I'm really feeling this album. Although it fits nicely into the spiritual jazz movement of the late 60s, it has a rhythmic drone quality that reminds me of a lot of my favorite German psyche rock from the same time.
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byard lancaster -- it's not up to us
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tonight i'm on wlur from 8pm until midnight with the last 'regular' no love for ned of the year. hopefully next week will be a holiday show and we'll wrap up december with a 'best of 2003' show. if you're doing something fabulous with your friday night then you can always stream last week's show on mixcloud whenever you'd like!
no love for ned on wlur – december 8th, 2023 from 8-10pm
artist // track // album // label
leyna noel // cling peaches // the honest voluptuary // (self-released)
feeling figures // across the line // migration magic // perennial / k
sundae painters // hollow way // sundae painters // leather jacket
the lewers // postcards for terrorists // 518a // lulu's sonic disc club
heavy meddo featuring garrett t. capps // she's about a mover // she's about a mover 7" // ebb
people mover // not // not digital single // little lunch
the belair lip bombs // i think i like you // songs to do your laundry to ep // (self-released)
virvon varvon // voices // voices cassette // girlsville
erik nervous // innanet // immaturity // feel it
dick move // i am enough // wet // 1:12
horn // all my breathing // horn cassette // melted ice cream
palberta // trick ya // bye bye berta // wharf cat
elkhorn featuring eva sheppard and katie degentesh // star power // lagniappe sessions // (self-released)
monocot // aunt marsh // leave to cool // astral editions
bonnie 'prince' billy // keeping secrets will destroy you // keeping secrets will destroy you digital single // drag city
icy demons // manny's // fight back! // cloud
byard lancaster // it's not up to us // it's not up to us // superior viaduct
tani tabbal quartet // reach forward // intentional // mahakala music
the southern university jazz ensemble // music came // goes to africa with love // now again
sam gendel and marcella cytrynowicz // ij // audiobook // psychic hotline
akai solo // black flash // verticality/singularity // break all
mike featuring liv.e and venna // u think maybe? // burning desire // 10k
teleclere // steal your love // affection/defection // tidal waves
j.j. fad // supersonic // supersonic // ruthless
beyoncé // my house // my house digital single // parkwood entertainment
holland // futaki horns // green text // teenbeat
nnamdï // wouldn't it be nice // fader and friends volume one compilation // fader
pop filter // indulged in myself // cono // bobo integral
non la // homes // homes digital single // mint
lightheaded // patti girl // good good great! cassette // slumberland
sullen eyes // getting there // hardwood floors and a hand to hold // sunday
soft covers // the real housewives of porpoise spit // soft serve // little lunch
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Baikida E.J. Carroll - Orange Fish Tears - Souffle Continu Records reissue of 1974 LP
In 1972, trumpeter Baikida Carroll and some of his colleagues from the Black Artists Group (more precisely saxophonist/flutist Oliver Lake, trombonist Joseph Bowie, drummer Charles "Bobo" Shaw and trumpeter Floyd LeFlore) took the advice of their friends in the Art Ensemble Of Chicago and left their native Missouri to come and discover the bright lights of Paris for themselves. The following year they would even get the chance to record their only album which would rapidly attain mythical status and a collector’s item: “In Paris, Aries 1973”.
Therefore, it was not surprising that they crossed paths with Jef Gilson in the capital. He was always on the lookout for new artists for his recently formed Palm label and had been active on many fronts in jazz since the end of the 50s. The French bandleader/pianist/composer/sound engineer had already recorded, in the preceding months other American musicians who would go on to have great careers: Byard Lancaster, Keno Speller, Clint Jackson III, Khan Jamal… Gilson therefore offered Baikida Carroll the chance to record his first album under his own name, which would be the 13th release on the label. Carroll logically asked Oliver Lake to join him. He also recruited Manuel Villaroel, a young Franco-Chilien pianist from the group Matchi-Oul, who had already released an album on Futura in 1971 and would release another on Palm in 1976. The group was completed with the addition of Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos, who had just released a well-received album on the Saravah label. They were ready to enter the studio for the 3rd, 4th and 5th June 1974.
