Anything Goes [Playlist – 08/23/10

Katrina Week and the Music of Tom Waits: I wish I was in New Orleans

1. “Diamonds on my Windshield” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Early Years [Bizarre/Straight: 1992]
2. “Better off w/o a wife” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Nighthawks at the Diner [Asylum: 1975]
3. “Eggs and Sausage” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Nighthawks at the Diner [Asylum: 1975]
4. “Emotional Weather Report” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Nighthawks at the Diner [Asylum: 1975]
5. “$29:00″ {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Blue Valentines [Asylum: 1978]
6. “Heart of Saturday Night” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Heart of Saturday Night [Asylum: 1974]
7. “Drunk on the Moon” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Heart of Saturday Night [Asylum: 1974]
8. “Step Right Up” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Small Change [Asylum: 1976]
9. “I Wish I was in New Orleans” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Small Change [Asylum: 1976]
10. “Red Shoes by the Drugstore” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Blue Valentines [Asylum: 1978]
11. “Spare Parts” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Nighthawks at the Dine [Asylum: 1975]
12. “Till the Money Runs Out” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Heart Attack and Vine [Asylum]
13. “The Piano has been Drinking” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Small Change [Asylum: 1976]
14. “So it Goes” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Early Years [Bizarre/Straight: 1992]
15. “Heart of Saturday Night” {T. Waits} – Madeleine Peyroux – Half the Perfect World [Rounder Records: 2006]
16. “New Coat of Paint” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Heart of Saturday Night [Asylum: 1975]
17. “Diamonds on my Windshield” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Heart of Saturday Night [Asylum: 1975]
18. “Fumblin’ with the blues” {T. Waits} – Tom Waits – Heart of Saturday Night [Asylum: 1975]
19. “Nighthawk Postcards” {T.Waits} – Tom Waits – Nighthawks at the Diner [Asylum: 1975]
20. “Long Way Home” {T.Waits} – Tom Waits – Orphans [Anti: 2006]
21. “Jersey” {T.Waits} – Tom Waits – Heart Attack and Vine [Asylum]
22. “Shiver me Timbres” {T.Waits} – Tom Waits – Early Years Vol 2 [Bizarre/Straight: 1992]

Anything Goes [Playlist - 08/16/10]

Breathy trumpets mainly from the North to cool us down ….

1. “Exhumation” – Nils Petter Molvaer – Hamada [Thirsty Ear]
2. “Sabkah” – Nils Petter Molvaer – Hamada
3. “Icy Altitude” – Nils Petter Molvaer – Hamada
4. “Aero” – Masquelro – Aero
   ECM 1988
5. “Dust Kittens” – Elvind Aarset – Light Extracts
   Jazzland 2001
6. “Clairvoyance” – John Hassell – Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Streets
   ECM 2009
7. “Blue Period” – John Hassell – Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Streets
8. “Amsterdam Blue” – John Hassell – Million Dollar Hotel
9. “Time and Place” – John Hassell – Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Streets
10. “Last Supper” – Food – Last Supper
    Arve Henriksen, Thomas Stronen, Lian Ballamy on Rune Grammofon
11. “Tobiko” – Food – Quiet Inlet
    Stronen, Bellamy with guests including Molvaer on new on ECM
12. “Cirrina” – Food – Quiet Inlet
13. “Easta” – Stronen / Stenson – Parish
    Bobo Stenson, Thomas Stronen, with Fredrik Ljungkvist
14. “Assembly” – Arve Henriksen – Cartography
    ECM 2008
15. “Sorrow and Its Opposite” – Arve Henriksen – Cartography
16. “Blue Silk” – Arve Henriksen – Chiaroscuro
    Rune Grammofon 2004
17. “Parallel Action” – Arve Henriksen – Chiaroscuro
18. “C 5.1″ – Supersilent – 5
    also on Rune Grammofon Compilation “Money Will Ruin Everything”
19. “An Ending (Ascent)” – Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno – Atmospheres and Soundtracks
    E.G. Records 1983

Anything Goes [Playlist - 08/09/10]

