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sozamora wrote:Bley/Peacock/Motian - Not Two, Not One

as good as Piano-Bass-Drums ever gets

Thanks for posting that video Uli, great stuff!!

great band cleaver is the man...

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)

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.

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.

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)

This is fantastic.

Stephan Oliva - Vaguement Godard

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

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)

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.

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

walto wrote:

Fred K wrote:

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.

Fred K wrote: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?

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

pig pen wrote:

Fred K wrote: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.

One of my favorite CDs for this year.