With these two sides, and in under 45m, Baikida Carroll and his musicians show just what they can do, from cerebral to charnel without ever simplifying things. This is an indispensable album if you are a fan of free-wheeling avant-garde music from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to Sonic Youth and including Shabaka Hutchings and Rob Mazurek. For those with good taste, in other words.
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The AM: May 22, 2023
Calgary may be in the midst of a smoke-filled Armageddon, but it's also the May long weekend, so, take your solace where you can get it. This week's episode (The AM's ninth anniversary, for what it's worth) alternates between blissful tunes and moments of anxiety, but hopefully lands on the right side of reassuring. Hope you enjoy it.
Some highlights:
Hollie Kenniff’s We All Have Places That We Miss is quite possibly my favourite ambient release of 2023 (which has been a strong year so far). Harrison’s foray into more complex, jazzy arrangements has been a pleasant surprise from an already fascinating producer. Joni Void’s “Tape” is possibly the most pop thing I’ve heard from the Montreal producer. Superior Viaduct’s reissue of Byard Lancaster’s debut was a great introduction to a joyous jazz release. Alejandro Bravo’s take on “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me” has the most delightfully playful phrasing. And Mega Bog’s apocalyptic synth-pop is a perfect soundtrack for smoky skies.
(But honestly, it’s all great)
Listen on Soundcloud
Stream on CJSW
Spotify playlist
Hour One:
Carve the Ruins
Hollie Kenniff • We All Have Places That We Miss
Ramblers' Dance
Gilroy Mere • Gilden Gate
Into Through Exit Wormhole
Test Card • Channels
Mockingbird
Various Artists, featuring Salamanda • Gudu & Friends Vol. 1
Perspex
Plaid • Feorm Falorx
Tape
Joni Void • Everyday Is The Song
In Re Budd
Penguin Cafe • Single
Like When We Were Kids
Harrison • Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees
Easy Going
Sven Wunder • Single
It’s Not Up to Us
Byard Lancaster • It’s Not Up to Us
Way Better Than I Expected
Peter Zummo • Deep Drive 2 +
Hour Two:
Awake
Leland Whitty • Anyhow
DayDreamer
DeadDeer • Background Music for The End of The World
Wav
Rich Aucoin • Synthetic – A Synth Odyssey: Season 2
Ale Woule
United Freedom Collective • Space Intention EP
Cinema
Spencer Zahn, Dave Harrington, Jeremy Gustin • A Visit To Harry's House
Patchwork
Laurie Spiegel • The Expanding Universe
Clutch Pearlers
Clark • Sus Dog
Lost Time
Fridge • The Sun
Sorti
Sten Bergman • Lyckohjulet
Hour Three:
(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me
Alejandro Bravo • Alejandro Bravo
Manhã De Sol
Piry E Seu Conjunto • Carinhoso
Dream Club
Ryan Bourne • Plant City
Don’t Doom Me, Now
Mega Bog • End Of Everything
Ascents
Bodywash • I Held The Shape While I Could
Pest Control
Pozi • Smiling Pools
Can I Call You
The WAEVE • The WAEVE
Sand
Chairs • Drawn Into Mazes
Santa Cabeça
Bike • Arte Bruta
Awesiinh (A-Way-See)
Zoon • Bekka Ma'iingan
From Me to You/From You to Me
Crystal Eyes • The Female Imagination
Cry Fire
Alan Vega • Just A Million Dreams
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The late Philly sax master, Bootsie Barnes shares a tale about his musical upbringing and early relationship with John Coltrane and Benny Golson, in the book, Philadelphia Jazz Stories Illustrated: Volume One. This book is a colorful collection of memories and historical accounts from, or about key figures of Philly’s Jazz community. Featuring musicians such as Mickey Roker, Rufus Harley, Denise Montana, Byard Lancaster, Pat Martino, Odean Pope & others. Each story is accompanied by an exquisite illustration by visual artists like the late Jerry