#33 - Quarantine Edition #2

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/b9644c48-4f9c-402a-a029-cfd9ebec171b

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0UNM7lwTlE39IavrhWMaU9

playlist:

1. makeuseofthetime - Knxwledge

2. Super Zodiac - The Comet Is Coming

3. AXXXL - Deantoni Parks

4. Circuits - Chris Potter, James Francies, Eric Harland

5.  Fair Chance - Thundercat, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil B

6. do you - Knxwledge

7. RUNNING OUT OF TIME - Tyler, The Creator

8. Planet Earth - Cannonball Adderley

9. Salar - Tete Montliu Trio

10. Mary - Terry's Paradise

11. Hugs On The Beach - L.A. Takedown

12. Blooberg - Mammut

13. Body On The Tracks 

14. Prefontaine - Dave Douglas, Uri Cane, Andrew Cyrille

15. Max Brown - Jeff Parker

16. Ascent - Miles Davis










 

#32 - Quarantine Edition #1

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/de38d755-4267-4ae6-a7cb-8caaaad10f4b

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2nBaX2sOPl1AUuBYI1m8TJ

playlist:

1. Hoe Down - Oliver Nelson

2. Marie Antoinette - Freddie Hubbard

3. Frelimo - Dizzy Gillespie

4. Evidence - Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane

5. Know Wonder - Mulgrew Miller

6. Boogielastic - Joshua Redman

7.  Cyroette - Amendola vs. Blades

8. Sister Fania - Hugh Masekela

9. U Say - Goldlink, Tyler, The Creator, Jay Prince

10. Soul Decay - Roots Manuva

11. Reflections - Mystik Journeymen

12. Got You - Nappy Nina, Blake Spvde

13. Jah Glory - Alpha Blondy, The Natty Rebels

14. Roll With The Punches - Patrice Rushen

15. The Game Maker - Return To Forever

16. Quimbara - Angelique Kidjo

17. Midnight - Khruangbin, Leon Bridges

18. Black Lipstick - Chicano Batman

19. (Nothing But) Flowers - Talking Heads

20. Na Sane - Noura Mint Seymali

21. sambala - Setona

22. Samra Oya - Salamat

23. Lucille - Waylon Jennings

24. Hometown Hero - All The Real Girls

25. Ready 2 Grow - Whiskey Class

26. Never Will I Marry - Kate Dinsmore

27. Moon Coin - Unwed Sailor

#27

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/ce0a43a8-d9f6-4286-817b-e3629ec1193e

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6RkowujyVUT8MJvBhMI5cj 

playlist:

1. Wanna Be A Baller - Lil' Troy

2. BlkSknn - Control

3. Days Of Our Lives - G Perico

4. Thinking(Live Sesh) - Louis Cole

5. Superstar - Fat Pat

6. Friends We Know - Fat Pat

7. Best Life - Danny Brown

8. I'm Feeling Love - Raphael Saadiq

9. One Blood, One Cuzz - Snoop Dogg, BattleCat

10. Burning Up - The James Blood Ulmer Blues Experience

11. Boo'd Up - Ella Mai

12. All I Own - Terrace Martin

13. Stained Glass Fresh Frozen - Julien Dyne, Mara Tk

14. Every Tub - Count Basie

15. A Long Time Ago - Yusef Lateef

#24

It's been a while since I posted any music. I have been spending time on other pursuits this summer, but did continue to collect songs along the way. I guess this could be viewed as a summer retrospective. The selection is broken up in to 4 parts for convenience. 

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/4fa6b661-b68f-4e3c-8aa2-56242fe34e8a

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1i1EUlEYgZLa3Q9zdC7KPU

playlist:

1. HURRICANE - Ollie Chanin

2. All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

3. Fix Up, Look Sharp - Dizzee Rascal

4. Name Of The Game - Reflection Eternal

5. Time: The Donut Of The Heart - J Dilla

6. Qualified - Dr. John

7. Lily, Rosemary and The Jack Of Hearts - Bob Dylan

8. All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead

9. Not Dark Yet - Bob Dylan

10. What Good Am I? - Bob Dylan

11. Nettie Moore - Bob Dylan

12. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash

13. Old Friend - Waylon Jennings

14. Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker

15. Highwomen - The Highwomen

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/ea0ed268-fe3a-4ae4-a5af-541de4c961b3

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/09vBl1QxdKycwxN041UTZ7

playlist:

1. Where Ya At Mule - Dr. John

2. Mother In Law - Ernie K Doe

3. Here Come The Girls (feat. Cyril Neville) - Stanton Moore

4. Southern Nights (feat. Nicholas Payton) - Stanton Moore

5. Reaping What I Sow - Ernie K Doe

6. Chips - Mndsgn, Jon Bap

7. Bass Attack Bap - Georgia Anne Muldrow

8. Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song) - Warren Zevon

9. Entente - Tal National

10. Four Of Five - Khruangbin

11. Charcoal Baby - Blood Orange

12. Itaru's Phone Booth - Myele Manzanza

13. Spaghetti Junction - Outkast

14. Butterfly (feat. Robert Glasper) - Bilal

15. f0nk w/ an O (feat. LMNO) - Georgia Anne Muldrow, Declaime

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/d142e221-6d54-4e78-b54e-12b844d680c0

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4gGEKa0WhZVUDyZjXz05GC

playlist:

1. Koala Sprint - Midnight Oil

2. Atonement for the Cursed - Poison Idea

3. The Winding Sheet - Mark Lanegan

4. Weed Demon - Señor Fin

5. Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell

6. Jarreau Of Rap (Skatt Attack) - Nas, Al Jarreau, Keyon Harold

7. The Great Return (racing seed) - Ras G

8. Exile ray-d-o - Ras G

9. Discipline09-3 - Ras G

10. NVR - Select Level

11. Heaven or Hell (feat. Kool G Rap, LMNO & Black Milk) - Georgia Anne Muldrow, Declaime

12. Ye - Burna Boy

13. Below O - Pete Rock

14. Zoltan - M. Geddes Gengras

15. One For Honor - Jonathan Blake

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/1467fcb4-7fac-4929-a4f6-7692669f467a

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/454rxaTK7twf21syGpZmFR

playlist:

1. Right On - Marvin Gaye

2. Don't Lose Your Mind - Miles Davis

3. Hymn - Braxton Cook

4. May 20 - Kiefer

5. Bas Bad Bad (feat. Lil Baby) - Young Thug

6. break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored - Ariana Grande

7. I'm Scared (feat. 21 Savage & Doe Boy) - Young Thug

8. Stop The Tape - Emmavie

9. Hoodie - Reginald Chapman

10. Rocky Mountain Boogaloo - The Adam Deitch Quartet

11. Black Narcissus - Joe Henderson

12. The Great Empire - Joe Zawinul 

13. Grindin' - Clipse

14. Arps - Evan Marien

15. Not - Big Thief

#22

https://tidal.com/playlist/a264e06d-d2ed-43bb-9ec2-621d61a4082e

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6dM5fkj1ZeLsYhyAb1DvPZ

playlist: 

1. Sexy 4 Eva - Jay Park

2. Space - Traxman

3. Sey Wata Gaya - Tal National

4. Kagbe Sidibe - Kouloumba

5. Nabintou Diakite - Dia Ye Bana

6. Kiss Of Life - Peter Gabriel

7. Soudani - Gnawa Systeme

8. Bu Gün Menim Toyim Bar - Mehmet Sabir Karger

9. Ko'histon - Mashriq

10. Kagbe Sidibe - Simbo

11. Confessions, Pt. 2 - Badbadnotgood, Colin Stetson

12. BASQUIAT - Jamila Woods, Saba

13. Due West - Kelsey Lu

14. Crane - Beanz N Kornbread

15. The Bravest Man In The Universe - Bobby Womack 

#21

https://tidal.com/playlist/d33f57b4-ba1d-4957-bb5e-114e9a0fdec3

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4plHmp3kLGwKnRqi7Iigtt

playlist:

1. BULLET - Mark Guiliana

2. Beach Walk - Michael Abels

3. Kapoho - M. Geddes Gengras

4. Celebrity - Trouble Knows Me

5. Sanguine Paradise - Lil Uzi Vert

6. Have A Talk With God - Stevie Wonder

7. King James - Anderson .Paak

8. The Killing Season - A Tribe Called Quest 

9. Give Up The Goods (Just Step) - Mobb Deep

10. Fucc It Up - Roddy Ricch

11. DJamil - Youssou N'Dour

12. It's Yourz - Wu-Tang Clan

13. Utopia - Clever Austin 

14. How To (hair) - Ezperanza Spalding

15. Heaven Only Knows - Ryan Porter, Nia Andrews

#20

https://tidal.com/playlist/b3dd1cf4-e198-4462-946d-b49b698be5dd

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0bLtptwEjRAwR2Mg3QJ0OV


Gardun - Abdurahim Hamidov

Oh Kim - Dilnura Qodirjonova

I enjoy the opportunity to listen to music in its place of origin. The experience can provide new perspective or insight into the music. One particularly potent example for me was listening to Country music in Texas. Other personal examples include listening to Peruvian Cumbia in Lima and Reggae in Jamaica. When I was living in Los Angeles, I would make road trips back to Seattle and I would love to listen to grunge while driving up I-5 coming in to Washington. I could feel that this is where the music was from. 

I just returned from a trip to Uzbekistan, where my wife and I visited our friend, Graham, in Fergana and checked out the ancient cities of Bukhara and Samarkand along the Silk Road route. Before the trip I found some Uzbek traditional music on Tidal to listen to on the train en route to Bukhara. The city of Bukhara is over 1,000 years old. The written musical tradition of the region is based on court music dating back to the 16th century. The central location of these cities on the Silk Road as well as the historical Persian, Russian, and Mongol political and cultural influences come through in the music. I did not do any research ahead of time, but I heard melodies and vocal stylings that reminded me of music I have heard from Egypt, Turkey, China, India, and Ukraine. Abdurahim Hamidov was a famed Uzbek musician who played modern interpretations of Uzbek traditional music. After listening to this music on the train, I recalled it as we walked through the ancient trading center of Bukhara. 

To me this traditional music is nice and calming. I brought it up with an Uzbek friend that we met in Fergana, Donyor. He said that for him this music was a downer because they play it at the end of dramatic or tragic movies about love. It was cool to hear about that particular modern use, an example of how context can effect one's personal relationship to music. 

Further information about Uzbek music: 

Shashmaqam music tradition

Abdurahim Hamidov

Uzbek history

playlist: 

1. Chubby & Tubby - The Black Tones

2. Kinky Reggae - Bob Marley

3. Material Man - Gregory Isaacs

4. Gardun - Abdurahim Hamidov

5. Diaraby Nene - Oumou Sangaré

6. Salam Nubia - Alsarah, The Nubatones

7. Oh Kim - Dilnura Qodirjonova

8. Arbacoochee - Sacred Harp Singers

9. Takashi - Flying Lotus

10. It's A Acidfall - Traxman

11. Bonfire - DJ Taye, DJ Paypal

12. FDT - YG, Nipsey Hussle

13. What's Free (feat. Rick Ross & Jay Z) - Meek Mill

14. AND 1 / Hurricane G - Gifted Gab

15. Without A Face - Rage Against The Machine