1. “RFK in the Land of Apartheid” {Jason Moran} – Jason Moran – Ten [Blue Note: 2010]
2. “Four by Five” {McCoy Tyner} – Geri Allen & Timeline – Live [Motema: 2010]
3. “Ta Ta Ta” {O. Lake} – Oliver Lake Quartet – Plan [Passing Thru: 2010]
4. “Smokestack” {Andrew Hill} – Vijay Iyer – Historicity [Act: 2009]
5. “Old Tea” {Musillami} – Michael Musillami Trio – Old Tea [Playscape: 2010]
6. “Sabkah” {Molvaer} – Nils Petter Molvaer – Hamada [Thirsty Ear: 2010]
7. “Zurn” {Hollenbeck} – The Claudia Quintet – Royal toast [Cuneiform: 2010]
8. “Divining” {N. Cline} – Nels Cline Singers – Initiate [Red: 2010]
9. “Highway Rider” {Mehldau} – Brad Mehldau – Highway Rider [Nonesuch: 2010]
10. “After Touch” {O. lake} – Oliver Lake Quartet – Plan [Passing Thru: 2010]
11. “The Good Cop” {Terje Rypdal} – Terje Rypdal – Crime Scene [ECM: 2010]
12. “To Bob Vatel of Paris” {Jaki Byard} – Jason Moran – Ten [Blue Note: 2010]
13. “Reflections” {Monk} – Kurt Rosenwinkel – Reflections [WOM: 2010]
14. “Galang” {Triot Riot Version} – Vijay Iyer – Historicity [Act: 2009]
15. “Inner Urge” {Joe Henderson} – Chris Massey’s Nue Jazz – Vibrainium [2010]
16. “Mode for Joe” {Cedar Walton} – Joe Henderson – Mode for Joe [Blue Note: 1966]

Anything Goes [Playlist - 07/19/10]

Garbarek / Katche / Movaer / Bronberg…ECM to Rune Grammofon

1. “Gautes-Margit” – Jan Garbarek – Twelve Moons [ECM]
2. “There Were Swallows” – Jan Garbarek – Twelve Moons [ECM]
3. “In Praise of Dream” – Jan Garbarek – In Praise of Dreams [ECM]
4. “If You Go Far Enough” – Jan Garbarek – In Praise of Dreams [ECM]
5. “A Tale Begun” – Jan Garbarek – In Praise of Dream [ECM]
6. “Miles Away” – Manu Katche – Neighbourhood [ECM]
7. “Lovely Walk” – Manu Katche – Neighbourhood [ECM]
8. “Shine and Blue” – Manu Katche – Third Round [ECM]
9. “Stay with You” – Manu Katche – Third Round [ECM]
10. “Trippin’“ – Manu Katche – Third Round [ECM]
11. “Time Rebel” – Jacob Young – Sideways [ECM]
12. “Williamsburg” – Matthias Eick – The Door [ECM]
13. “No Soap” – Masqualero – Bande a Part [ECM]
14. “Aero” – Masqualero – Aero [ECM]
15. “There is No Jungle in Baltimore” – Masqualero – Re-Enter [ECM]
16. “On Stream” – Nils Petter Molvaer – Khmer [ECM]
17. “Dust Kitten” – Elvind Aarset – Light Extract [ECM]
18. “Last Supper” – Food – Runeology 2 [Rune Grammofon]
19. “5.1″ – Supersilent – Money Will Ruin Everything (also Supersilent 5) [Rune Grammofon]

Anything Goes [Playlist - 07/12/10]

1. “This is Soul” – King Curtis & The Kingpins – Legendary King Curtis [1968]
2. “Love Planet” – John D’Earth – Neolithic [2010]
3. “On the Steps” – Hot Club of Detroit – It’s About Time [2010]
4. “Busybody” – Tony Allen – Secret Agent [2009]
5. “Hunk O’ Funk” – McLemore Ave – Boogaloo Tribute to Jack McDuff [2005]
6. “Ose Shalom” – Fourth Ward Afro Klezmer Orchestra – East Atlanta Passover Stomp [2009]
7. “D’Accord Dakar” – Ernest Ranglin – In Search of the Lost Riddim [1998]
8. “Jan Jan” – Robert Walter – Spirit of ’70 [1997]
9. “Sportscaster” – The Greyboy Allstars – A Town Called Earth [1997]
10. “China Cat Sunflower” – Sabertooth – Dr. Midnight [2007]
    Recorded Live at the Green Mill in Chicago June 23, 2007
11. “So What” – Jerry Garcia & David Grisman – So What [1998]
12. “Fire Eater” – Sexteto Excellendo – Black Feeling [2007]
13. “A Night In Tunisia” – Dizzy Gillespie – Toronot Massey Hall 53 [1953]
    Also known as “The Quintet” – trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Bud Powell, drummer Max Roach, and bassist Charles Mingus.
14. “Unwind Your Mind” – Greyboy/Karl Denson – Best of Cookin’ [2000]
15. “Sticks and Stones” – John Scofield – That’s What I Say: John Scofield Plays The Music of Ray Charles [2005]
16. “I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Is In” – Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Daptone 7 Inch Singles Collection Vol. 2 [2008]
17. “Beyond the Bleak Horizon” – The New Mastersounds – Plug & Play [2008]
18. “Reality For The People” – Osaka Monaurail – Reality For The People [2007]
19. “Cuttin’ Out” – Professor Longhair – Collector’s Choice
    Featuring Professor Longhair, Irma Thomas, Tommy Ridgley, Eddie Bo, Al Johnson & Others
20. “Lets The Bells Ring” – Breakestra – Let The Bells Ring

