Friday, December 29, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK: 23 fave's of 2023

 jazz amuck’s 23 fave’s of 2023

anna webber - shimmer wince - intakt ©
steve lehman & ork. nat’l. de jazz - ex machina - pi recordings
myra melford fire and ice quintet - hear the light singing - rogue art
zoh amba & chris corsano & bill orcutt - the flower school - palilalia
henry threadgill ensemble - the other one - pi recordings
jaimie branch - fly or die fly or die flay or die ((world war)) - international anthem
kate gentile - find letter x - pi recordings
ava mendoza - echolocation - aum fidelity
matana roberts - coin coin chapter five : in the garden… - constellation
john zorn new masada 4tet - vol. 2 - tzadik
françois houle genera sextet - in memoriam - clean feed ©
james brandon lewis trio - eye of i - anti-
tomas fujiwara 7 poets trio - pith - out of your head
ingrid laubrock - the last quiet place - pyroclastic
george - letters to george - out of your head ©
lori freedman - beingfive - relative pitch ©
lina allemano - canons - lumo ©
anthony davis / kyle motl / kjeil nordenson - vertical motion - astral spirits
tani tabbal - intentional - mahakala
jason roebke - four spheres - corbett vs. dempsey
devin grey - most definitely - rataplan
glass triangle - blue and sun-lights - relative pitch
brandon seabrook’s epic proportions - brutalovechamp - pyroclastic

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Tuesday, December 26, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: december 22, '23

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friday, december 22, 2023

santa clause is coming to town - tony bennett - snowfall: the tony bennett xmas album - columbia (2:38)
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this word love - peter brotzmann / heather leigh - sparrow nights - trost (5:44)
moon showed but no you - amba / corsano / orcutt - the flower school - palilalia (5:13)
cantos i. ¿dónde están? - susan alcorn septeto del sur - canto - relative pitch (6:52)
seersucker - ned rothenberg - crossings four - clean feed (9:25)
crooked frame - illegal crowns - unclosing - out of your head (7:33)
wince - anna webber - shimmer wince - intakt © (8:46)
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seven guys with a reason - the jazz passengers - implement yourself - new world (5:27)
a jackson in your house - jason adasiewicz - roscoe village - corbett vs dempsey (3:20)
chimera - steve lehman & ork. nat’l de jazz - ex machina - pi recordings (6:09)
grimsta - i.p.a. - grimsta - cuneiform (7:01)
gentle giant - karl berger, kirk knuffke, jay anderson, matt wilson - heart is a melody - stunt (7:07)
christmas time is here - john zorn, the dreamers - a dreamers christmas - tzadik (4:38)
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ma'oz tzur (hanukkah) - truth is marching in - jingle bells - mars williams - …presents an ayler xmas - soul what (14:21)
the christmas song (edit) - john zorn, the dreamers - a dreamers christmas - tzadik
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Monday, December 18, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: december 15, '23

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friday, december 15, 2023

bolinko bass - fly or die - fly or die fly or die fly or die ((world war)) - international anthem (4:32)
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root<=>branch - irreversible entanglements - protect your light - impulse! (7:31)
old thoughts new ways - tani tabbal 4tet - intentional - mahakala (3:47)
we are on the edge - art ensemble of chicago - we are on the edge - pi recordings (8:21)
of valence - movement iii - henry threadgill ensemble - the other one - pi recordings (15:16)
insertion one - myra melford’s fire and water 5tet - hear the light singing - rogueart (9:52)
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the last quiet place - ingrid laubrock - the last quiet place - pyroclastic (8:33)
fizz - anna webber - shimmer wince - intakt (11:33)
yeqon - mary halvorson 4tet - paimon: book of angels, vol. 32 - tzadik (5:04)
from lucid to ludicrous - brandon seabrook’s epic proportions - brutalovechamp - pyroclastic (7:26)
1733 - trevor dunn trio convulsant + folie à quatre - séances - pyroclastic (9:08)
breeze of time - damon locks & rob mazurek - new future city radio - international anthem (2:39)
new ghost - mendoza / devin / hoff - echolocation - aum fidelity (5:04)
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tharis (edit) - john zorn new masada 4tet - new masada 4tet - tzadik
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: december 8, '23

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friday, december 8, 2023


uncomfortable truths - chris speed trio - despite obstacles - intakt (3:55)