Pinkney, as well as Michelle Ortiz, Eric Battle & many others. More About The Book Here: https://bit.ly/3nMaxOW Buy The Book Here: https://bit.ly/3d3sROX #PhillyJazz #JazzArt #JazzStories #JazzandArt #PhillyJazzStories #BooksAndStuff #JazzBook #BootsieBarnes #AlfiePollitt #MickeyRoker #JustinFaulkner #NazirEbo #SuzanneBurgess #TonyWilliams #RaymondAKing #CharlesEllerbe #OrnetteColeman #RufusHarley #EllisTollin #DeniseMontana #ByardLancaster #PatMartino #OdeanPope #JerryPinkney #MichelleOrtiz #EricBattle #EricBattle (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGatEuuGx4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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•••• musique jaune ••••
Sunny MURRAY & The UNTOUCHABLE FACTOR / Roscoe MITCHELL
"Wildflowers vol.5"
(split LP. Casablanca rcds. 1977 / rec. 1976) [US]
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Sounds of Liberation - Billie One (Dogtown)
sleeve artwork, Leroy Butler, 1972
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Satan - Byard Lancaster (It’s Not Up To Us, 1968)
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Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society - Nasty 5.0
(The track on the original release was about 5 min long, so this is extended and a little wilder.)
Featuring Vernon Reid, Melvin Gibbs, Byard Lancaster, Charles Brackeen, and Khan Jamal on free funk vibraphone!
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POST-SCRIPTUM 888
DHARMA QUINTET, End Starting, SouffleContinu Records
Pour Gérard Marais, guitariste du Dharma (version quintette) à partir de ce troisième disque (en fait, il remplace Gérard Coppéré, l'un des deux saxophonistes présent sur le premier), l’injonction d’un Albert Ayler à faire sa propre musique constitua le détonateur. Elle ne pouvait pas mieux tomber, en tous cas pas dans l’oreille d’un sourd, puisque malgré une certaine attirance pour le free jazz en tant que musicien, il lui paraissait difficile, sinon impossible, de faire siennes les visées esthético-politiques des Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp ou Sun Ra. Différences ethniques résumera-t-on. Quête d'une musique à soi, aussi, et quelles qu'en fussent les racines plus ou moins évidentes.
Car au début des années 1970, Gérard Marais et ses camarades du Dharma Quintet sont obnubilés par le Miles Davis de la période électrique. Pas celui avec Pete Cosey, encore dans l’œuf. Mais celui fasciné par les claviers électriques et ce fameux Fender Rhodes ayant beaucoup fait pour l’ambiance de In A Silent Way.
Depuis les débuts du Dharma, mais sans pour autant copier qui que ce soit, Patricio Villaroel joue ainsi le rôle de Chick Corea chez Miles Davis. Tandis qu'en dynamisant le groupe de ses fulgurantes, Gérard Marais se montre à la hauteur de John McLaughlin, voire Sonny Sharrock au même moment. Autre soliste d'envergure, le saxophoniste alto Jeff Sicard rivalise d'inventivité avec Byard Lancaster, Noah Howard, Gary Bartz, Marion Brown et Sonny Simmons. Difficile de faire mieux !
Interrogé par un critique bien des années après l'éclatement du groupe, Gérard Marais insistait sur l’idée de chantier inhérente aux seventies, alors envisagée comme seule à-même de faire coexister de manière créative écriture et improvisation. Philosophie qu'il continuera de questionner dans l'ensemble de Michel Portal sur Splendid Yzlment, mais aussi le temps d’un beau duo avec son confrère Joseph Desjean (du Full Moon Ensemble), ou bien encore dans le trio du batteur Stu Martin, à deux guitares cette fois, en compagnie de Claude Barthélemy.
Reste aussi la trace du Dharma Quintet, à la lettre D, entre Dedalus et Dies Irae, sur la liste d’influences majeures échafaudée en 1979 par Nurse With Wound.
