius who more often plays alto sax is here featured on soprano. Julius’ musical vision inspired many players in a period of reimagining the creative forays of the ‘60s by Coltrane, Coleman, Shepp, etc.. He was a founding member of the Black Artist Group in St. Louis (’68-’72) which was designed as a musician’s support collective along the lines of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). BAG members included fellow World Sax Quartet founders Oliver Lake + Hamiet Bluiett, as well as J.D. Parran, Baikida Carroll and Joseph Bowie, brother to Lester of the most famous AACM collaboration- the Art Ensemble of Chicago. A perfect trio w/musical soul mate Abdul Wadud on cello + noted AACM percussionist Don Moye. 1977]
107:52 Die Enttäuschung [Rudi Mahall/Axel Dorner/Jan Roder/Uli Jennessen]- Hello My Loneliness- Vier Halbe- Intakt [The group name translates to The Disappointment, not an apt title for anything these 4 innovative German players. Note their wonderful 2003/4 collaborations w/Alexander von Schlippenbach which resulted in the masterful “Monk’s Casino: the Complete Works of Thelonious Monk” on Intakt. This their latest. Rudi plays clarinet but it’s his bass clarinet ala Eric Dolphy (!) which is of particular note… Axel- trumpet, Jan- bass, Uli- drums]
111:59 Marco Eneidi/Peter Kowald/Damon Smith/Spirit- David, with Bert, Plays Mahler- Ghetto Calypso- Not Two Records [Marco grew up in the SF bay area and moved to NYC in 1981. A great improviser, alto sax is his primary instrument. This piece has some great arco [bowing] bass work by Kowald + Smith]
116:17 Roscoe Mitchell- Waves- Duets with Tyshawn Sorey and Hugh Ragin- Wide Hive [Roscoe the alto man from the Art Ensemble of Chicago, his work can be cerebral or funky. This a remarkable new date w/drummer Tyshawn + trumpeter Hugh. Roscoe plays what sounds like a bass sax, though it could be a bari]
124:31 Szilard Mezei Vocal Ensemble- The Winter Whitely Rises- Blow Wind Zenta, Echo Wind!- Not Two Records [I’ve been trying to track down this newer release by Hungarian viola + compositional wunderkind for a while. If you don’t know him, you’re in for a treat as his blend of eastern European folk idioms w/jazz is compelling. A nonet date, to my knowledge his first which also features a vocalist.]
134:37 Grachan Moncur III- One Morning I woke Up Very Early- One Morning I Woke Up Very Early- Snap/BYG [a Spanish Galacian folk tune reworked with vocals, segues nicely out of the Mezei piece + gives more insight into Grachan. 1969]
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146:09 The Gordon Grdina Trio- The Monk- …If Accident Will- Plunge Records [Gordon an extremely compelling guitarist with big chords and a brash sound which comes under my big fun category. Also a capable oud player.]