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lady of the lavender mist - angelica sanchez nonet - nighttime creatures - pyroclastic (9:48)

ekphrasis - françois houle genera sextet - in memoriam - clean feed © (5:11)

pendulum - quinsin nacoff - stars and constellations - adhyâropa © (7:04)

nightbreak - the claudia quintet - super petite - cuneiform (6:00)

other - tomas fujiwara 7 poets trio - pith - out of your head (6:13)

nu shu (pt 2) - jessica pavone - clamor - out of your head (9:21)

suite para todos - susan alcorn septeto del sur - canto - relative pitch (6:15)

swell - anna webber - shimmer wince - intakt  © (9:39)

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passage - john blum / david murray / chad taylor - the recursive tree - relative pitch (5:51)

pulse and tone - jason roebke  - four spheres - corbett vs. dempsey (6:40)

terrier - jeb bishop / joe morris / nathan mcbride - tells or terrier - not two (8:09)

another place - fred anderson 4tet - the milwaukee tapes vol. 2 - corbett vs. dempsey (12:26)

circular temple #1 - matthew shipp - circular temple - esp’ disk (6:23)

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ore whorls - kate gentile - find letter x - pi recordings (3:42)

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Sunday, December 10, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: december 1, '23

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friday, december 1, 2023


miss otis regrets / just one of those things - kirsty mccoll + the pogues - red, hot + blue: a tribute to cole porter - chrysalis (4:44) 1990

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insertion two - myra melford fire and ice quintet - hear the light singing - rogue art (6:48)

it wants - lesley mok - the living collection - american dreams (7:59)

two harmonies - anna webber / weston olencki - several - astral spirits © (5:59)

tangled tangos - ned rothenberg - crossings four - clean feed (9:24)

twinkle tones - lina allemano - canons - lumo © (6:08)

partout des prunelles flamboient - sylvie courvoisier - chimaera - intakt (8:23)

the heart - mercury - skin - clean feed © (5:32)

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the eventual devalorization of the perhaps - john zorn (chaos majick) - parrhesiastes - tzadik (10:03)

arz - brahja waldman - kadef - rrgems © (4:19)

39 - steve lehman + ork. nat’l de jazz - exmachina - pi recordings (8:02)

earthworker - george  - letters to george  - out of your head © (6:05)

the fifth clone - kate gentile - find letter x - pi recordings (7:34)

fluxus v5t 1s1 - darius jones - fLuXkit vancouver (i​̶​t​̶ suite but sacred) - we jazz/northern spy (10:34)

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kinetic crawl (edit) - john blum / david murray / chad taylor - the recursive tree - relative pitch 

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: november 24, '23

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friday, november 24, 2023


r.i.p. mars williams


world’s on a leash - liquid soul - liquid soul - soul what 1995 (4:36)

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dance of the spider people - hal russell nrg ensemble - the finnish/swiss tour - ecm 1991 (4:22)

super opaque (for cecil taylor) - vandermark five - target or flag - atavistic 1998 (8:59)

cakewalk - nrg ensemble - bejazzo gets a facelift - atavistic 1997 (7:28)

curbside memorial - chicago edge ensemble - insidious anthem - trost 2018 (9:09)

22nd street hustle - harrison bankhead sextet - morning sun harvest moon - engine studios 2011(9:43)

oculoplania - boneshaker - unusual words - pnl 2017 (5:51)

domi’s dream - stirrup + 6 - the avondale addition - cuneiform 2020 (7:50)

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divide by zero - peter brötzmann  - chicago octet / tentet - okka disk 1998 (10:18)

for two or three instruments i - mars williams / katinka kleijn / rob kassinger - two or three amalgam 2023 (5:35)

eddie haris - xmarsx - xmarsx - atavistic 2002 (6:15)

manas - hal russel’s chemical feast - elixir - atavistic 1979 (2001) (6:15)

the heavenly home carol… - mars williams - an alyer xmas vol 3; live in krakow - not two 2019 (13:45)

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heart beat (edit) - psychedelic furs - mirror moves - columbia 1984

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Sunday, November 19, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: november 17, '23

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friday, november 17, 2023


iceman - george - letters to george - out of your head © (3:18)

