Playlist: March 20, 2009

KZSU playlist for Friday, March 6, 2009, 3:00 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.

Items of note:

….. I got the new Buffalo Collision CD, featuring Tim Berne along with two members of The Bad Plus. Haven’t given it a thorough listen. I found a segment of the first track that I thought would work well on-air, but it turned out to have fewer fireworks than I’d heard at first. The segment had a good, strong flow to it, but I don’t think I let the band put their best foot forward. I’ll do them proper later on; meanwhile have a look at what Stef thinks.

….. The trio CD from Gerald Cleaver, William Parker, and Craig Taborn is a winner. I wish the sound fidelity was stronger (recorded live at The Stone) but the playing is undeniable. Reviews from Stef and All About Jazz.

….. Found a Mario Pavone/Anthony Braxton CD, a combination of Braxton’s abstractions and some of Pavone’s more wide-open compositions, and even a couple of standards. I’ve known of Pavone as a solid inside/out bandleader but was surprised to see him on something this far out. Released in 1993 on the Music & Arts label.

….. All those Cryptogramophone CDs were in anticipation of a two-night “Cryptonight” series at Yoshi’s next week.

….. Blues pianist and singer Eddie Bo died Wednesday, and word was just hitting the major media outlets as my show was progressing. (I can thank the sharp eyes of @siebert on Twitter.) We’ve got a couple dozen Eddie Bo tracks spread out among various blues compilations, so I had to delve into that stash.

Most album titles link into KZSU’s Zookeeper database; the icon means there’s a review or description there as well.

Artist	Track		Album/Label
Malaby, Tony / Cello Trio	Warblepeck		Warblepeck Songlines Recordings
Buffalo Collision	1st of 3 [excerpt]		Duck Screwgun
Connah, Graham	More of the Same but not So Different		Snaps Erupt at Pure Spans Njamin Music
Pavone, Mario Double Tenor Quintet	Ancestors		Ancestors Playscape Recordings
Braxton, A. and Pavone, M.	Composition No. 65		Duets 1993 Music and Arts Programs
Braxton, Anthony & Kyle Brenders	Composition 199 [excerpt]		Toronto (Duets) 2007 Barnyard Records
Melford, Myra/Be Bread	Be Bread		Image Of Your Body, The Cryptogramophone
Cline, Alex	Steadfast		Continuation Cryptogramophone
	— (4:00 p.m.) —
Cline, Alex	Steadfast [cont’d]		Continuation Cryptogramophone
Sun Ra	Love In Outer Space		Secrets Of The Sun Atavistic/Truckstop Audio
Shoebox Scrap	It’s Done		Shoebox Scrap Myspace.Com/Shoeboxscrap
Cleaver/Parker/Taborn	Cranes [excerpt]		Farmers By Nature Aum Fidelity
Spahlinger, Mathias	Gegen Unendlich Ii		Furioso Kairos
Sixtoo	Jackals And Vipers In Envy Of Man, Part 9		You Don’t Know – Ninja Cuts Ninja Tune
Axis Trio	The Hand		Hand, The Snp Records
Gauthier, Jeff Goatette	Don’t Answer That		One And The Same Cryptogramophone
Cline, Nels Singers	Attempted		Draw Breath Cryptogramophone
	— (5:00 p.m.) —
Stein, Norbert / Pata Generators	Alice In Der Parallelen Welt (Alice In The Parallel World)		Direct Speech Pata Music
Shipp, Matthew Trio	Harmonic Disorder		Harmonic Disorder Thirsty Ear Communication
Eddie Bo	Hard Times		Keep It Rollin’ Rounder Records
Yehudit	Sweet Dream		In The Zone Edgetone Records
Gauthier, Jeff Goatette	Ephemera – for Eric [Soundbed for KZSU Concert Calendar]		Mask Cryptogramophone
Mute Socialite	(Prelude)/The Damaged Country		More Popular Than Presidents And Generals Dephine Knormal Music
Cohn, Steve	Konnichiwa		Iro Iro Red Toucan