Posted by Rafi Zabor
on July 30, 2015 @ 3:35 pm | Comments Off on Rafi Zabor’s Updoc, Fri 7/31 & Tues 8/4

How to beat the heat and keep it musical? Well, there’s Miles and Gil’s cooling version of Summertime, but that’s just an introduction—of this week’s Updoc, Friday at 8PM and noon next Tuesday, New York oven time. Or you could go the other way entirely: Claude Debussy seemed to sustain the humid heat of his late-August birthday through his too-short lifetime’s wonderworks, up to and including the last sonatas he composed during the Great War and the onset of his cancer. The violin and cello sonatas sound like composed improvisation, in deeply expressive though still graceful performances by contemporary, mostly French virtuosi. In between them the show sets the burning, icy blade of the Miles Davis Quintet’s Newport set from the summer of ’67: beset by a hyper-aggressive Tony Williams, Miles seems halfway between linear improvisation and the blastier style he’d bring to his forthcoming electric bands, while Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Ron Carter perform their accustomed calisthentic miracles. If that doesn’t sound like two hours on its own, you’re right. Tune in for a handful of jazz surprises while you wonder if it’s time for another cooling draught and if perhaps there should be a sprig of mint in it.
Posted by Michael Stone
on July 27, 2015 @ 5:00 pm | Comments Off on Jazz Worldwide 094 27 July 2015
Song Title |
Artist |
Album Title |
Composer |
Record Label |
Iptidadan Yol Sorarsan |
Savina Yannatou and Primavera en Salonico |
Songs of Thessaloniki |
Traditional Turkish |
ECM |
Mahini Mei |
Bolo |
Bolo |
Ali Farka Toure |
bolomusic.org |
January |
Anouar Brahem |
Souvenance |
Anouar Brahem |
ECM |
Alaap |
Shankar Tucker |
Filament |
Shankar Tucker |
shankartucker.com |
Simple Joys |
Arun Ramamurthy Trio |
Carnatic Jazz |
Muthiah Bhagavathar |
arunramamurthy.com |
Dreams of a Dying City |
Rabih Abou-Khalil |
Hungry People |
Rabih Abou-Khalil |
World Village |
Yemen Suite |
Omer Avital |
New Song |
Omer Avital |
Motéma |
Doubts |
Ibrahim Maalouf |
Wind |
Ibrahim Maalouf |
Mi’ster Productions |
El Chaabi |
Trio Ifriqiya |
Petite Planète |
Didier Fréboeuf |
World Village |
Old Man River |
The Ravens |
Old Man River |
Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II |
Savoy Jazz |
Deep River |
Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan |
Goin’ Home |
Traditional |
SteepleChase |
Down by the Riverside |
Charlie Haden and Hank Jones |
Come Sunday |
Traditional |
Emarcy |
Moon River |
Gábor Gadó |
Modern Dances for the Advanced in Age |
Henry Mancini-Johnny Mercer |
Budapest Music Center |
Moon River |
Bill Frisell |
Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones |
Henry Mancini-Johnny Mercer |
Nonesuch |
The River of Anyder |
Stefano Battaglia Trio |
The River of Anyder |
Stefano Battaglia |
ECM |
Third River Rangoon |
Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica |
Third River Rangoon |
Brian O’Neill |
Tiki Jazz |
Me’ever Lanahar (Across the River) |
Yair Dalal |
Perfume Road |
Yair Dalal |
Magda |
River Crossing |
Mark Weinstein and Omar Sosa |
Tales from the Earth |
Mark Weinstein-Omar Sosa |
Otá |
My River Runs to You |
Susanne Abbuehl |
The Gift |
Susanne Abbuehl-Emily Dickinson |
ECM |
River Chanty |
Julia Hülsmann Quartet |
A Clear Midnight |
Kurt Weill |
ECM |
Posted by David Menestres
on July 26, 2015 @ 12:39 pm | Comments Off on Tone Science – 07/26/2015
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Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
Midnight |
Quartetto per acchi opus 1 |
György Kurtág/Arditti String Quartet |
Gubaidulina, Kurtag, Lutoslawski - String Quartets |