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résonances et écho - marianne trudel / john hollenbeck - dédé java epiritu - trudel © (6:11)

confidencial - david virelles trio - carta - intakt © (6:39)

fictions ii - anthony davis / kyle motl / kjeil nordenson - vertical motion - astral spirits (9:01)

cracked bells - michael formanek elusion 4tet - as things do - intakt (10:18)

criss cross - pandelis karayorgis trio - the hasaan, hope & monk project - driff (4:08)

circular temple #2 (monk's nightmare) - matthew shipp - circular temple - esp’ disk (10:05)

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staircase in space - whit dickey 4tet - astral long form: staircase in space - tao forms (11:08)

when the buzzards leave the bones - sick boss - businessless - drip audio © (5:03)

breath - tomas fujiwara 7 poets trio - pith - out of your head (5:58)

amateur observer / changes - amateur observer (silvervest + 1) - always a way  - _self_ © (6:49)

shimmer - anna webber - shimmer wince - intakt  © (7:28)

lines of flight - (john zorn) marsalla / medeski / grohowski / hollenberg - multiplicities: a repository of non-existent objects - tzadik (5:31)

sheets to the wind - ned rothenberg - crossings four - clean feed (4:57)

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down void way - whit dickey / matthew shipp / william parker - village mothership - tao forms (5:34)

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: november 10, '23

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friday, november 10, 2023


free love - irreversible entanglements - protect your light - impulse! (4:54)

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oblongata - rob brown 4tet - oblongata - rogue art (7:00)

piano spacer - jason roebke - four spheres - corbett vs. dempsey (7:57)

worthy fragmentary condition - steve swell / joe mcphee / chris corsano - sometimes the air is - mahakala (5:28)

the flower school - zoh amba / chris corsano / bill orcutt - the flower school - palialia (6:52)

up on you - tani tabbal 4tet - intentional - mahakala (7:00)

gravity of airs - kirk knuffke trio - gravity of airs - tao forms (11:37)

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bobby’s canon - lina allemano - canons - lumo © (5:27)

like a deepness / let go - beatings are in the body - beatings are in the body - _self_  © (9:39)

low strung - tim berne / hank roberts / aurora nealand - oceans and - intakt (3:26)

grey funnel line - george - letters to george - out of your head © (5:52)

borealis dancing - jaimie branch - fly or die fly or die ((world war)) - international anthem (7:01)

fear not - james brandon lewis (feat. the messthetics) - eye of i - anti- (7:55)

echolocation - mendoza / devin / hoff - echolocation - aum fidelity (6:47)

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swan (edit) - marc ribot ceramic dog - connection - knockwurst

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: november 3, '23

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friday, november 3, 2023


your soul - mike reed - the separatist party - astral spirits (4:48)

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the gate - mary halvorson amaryillis - cloudward - nonesuch (4:32)

insertion one - myra melford’s fire and water 5tet - hear the light singing - rogueart (9:52)

resolve (edit) - tomas fujiwara 7 poets trio - pith - out of your head

reach forward - tani tabbal - intentional - mahakala (6:13)

quarter note equals eighty - jason robeke - four spheres - corbett vs. dempsey (10:05)

entropy - michael formanek elusion 4tet - as things do - intakt (8:06)

heel-toe - mercury (nicolas caloia & lori freedman) - skin - clean feed © (7:05)

quarantina - ned rothenberg - crossings four - clean feed (9:46)

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fizz - anna webber - shimmer wince - intakt © (11:33)

garbs 2.0 - anna webber / matt mitchell - capacious aeration - tzadik © (4:51)

jupiter vs. the sun - kate gentile - find letter x - pi recordings (10:10)

nor foresaking - nicole rampersaud - saudade - _self_ © (2:34)

39 - steve lehman & ork. nat’l. de jazz - ex machina - pi recordings (8:02)

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new ghosts (edit) - ava mendoza - echolocation - aum fidelity

