#16

https://tidal.com/playlist/d454d6b6-632d-445a-83e9-22feadb360ae

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4FC8xbabjIdGb4BxyPLGJE

playlist:

1. Aht Uh Mi Hed - Shuggie Otis

2. Feedback Pt. 2 - Jason Moran

3. No Apologies - August Greene

4. Haw - 16 Horsepower

5. 5.45 - Gang Of Four

6. Talk Talk - The Music Machine

7. Kannon1 - Sunn O)))

8. Barracudas - Wayne Shorter

9. Statute of Limitiations - 2 Chainz

10. Rule The World - 2 Chainz, Ariana Grande

11. Sound Of Rain - Solange

12. Uvumilivu - E.J. Strickland Quintet 

13. And Now The Queen - Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart

14. _stuck_ - Jon Bap

15. Roland Alphonso - Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell

#15

https://tidal.com/playlist/a4e6fb04-348f-4614-80a0-c01573d43c48

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/59f3ybPqw7nwp4p9vaMq3R

Playlist:

1. Journey - Jafar Barron

2. Spiraling Prism - Herbie Hancock

3. Jrifted - Jeff Parker

4. a lot - 21 Savage

5. can't leave without it - 21 Savage

6. He's Coming - Roy Ayers

7. The Last Act - Adrian Younge, Souls Of Mischief

8. Discipline09-4 - Ras G

9. Room A Thousand Years Wide - Soundgarden

10. Down - 311

11. After The Flood - Talk Talk

12. In Your Mind - Built To Spill

13. Alma Llanera - Los Tres Reyes

14. Waitin' Around to Die - Townes Van Zandt

15. Goodbye's All We've Got - Steve Earl 

#14

https://tidal.com/playlist/dbb74a10-b990-4f10-b028-e1c7fae1b11d

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LyP3TviTYO2KO4UHQDw2u

playlist:

1. I Love Seattle - TacocaT

2. Dreams - Beck

3. NASTY - B.A.G.

4. Cardi B - Money Bag

5. I Got The Juice (Feat. Pharrell Williams) - Janelle Monae

6. Rotation 112th - Jay Rock

7. - Jewels and Baby Yaz - Orrin Evans

8. Lookin' Good But Feelin' Bad - Fats Waller and his Buddies

9. Ain't No Time To Go - Loretta Lynn

10. Iceland - Daniel Lanois

11. Barefoot In The Park - James Blake, Rosalia

12. Something Good - Alt J

13. Last Year (feat. Goldlink) [Terrace Martin Version]

14. OCnotes - Inspiration

15. Lotus - The Wayne Shorter Quartet with Orpheus Chamber Choir

#12 & #13

It's been a busy month. I missed a few weeks, so here's a twofer.


#12 

https://tidal.com/playlist/753b6378-6442-4875-9b19-38e99fd2b9d8

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mnm0fpW1yPOvbTnHX02wM

Playlist:

1. Seadream - Kris Kristofferson

2. The Chokin' Kind - Waylon Jennings

3. Big River - Johnny Cash

4. Highwayman - The Highwaymen

5. Welfare Line - The Highwaymen

6. Shadow Over Sisterland - John Trudell

7. Angel Child - Chicano Batman

8. Cross Reference - Third World 

9. El Gusto - Los Lobos

10. Launch - Garage A Trois *

10. Omar - Garage A Trois **

11. Star, Daily News & Gleaner - Eek-A-Mouse

12. Ilimba - Chris Potter

13. Sheik Of Araby/I Found A New Baby (Medley) - Jason Moran

14. Concentric Circles - Nicholas Payton

15. Pounce - Flohio, Clams Casino, Cadenza 

* Tidal only
**Spotify only


January 25th marked the 19th anniversary of the influential D'angelo album, "Voodoo". Many of the artists who were involved with the project were reminiscing on social media about the experience of creating it. The core group of musicians on the album were part of a collective called the "Soulquarians". This playlist includes a few cuts from projects created by this collective. If you want to know more about the history and influence of the Soulquarians, I suggest reading this oral history: http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/06/the-soulquarians-at-electric-lady


#13 

https://tidal.com/playlist/7cafafb6-f2dc-4cac-aa91-9333e57910e0

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/30ARhyApWaDtw5AYLvH3au

playlist: 

1. Swing My Way - Kamaiyah

2. Down Foe My Thang - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

3. Kiss Me On My Neck - Erykah Badu 

4. Spanish Joint - D'Angelo

5. Reminisce - Bilal, Mos Def, Common

6. Funky For You - Common, Bilal, Jill Scott

7. So Free - Bahamas

8. The Hive - Booker T. Jones

9. The Right Time - Theo Croker

10. We On Melrose - Murs, Terrace Martin 

11. Between The Mayo and the Mustard - Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio 

12. Ancestral Recall (Feat. Saul Williams) - Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

13. Orange Peel - Kikagaku Moyo

14. Heavy Sun - Daniel Lanois, Rocco DeLuca

15. Sorcery 1 - John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack Dejohnnette

#7

https://tidal.com/playlist/2a78f8d9-3a11-4b40-9689-9bf656cb7754

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5qYlprfYmBQCakHnD0DQ28

playlist:

