Playlist March 29, 2006

Host: David Ryshpan

*Michael Herring's Vertigo - "Monkey" (Coniferous Revenge)
Greg Osby - "Please Stand By" (Channel Three)
Guillermo Klein & Los Guachos - "El Espejo" (Live in Barcelona)
Kenosha Kid - "Modern Times" (Projector)
*David Occhipinti - "Reason Over Passion" (Intersection)
Paul Motian - "Bye-Ya" (Monk In Motian)
Jazz Big Band Graz - "After A Dance or Two, We Sit Down for a Pint with Gil and Tim" (Joys & Desires: The Music of John Hollenbeck)
Orange Then Blue - "Ornette's Muse" (Orange Then Blue)
*Normand Guilbeault Ensemble - "Tricotism" (Basso Continuo)
Either/Orchestra - "Heavily Amplified Hairpiece" (Neo-Modernism)
*Thom Gossage & Other Voices - "Swamp Suite" (The Now Beyond)
Dave Douglas - "Ageless" (Soul on Soul)
Roberto Rodriguez - "Hadida" (Baila! Gitanto Baila!)

Playlist March 15, 2006

Host: David Ryshpan

The Claudia Quintet - "Growth" (Semi-Formal) - Cuneiform
The Claudia Quintet - "Limp Mint" (Semi-Formal) - Cuneiform
Vandermark 5 - "Suitcase (For Ray Charles, Elvin Jones and Steve Lacy)" (The Color of Memory) - Atavistic
John McNeil - "Deadline" (East Coast Cool) - OmniTone
Mark Helias' Open Loose - "Mistral Angel" (Verbs of Will) - Radio Legs
Marty Ehrlich - "Dance No. 2" (News on the Rail) - Palmetto
*Francois Marcaurelle (RIP) - "Will You Need It?" (Opus no. 6: Mode d'emploi) - Effendi
*Joel Miller - "Aqua Land" (Mandala) - Effendi
*Kenny Wheeler - "Sophie" (Music for Large & Small Ensembles) - ECM
Steve Swallow - "Misery Loves Company" (Always Pack Your Uniform On Top) - XtraWatt
Ralph Alessi - "Soy Ink" (This Against That) - RKM Music
*Ross Taggart - "Don't Call Before Ten" (Thankfully) - Cellar Live
Henry Threadgill & Make A Move - "Shake It Off" (Everybody's Mouth's a Book) - Pi
Andrew Hill - "New Pinocchio" (A Beautiful Day) - Palmetto
Jenny Scheinman - "Moe Hawk" (12 Songs) - Cryptogramophone
Dave Douglas - "Czardas" (Tiny Bell Trio) - Songlines

Playlist February 1, 2006

Hosts: David Ryshpan & Natalie Simmons

Black History Month - Profile on AACM
Inspired by Vijay Iyer's essay "Steve Coleman, M-Base, and Music Collectivism"
Also see: M-Base & Black Rock Coalition

Art Ensemble of Chicago - "New York is Full of Lonely People" (Urban Bushmen)
Art Ensemble of Chicago - "Ja" (Nice Guys)
Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble - "Maghostut" (South Side Street Songs)
Muhal Richard Abrams - "Things to Come from Those Now Gone" (Things to Come from Those Now Gone)
Anthony Braxton - "Piece 1" (Creative Orchestra Music 1976)
Air - "The Traveller" (80° Below '82)
Art Ensemble of Chicago - "Peter and Judith" (Urban Bushmen)
Art Ensemble of Chicago - "Promenade: Cote Bamako II" (Urban Bushmen)
8 Bold Souls - "Brown Town" (Last Option)
Sticks and Stones - "Turning the Mark" (Sticks and Stones)
Kahil El'Zabar Ritual Trio - "Ornette" (Renaissance of the Resistance)
Vijay Iyer - "Father Spirit" (Panoptic Modes)
Steve Coleman & Five Elements - "Urban" (Resistance is Futile)
Don Byron - "Basquiat" (Romance with the Unseen)

Jazz Euphorium

Jazz Euphorium

Playlist Jan 25, 2006

Host: Natalie Simmons
Interview with Natasha P from Natasha P Trio
Performance @ Lion D'or Tuesday Feb. 7th 2006

Louis Armstrong- "What did I do to be so Black and Blue""
Duke Ellington and Irie Anderson- "It don't mean a thing if it aint got that Swing"
King Pleasure- "Parkers Mood"
Miles Davis- "All Blues"
Dave Brubeck Quartet- "Maori Blues"
John Coltrane- "Miles Mode" rec. 1962 w/McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Carrison
Kahil ElZabar and Ethnic Heritage Ensemble- "Running in the Streets"
4Hero Remix with Vanessa Freeman (Horace Silver)- "Won't you Open Up yourSenses"
Lena Horne- "The Lady is Tramp""
-"Every Time we say Good Bye"
Antonio Carlos Jobim-"Corcovado"
Antonio Carlos Jobim- "Viva Sonhando"
Natasha P- "Alright ok, You Win"
"La Traitesse"
Interview/Discussion
"Mack the knife"
"Cry me a river"
Interview/Discussion
"Guess Who I saw Today"
"Fly me to the Moon"
"Chega de Saudade"

Playlist January 18, 2005

Host: David Ryshpan

*Thom Gossage Other Voices - Ring Around the Rainer (The Now Beyond)
Moutin Reunion Quartet - MRC (Something Like Now)
Paul Motian - Trinkle Tinkle (Monk In Motian)
Muhal Richard Abrams - March of the Transients (Things to Come From Those Now Gone)
Marty Ehrlich - Hear You Say (News On The Rail)
*Daniel Thouin - Blues pour Blackwell II (Organique)
Vandermark 5 - Full Deck (Simpatico)
*Chris Gestrin - To Give Again (Trio)
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble - Abstinence (A Blessing)
Geoffrey Keezer - Venus As A Boy (Wildcrafted: Live at the Dakota)
Anderskov Accident - The Sick Man (Unity of Action)
Chris Speed - Constance and Georgia (Emit)
Jane Ira Bloom - Monk's Rec Room (The Red Quartets)
Robert Glasper - Enoch's Meditation (Canvas)
Tim Berne - Huevos (Science Friction)

happy new year to you!