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK: october 27, '23

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friday, october 27, 2023



fill-in

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: october 20, '23

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friday, october 20, 2023


dining alone - carla bley - dinner music  - watt/ecm (4:32) 1977

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fast lane - the carla bley big band - looking for america - watt/ecm (5:17) 2003

and now the queen - paul bley - barrage - esp’ disk © (4:20) 1965

cloud house - angelica sanchez nonet - nighttime creatures - pyroclastic (8:59)

cracked bells - michael formanek elusion 4tet - as things do - intakt (10:19)

ekphrasis - françois houle genera sextet - in memoriam - clean feed © (5:12)

endless columns - kris davis diatom ribbons - live at the village vanguard  - pyroclastic © (11:02)

a long way - carla bley / michael mantler - no answer/silence - watt (1:53) 2000

the lemon trees - mary halvorson code girl - artlessly falling - firehouse 12 (7:16) 2020

fidgety - thumbscrew - multicolored midnight - cuneiform (6:49)

josho - tomas fujiwara 7 poets trio - pith - out of your head (5:10)

periodicity i - anna webber - shimmer wince - intakt © (7:56)

recursive access - kate gentile - find letter x - pi recordings (5:47)

off balance trapped mid sentence - npnp trio - isolated plastic bag - personal © (4:44)

dyscalculia - mendoza / devin / hoff - echolocation - aum fidelity (7:08)

ostinato - guy thouin heArt ensemble - oréade - small scale © (4:56)

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turtle island - aaron leaney / guy thouin - lockdown - astral spirits ©

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Sunday, October 15, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: october 13, '23

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friday, october 13, 2023


someday we will all be free - james brandon lewis - eye of i - tao forms (5:33)

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wade in the water - james brandon lewis red lily 5tet - for mahalia, with love - tao forms (9:53)

peace - ornrette coleman - the shape of jazz to come - atlantic (9:05)

gonggong - lina allemano / axel dorner - aphelia - relative pitch © (4:11)

flow for feste - i.p.a. - grimsta - cuneiform (6:24)

ne’eman - john zorn - new masada 4tet, vo.l 2 - tzadik (7:09)

cantos. iii. lukax - susan alcorn septeto del sur - canto - relative pitch (7:32)

ringleader - the angelica sanchez nonet - nighttime creatures - pyroclastic (8:40)

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no justice no peace legacy /opening - aruan ortiz - pastor's paradox  - clean feed (18:04)

fictions i - anthony davis / kyle motl / kjeil nordenson - vertical motion  - astral spirits (15:12) 

a jackson in your house - jason adasiewicz - roscoe village, the music of roscoe mitchell  - corbett & dempsey (3:20)

phase one - tani tabbal quartet - intentional  - mahakala (6:08)

to speak truth - nicole mitchell & alexander hawkins - at earth school  - astral spirits (1:18)

in casks - kate gentile - find letter x  - pi recordings (9:35)

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take me to the water (edit) - james brandon lewis - for mahalia, with love / these are soulful days  - tao forms

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Monday, October 9, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: october 6, '23

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friday, october 6, 2023


jazz  - john zorn - filmworks i - tzadik 1997 (2:52)

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jair - masada 4tet - alef - diw 1994 (4:53)

cecil taylor - wadada leo smith, george lewis, john zorn - sonic rivers - tzadik 2014 (8:57)

lines of flight - john zorn - multiplicities: a repository of non-existent objects - tzadik 2022 (5:31)

masque en sole - john zorn - filmworks xxi:  belle de nature/the new rijksmuseum - tzadik 2008 (5:10)

challenger deep - ikue mori / brian marsella / sae hashimoto - archipelago x - tzadik 2021(7:48)

you rang? - john zorn - locus solus - tzadik 1997 (1:17)

parymel - brian marsella trio - buer: the book of angels volume 31 - tzadik 2017 (5:09)

gamriel - masada string trio - haborym: the book of angels volume 16 - tzadik 2010 (6:41)

the lips at sway - john zorn - filmworks xii: three documentaries - tzadik 2002 (5:07)

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pistons - miles okazaki / tevor dunn / dan wiess - hive mind - tzadik 2021(5:22)

wind ko/la - john zorn - first recordings 1973 - tzadik 1995 (3:05)

the maid with flaxen hair - mary halvorson - the maid with flaxen hair: a tribute to johnny smith - tzadik 2018 (8:12)

blue - john zorn - elegy - tzadik 1995 (7:09)

holy din - zoh amba - o, sun - tzadik 2022 (6:41)

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manakin - bellbird - root in tandem - _self_ © (5:44)

in due time - melissa pope sextet - of what remains - odd sound © (3:27)

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jair - john zorn - new masada 4tet, vol. 2 - tzadik (4:29)

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Monday, October 2, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: september 29, '23

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friday, september 29, 2023


a jazz tune i hope - brûlez les meubles - tardif - tour de bras © (5:35)

