What are you listening to? September 2020

[axolotl]

Rachel's ~ Systems / Layers (2003)



Chamber Music, Field Recordings, Modern Classical, Minimalism

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Yawning Man - Pot Head (2005)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Joshua Redman - Come What May (2019)

several times over the past three days. This really is one of the best of 2019.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Magic Bus - Phillip The Egg (2017)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Azalia Snail - Snailbait (1990)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000)

 

[Nickyboy]

Stevie Ray Vaughn- Texas Flood (1983)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Oh Sees - Protean Threat (2020)



Flisten.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Flaming Lips - American Head (2020)

 

[axolotl]

C. G. Ryche ~ Echoes of Silence (2012)

Spoiler

 

[axolotl]

Dianogah ~ qhnnnl (2008)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets - Live At The Roundhouse (2020)

 

[axolotl]

Nurses ~ Apple's Acre (2009)



Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop, Indie Folk, Freak Folk

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Frank Zappa - Jazz From Earth (1986)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Eire Apparent - Sunrise (1968)

 

[axolotl]

Various Artists - Verve Elite Edition Collectors' Disc (rec. 1954-65, comp 1999)

Calling Dr. Zeeba. This is the creme de la creme, the rarest rarities from the "Verve Elite Edition" series of limited reissues. You wouldn't think that artists like Louis Armstrong, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, even Duke and Ella (together! ) would have left unissued, even undocumented material in the vault but here are 14 such performances. My favorite provenance: a 1965 performance by Duke and Ella that was released only on cassette in Sweden. Yumpin' Yiminy!

on the Sam-O-Meter.

This. I received it in the mail this past week.

I like it all, and particularly dug Oscar Peterson's The Prayer, a Jazz Hymn (a/k/a Hymn to Freedom). I don't know why; it just hit the spot. Okay, I liked the gospel underpinnings of it all. When the brass came in on Squatty Roo (Johnny Hodges and Dizzy Gillespie), I had to turn the volume down apiece. (I'm in a townhome, you know.) I gotta say; I always love Hodges' silky alto sax. The whole affair is sublime!

 

[axolotl]

A Silver Mt. Zion ~ He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms (1999)



Post-Rock, Modern Classical, Chamber Music, Ambient

 

[JazzyRandy]

Woody Shaw - Rosewood (1978)

Somehow, this seemed appropriate for my ears this morning. Mostly because I was reminded of the combination of Shaw+Henderson when I heard about a "last" album featuring Shaw being re-released soon. Then, as the idea percolated other reasons and rationalizations invented themselves and - voila - I'm listening.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Michael White - The Land Of Spirit And Light (1973)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Extra Golden - OK-Oyot System (2006)



An African psychedelic guitar masterpiece.