Anything Goes [Playlist - 07/05/10]

The Music of Herbie Nichols and Sonny Clark

1. “Shuffle Montgomery” {Herbie Nichols} – Herbie Nichols – Complete Blue Note Recordings [Blue Note: 1955]
2. “2300 Skiddoo” {Herbie Nichols} – Herbie Nichols – Complete Blue Note Recordings [Blue Note: 1955]
3. “Love is Proximity” {Herbie Nichols} – Herbie Nichols Project – Love is Proximity [Soul Note: 1996]
4. “Swan Song” {Herbie Nichols} – Herbie Nichols Project – Dr. Cyclops Dream [Soul Note: 1999]
5. “Delights” {Herbie Nichols} – Strange City [Palmetto: 2001]
6. “Dial S for Sonny” {Sonny Clark} – Sonny Clark – Dial S for Sonny [Blue Note: 1957]
7. “Minor Metting” {Sonny Clark} – Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet – Voodoo [Black Saint: 1986]
8. “Voodoo” {Sonny Clark} – Sonny Clark – Leapin and Lopin [Blue Note: 1961]
9. “Sonny’s Crib” {Sonny Clark} – Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet – Voodoo [Black Saint: 1986]
10. “My Conception” {Sonny Clark} – Sonny Clark – My Conception [Blue Note: 1959]
11. “African Woman” {Elliot Ngubane} – Art Ensemble of Chicago – AEC Sowete [DIW: 1990]
12. “Kele Mou Bana” {Mor Thiam} – Don Pullen – Kele Mou Bana [Blue Note: 1992]
13. “Until the Rain Comes” {Don Cherry} – Don Cherry – MultiKulti [A&M: 1990]

Anything Goes [Playlist - 06/28/10]

New ECM releases… Bjornstad, Rypdal, Tibbetts

1. “Remembrance I” – Ketil Bjornstad – Remembrance [ECM: 2010]
2. “Remembrance II” – Ketil Bjornstad – Remembrance [ECM: 2010]
3. “Remembrance III” – Ketil Bjornstad – Remembrance [ECM: 2010]
4. “The Sea II” – Ketil Bjornstad and Terje Rypdal – Life in Liepzig [ECM: 2008]
5. “The Return of Per Ulv” – Ketil Bjornstad and Terje Rypdal – Life in Liepzig [ECM: 2008]
6. “Per Ulv” – Terje Rypdal – Waves [ECM: 1977]
7. “The Good Cop” – Terje Rypdal – Crime Scene [ECM: 2010]
8. “Paril con me?!” – Terje Rypdal – Crime Scene [ECM: 2010]
9. “A Minor Incident” – Terje Rypdal – Crime Scene [ECM: 2010]
10. “The Return of Per Ulv” – Terje Rypdal – If Mountains Could Sing [ECM: 1995]
11. “The Big Wind” – Steve Tibbetts – Northern Song [ECM: 1981]
12. “Ur” – Steve Tibbetts – Yr [ECM: 1988]
13. “Three Primates” – Steve Tibbetts – Yr [ECM: 1988]
14. “Walking” – Steve Tibbetts – Northern Song [ECM: 1981]
15. “Vision” – Steve Tibbetts – Safe Journey [ECM: 1983]
16. “Lament” – Steve Tibbetts – Natural Causes [ECM: 2010]
17. “Threnody” – Steve Tibbetts – Natural Causes [ECM: 2010]
18. “Sangchen Rolpa” – Steve Tibbetts – Natural Causes [ECM: 2010]
19. “Villanova Junction” – Steve Tibbetts – TIbbetts’ website [Internet only: 2010]
20. “Black Mountain Side” – Steve Tibbetts – Exploded View [ECM: 1989]
21. “The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born” – Marc Anderson – Ruby [Innova: 2002]
22. “Test” – Steve Tibbetts – Safe Journey [ECM: 1983]