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rahtiel - john zorn new masada 4tet - vol. 2 - tzadik (9:04)

palalael - brian marsella trio - buer: book of angels vol. 31 - tzadik (4:43)

fiction 1 - anthony davis / kyle motl / kjeil nordenson - vertical motion - astral spirits (13:20)

brainfeel - kris davis diatom ribbons - live at the village vanguard - pyroclastic © (7:29)

the stars are listening - nicole mitchell & alexander hawkins - at earth school - astral spirits (5:24)

saint-médard - trevor dunn’s trio convulsant + folie à quatre - séances - pyroclastic (5:54)

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oracle of the night - eyevin nonet - thomas chapin iii: unearthed - corne de brume © (9:58)

champion donut - weston olencki / anna webber - several - astral spirits © (4:41)

blurred season - bellbird - root in tandem - self-released © (4:34)

grimsta - i.p.a. - grimsta - cuneiform (7:01)

blackwell magic - devin gray - most definitely - rataplan (2:09)

big weirdo - angelica sanchez nonet - nighttime creature - pyroclastic (6:37)

love will find a way - pharoah sanders - pharaoh - luaka bop (14:27)

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partially (edit) - eric hove chamber ensemble - saturated colour - self-released © (5:52)

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Friday, September 15, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: september 15, '23

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friday, september 15, 2023


your soul - mike reed - the separatist party - astral spirits (4:48)

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borealis dancing - jaimie branch - fly or die fly or die fly or die ((world war)) - international anthem (7:01)

the best thing in the world - alabaster deplume - come with fierce grace - international anthem (4:40)

a(way) is not an option - matana roberts - coin coin chapter five : in the garden... - constellation (5:54)

twilight shimmer - damion locks / rob mazurek - new future city radio - international anthem (9:53)

dream sleeper / shape shifter - rob mazurek exploding star ork. - lightning dreamers - international anthem (11:36)

root <=> branch - irreversible entanglements - protect your light - impulse! (7:31)

malstrom - alemano, oberg, bauer & fischerlehner - sog - creative sources © (1:47)

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banana cannon - lina allemano 4 - pipe dream - lumo © (6:50)

ten dog - bellbird - root in tandem - _self_ © (8:29)

chimera - steve lehman & orchestre national de jazz - ex machina - pi recordings (6:10)

breath  - tomas fujiwara 7 poets trio - pith - out of your head (5:58)

movement 1: sections 1-3 - henry threadgill ensemble - the other one - pi recordings (6:37)

astral light of alarid - angelica sanchez nonet - nighttime creatures - pyroclastic (9:08)

these are soulful days: movement 1 - james brandon lewis & lutoslawski 4tet - these are soulful days - tao forms (7:54)

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diablada (edit) - mendoza hoff revels - echolocation - aum fidelity

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Monday, September 11, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: september 8, '23

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friday, september 8, 2023


that memory - charles gayle - time zones - tompkins square (6:18) 2006

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edge of time - charles gayle trio - consider the lilies - clean feed (6:10) 2006

lambs a’ crying - charles gayle - testaments - knitting factory works (3:44) 1995 

zero blues - by any means (ali/parker/gayle) - live at crescendo - ayler (7:26) 2008

yes, the lord is real - charles gayle 4tet - delivered - 2.13.61/thirsty ear (7:30) 1997

go down moses - james brandon lewis red lily 5tet - for mahalia, with love - tao forms (9:52)

longing (alt take) - lina allemano four - pipe dream - lumo © (5:32)

degrees of freedom - irreversible entanglements - protect your light - impulse! (7:09)

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swell - anna webber - shimmer wince - intakt © (9:38)

speed-freeze (pt 2) - steve lehman & ork nat’l de jazz - ex machina - pi recordings (8:44)

delores (take 1) - kris davis diatom ribbons  - live at the village vanguard - pyroclastic © (10:06)

scarlet - françois houle genera sextet - in memoriam - clean feed © (3:23)

a letter - ratchet orchestra - coco swirl - ambiances magnétiques © (7:04) 2019

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protect your light - irreversible entanglements - protect your light - impulse! (3:22)

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Saturday, August 26, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: august 25, '23

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friday, august 25, 2023


naked like water - alabaster deplume - come with fierce grace - international anthem (2:54)

