KZSU playlist for Friday, June 5, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
….. Should I mention the Matthew Sperry concerts again? See earlier entry.
….. Actually I will mention this: As the festival has evolved from year to year, the local Limited Sedition label has been releasing CD-Rs of Matthew Sperry performances, mastered from live tapes. The first was a set of solo bass performances; the most recent is a second all-solo, all-bass disk. Matthew’s playing included a lot of extended technique: sticking objects into the strings, scraping the bass body with mallets, etc., so the results are a percussive exploration of sound.
….. Fully Celebrated, formerly the Fully Celebrated Orchestra (even though they were always three or four people), puts up catchy, even funky heads followed by chaotic, free-jazz soloing. Loads of fun.
….. Forgas Band Phenomena is new stuff played in the old ’70s prog vein: long suites, searing guitar, woodwinds in the band. Cuneiform always puts out nice stuff, but at first glance, this is a standout.
….. Corey Wilkes‘ Abstrakt Pulse puts up hard-bop composing spread against free-jazz soloing — stuff that’s way out there when it breaks orbit. It’s not strictly head-solo-head patterns, either; “SICK JJ,” played here, pretty much stays in improv/free mode, while “Visionary of an Abstrakt” uses a recurring theme to punctuate a variety of exploratory, off-topic solos. On the way, the album sports one-minute free-improv interludes. Wilkes is only turning 30, but he’s the one who was picked to fill Lester Bowie’s chair in the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Album titles link into KZSU’s Zookeeper database; the 
icon means there’s a review or description there as well. Little links that say things like “more here” go to previous entries in this blog.
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| Fully Celebrated, The | Reptoid Alliance | |
Drunk On The Blood Of The Holy Ones Aum Fidelity |
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| Bailey, Donald | USQ/Trology | |
Blueprints Of Jazz: Vol. 3 Talking House Records |
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| Forgas Band Phenomena | L’axe Du Fou (Axis Of Madness) [excerpt] | |
Axis Of Madness/L’axe Du Fou Cuneiform Records |
| Chicago Afrobeat Project | (A Warm) Global Warning | |
Off The Grid (No Label Information) |
| Blanketship | Viva Butterfly | |
Sound Of Fun Surrounds You / Klangwunder Gigante Sound |
| Wilkes, Corey & Abstrakt Pulse | SICK JJ | |
Cries From Tha Ghetto Pi Recordings |
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| Butcher, John/Gino Robair/Matthew Sperry | Duo Four [Robair and Sperry] | New Langton Arts 2000 Limited Sedition |
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| Sperry, Matthew | Venue Nine 3 | Solo Bass, Vol. 2 Limited Sedition |
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| Trio Hot | Straight Into | Jink Nemu Records |
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| Berthiaume/Sharp | Phase | |
Base Actuelle Cd |
| Mcauley, Jim | Okie Dokie | |
Ultimate Frog, The Drip Audio |
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| Redman, Joshua | Just Like You | |
Compass Nonesuch Records |
| Carrier, Francois & Michel Lambert | Falls | |
Nada Creative Sources Recordings |
| Lotz, Mark Alban / Lotz Of Music | Of Royal Herring (Den Koninklijke Haring) | |
Bite! Loplop Productions |
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| Yasuma, Saco | Invisible Matters | |
Another Rain Leaf Note |
| Quatuor Bozzini | Stochastic String Quartet | |
Arbor Vitae Actuelle Cd |
| Bloom Project | New Light | |
Sudden Aurora Edgetone Records |
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| Sperry, Matthew | One | Solo Bass, Vol. 1 Limited Sedition |
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| Brand, Gail & Guberman, Morgan | Ballgames & Crazy | Ballgames & Crazy Emanem |
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| Garland, Peter | Dance No. 3 | Matachin Dances Cold Blue Records |
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| Sonogram | Music Box – Jody Krushal | |
Gamelan Son Of Lion Innova Recordings |
| Revolutionary Ensemble | Improvisation 1 | |
Beyond The Boundary Of Time Mutablemusic |
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| Pink Saliva | 10:10 | |
Danse Avec Robert Duncan Majmua Music |
| Sperry, Matthew | Studio For | Solo Bass, Vol. 2 Limited Sedition |
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| Watts, Trevor | Opening Gambit | A Wider Embrace Ecm Records (Usa) |
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