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Aglais for solo violin |
Maya Homburger |
Aglais |
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Cloudstreams/Bellweathers |
Chris Brown |
Rogue Waves |
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I Have Crossed By The Grace Of The Boatman |
Barry Guy |
Symmetries |
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Naldjorlak III parts 1-3 |
Eliane Radigue |
Naldorlak I II III |
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No hay caminos, hay que caminar....Andrej Tarkovskij |
Luciano Berion/Ensemble Anton Webern |
Wien Modern II: Hommage à Tarkovsky |
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untitled |
Sophie Angel/Phil Minton |
Tatsing |
Posted by Rafi Zabor
on July 24, 2015 @ 1:28 am | Comments Off on Rafi Zabor’s Updoc, Fri 7/24 & Tues 7/28

When I hear that level of intimacy and daring I simply cannot turn aside: Charlie Haden and Gonzalo Rubalcaba, recorded live in Tokyo in 2005, something Charlie wanted released before he split but here it is now, live as you can get it. So I lead this week’s show off with one track—Friday at 8PM and noon next Tuesday, New York Miso time—and play two more, about half the album altogether, which is called Tokyo Adagio, and though it features other tempos too, all my picks are slow. Get ready to have your breath taken away and given back all different. Along with those selections there are exhalations from any number of brotherhoods of breath, mostly issuing from saxophones—Dudu Pukwana, Lee Konitz & Jimmy Giuffre together, Trane, Joe, Bartz, and who am I leaving out? Tune in for the answer, along with two classical ferocities—another Bartok string quartet and Stravinsky responding to World War Two with an orchestra and lots of bite and ice—and I hope a welcome change of mental weather.
Posted by Michael Stone
on July 20, 2015 @ 5:00 pm | Comments Off on Jazz Worldwide 093 20 July 2015
An hour devoted to Brazilian composer Moacir Santos (1926-2006), followed by a jazz disquisition on night.
Song Title |
Artist |
Album Title |
Composer |
Record Label |
Nanã |
Muiza Adnet |
As Canções de Moacir Santos |
Moacir Santos-Mario Telles |
Adventure Music |
Nanã |
Leo Gandelman |
Perolas Negras-Black Pearls |
Moacir Santos-Mario Telles |
Mercury |
Nanã |
Sonzeira |
Brasil Bam Bam Bam |
Moacir Santos-Mario Telles |
Brownswood |
Nanã |
Jovino Santos Neto with Joyce Moreno |
Roda Carioca |
Moacir Santos-Mario Telles |
Adventure Music |
Nanã (Coisa No. 5) |
Moacir Santos |
Ouro Negro |
Moacir Santos-Mario Telles |
Adventure Music |
Triste de quem |
Cristina Braga |
Samba Jazz and Love |
Moacir Santos-Vinicius de Moraes |
Enja |
Outra coisa |
Moacir Santos |
Choros & Alegria |
Moacir Santos |
Adventure Music |
Anon |
Moacir Santos |
Ouro Negro |
Moacir Santos |
Adventure Music |
April Child |
Muiza Adnet |
As Canções de Moacir Santos |
Moacir Santos-Nei Lopes |
Adventure Music |
Maracatu, nação do amor (April Child) |
Moacir Santos |
Ouro Negro |
Moacir Santos-Nei Lopes |
Adventure Music |
Lemurianos |
Moacir Santos |
Choros & Alegria |
Moacir Santos |
Adventure Music |
Felipe |
Moacir Santos |
Choros & Alegria |
Moacir Santos |
Adventure Music |
Felipe |
Enrico Rava and Stefano Bollani |
The Third Man |
Moacir Santos |
ECM |
A Night in Tunisia |
Turtle Island String Quartet |
Danzón |
Dizzy Gillespie; Frank Paparelli |
Koch |
A Night in Tunisia |
Conga Kings |
Jazz Descargas |
Dizzy Gillespie; Frank Paparelli |
Chesky |
Somewhere in the Night |
Cal Tjader |
More Than Mambo |
Mack Gordon-Josef Myrow-Billy May-Milt Raskin |
Verve |
Tomorrow Night |
Lonnie Johnson |
1947-1948 |
Sam Coslow-Wilhelm Grosz |
Classics |
Mundaú by Night |