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baba louie - jaimie branch - fly or die fly or die flay or die ((world war)) - international anthem (9:08)

bolinko bass - jaimie branch - fly or die fly or die flay or die ((world war)) - international anthem (4:32)

hunker down - devin grey - most definitely - rataplan (1:57)

endless columns - kris davis diatom ribbons - live at the village vanguard - pyroclastic © (11:02)

branch breezy - location location location - damaged goods - cuneiform (8:46)

unclosing - illegal crowns - unclosing - out of your head (6:07)

hopeful epilogue - george - shorts - out of your head © (3:40)

succinite - lori freedman / scott thompson - amber - clean feed © (6:54)

j’en ai connu d’autres - brulez les meubles - tardif - tour de bras © (4:50)

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the last quiet place - ingrid laubrock - the last quiet place - pyroclastic © (11:02)

il vortice - llina allemano, uwe oberg, matthias bauer & rudi fischerlehner - sog - creative sources © (10:46)

gonggong - lina allemano /axel dörner - aphelia - relative pitch © (4:11)

[plague diaries, part III.] hunger and murder - lina allemano 4 - pipe dream - lumo © (6:04)

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nights on saturn (communication) [edit] - [ahmed] - nights on saturn (communication) - astral spirits

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Sunday, August 13, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: august 11, '23

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friday, august 11, 2023


electromagnetismo - tristan honsinger’s hopscotch - cloud reading society - umlaut (2:01)

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black hills in dakotas, hawai - tristan honsinger / nicolas caloia / jushua zubot - in the sea - relative pitch © (3:36)

slow swarm - tristan honsinger / nicolas caloia / jushua zubot - in the sea - relative pitch © (8:14)

physical potatoe - jean derome - rose drummond - ambiances magnétiques/tour de bras © (3:32)

happy go lucky local - instant composers pool orchestra - !icp! 50 - icp (6:35)

like a deepness / let go - beatings are in the body - beatings are in the body - _self_ © (9:39)

vertical motion - anthony davis / kyle molt / kjeil nordenson - vertical motion - astral spirits (8:04)

jalopy ride - nicole mitchell / alexander hawkins - at earth school - astral spirits (4:47)

oergun - kate gentile / international contemporary ens. - b i o m e i .i - obliquity (5:53)

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brainfeel - kris davis - diatom ribbons at the village vanguard - pyroclastic © (7:29)

delores (take 2) - kris davis - diatom ribbons at the village vanguard - pyroclastic © (10:44)

blackwell magic - devin grey - most definitely - rataplan (2:09)

restore all things - trevor dunn trio convulsant avec folie à quatre - séance pyroclastic (6:42)

alchimie - steve lehman & orchestre national de jazz - ex machina - pi recordings (3:02)

champion donut - weston olencki / anna webber - several - astral spirits © (4:41)

space cowboys - steve swell’s fire into music - for jameel: fire from the road - rogueart (12:26)

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lavoro / moten swing - instant composers pool orchestra - east of the sun - icp (7:51)

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: august 4, '23

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friday, august 4, 2023


trying to tell - silvervest - people’s waterworks - _self_ © (3:49)

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sketch 45 - nick fraser / kris davis / tony malaby - zoning - astral spirtis © (9:07)

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rainbow - beatings are in the body - beatings are in the body - _self_ © (4:45)

park of chupert - josh zubot string 5tet - josh zubot string 5tet - _self_ © (6:21)

prairie orange - ensemble supermusique - musiques émeraude - ambiances magnétiques © (5:00)

grey funnel line - george - letters to george - out of your head © (5:52)

eclipse - freedman, dimitriadis, dörner, parkins, williams - beingfive - relative pitch © (12:07)

reflections - kris davis - diatom ribbons - pyroclastic © (12:33)

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boiling point - gordon grdina nomad trio - boiling point - astral spirits © (6:36)

eau forte - rené lussier - quintette - circum-disc © (5:34)

simplify simplify - anna webber simple trio - simple - skirl © (7:17)

scarlet - françois houle genera sextet - in memoriam - clean feed © (3:29)

sala min shaaraha a-thahab (gold streamed down from her hair) - gordon grdina haram - night’s quiets hour - attaboygirl © (8:14)

turtle island - aaron leaney / guy thouin - lockdown - astral spirits © (3:03)

swan - marc ribot ceramic dog - connection - knockwurst (9:46)

