KZSU playlist for Friday, May 15, 3:00 to 6:20 p.m.
….. Fareed Haque, frequent cohort of Zakir Hussein, plays a “world” music-tinged jazz that’s good but too melodic and easy for my taste. On a hot day like today, though, Haque’s summer-festival jamming hit the spot.
….. The Jarrod Fowler “Percussion” As Percussion album is a descent into madness. Tracks consist of overlaid spoken pieces — narrations, film clips, who knows what else — creating a relentless jumble. One track is even the combination of all others played backwards; it’s the harshest and most unsettling of all, and they put it second. Now, apparently there are some structural principles underlying all this, or at least that’s what’s hinted in the lengthy, hyperacademic liner notes, which walk that line between deeply serious and seriously messed up.
….. “Le-Si-Jer” isn’t the best track on the Revolutionary Ensemble album, but I wanted to have given its full 19 minutes an airing at some point. It features long solo spaces for each of the three members: Leroy Jenkins doing airy, squeaky violin figures; a patient arco solo from Sirone on bass; and reverent tones from Jerome Cooper on the chiramia, an oboe-sounding reed instrument. It’s a good track, but the real highlight on the album are the two improvisations at the end, where the three players show off some nice group intercommuicating.
….. Fever Ray is the solo project of Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife. Intersting songscapes, with heavy cinematic synths and careful, slow vocals. Atmospheric, a great listen. The show also included one of the dreamier songs from hip-hop artist Yoome.
Most album titles link into KZSU’s Zookeeper database; the 
icon means there’s a review or description there as well.
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| Haque, Fareed & The Flat Earth Ensemble | Big Bhangra | |
Flat Planet Owl Studios |
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| Bailey, Donald | Variations | |
Blueprints Of Jazz: Vol. 3 Talking House Records |
| Hartigan, Royal | Passages | |
Ancestors Innova Recordings |
| Cleaver/Parker/Taborn | The Night | |
Farmers By Nature Aum Fidelity |
| Yoome | Dubai | |
Boredom Of Me, The Audio 8 Recordings |
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| Mahanthappa, Rudresh / Indo-Pak Coalition | Apti | |
Apti Innova Recordings |
| Eskelin, Ellery | #107 | Figure of Speech Soul Note |
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| Malaby, Tony / Cello Trio | Warblepeck | |
Warblepeck Songlines Recordings |
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| Fowler, Jarrod | Introduction: (Re)Percussions | |
“Percussion” As Percussion Patrick Lovelace Editions |
| Frith, Fred & Rene Lussier | The Same Wide Wall | Nous Autres Les Disques Victo |
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| Black, Jim/Alas No Axis | Z | Habyor Winter & Winter |
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| Sex Mob | Battle at Piz Gloria | Does Bond Ropeadope Music Entertain |
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| Happy Apple | The Landfall Planetarium | Youth Oriented Nato |
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| Bad Plus, The | Long Distance Runaround | |
For All I Care Heads Up International |
| Trio Hot | Zoo On The Road | Jink Nemu Records |
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| Fuchs, Wolfgang Sextet | An Illegible Memory | |
Six Fuchs Rastascan Records |
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| Berthiaume/Sharp | Freed | |
Base Actuelle Cd |
| Quatuor Bozzini | Quintext II: Clouds, for Iannis Xenakis | |
Arbor Vitae Actuelle Cd |
| Winstin, Robert Ian | Taliban Dances: Iii Baghdad Bossa Nova | |
Taliban Dances Erm Media |
| Del Sol String Quartet | Gabriela Lena Frank “Chasqui” | |
Ring Of Fire Other Minds |
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| Redman, Joshua | Identity Thief | |
Compass Nonesuch Records |
| Ochs, Larry / Sax & Drumming Core | Up From Under | |
Up From Under Atavistic/Truckstop Audio |
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| Binney, David | Blood Of Cities | |
Third Occasion Mythology Records |
| Fever Ray | Dry And Dusty | |
Fever Ray Mute Corporation |
| Levy, Adam | Buttermilk Channel | Buttermilk Channel Lost Wax Music |
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| Revolutionary Ensemble | Le-Si-Jer | |
Beyond The Boundary Of Time Mutablemusic |
| Charles, Teddy | No More Nights | |
Dances With Bulls Smalls |
