Saturday, November 03, 2012

Late fall jazz playlist

I've had a busy couple of weeks (writing for print media as well as some other, less exciting stuff), hence no Listening Booth nor much of anything else posted here lately. Still, I thought I'd put up a list of (new) jazz releases I've received (promos & DLs), streamed or bought, and have been listening to since the last LB, just to keep things alive over here. Although I have a few scrambled notes and tentative grades for a couple of these, I'll leave them out for now and rather return with more on these, as well as others, later. I will say this, though: several of these are good to really good, Grass Roots is ace. Things will hopefully pick up here soon. Maybe it's time to set a schedule and update on certain days of the week. We'll see.


  • Bad Plus: Made Possible (eOne)
  • Sean Conly, Alex Harding, Darius Jones, Chad Taylor: Grass Roots (AUM Fidelity)
  • Charles Gayle Trio: Look Up (live 1994, ESP Disk)
  • Jon Irabagon, Mick Barr & Mike Pride: I Don't Hear Nothin' But the Blues Vol 2: Appalachian Haze (Irabbagast Records)
  • Jon Irabagon's Outright!: Unhinged (Irabbagast Records)
  • Kalle Kalima & K-18: Out to Lynch (TUM Records)
  • Brad Mehldau Trio: Where Do You Start (Nonesuch)
  • William Parker: Centering: Unreleased Early Recordings 1977-1987 (NoBussiness)
  • William Parker Orchestra: Essences of Ellington (Centering/AUM Fidelity)
  • Resonance Ensemble: What Country Is This? (NotTwo)
  • Jason Robinson: Tiresian Symmetry (Cuniform Recordings)
  • Wadada Leo Smith & Louis Moholo-Moholo: Ancestors (TUM Records)
Other recent releases of note (in no particular order): Taylor Swift Red, Titus Andronicus Local Business (reviewed for Klassekampen, Oct. 22, 2012), Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d. city, Tom Zé Tropicália Lixa Lógico, The Coup Sorry to Bother You, Serengeti C.A.R., Iris Dement Sing the Delta, Dwight Yokam 3 Pears.

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