The 30th Chicago Jazz Festival is starting this week so I took the opportunity to play a few things connected to artists on the bill, namely Sonny Rollins, Amina Claudine Myers, Ornette Coleman, Dave Douglas, and Vijay Iyer.  I have to say this year’s schedule is much more to my taste than many recent years…  I roped in a caller with the Cuban/Afro set near the end (Trio Lissabet/Kiko Kids Jazz/Jim Lasco) but I couldn’t sustain that many short songs without having pulled more stuff. I really don’t know how the DJs do the hardcore punk shows.

complete program (146 MB, 2 hrs 39 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)

John Coltrane: “Africa” – The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions (Impulse)
Sonny Rollins: “Blessing in Disguise” – East Broadway Run Down (Impulse)
George Schuller’s Circle Wide: “De Drums” – Like Before, Somewhat After (Playscape)
Eri Yamamoto Trio: “This Is An Apple” – Redwoods (AUM Fidelity)
Junior Mance: “Tin Tin Deo” – Happy Time (Original Jazz Classics)
Eric Hofbauer & the Infrared Band: “Jac Mac Talkin’” – Myth Understanding (Creative Nation Music)
Amina Claudine Myers: “Have Mercy Upon Us” – New Thing! (Soul Jazz)
Ornette Coleman: “The Legend of Bebop” – The Art of the Improvisers (Atlantic)
Dave Douglas: “The Team” – Meaning and Mystery (Greenleaf)
Vijay Iyer: “Infogee’s Cakewalk” – Reimagining (Savoy)
Johnny Dyani Quartet: “Angolian Cry” – Angolian Cry (Steeplechase)
Trio Lissabet: “Will Power” – Jawbone of an Ass (Cook)
Kiko Kids Jazz: “Tanganyika na Uhuru” – Dada Kidawa (Original Music)
Jim Lasco: “Samuele Ndeje” – Before Benga, Vol. 2: The Nairobi Sound (Original Music)
Todd Sickafoose: “Pianos of the 9th Ward” – Tiny Resistors (Cryptogramophone)
Mark O’Leary/Kenny Wollesen/Jamie Saft: “Tuzla” – The Synth Show (Leo Records)
Yuganaut: “Stumblechuck” – This Musicship (ESP Disk)