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For Gérard Marais, guitarist with Dharma (the quintet), from this third album (in fact he replaced Gérard Coppéré, one of the two saxophonists present on the first album), Albert Ayler’s instruction to play your own music was the detonator. This did not fall on deaf ears, and was particularly appropriate as it would have been difficult, even for a musician attracted to free jazz, to make something of his own from the esthetic and political direction taken by Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp or Sun Ra. What could be summarised as ethnic differences. The quest was to find one’s own music, whatever the more or less apparent roots.
For, at the beginning of the 1970s, Gérard Marais and his comrades in the Dharma Quintet were overwhelmed by electric period Miles Davis. Not the band with Pete Cosey, which was still gestating, but the one fascinated by electronic keyboards and the famous Fender Rhodes which added so much to the atmosphere of In A Silent Way.
From the beginning of Dharma, but without ever copying anyone, Patricio Villarroel played the role of Chick Corea with Miles Davis. While Gérard Marais whose fulgurant playing dynamised the group, was at the level of John McLaughlin, or Sonny Sharrock at the same period. Another important soloist, alto saxophonist Jeff Sicard was as inventive as Byard Lancaster, Noah Howard, Gary Bartz, Marion Brown or Sonny Simmons. It’s difficult to do any better!
Questioned by a critic, years after the group split, Gérard Marais insisted on it being an idea born of the seventies, which seemed the only creative way to enable written music and improvisation to co-exist. This was a philosophy that he would continue to develop within Michel Portal’s group, on Splendid Yzlment, but also in a great duo with Joseph Dejean (of Full Moon Ensemble), and yet again in a trio led by drummer Stu Martin, with two guitars the other being Claude Barthélemy.
The Dharma Quintet, made their mark, appearing under the letter D, between Dedalus and Dies Irae, on the list of major influences created in 1979 by Nurse With Wound.
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no love for ned is on wlur tonight from 8pm until midnight and i'll be kicking things off with a song that's been in my life for thirty years that i've never played on the radio. if you're off doing something else, you can always catch up with last week's show on mixcloud when you've got an hour or so to spare!
no love for ned on wlur – february 9th, 2024 from 8-10pm
artist // track // album // label
okkervil river // plus ones // the stage names // jagjaguwar
itasca // imitation of war // imitation of war // paradise of bachelors
andrew savage // black holes, the stars and you // black holes, the stars and you 7" // rough trade
idaho // bass crawl // the forbidden ep // tragic ranch
alastair galbraith featuring david mitchell and nigel bunn // black flame // talisman // otic
limbo district // five 'til twelve // circle of monkeys 7" // chunklet industries
pylon reenactment society // three x three // magnet factory // strolling bones
good kid // bubbly // bubbly digital single // (self-released)
ducks limited // hollowed out // harm's way // carpark
reverse yr curse // do something // reverse yr curse ep // (self-released)
abracadabra // in a photo // shapes and colors // melodic
alabaster deplume featuring donna thompson // naked like water // come with fierce grace // international anthem
hauschka // inventions // philanthropy // city slang
kali malone // no sun to burn (for brass) // all life long // ideologic organ
lemon quartet // dream of the dry pot fiend // artsfest // last resort
self esteem // the 345 (acoustic version) // prioritise pleasure (deluxe edition) // fiction
m.a. tiesenga // ii // eutectics cassette // astral editions
byard lancaster // mr. a. a. // it's not up to us // superior viaduct
tatsuya nakamura // quarter samba ii // locus // barely breaking even
dj harrison // galaxy // shades of yesterday // stones throw
raw poetic and damu the fudgemunk // numb // away back in // def pressé
boldy james and nicholas craven // murderous tendencies // penalty of leadership // near mint
rapsody featuring anderson .paak // ooowee // crown // the mix unit
j.j. fad // blame it on the muzick // supersonic // ruthless
david karsten daniels // all the molecules // all the molecules digital single // smll thngs
david am featuring frankie cosmos // fall back // fall back digital single // blasphemy tracks
pynkie // lately // songies // extremely pure
yung wu // aspiration // shore leave // bar/none
flowertown // the ring // tourist language // paisley shirt
touch girl apple blossom // dream from an eyelash // 7" ep // summer shade
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Arcana - Arc of the Testimony - CD release of the remastered edition of this amazing Tony Williams-led all-star group’s 1997 album (his final recordings)
ARCANA is a band collaboration between visionally bassist/producer Bill Laswell and master drummer Tony Williams, featured musicians include saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, known for his work with John Coltrane, mutant guitarist Buckethead and many others.