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gogli complex - kris davis - diatom ribbons - pyroclastic © (4:48)

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Sunday, July 30, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: july 28, '23

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friday, july 28, 2023


ti kawòl - andrew cyrille & haitian fascination - route de frères - tum (4:33)

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leaves arrive - ches smith & we all break - path of seven colors - pyroclastic (9:39)

etherial spirits divine - blue reality quartet - ella’s island - mahakala (8:02)

they will say - kirk knuffke / joe mcphee 4tet + 1 - keep the dream up - fundacja słuchaj

welcome to the dancing notes - steve swell, joe mcphee, chris corsano - sometimes the air is - mahakala (12:22)

jack de blues - devin gray - most definitely - rataplan (1:57)

the morning light has flooded my eyes - zoh amba & chris corsano & bill orcutt - the flower school - palilalia (9:12)

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requiem for kp - françois houle genera sextet - in memoriam - clean feed © (10:36)

combustion 2 - cory smythe - smoke gets in your eyes - pyroclastic (5:42)

banana cannon - lina allemano 4 - pipe dream - lumo © (6:57)

lunar shadow - ratchet orchestra - _you tube_ - _self_ © (6:19)

white river - rob mazurek exploding star ork. - lightning dreamers - international anthem (6:06)

a sound that shapes a thing that thinks - location location location - damaged goods - cuneiform (5:35)

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spirit music - andrew cyrille & haitian fascination - route de frères - tum (6:28)

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Sunday, July 23, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK: playlist: july 21, '23

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friday, july 21, 2023


motherless child (sankofa re-mix) - angel bat dawid / cheick tidiane seck - _single_ - komos (6:05)

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solace - tomas fujiwara 7 poets trio - pith - out of your head  (7:12)

unclosing - illegal crowns - unclosing - out of your head (6:07)

breezy branch - location location location - damaged goods - cuneiform (8:46)

moon showed but no you - bil orcutt & zoh amba & chris corsano - the flower school - palilalia (5:13)

she had synesthesia - janel leppin  - ensemble volcanic ash - cuneiform (6:02)

idalah-abal - john zorn - new masada 4tet, vol 2 - tzadik (7:05)

nuevo roquero estéreo - jaimie branch - fly or die ii: bird dogs of paradise - international anthem (8:13)

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blurry - beatings are in the body (erika angell / peggy lee / róisín adams) - beatings are in the body - _self_ © (2:27)

tonologue - mark dresser - tines for change - pyroclastic (5:05)

brutalovechamp - brandon seabrook’s epic proportions - brutalovechamp - pyroclastic (10:33)

of valance: movement 3 - henry threadgill ensemble - the other one - pi recordings (18:43)

etude 9: sounds of failure - dave soldier & william hooker - the lewitt etudes - mahakala (5:24)

array - anna webber - clockwise - pi recordings © (10:02)

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amathambo (edit) - nduduzo makhathini - in the spirit of ntu - blue note

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Thursday, July 20, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: july 14, '23

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friday, july 14, 2023


cottage rounds - beatings are in the body (erika angell / peggy lee / róisín adams) - beatings are in the body - _self_ © (3:11)

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angel eyes - tyshawn sorey trio - continuing - pi recordings (13:43)

onyx - perleman / shipp / dickey - garden of jewels - tao forms (7:12)

mosquito mind - glass triangle - blue and sun-lights - relative pitch (6:37)

lady sings the blues - brötzmann solo - i surrender dear: solo - trost (6:04)

precious lord - james brandon lewis red lily 5tet - for mahalia, with love - tao forms (4:12)

sutile - berne / roberts / nealand - oceans and - intakt (7:16)

zubot - darius jones - fLuXkit vancouver (its suite but sacred) - northern spy © (6:40)

whispering pines - peggy lee band - a giving way - songlines © (5:28)

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speed-freeze (part 2) - steve lehman & orchestre national de jazz - ex machina - pi recordings (8:43)

washington carver - george - letters to george - out of your head © (6:56)

sept 24th: interval dig - the claudia 5tet - september - flexatonic © (6:24)

the mountain - jaimie branch - fly or die fly or die fly or die ((world war)) - international anthem (4:56)

brezzy point ain’t brezzy - fay victor - blackity black black is beautiful - northern spy (2:48)

no name - marc ribot ceramic dog - connection - northern spy (5:50)

