August 15, 2006

"Conga blue" - Jane Bunnett (Radio Guantanamo)
"Kernow" - Anouar Brahem/John Surman/Dave Holland (Thimar)
"Hulmu rabia" - Anouar Brahem/John Surman/Dave Holland (Thimar)
"Danielle's waltz" - Lewis Nash (Rhythm is my business)
"NPS" - Dave Young (Two by two)
"By many names" - Fred Anderson (Timeless)
"Captain marvel" - Chick Corea and Return to Forever (Light as a feather)
"Growing a big banana" - Henry Threadgill (Carry the day)
"La china leonicia" - Gato Barbieri (Chapter four:alive in New York)
"Song without words I" - John Cale (Words for the dying)
"Eight" - Ron Carter (Eight plus)
"Sea of wilderness" - Tony Williams (Sea of wilderness)
"Upon reflection" - Amanda Tosoff Quartet (Still life)
"Exploded cod" - Audun Klieve/Generator X
"John Ramsay" - Francisco Mela (Melao)
"Paan-masala" - Moksha Ensemble (Lady sun)
"Mean Ameen" - Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble (Live at the original Velvet Lounge)
"Got to be this way" - John Mayall (Jazz blues fusion)
"Asleep in a snake basket" - Twink (Supercute)
"Humus - the life-exploring force" - Don Cherry (Actions)
"Yes! I'm in the barrel" - Louis Armstrong (appears on various compilations of Louis Armstrong & the Hot Five)
"N'Dondore" - Jean-Jacques Avenel (Waraba)
"Dancing on one foot" - Charles Lloyd (Sangam)
"Shafaa" - Belmondo/Yusef Lateef (Influence)
"Morning light" - Stuart Dempster (Underground overlays from the cistern chapel)

A number of favourites appeared this week, including "Captain Marvel" by Chick Corea and Return to Forever (great, catchy vocal sections from Flora Purim), "Eight" by Ron Carter (wonderful use of a string section), and the incredible "Humus - the life-exploring force" by Don Cherry, which goes to some very interesting places. I also included some tracks which may or may not be jazz but they fit on Breaking the Tethers e.g. Twink's "Asleep in a snake basket", which features toy piano as the main instrument, and John Cale's trance-like "Song without words I".

Andrew