KZSU playlist for Friday, June 26, 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
….. Ton Trio is led by former Chicagoite Aram Shelton. Nice sax trio pieces, little slices of free jazz. Liking this one a lot.
….. The new Tony Malaby features more of the expanded “outside” direction he’s taken on his recent albums Warblepeck and especially Tamarindo, and on his work with Kris Davis.
….. Jason Rigby‘s The Sage is an interesting slice of modern jazz with soloing that’s willing to take chances. Trumpeter Russ Johnson has a lot to do with that. I’m really digging the track “The Archer,” which uses Rhodes piano (Mikw Holober) to nice effect, creating a grooving double-soloing space that’s not quite fusion-y.
….. Speaking of fusion. I was inspired to dig up Christian McBride‘s stellar 3-CD Live at Tonic set after reading his touching essay about being a Michael Jackson fan growing up. His new album, Kind of Brown, just recently got to us and wasn’t immediately available for me — besides, the track I picked opened up the fusion gates for the Billy Cobham track. Fusion doesn’t always agree with me, but I enjoy letting the stuff take flight once in a while.
….. Sexmob meets Medeski is pretty much what you’d think, especially since it’s live: Rollicking spy-jazz themes, splashy organ grooves, and quiet avant-garde breaks that lead into big loud group segments.
….. Clara Rockmore was a classical-music theremin player who died in 1998. I took this track from a 1987 CD of hers.
….. “Bubble Wrap” by Brian B. James is a 22-minute drone — more like an electronic tone with a slow, slow pulse to it. Probably sounded terrible to anybody listening in their car.
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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| Malaby, Tony | Obambo | |
Paloma Recio New World Records |
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| Shepik, Brad(more here) | Blindspot (North America) | |
Human Activity Suite Songlines Recordings |
| Roach, Steve & Unis, Vir | Synaptic Gap | Body Eletric Projekt Records |
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| Haque, Fareed & The Flat Earth Ensemble | Bengali Bud | |
Flat Planet Owl Studios |
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| Noonan, Sean / Brewed By Noon(noted here) | Courage | |
Boxing Dreams Songlines Recordings |
| Rigby, Jason | Magenta | |
Sage, The Fresh Sound New Talent |
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| Romus, Rent/Lords Of Outland | Gasburger Sheep Slaughter House | |
You Can Sleep When You’re Dead Edgetone Records |
| Bloom Project(more here) | Intimation Dusk | |
Sudden Aurora Edgetone Records |
| Lotz, Mark Alban / Lotz Of Music(more here) | Corny Water Music | |
Bite! Loplop Productions |
| Ton Trio | The Way | Way, The Singlespeed Music |
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| Lehman, Steve Octet(written up here) | As Things Change (I Remain The Same) | |
Travail, Transformation, And Flow Pi Recordings |
| Rockmore, Clara | Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentiment | Art of the Theremin, the Delos International |
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| Ross, Don & Andy Mckee | Tight Trite Night | |
Thing That Came From Somewhere, The Candyrat Records |
| Djll, Tom | Mag Wheels [w/Myles Boisen] | Mutootator Soul on Rice Productions |
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| Léandre, Joëlle & Quentin Sirjacq | Hallucinations | |
Out Of Nowhere Actuelle Cd |
| Brian B. James | Bubble-Wrap [excerpt] | |
Bubble-Wrap-Covered Record Diy Release |
| Gordon, John William | G.V.O.L. | |
Technot Self Release |
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| Sexmob Meets Medeski | Black And Tan Fantasy | |
Live In Willisau 2006 Thirsty Ear Recordings |
| Experimental Dental School | Earthquake | |
Forest Field (No Label Information) |
| Jensson, Hilmar | Morthanna | |
Tyft Songlines Recordings |
| Carrier, Francois & Michel Lambert | Apercu | |
Nada Creative Sources Recordings |
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| Aaly Trio with Ken Vandermark | Ghosts | Live at the Glenn Miller Cafe Wobbly Rail |
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| McBride, Christian | Technicolor Nightmare | |
Live At Tonic Ropeadope Music Entertain |
| Billy Cobham’s Glass Menagerie | Situation Comedy | Smokin’ Elektra Records (West Coast) |
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| Spirit Moves Us, The | Chunk | Mudwagon, Vol. 1 Edgetone Records |
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| Wilkes, Corey & Abstrakt Pulse(more here) | Cries From Tha Ghetto | |
Cries From Tha Ghetto Pi Recordings |