Treating the common cold with massive doses of free jazz...

playlist for january 4 2006 (click the links for related stuff):

art ensemble of chicago "people in sorrow part 1" (the pathe sessions) - emi july 7 1969
griot galaxy "z-series" (live at the d.i.a.) - entropy jan 29 1983
albert ayler "ghosts" (lorrach paris 1966) - hatology nov 13 1966
cecil taylor "what's new" (nefertiti the beautiful one has come) - arista freedom nov 23 1962
sun ra "love in outer space" (piano recital - teatro la fenice, venezia) - golden years nov 24 1977
sun ra "outer spaceways incorporated" (piano recital - teatro la fenice, venezia)
muhal richard abrams & malachi favors "unity (dedicated to the aacm)" (sightsong) - black saint oct 1975
horace tapscott "sketches of drunken mary" (the dark tree 1) - hatology dec 1989
masada "ne'eman" (live in sevilla) - tzadik 2000
derek bailey r.i.p. "when your lover has gone" (ballads) - tzadik 2002
the qualities "happy new year to you!" (sun ra - the singles) - saturn 1956

- dave m.

The jazzblog universe

Here's a list of some of my preferred blogs on this music we commonly refer to as "jazz," in no particular:

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Argue is a McGill alum, and a fantastic composer and big band leader now residing in NYC.
Greenleaf Music - Dave Douglas' new record label, with essays and posts by Dave, Mike Friedman, Adam Benjamin (keyboardist of Kneebody) and others. I'm personally partial to this essay by Dave on the validity of improvisation
Do the Math - a blog belonging to the Bad Plus.
Jessica Williams - the pianist's personal blog.
be.jazz - reviews and links from a Belgian jazz aficionado, Mwanji Ezana. Contains many more links on the sidebar.

And if that's not enough linkage for you, All About Jazz has their own list of blogs.

Playlist December 21, 2005

Host: David Ryshpan (late start due to inclement weather and incompetent snow removal - thanks to the Amandla crew for covering!)

Geoffrey Keezer - "Stompin' At The Savoy" (Wildcrafted: Live at the Dakota)
Ornette Coleman - "Law Years" (The Complete Science Fiction Sessions)
Fly - "State of the Union" (Fly)
Duke Ellington - "Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)" (The Far East Suite)
Don Byron - "Sad Twilight" (Romance with the Unseen) (excerpt of "Bernhard Goetz, James Ramseur and Me" under talking)
*Joel Miller - "Too Cool" (...And Then Everything Started to Look Different...)
Marc Johnson - "Ton sur ton" (Shades of Jade)
*Dylan van der Schyff - "Queen of the Box Office" (The Definition of a Toy)
Robert Glasper - "Jelly's da Beener" (Canvas)
Dave Douglas - "Waverly" (The Infinite)
Jeff Parker - "Watusi" (Like-Coping)
*Organ Donor Clinic - "Toaster" (Live Transplant)
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble - "RAM" (A Blessing)
Wayne Shorter - "Beyond The Sound Barrier" (Beyond The Sound Barrier)

Playlist November 30, 2005

Jazz Euphorium
Host: David Ryshpan

Robert Glasper - "Rise and Shine" (Canvas)
Herbie Hancock - "Speak Like A Child" (Speak Like A Child)
Roscoe Mitchell Quintet - "In Six" (Turn)
Greg Osby - "Miss Ann" (Channel Three)
*Interview with Tony Wilson
*Tony Wilson Sextet - "Can't Take a Joke" (Lowest Note)
*Interview with Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson - "Venus/Offering" (Horse's Dream)
Cuong Vu - "Still Ragged" (Bound)
Geoffrey Keezer - "Breath of the Volcano" (Wildcrafted: Live at the Dakota)
Thelonious Monk Quartet - "Nutty" (With John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall)
Fieldwork - "Media Studies" (Simulated Progress)
SFJazz Collective - "Peace" (SFJazz Collective)

Playlist November 9, 2005

Jazz Euphorium
Host: David Ryshpan

Greg Osby - "Mob Job" (Channel Three)
Wayne Shorter - "As Far as the Eye Can See" (Beyond the Sound Barrier)
Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra - "Throughout" (Not In Our Name)
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble - "April In Reggae" (A Blessing)
*Christine Jensen - "Just Last Week" (A Shorter Distance)
*Jan Jarczyk - "Third Cycle" (Things to Look For)
Vijay Iyer - "The Big Almost" (Re-imagining)
Brad Mehldau - "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" (Day Is Done)
*Dylan van der Schyff - "Gaivotas Sobre Lapa" (The Definition of a Toy)
Henry Threadgill's Zooid - "Dark Black" (Up Popped the Two Lips)
Mario Pavone - "Triple Diamond" (Orange)
Drew Gress - "New Leaf" (7 Black Butterflies)
*Normand Guilbeault - "Tijuana Gift Shop" (Mingus Erectus)
Joe Chambers - "Tu-Way-Pock-e-Way" (Mirrors)
Pachora - "Bushka Lounge" (Astereotypical)

* = Canadian content