A lot of longer tracks this week make the playlist look short. Among the newer releases featured this week is the strange and interesting Yuganaut, a trio composed of Stephen Rush, Tom Abbs, and Geoff Mann, who are credited with playing about two dozen instruments among them. This track features mbira, as does Triptych Myth’s “Harare”, which was played in dedication to the people of Zimbabwe in hopes that the situation there resolves peacefully and for the best for the general public.
Going off of the Jimmy Smith take on Charlie Parker’s “Confirmation,” I found myself looking for more organ and revisiting David Murray’s second album with Don Pullen on organ, “Shakill’s II.” For some reason, I’d never given this album much credit, although I liked the first, “Shakill’s Warrior.” Today I realized that the “sequel” was actually pretty good, except maybe for its goofy name, which is a little extra misleading because drummer Andrew Cyrille doesn’t come back for the second. I guess that happens in movies sometimes too, though.
complete program (138 MB, 2 hrs 30 min)
artist: “track” – album (label)
Red Garland Quintet: “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” – All Mornin’ Long (Prestige)
Paul Desmond & the Modern Jazz Quartet: “Bags’s New Groove” – Paul Desmond & the Modern Jazz Quartet (Red Baron)
Duke Ellington /Jimmy Blanton: “Mr. J.B. Blues” – Solos, Duets and Trios (Bluebird)
Irène Schweizer: “Jungle Beats (dedicated to D.C.)” – Many and One Direction (Intakt)
Jimmy Smith: “Confirmation” – The Sermon (Blue Note)
David Murray Quartet: “The Sixth Sense” – Shakill’s II (DIW)
Fred Anderson Trio: “By Many Names” – Timeless (Delmark)
Yuganaut: “Internal/External” – This Musicship (ESP Disk)
Joseph Jarman/Famoudou Don Moye’s Magic Triangle: “Morning Desert Song” – Calypso’s Smile (AEC/Katalyst)
Roscoe Mitchell: “Hey Donald” – Hey Donald (Delmark)
Barry Altschul: “You Can’t Name Your Own Tune” – You Can’t Name Your Own Tune (32 Jazz)
Harry Miller’s Isipingo: “Children at Play” – Which Way Now (Cuneiform)
Oliver Nelson: “Booze Blues Baby” – Meet Oliver Nelson (Prestige New Jazz)
Roy Campbell: “Camel Caravan” – Ancestral Homeland (No More)
Reptet: “Reptet Score!” – Chicken or Beef? (Monktail)
Triptych Myth: “Harare” – Triptych Myth (Hopscotch)