Best of 2009 – Steve Huff

1. “Brewster’s Rooster” – John Surman – Vet baritone sax player returns to jazz forms with allstar cast Abercrombie/DeJohnette/Gress (ECM)
2. “Wait ’til you see her” – John Abercrombie – Mature guitar/violin quartet defining their brand of chamber jazz (ECM)
3. “Radiolarians III” – Medeski, Martin and Wood – More jazz than funk this time the party continues (Indirecto)
4. “The Astounding Eyes of Rita” – Anour Brahem – Jazz oud works with chamber world music (ECM)
5. “Eddie Loves Frank” – Ed Palermo Big Band – Zappa covers with swing (Cunieform)
6. “Five Peace Band Live” – Chick Corea and John McLaughlin – Modern masters at work with contemporary fusion (Concord)
7. “Cartography” – Arve Henriksen – Breathy nordic Supersilent trumpeter somewhere between ambient and jazz (ECM)
8. “Last night the moon came….” – Jon Hassell – Ambient jazz from former Eno collaborator (ECM)
9. “Movements in Colour” – Andy Sheppard – Carla Bley sax sideman with his ECM debut as leader (ECM)
10. “Extra Mile” – Pete McCann – Guitar-led ensmble (Nine-teen Eight Records)

Best of 2009 – Sean Grzegorczyk

1. “Historicity” – Vijay Iyer – moves with assured consistency across a huge swath of musical territory, from a Leonard Bernstein ballad to a particularly hard-hitting version of M.I.A.‘s “Galang”. (Act Music)
2. “Blood form Stars” – Joe Henry – Blood‘s songs start off with traditional blues patterns, but ventures off in uncharted directions. (Anti-)
3. “Coward” – Nels Cline – Working solo in the studio on a plethora of instruments, he delivers an alternately ravishing and rocking session marked by surprising grooves and exquisite textures. (Cryptogramophone)
4. “Think Free” – Ben Allison – unexpected textures of Shane Endsley’s trumpet and Jenny Scheinman’s violin. (Palmetto)
5. “Brewster’s Rooster” – John Surman – the trio of old friends – Surman, DeJohnette, Abercrombie – is joined by bassist Drew Gress (ECM)
6. “For all I Care” – Bad Plus – modern jazz readings of rock standards (Heads Up)
7. “Standards Trio: Reflections’” – Kurt Rosenwinke – superbly played standards (Wommusic)
8. “Things To Come” – Rez Abbasi – Pakistani-American guitarist Rez Abbasi coalesces his rock, jazz and South Asian influences into a melodically and rhythmically complex suite of tracks on his latest sojourn (Sunnyside)
9. “Continuation” – Alex Cline – Working across styles and in longer forms, Cline’s tunes are patient and full of space (ECM)
10. “Lost on the Way” – Louis Sclavis – The melodies are typically byzantine, but fizzing with muscular lyricism, brooding in dark guitar lines or dancing balletically over sombre booming drums (ECM)

Anything Goes [Playlist - 11/02/09]

1. “Transformations” – Jan Garbarek (Ranier Bruninghaus) – Dresden [ECM]
2. “Heiter” – Jan Garbarek – Dresden [ECM]
3. “Stella by Starlight” – Keith Jarrett Standards Trio – Yesterdays [ECM]
4. “Count Dracula” – Enrico Rava (Stefan Bollani) – New York Days [ECM]
5. “We Shall Not Go To Market Today” – Anyd Sheppard – Movements in Color [ECM]
6. “Stopover at Dijoubti” – Anouar Brahem – The Astounding Eyes of Rita [ECM]
7. “Bain D’or” – Louis Sclavis – Lost On The Way [ECM]
8. “As Ssafar” – Cyminology – As Ney [ECM]
9. “Within You, Without You” – George Harrison – Beatles Anthology 2
10. “Baby YouCan Drive My Car” – Charlie Hunter – ComeTogether: Guitar Tribute ro The Beatles
11. “Baby YouCan Drive My Car” – Bobby McFerrin – Blue Note Plays The Beatles
12. “Blackbird” – Adrian Belew – ComeTogether: Guitar Tribute ro The Beatles
13. “Michelle” – Allan Holdsworth – ComeTogether: Guitar Tribute ro The Beatles
14. “Eleanor Rigby” – Brian Jones – Lux
15. “Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite” – Jeff Decker – I’ll Know
16. “The Night Before” – Robert Jospe – Hands On
17. “Norwegian Wood” – (Jennifer Kirkland) and Bert Carlson – Alone Together
18. “Martha My Dear” – Brad Meldau – Day is Done
19. “I Want You” – David Ashkenazy – Out With It
20. “Jealous Guy” – Ben Allison – Little Things Run The World