Uri Sharlin and the DogCat Ensemble |
Back to the Woods |
Rich Stein-Uri Sharlin |
Folk Dune |
Night Drive |
Adam Smale |
Out of the Blue |
Adam Smale |
Ropeadope |
One Thousand and One Nights |
Marc Johnson and Eliane Elias |
Swept Away |
Eliane Elias |
ECM |
The Wandering Night |
Omar Sosa and Adam Rudolph |
Pictures of Soul |
Omar Sosa-Adam Rudolph |
Otá |
Night of the Four Songs |
Omar Sosa |
Across the Divide: A Tale of Rhythm and Ancestry |
Traditional |
Half Note |
At Night |
Omar Sosa |
Senses |
Omar Sosa |
Otá |
Hymn No. 8 Night Procession |
Anja Lechner-François Couturier |
Moderato Cantabile |
Georges Gurdjieff |
ECM New Series |
Posted by David Menestres
on July 19, 2015 @ 9:00 pm | Comments Off on Tone Science – 07/19/2015
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Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
Midnight |
Temple 1 |
Seijiro Murayam/Jean-Luc Guionnet |
Mishima, Day & Night |
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Whether Or Why Not |
Barry Guy |
Symmetries |
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Eppilogue from the ballet Peer Gynt (For cello, piano, tape) |
Alfred Schnittke |
Complete Works for Cello and Piano |
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By Way of Odessa |
Joshua Abrams |
Magnetoception |
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Current Trens in Racisim in Moder America part one |
Butch Morris |
Current Trends in Racism in Modern American |
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Le Loriot (Oriolus Oriolus) |
Olivier Messiaen/Martin Zhen |
Catalogu d'Oiseaux |
Posted by Howling Dick
on July 19, 2015 @ 5:34 pm | Comments Off on Downhome With Howling Dick Ep123 (My Cunning Plan
In the last of the present series Howling crams in a few guitar heroes, reveals a singer named after his address and finds a way to get Cliff Richard onto the porch. He may be disappearing for the summer but he’s leaving you with an hour of some of the finest blues ‘n roots you’ll find on the net
The Memphis Jug Band – “Brilliant, by any name!”
Posted by Rafi Zabor
on July 17, 2015 @ 3:04 am | Comments Off on Rafi Zabor’s Updoc Fri. 7/17 & Tues. 7/21

While scanning for traces of thematic continuity in this week’s Updoc—Friday at 8PM and noon next Tuesday, Lincoln Center time—I came upon strands of social consciousness intersecting flows of pure aesthetic pleasure, and that was, like, really okay with me. So opening with Jeff Tain Watts’ new version of Driva Man when we aired the classic Max Roach/Abbey Lincoln version last week, and chasing that with selections from Stanley Cowell’s impressive solo piano suite Juneteenth, then pursuing that with the jailhouse hopes and stresses making up the text of Frederic Rjewski’s classic Coming Together, did not seem at all discordant, except where appropriate, as was music from James P. Johnson, Bessie Smith, Artur Schnabel playing that Beethoven cat, Julius Hemphill, Arthur Blythe, a Bartok string quartet, or a pointillistic deconstruction of all the things Masabumi Kikuchi was and might still be after his lamented death the other day. Meanwhile, the saxophone-stream had been heading, unobserved, for a conclusion more radical than anything in the preceding proceedings. Roscoe Mitchell’s records for the Nessa label tend to be long-considered projects meticulously brought off—the epochal Nonaah is a good example—but this time Mitchell and his quartet played a memorial concert for Chicago’s own Fred Anderson and it seemed to hit the spot as is. A piece of it takes up the last quarter-hour of the show, and while it may send casual listeners reaching for the button, those who stay on and really listen may enjoy a revelatory ride.
