recent listening January 14-21, 2017

John Abercrombie – M
John Abercrombie – Up and Coming
Contact – Five on One
Don Thompson – a Beautiful Friendship
Richie Beirach and George Mraz – Rendezvous
Richie Beirach – Round About Bartók
Matt Shipp – Piano Sutras
Anthony Braxton, Max Roach – Birth and Rebirth
Frank Zappa & Mothers Of Invention – Denver 5/3/1968

Ten+ albums that moved me when I was a teen.

Ten+ albums that moved me when I was a teen, everybody is listing them on Facebook this week. In 1973, I was 13.

Jeff Beck – Blow by Blow/Wired
Pat Metheny – Watercolors
Ralph Towner – Solstice
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
Johnny Winter – Progressive Blues Experiment
Steve Hillage – Fish Rising
Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds of Fire
Yes – Relayer
King Crimson – Starless and Bible Black
Frank Zappa – Zoot Allures
ZZ Top – Fandango
Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

recent listening January 1-13, 2017

Happy New Ear!

Brian Eno – Reflection
Anthony Braxton – Composition 98
Anthony Braxton – Actuel
Anthony Braxton with the Robert Schuman String Quartet
Anthony Braxton, Milford Graves, William Parker – Beyond Quantum
Jimmy Lyons and Andrew Cyrille – Burnt Offering
Jimmy Lyons – Jump Up
Charlie Haden with Paul Bley and Paul Motian – the Montreal Tapes, vol. 7
Keith Jarrett – a Multitude of Angels
Jeff Johnston – Nuage
John Abercrombie – Teatro Comunale 2011
Charles Lloyd Quartet with John Abercrombie, Marc Johnson and Billy Hart
Jack DeJohnette – New Directions