Over the course of some four decades, Bill Laswell has been one of the most prolific and restlessly creative forces in contemporary music. A sound conceptualist who has always been a step ahead of the curve.
Tony Williams is regarded as one of the most important and influential drummers. His inventive playing helped redefine the role of jazz rhythm section. He first gained fame in the Miles Davis band, became a vital element of the group. Davis once wrote Tony as ”the center that the group's sound revolved around”. The Tony Williams Lifetime, formed with John McLaughlin and Larry Young, later with Jack Bruce, is considered as a pioneer of the fusion movement, cutting edge sound experiment - combining rock, R&B, and jazz. The collaboration project with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard - V.S.O.P become extremely popular internationally, toured and released series of live albums.
His rich music journey never stopped, he had played with John McLaughlin and Jaco Pastorius as Trio of Doom, played on punk legend John Lydon’s Public Image Limited album, “album/cassette/compact disc” - single hit “Rise”, produced by Bill Laswell. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1986.
Tony Williams: drums
Bill Laswell: basses, electronics
Pharoah Sanders: tenor sax (#2, 7) Buckethead: guitar (#3, 5, 7, 9)
Nicky Skopelitis: guitar (#2 to 8)
Graham Haynes: cornet (#2, 4)
Peter Apfelbaum: tenor sax (#1)
Byard Lancaster: alto sax, bass clarinet (#4, 6)
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bluenoterecords: Now Available Digitally: #LarryYoung "Heaven On Earth" https://t.co/r0DVAQZYYf Larry Young: organ Byard Lancaster: alto saxophone, flute Herbert Morgan: tenor saxophone George Benson: guitar Eddie Gladden: drums Althea Young: vocals R… https://t.co/svZt5cqNVd http://twitter.com/BlueNoteVinyl/status/1143261384182063104 BlueNoteVinyl
bluenoterecords: Now Available Digitally: #LarryYoung "Heaven On Earth" https://t.co/r0DVAQZYYf
Larry Young: organ
Byard Lancaster: alto saxophone, flute
Herbert Morgan: tenor saxophone
George Benson: guitar
Eddie Gladden: drums
Althea Young: vocals
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— Blue Note Collector (@BlueNoteVinyl) June 24, 2019
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June 24, 2019 at 04:55PM
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Legendary vocalist Billy Paul shares about meeting Charlie Parker in the book, Philadelphia Jazz Stories Illustrated: Volume One. This book is a colorful collection of memories and historical accounts from, or about key figures of Philly’s Jazz community. Featuring musicians such as Billy Paul, Lovett Hines, Suzanne Burgess, Mickey Roker, Rufus Harley, Denise Montana, Byard Lancaster, Pat Martino, Odean Pope & others. Each story is accompanied by an exquisite illustration by visual artists like Jerry Pinkney, Michelle Ortiz, Eric Battle & many others. More About The Book Here: https://bit.ly/3nMaxOW Buy The Book Here: https://bit.ly/3d3sROX #PhillyJazz #JazzArt #JazzStories #JazzandArt #PhillyJazzStories #BooksAndStuff #JazzBook #BillyPaul #ADAmorosi #OdeanPope #LovettHines #SuzanneBurgess #BillChambres #AlfiePollitt #MickeyRoker #JustinFaulkner #NazirEbo #TonyWilliams #RaymondAKing #CharlesEllerbe #OrnetteColeman #RufusHarley #EllisTollin #DeniseMontana #ByardLancaster #PatMartino #OdeanPope #JerryPinkney #MichelleOrtiz #EricBattle (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiqwhYODBtB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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