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virgo - meshell ndegeocello - the omnichord real book - blue note

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Monday, July 10, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: july 7, '23

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friday, july 7, 2023


cake - gerald cleaver - 22 / 23 - 577 music (6:33)

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i like it very much - east axis - no subject - mack ave (8:32)

the intrinsic nature of matthew shipp - matthew shipp - the intrinsic nature of matthew shipp - mahakala (5:40)

intertext salute - carter, genovese, parker, mela - shine hear, vol. 1 - 577 music (14:50)

harriott - kyoko kitamura & ensemble - the migration of silence into and out of the tone world: cheops - centering/aum fidelity (12:51)

touch - patricia brennan - touch  - pyroclastic (6:33)

ekphrasis - françois houle genera sextet - in memoriam - clean feed © (5:11)

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plague diaries, pt. ii: trying not to freak out - lina allemano 4 - pipe dream - lumo © (7:04)

i wanna be chlorophllyed ii: thermal rince - brandon seabrook’s epic proportions  - brutalovechamp - pyroclastic (9:09)

79 beatdowns - location location location - damaged goods - cuneiform (6:48)

tributary - julian lage - view with a room - blue note (5:48)

data pollution - devin grey - most definitely - rataplan (2:09)

tharsis - john zorn - new masada 4tet - tzadik (10:27)

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blood quantum (nəwewəčəskawikαpáwihtawα) - mali obomsawin - sweet tooth - out of your head (11:15)

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist june 30, '23

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friday, june 30, 2023


the score was made - kassa overall featuring vijay iyer - animals - warp (3:08)

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lineage - mali obomsawin - sweet tooth - out of your head (7:50)

sept. 25th: somber blanket - the claudia quintet - september - flexatonic © (6:27)

el nahualli (the shadow soul) - patricia brennan - more touch - pyroclastic (5:17)

oergn - kate gentile & international contemporary ensemble - b i o m e i.i - obliquity (5:53)

longing (alt. take) - lina allemano four - pipe dream - lumo © (5:32)

osmosis crown - illegal crowns - unclosing - out of your head (5:57)

june stretched - kirk knuffke trio - gravity without airs - tao forms (9:55) 2022

clear water - meshell ndegeocello - the omnichord real book - blue note (4:36)

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in what direction are you headed - tyshawn sorey trio - continuing - pi recordings (10:45)

no mas - irreversible entanglements - who sent you? - international anthem (7:59) 2020

the black bat - last exit - iron path - venture/virgin (4:33) 1988

hunker down - devin grey - most definitely - rataplan (1:57)

swan - marc ribot ceramic dog w/ james brandon lewis - connection - knockwurst (9:47)

muhammad ali and george forman rumble in zaire africa - wadada leo smith & orange electric - fire illuminations - kabel (8:26)

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re-amathambo - nduduzo makhathini - in the spirit of ntu - blue note (7:03)

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Saturday, June 24, 2023

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: june 23, '23

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friday, june 23, 2023


this word love - peter brötzmann / heather leigh - sparrow nights - trost (5:44)

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ekphrasis - françois houle genera sextet - in memoriam - clean feed © (5:11)

osmosis crown - illegal crowns - unclosing - out of your head (5:57)

from lucid to ludicrous - brando seabrook’s epic proportions - brutalovechamp - pyroclastic (7:26)

etude 9 : sounds of failure - david soldier / william hooker - lewitt etudes - mahakala (5:24)

the asylum’ guilt - trevor dunn trio convulsant avec folie à quatre - séances - pyroclastic (9:08)

white river - rob mazurek exploding star ork. - lightning dreamers - international anthem (6:06)

branch, breezy - location location location - damaged goods - cuneiform (8:46)

take over the world - fly or die fly or die fly or die - ((world war)) - international anthem (4:58)

we said - matana roberts - coin coin chapter 5: in the garden… - constellation (3:30)

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divide by zero - peter brötzmann - the chicago octet​/​tentet - okka disk (12:53)

gere bij - brötzmann / van hove / bennink - fmp 0103 - atavistic (5:28)

delusions - ingrid laubrock - the last quiet place - pyroclastic (8:24)

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reincarnation blues - tyshawn sorey trio - continuation - pi recordings (10:24)

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