Updoc 174: Bingeworthy: 3/9/12

Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)

1-4. Sonny Rollins: Oleo, A Weaver of Dreams. Paul’s Pal #1, Oleo#2; Sonny Rollins Trio Live in Europe 1959 – Complete Recordings (Ais)
5. Johann Sebastian Bach/Murray Perahia: English Suite No. 6; Bach English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6 (Columbia)
6-10: Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins Interview, But Not For Me, It Could Happen to You, I Want to Be Happy #1; Sonny Rollins Trio Live in Europe 1959 – Complete Recordings (Ais)
11. Benjamin Britten/London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox: Sinfonia da Requiem; War Requiem - Sinfonia da Requiem – Ballad of Heroes (Chandos)

Out theme: G.I. Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann/Elan Sicroff: The Bokharian Dervish Hadji Asvatz-Troov; Sicroff Plays the piano music of Gurdjieff and de Hartmann (CDBY)

Updoc 173: Roused About: 3/2/12

Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room [excerpt]; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)

1.    Derek Bermel/Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose: Dust Dances; Voices (BMOP Sound)
2.    Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
3.    Jennifer Higdon/Jennifer Koh/Reiko Uchida: String Poetic [title tune] (Cedille)
4.    Christopher Rouse/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/Alan Gilbert: Flute Concerto;  Alan Gilbert Conducts Christopher Rouse II (BIS)
5.    Toru Takemitsu/Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo/Tadaaki Otaka: Rain Coming; How Slow the Wind (BIS)
6.    Christopher Rouse/Colorado Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop: Gorgon; Rouse – Trombone Concerto – Gorgon – Iscariot (Phoenix USA)

Out theme: Vladimir Putin: Blueberry Hill (RT Video)

Updoc 172: Our Towns: 2/24/12

Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)

1-3. Miguel Zenón: Juguete, Incomprendido, Silencio: Alma Adentro – The Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis Music)
4. Keith Jarrett: All the Things You Are; Standards, Vol. 1 (ECM)
5. Thomas Crecquillon/Egidius Kwartet: Fortune hellas, que te peult profiter; Fortune Helas . . . Chansons (Etcetera)
6. J.D. Allen: Mr. Steepy; Victory! (Sunnyside)
7. Thomas Crecquillon/Egidius Kwartet: Mon povre coeur, qui sans aulcun repos; Fortune Helas . . . Chansons (Etcetera)
8. Thomas Crecquillon/New York Polyphony: Mem – Lamentationae Jeremiah; endBeginning (BIS)
9. Aaron Copland/St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin: Our Town; Copland – Music for Films (RCA)
10. Dmitri Shostakovich/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Julia Varády/Concertgebouw Orchestra/Bernard Haitink: Symphony No. 14; Shostakovich Symphony No. 14 – Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva (London)

Out theme: Johann Sebastian Bach/Sviatoslav Richter: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor; J.S Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Live in Moscow 1969 (Melodiya)

Updoc 171: Chimes: 2/17/12

Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago; The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)

1.    Jack DeJohnette: New Muse; Sound Travels (Golden Beams)
2.    Jack DeJohnette: India; Special Edition (ECM)
3.    Keith Jarrett: Things Ain’t What They Used to Be; The Cure (ECM)
4.    Trio Beyond: Spectrum; Trio Beyond - DeJohnette/Goldings/Scofield – Saudades (ECM)
5.    Benjamin Britten/London Symphony Orchestra: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra [title tune] (Decca)
6.    J.D. Allen: Victory! [title tune] (Sunnyside)
7.    David S. Ware: Duality is One; Planetary Unknown (Aum Fidelity)
8.    Donny McCaslin: Five Hands Down; Perpetual Motion (Greenleaf Music)
9.    Diana Krall: Simple Twist of Fate; Chimes of Freedom – The Songs of Bob Dylan (Amnesty International)
10.     Bryan Ferry: Bob Dylan’s Dream; Chimes of Freedom – The Songs of Bob Dylan (Amnesty International)
11.     Bruce Springsteen: Chimes of Freedom [title tune] (Columbia)
12.     Bob Dylan: Father of Night; New Morning (Columbia)
13.     Johann Sebastian Bach/Sviatoslav Richter: Preludes and Fugues 13 -18;  J.S Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Live in Moscow 1969 (Melodiya)
14.     Johann Sebastian Bach/Glenn Gould: Prelude No. 1; The Gould Edition -  Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (Sony)