1. Everywhere We Go - Avatar Darko

2. No Matter How Far You Go - Gabriel Teodros

3. Arithmetic - Porter Ray

4. ATM - J. Cole

5. Discreet Music - Brian Eno

6. Boody - Dewey Redman

7. Compassion - Ornette Coleman

8. Dust - Charles Lloyd and The Marvels, Lucinda Williams

9. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

10. Raven Riley - The Maldives

11. Tidelands - The Moondoggies

12. Take Me With You (When You Go) - The Jayhawks

13. Keep Digging - Invisible Bird

14. Leaving To Zion - Black Uhuru

15. Homebody - Nai Palm

#3

quick note: #13 has an alternate track for Spotify because they do not have the full Akira soundtrack in their database. I highly recommend this album, which was re-released on 180 gram vinyl last year. The group that composed it is one of a kind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geinoh_Yamashirogumi

The Life I Live - Pete Rock

I had a conversation with a friend a while back about our favorite hip hop producers. As I recall, both of our top two were J Dilla and Pete Rock, except his number one was Dilla and mine was Pete. He was surprised by my choice, considering how pioneering Dilla was. I fully acknowledge Dilla's genius as well as the profound influence he has had on modern music, but there is something about Pete's aesthetic that resonates with me more personally. I love repetition in music. When a loop is composed or constructed well, it can be repeated forever and I won't get tired of it. (Another context where this comes up in the music I listen to is with 1970's Malian groups such as Super Biton de Segou and L'Orchestre Kanaga de Mopti.) Pete Rock's loops are deep and hypnotizing. I enjoy playing drums along to his beats to practice pocket, but also because the act of playing one phrase continuously is meditative. I get to a point where my limbs are on auto pilot, locked in to the music, and I am visualizing the sounds. 

https://tidal.com/playlist/d30360c7-2873-4e08-9015-ec75e09713d8

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oe5eVYpqkebTMsh80PB3w

playlist:

1. Plaid Pants - The Black Tones 

2. Big Time - Omer Avital

3. Friday Morning - Khruangbin

4. Graduation Day - Ethan Iverson

5. RollSkate - DJ Harrison

6. untitled 06 | 06.30.2014 - Kendrick Lamar

7. Brother's Keeper - Anderson .Paak, Pusha T

8. Street Pharmacy - Butcher Brown

9. Do It Together - The Midnight Hour

10. Reggae To The High Tower - Don Cherry

11. We Got To Live Together - Buddy Miles

12. The Life I Live - Pete Rock

13. (Tidal) Exodus From The Underground Fortress - Geinoh Yamashirogumi

13. (Spotify) Kaneda - Geinoh Yamashirogumi

14. Track B - Duet Solo Dancers - Charles Mingus

15. I'll Be Good To You - Quincy Jones

16. Honey - Astronote

17. Alienman - Stone Mecca

18. Brown Liquor - Bearaxe

#2

A lot of great new music came out in the last couple of months. Some of the artists with new music featured in this week's playlist include Georgia Anne Muldrow, Kurt Vile, Yoko Ono, Ambrose Akinmusire, Aaron Parks, and Braxton Cook. Now, if you don't mind, I will expound on a couple of chosen tracks.


Rollin With The Flow - Kurt Vile

This cover song is not indicative of the album as a whole, which is otherwise comprised of Vile's chill, riffy, originals, but I have a specific memory connected to it. This summer I was helping a local fix-it guy do some work on my mother-in-law's house. We would listen to music via an Echo, which was a new gadget for this old-timer. He would say, "Alexa, play OLD country music". This would yield a playlist of about 30 songs, which we would listen to on repeat all day while he would sing along to almost every song no matter how many times it came on. The Charlie Rich version of "Rollin' With The Flow" was one of these songs. So, hearing this song is a good way to remember a great summer. Vile's version stays pretty true to Rich's, plus the drums really roll...with the flow.


Woman Power - Yoko Ono

Ono's new album consists of new versions of older tunes from her career. I had never actively listened to her music before this album, but I was drawn to it by the personnel, which includes Melvin Gibbs, Marc Ribot, and Kassa Overall. I have heard criticisms of her abrasive, dissonant vocal stylings, but I like the vocal improvisation parts of these tunes. On "Woman Power", Ono will sometimes draw the end of a spoken word out into a tone in a way that puts an extra emphasis on the phrase and creates tension.


https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0rPXhg3oyIw9MeREJmRlme

https://tidal.com/playlist/d2732af2-8af4-43cf-b55e-387fffa8856c

playlist:

1. Blam - Georgia Anne Muldrow

2. Love And It's Glory - Minnie Riperton

3. When It Comes Down To It - Minnie Riperton

4. Get You It Together - L.T.D.

5. We Major - Braxton Cook

6. Just A Thing - Black Milk & Nat Turner

7. Digital Society - Aaron Parks

8. Americana / the garden waits for you to match her wilderness - Ambrose Akinmusire

9. The Lung - Hiatus Kaiyote

10. La Luna (Ending) - Sun Araw

11. Rollin With The Flow - Kurt Vile

12. Woman Power - Yoko Ono

13. Children Power - Yoko Ono

14. Runabout - Little Dragon

15. O Superman - Laurie Anderson