Tuesday, March 31, 2009


MUSIC FOR LISTENING TO
B.E.F.

Virgin

PORTRAIT OF A CONCERTINA
Dave Townsend, English concertina

MHS via ASV

PETER GRIMES HIGHLIGHTS
Benjamin Britten
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Benjamin Britten, con.

London ffrr

LIVE IN MONTREUX
João Gilberto

Elektra Musician

Monday, March 30, 2009


A RAINBOW IN CURVED AIR
Terry Riley

Columbia Masterworks

THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER
Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson

Riverside

Sunday, March 29, 2009


BRANDENBURGISCHE KONZERTE 1-6
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concentus musicus Wein
Nikolaus Harencourt

Das Alte Werk

TRAFFIC
Traffic

Island

LIVE AT THE LEVEE
The Levee Singers

Levee Records

ELECTRIC MUSIC FOR THE MIND AND BODY
Country Joe & the Fish

Vanguard

CHET BAKER
Chet Baker

Jazz Manifesto

GREGORIANISCHE GESÄNGE AUS ASSISI
Coro della Cappella papale di San Francisco d'Assisi
Padre maestro Alfonso Del Ferraro, dir.

Deutsche Grammophon

THE GOSPEL ROAD
Johnny Cash

Columbia

Saturday, March 28, 2009


A TEMPORARY DIVE
AneBrun

DetErMine

PROVERB/NAGOYA MARIMBAS/CITY LIFE
Steve Reich
Theatre of Voices, Steve Reich Ensemble
Bradley Lubman, Paul Hillier, dirs.

Nonesuch

IN THE GREAT ABBEY OF CLEMENTINE VI
Stuart Dempster

1750 Arch

CALIFORNIA HERE I COME
Bill Evans
Eddie Gomez
Philly Joe Jones

Verve

THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS
Fernando Ortega

Curb

TUESDAY WONDERLAND
E.S.T.

EmArcy

SWAMP THING
Harry Manfredini

Varèse Sarabande

Friday, March 27, 2009


BRIGHT SIZE LIFE
Pat Metheny
Jaco Pastorius
Bob Moses

ECM

LOVE IS REAL
The Music of Esbjörn Svensson
Ulf Wakenius
radio.string.quartet.vienna

ACT

Thursday, March 26, 2009


SHORT SHARP SHOCKED
Michelle Shocked

Mercury

Disc 2 of 3.

THE ART OF THE NETHERLANDS
The Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow, dir.

Seraphim via HMV

This was a posthumous release (1976), immediately following the tragic death of David Munrow. As such, it stands as a memorial to this gifted musician and musicologist, who loved jazz, British folk music (and folk-rock), and homemade instruments. Without a doubt, he was the man most responsible for the resurgence of Early Music in Britain and on the Continent, as well as the USA.

I know my musical tastes/appreciations were forever changed by this man's passionate work.

Any of his works (especially those with his Early Music Consort of London) are highly recommended.

THE ART OF THE NETHERLANDS
The Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow, dir.

Seraphim via HMV

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009


PEROTIN
Magister Perotin
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans

Riverside/Milestone Japan

THE SCRAPE
Mouth Music

Skitteesh

Sunday, March 22, 2009


LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S ALL TIME GREATEST HITS
Louis Armstrong

MCA

VISIONS
The Alan Hovhaness Sampler
Alan Hovhaness
Various Artists

Koch

EVERYBODY'S BROTHER
Billy Joe Shaver

Compadre

Thursday, March 19, 2009


POUR DOWN LIKE SILVER
Richard & Linda Thompson

Island

FLYIN' SHOES
Townes Van Zandt

Tomato

9.SYMPHONIE
Gustav Mahler
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, cond.

Deutsche Grammophon

Wednesday, March 18, 2009


OLLABELLE
Ollabelle

Columbia/DMZ

MARK TWANG
John Hartford

Flying Fish

MUSIC FOR SOPRANO, FLUTE & PIANO
Adolphe-Charles Adam, Alexander Alyabyev, Julius Benedict, Henry Bishop, Eva Dell'Acqua, Dorothy Dorow, Michael Head, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Albert Roussel
Dorothy Durow, soprano
Gunnila von Bahr, flute
Lucia Negro, piano

BIS

Tuesday, March 17, 2009


THE LILTING BANSHEE
Eileen Monger and friends

MHS via Saydisc

THE ENCHANTED ISLES
Carol Thompson, harps

Dorian