Updoc 170: Richterbachfest: 2/10/12

Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)

1. Glenn Gould Discusses Sviatoslav Richter and Franz Schubert (youtube)

2.    Johann Sebastian Bach/Sviatoslav Richter: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Preludes and Fugues 1 – 12; J.S. Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Live in Moscow 1969 (Melodiya)
3.    Charles Ives/Henry Brant/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies: A Concord Symphony; Henry Brant Collection Vol. 7 – Charles Ives Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord Mass. 1840-1860 – Orchestrated by Henry Brant (Innova)

Updoc 169: Dos Niños: 2/3/12

Opening theme: Archie Shepp: You’re What This Day is All About; The Magic of Ju-Ju (Impulse)

1.    Buika: Mi niña Lola; En Mi Piel (WM Spain)
2.    Diego el Cigala: Garganta Con Arena; Cigala & Tango – American Tour 2011 (Ediciones El País S.L. y Gran Vía Musical de Ediciones S.L.)
3.    Buika/Chucho Valdes: En el Ultimo Trago; En Mi Piel (WM Spain)
4.    Diego el Cigala: Las Cuarenta; Cigala & Tango – American Tour 2011 (Ediciones El País S.L. y Gran Vía Musical de Ediciones S.L.)
5.    Buika/Chucho Valdes: Somos; En Mi Piel (WM Spain)
6.    Pepé Romero/Maria Magdalena: Zapateado: Pepé Romero – Flamenco (Philips)
7.    Christopher Rouse/Sharon Isbin/Gulbenkian Orchestra/Muhai Tang: Concert de Gaudi; Tan Dun & Rouse: Guitar Concertos (Rhino)
8-12. Gianluisi Trovesi/Giuseppe Verdi/Marco Remondini/Filarmonica Musiké/Savino Aquaviva: Profumo di Violetta Part 1, “Ah, fors’è lui che l’anima,” Profumo di Violetta Part 2, Violetta e le altre; Gianluigi Trovesi All’ Opera – Profumo di Violetta (ECM)
13. Kip Hanrahan: The Moon (Diahanne); Tenderness (American Clavé)
14. Gianluisi Trovesi/Gianni Coscia: Django; In cerca di cibo (ECM)
15. Magnus Lindberg/Helsinki Chamber Choir/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo: Graffiti; Lindberg: Graffiti – Seht die Sonne (Ondine)

Out theme: Niño de Ricardo: Gaditanas – Soleares: Grandes Figures du Flamenco Volume II (Chant du Monde)

Updoc 168: Behold the Hootie: 1/27/12

Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)

1.    Jay McShann: Confessin’ the Blues; The Last of the Blue Devils (Atlantic)
2.    Charlie Parker: Lover Man; Charlie Parker in Sweden (Storyville)
3.    Deep Blue Organ Trio: Jesus Children of America; Wonderful! (Origin)
4.    Jay McShann: Hootie Blues; The Last of the Blue Devils (Atlantic)
5.    Booker Ervin: No Booze Blues; The Blues Book (Prestige)
6.    Charlie Parker: Hootie Blues; The Charlie Parker Story, Vol. 1 (Unique Jazz)
7.    Booker Ervin: The Lamp is Low; The Song Book (Prestige)
8.    Diego el Cigala: Historia de un amor; Dos Lágrimas (Gran Via Musicale de Ediciones)
9.    Nellie McKay: Gin Rummy; Obligatory Villagers (Hungry Mouse)
10.     Blossom Dearie: I Won’t Dance; Jazz Masters 51 – Blossom Dearie (Verve)
11.     Diego el Cigala: Tomo y Obligo; Cigala & Tango – American Tour 2011 (Ediciones El Pais S.L. y Gran Via Musicale de Ediciones)
12.     Ludwig von Beethoven/Solomon/Philharmonia Orchestra/André Cluytens: Piano Concerto No. 4, 2nd mvt. Andante Con Moto; Beethoven Piano Concertos 2 -5, etc. (EMI)
13.     Blossom Dearie: Tea for Two; Jazz Masters 51 – Blossom Dearie (Verve)

14. Gene Ammons: The Real McCoy; The Big Sound (Prestige)
15.     Gyorgy Ligeti/Parker Quartet: Andante and Allegretto; Ligeti String Quartets 1&2, etc. (Naxos)
16.     Magnus Lindberg/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo: Seht die Sonne; Lindberg – Graffiti - Seht die Sonne (Ondine)

