What Are You Listening To?

[Steve Reynolds]

Bley/Peacock/Motian - Not Two, Not One

as good as Piano-Bass-Drums ever gets

[uli]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k34tcDU23vE

[pig pen]

Thanks for posting that video Uli, great stuff!!

[gonzo]

great band cleaver is the man...

[Fred K]

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Hard Bop
Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow - Trios
Gary Burton - Alone at Last (via Spotify)
Gary Burton/Pat Metheny/Steve Swallow/Antonio Sanchez - Quartet Live!
New Gary Burton Quartet - Guided Tour (via Spotify)
Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
Art Farmer Quintet - The Time And The Place
Kenny Garrett - Seeds from the Underground
Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life
Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau - Metheny/Mehldau
Ron Miles - Heaven
Charles Mingus - Oh Yeah
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Ben Monder - Hydra
Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Monterey Moods
Gilberto Gil - Expresso 2222
Blondie - Plastic Letters
Pere Ubu - Why I Hate Women
X - Ain't Love Grand
Rzewski - The People United Will Never Be Defeated (Hamelin)
Bach - Partitas (Perahia)
Beethoven - Violin Sontatas (Suk, Panenka)(via MOG)
Mozart - Violin Concertos (Kremer/Harnoncourt)(via Spotify)
Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini)

[Gentle Giant]

My bedtime music choice last night. Hadn't played it in a long while but when it was new it hardly ever left my player.

[Fred K]

Ralph Alessi - Baida
Scott Amendola Band - Believe
Scott Amendola/Charlie Hunter - Pucker
Ketil Bjornstad - La notte
Ceramic Dog - Your Turn
Charlie Hunter/Scott Amendola - Not Getting Behind Is The New Getting Ahead
Lee Konitz/Stefano Bollani - Songs for Paolo (via Spotify)
Lee Konitz/Paul Bley - Out of Nowhere
Nina Simone - Sings The Blues
Nina Simone - To Love Somebody
John Zorn - Dreamachines
Bobby Bare, Jr. - The American Bread EP
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost
Schumann - Symphonic Etudes/Kinderszenen (Kempff)

Several new releases, all very good - the Ralph Alessi, both Hunter/Amendolas, Ceramic Dog, and the John Zorn with Kenny Wollesen on vibes, Medeski, Dunn and Baron.

[jaka]

John Surman - Coruscating
Gentle Giant - Three Friends
Gentle Giant - Octopus
Pixies - Death to the Pixies
Pixies - At the BBC
David Bowie - "Heroes"
Django Bates - Summer Fruits (and Unrest)
Django Bates - Autumn Fires (and Green Shoots)
Django Bates - Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze)
Throwing Muses - S/T
Throwing Muses - Hunkpapa
Throwing Muses - House Tornado
The Breeders - POD
The Breeders - Last Splash
Samuel Blaser Quartet - Pieces of Old Sky
Samuel Blaser Quartet - Boundless
Samuel Blaser Quartet - As the Sea
W.A. Mozart - Symhonies Nr 36 "Linz" & 31 "Paris" (Koopman)
Benjamin Britten - The Prince of the Pagodas (Britten)
Hector Berlioz - Roméo et Juliette (Boulez)

[Coda]

This is fantastic.

[Mike Schwartz]

[jaka]

Stephan Oliva - Vaguement Godard

[stonemonkts]

The Joe Bushkin (who?) session is incredible. Actually, the Earl Hines that precedes it on Disc 2 is also great.

[Coda]

[Fred K]

The Claudia Quintet - September
Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness/Lord of Lords
Alice Coltrane - Ptah the Daoud
Vijay Iyer w/Prasanna and Nitin Mitta - Tirtha
Vijay Iyer - Solo
Kneebody - The Line
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Wayne Shorter - Et Cetera
Wayne Shorter - Schizophrenia
Wayne Shorter - The Soothsayer
Atoms for Peace - Amok
The Autumn Defense - Once Around
Richard Thompson - Live Warrior
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Brahms - Viola Sonatas (Diaz, Denk)
Brahms - Clarinet Quintet/Schubert - "Trout" Quintet (Melos Ensemble)
Ravel - Sheherazade/Chausson - Poeme de l'amour et de la mer (J. Baker)

[Coda]

This has the Uri Caine stamp all over it, really nice work. I also enjoyed his duet with Han Bennink.

And Theo Bleckmann is everywhere this year...gets my vote for male vocalist 2013.

[walto]

I haven't heard that recording, but I'm a fan of Kneebody.

[walto]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxv7V-gn6gU

[Gentle Giant]

Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, and Paul Motian in Tokyo. Three masters at the top of their game.

[Fred K]

I haven't heard that recording, but I'm a fan of Kneebody.

It's new on Concord Records. Very good, very similar to the their other recordings.

[pig pen]

It's new on Concord Records. Very good, very similar to the their other recordings.

I'm not familiar with that group but I did listen to a few samples on eMusic and they sounded funky almost somewhere between fusion and smooth, is that a fair representation of them or did I just hear some lame samples?

[Coda]

So this got trashed by the critics. F-em. This is the best MJ tribute out there.

[walto]

It's new on Concord Records. Very good, very similar to the their other recordings.

I'm not familiar with that group but I did listen to a few samples on eMusic and they sounded funky almost somewhere between fusion and smooth, is that a fair representation of them or did I just hear some lame samples?

I guess it's fusion. The recording I like best is called "Low Electrical Worker"--a couple of extremely funky tunes on that. The recording of Ives stuff is nice too. I wouldn't call those smooth, but maybe they've got some other stuff I haven't heard.

[Fred K]

It's new on Concord Records. Very good, very similar to the their other recordings.

I'm not familiar with that group but I did listen to a few samples on eMusic and they sounded funky almost somewhere between fusion and smooth, is that a fair representation of them or did I just hear some lame samples?

I don't think they fall into the smooth category, by any definition. I suppose they could be described as fusion, but mainly because they use an electric piano and the overall sound that comes with that. Funky on occasion.

[Coda]

[Coda]

One of my favorite CDs for this year.