Posted by Michael Stone
on July 13, 2015 @ 5:00 pm | Comments Off on Jazz Worldwide 092 13 July 2015
Song Title |
Artist |
Album Title |
Composer |
Record Label |
Ma Blues |
Joey Alexander |
My Favorite Things |
Joey Alexander |
Motéma |
Slow Drag |
Bret Higgins |
Atlas Revolt |
Bret Higgins |
Tzadik |
Exit Strategy |
Mark McGrain |
In for the Out |
Mark McGrain |
Immersion |
Beats and Bounce |
Manu Katché |
Manu Katché |
Manu Katché |
ECM |
Dark Blue |
George Freeman and Chico Freeman |
All in the Family |
Chico Freeman |
Southport |
Latina Bonita |
George Freeman and Chico Freeman |
All in the Family |
Chico Freeman |
Southport |
Drama |
Daymé Arocena |
Nueva Era |
Daymé Arocena |
Brownswood |
Rezos en Montegrande |
Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna |
Busco Paraíso |
Pascuala Ilabaca |
Brownie |
Para Comigo |
Mart’nalia |
Women of Brazil |
Paulinho Black-Mart’nalia |
Putumayo |
Home |
Maria Schneider Orchestra |
The Thompson Fields |
Maria Schneider |
Artist Share |
Crystal Silence |
Chick Corea |
Return to Forever |
Chick Corea-Neville Potter |
ECM |
Le Silence de l’Exode 9 |
Yom |
Le Silence de l’Exode |
Yom |
Buda Musique |
Of Song and Silence |
Night Ark |
Treasures |
Sid Clark-Ara Dinkjian |
Traditional Crossroads |
Infinite Silence |
Claudio Scolari |
Colors of Red Island |
Claudio Scolari-Daniele Cavalca |
Principal Records |
Sacred Silence |
Benedikt Jahnel Trio |
Equilibrium |
Benedikt Jahnel |
ECM |
Crystal Silence |
Antonio Adolfo |
Finas Misturas |
Chick Corea-Neville Potter |
Antonio Adolfo Music |
Game of Silence |
Giovanni Guidi Trio |
This Is the Day |
Giovanni Guidi |
ECM |
The Impossibility of Silence |
Andy Sheppard Quartet |
Surrounded by Sea |
Andy Sheppard |
ECM |
Posted by David Menestres
on July 12, 2015 @ 9:00 pm | Comments Off on Tone Science – 07/12/2015
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Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
Midnight |
So sei es (So be it) |
Sofia Gubaidulina/Nurit Stark, Alexander Suslin, Cedric Pescia, Taiko Saito |
In Memoriam: Chamber Works |
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Galaverna |
Tiziana Bertoncini, Thomas Lehn |
Horsky Park |
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Improvisation VII |
Katharina Weber, Barry Guy, Baits Nill |
Games and Improvsiations, Hommage À György Kurtág |
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4th & 5th Movements |
Joe McPhee & John Snyder |
To Be Continued |
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W.W. (Dedicated to Wilbur Ware) |
Muhal Richard Abrams and Malachi Favors |
Sightsong |
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Reader, listen: Harmony Series no. 10 |
Michael Pisaro/Tom Chant, Angharad Davies, Benedict Dre & John Edwards |
Decentered |
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Mobiles for violin solo (1995) I-II |
Victor Suslin/Nurit Stark |
In Memoriam: Chamber Works |
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9/9/99 with Cards |
Roscoe Mitchell/Eclipse Quartet |
Not Yet |
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Parlour Games (1988) |
Meredth Monk/Ursula Oppens and Bruce BRubaker |
Piano Songs |
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A Story of This World |
Circuit Des Yeux |
In Plain Speech |