Another of my all time favorite records, Is That You? by Bill Frisell, with Joey Baron on drums. It’s lightly flawed with an in-your-face overprocessed drum sound, produced by Wayne Horvitz, but whatever. It’s not […]
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Daily best music in the world: crash course in rock & roll
Here’s a playlist I put together for one of my new students, a 5th grader who is talented and motivated, but hasn’t heard a lot of music yet. Hopefully this will help get him hooked: Track list […]
Daily best music in the world: Peace Piece
Seems like the perfect time of year for this. I had been away from one of my favorite records in the world, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, for long enough that for a moment I forgot […]
Daily best music in the world: Gateway
Do you listen to enough Gateway? That’s a trio with guitarist John Abercrombie, bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Jack Dejohnette. I believe they released four albums total on ECM— two in the 70s and two […]
Daily best music in the world: Roy Haynes Hip Ensemble
This is a nearly forgotten early fusion project by Roy Haynes: Roy Haynes Hip Ensemble. I read about the group in the Jack Dejohnette/Charlie Perry book, and was lucky enough to find a banged up […]
Daily best music in the world: Leo
Rashied Ali’s band playing my favorite piece from Interstellar Space. With Carlos Ward.
Daily best music in the world: more Parliament
From the 1979 Parliament album Gloryhallastupid, Theme From The Black Hole. Dennis Chambers is one of several drummers on this record; I don’t know if this is him.
Daily best music in the world: not Bop Gun
Hey, there are other songs than Bop Gun on Parliament’s Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome. Here are a couple of nice, light little numbers that maybe get overshadowed by that funk classic. The drummer is […]
Daily best music in the world: Splash
Slow week. Of course we can’t just have a continuous onslaught of new stuff— I don’t write just to hear myself bloviate, and I’ve already put on the blog far more information than I was […]
Daily best music in the world: Weather Report
Lots of other action right now, so light posting is going to continue this week, so enjoy 8:30, by Weather Report. Peter Erskine is on drums. I used to set my turntable to repeat, and […]