Out theme: Spottiswoode and his Enemies: You Won’t Forget Your Dream; Wild Goosechase Expedition (Old Soul)

Updoc 167: Double Pumper Nickle: 1/16/12

Opening theme: Miles Davis: The Theme: Bootleg Series Vol. 1 – Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia Legacy)

1.    Jean Sibelius/Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan: Symphony No. 5; Karajan Edition- Sibelius Symphonies 2 & 5 (EMI)
2.    Blossom Dearie: One Upon a Summertime; Verve Jazz Masters 51: Blossom Dearie (Verve)
3.    Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong: They Can’t Take That Away From Me; Ella and Louis (Verve)
4.    Dave Bass Quartet/Mary Stallings: Surrender; Gone (Davebassmusic)
5.    Leonard Cohen: Going Home; Old Ideas (Columbia)
6.    Gustav Mahler/Vienna Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez: Symphony No. 5 [title tune] (DGG)

Out theme: Miles Davis: The Theme: Bootleg Series Vol. 1 – Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia Legacy)

Updoc 166: What New: 1/13/12

Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)

1.    Bill Frisell and 858 Quartet: It’s a Long Story; Sign of Life – Music for 858 Quartet (Savoy Jazz)
2.    Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood: Amazing Grace; MSMW Live – In Case the World Changes its Mind (Indirecto)
3-5. Ambrose Akinmusire: Jaya, The Walls of Lechiguilla, What’s New?; When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)
6-8. Miles Davis: Footprints, ‘Round Midnight, Masqualero; Miles Davis Quintet – The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 – Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia Legacy)
9. Béla Bartók/Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez: Concerto for Orchestra; Konzert für Orchester – 4 Stücke Op. 12 (DGG)
10. John Coltrane: Impressions; The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings (Impulse)
11. Ornette Coleman: What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Variation); Sound Museum (Verve)

Updoc 165: Almost ‘012: 12/30/11

Opening Theme: Carla Bley Band: Drinking Music; European Tour 1977 (WATT)

1.    Count Basie: Every Tub; Count Basie’s Finest Hour (Verve)
2.    Count Basie (Jones-Smith Inc.):  Shoeshine Boy; The Essential Count Basie (Columbia)
3.    Count Basie: Jumpin’ at the Woodside; America’s Number One Band (Columbia)
4.    Count Basie (Jones-Smith Inc.):  Oh, Lady, Be Good!; The Essential Count Basie (Columbia)
5-7.    Count Basie: Lester Leaps In, Taxi War Dance, Dickie’s Dream; America’s Number One Band (Columbia)
8.    Spottiswoode and His Enemies: Chelsea Boys; Salvation (New Warsaw)
9.    Peter Blegvad: That’ll Be Him Now; Just Woke Up (RER Megacorp)
10.     Jonathan Spottiswoode: Fine Wine; Piano 45 (Old Soul)
11.     Peter Blegvad: Heaven in Hell’s Despite; Just Woke Up (RER Megacorp)
12.     Spottiswoode and His Enemies: Lousy Mood; That’s What I Like (New Warsaw)
13.     Peter Blegvad: Hangman’s Hill [title tune] (RER Megacorp)
14.     Spottiswoode and His Enemies: Building a Road [title tune] (Grantham Dispatch)
15.     Peter Blegvad: Bee Dream; Just Woke Up (RER Megacorp)
16.     Spottiswoode and His Enemies: All My Brothers; Wild Goose Chase Expedition (Old Soul)
17.     Peter Blegvad/Andy Partridge: Galveston; Orpheus – The Lowdown (APECD)
18.     Louis Armstrong: Stardust; The Essential Collection (Columbia)
19.     Louis Armstrong: St. Louis Blues; Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia)
20.     Louis Armstrong: Tight Like This; The Hot Fives and Sevens (Columbia)
21-23.    Louis Armstrong: Beale Street Blues, Aunt Hagar’s Blues, Chantez les Bas; Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia)
24. Louis Armstrong: La Vie en Rose; Masters of Jazz Vol. 2 (Storyville)
25-26.    Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra: Celebration Jig & Slow Dance; New Works - Celebration (Challenge Jazz)

Out theme: Django Reinhardt: Festival Swing: Volume 2 - Paris and London 1937 – 1948 (JSPCD)