eighth 20/20
lenny pickett “the prescription”
matt bauer & day in pictures “night shades”
sean conly “hard knocks”
scott taxier “cosmic adventures”
noam wiesenberg “roads diverge”
rebecca trescher “where we go”
fish scale sunrise “no queen rises”
jon irabagon & paul dunmall “rain sessions”
chris cheek “the hiker”
steve vai “sound theories vol. I & II”
avram fefer “the testament”
don byron “random dances and (a)tonalities”
marty ehrlich “trio exaltation”
aaron novik “the fallow curves of the planospheres”
geof bradfield “yes, and…”
stephen riley “oleo”
ellery eskelin “pearls”
jónsí and alex somers “lost & found”
david binney “aerial”
jean-louis matinier & kevin seddiki “rivages”
frank zappa
frank zappa “waka/jawaka”
the mothers of invention “weasels ripped my flesh”
frank zappa “broadway the hard way”
the mothers of invention “one size fits all”
the mothers of invention “we’re only in it for the money”
frank zappa “apostrophe”
frank zappa & ensemble modern “the yellow shark”
seventh 20/20
houston person “so nice”
nicholas urie “excerpts from an online dating service”
wallace roney “prototype”
james newton “the african flower”
amiina “the lighthouse project”
david fathead newman “life”
jimmy lyons “other afternoons”
david berkman “leaving home”
david berkman “live at smoke”
frank morgan “listen to the dawn”
jouni järvelä group “lento”
julian & roman wassefuhr “gravity”
greg osby “st. louis shoes”
jerome sabbagh & greg touhey “no filter”
sara serpa & ran blake “kitano noir”
michael waldrop “origin suite”
george gruntz “blues ‘n dues et cetera”
remy le bouef “assembly of shadows”
jan balke “warp”
wayne horvitz gravitas quartet “one dance alone”
sixth 20/20
benjamin boone & philip levine “the poetry of jazz”
trevor dunn’s trio convulsant “sister phantom owl fish”
jia xia & nathaniel taihang gao “convergence”
ben monder “amorphae”
organ freeman “respect my art”
john ellis double wide “charm”
blue mitchell “blue’s moods”
kit downes & tom challenger “viyamanakal”
lennie tristano “love lines”
dexter gordon “clubhouse”
luca d’alberto “exile”
lucas pino “that’s a computer”
jamie baum “bridges”
mark guiliana “jersey”
dan tepfer “natural machines”
dan cavanaugh & dave hagedorn “20 years”
joe henderson “big band”
dave harrington group “pure imagination, no country”
electric squeezebox orchestra “cheap rent”
martial solal dodecaband “plays ellington”
jon brion
jon brion “meaningless”
mac miller “circles”
kanye west “late registration”
rufus wainwright “rufus wainwright”
fiona apple “when the pawn…”
music from “i heart huckabees”
music from “magnolia”
kind of blue
I listened to it everyday for a week. I also read the book by eric nisenson, hopped around in miles’s autobiography, and even checked out this 8-bit version of the album. an incredible record. check out my thoughts in the podcast.
fifth 20/20
miho hazama “dancer in nowhere”
ike quebec “heavy soul
ultraísta “sister”
golden valley is now
duke pearson “it could only happen with you”
scott colley & benjamin koppel “how to get there”
adam lane’s full throttle orchestra “ashcan rantings”
eob “earth”
igor butman “golden sunray”
charles davis “ingia!”
the north “the north”
will vinson “it’s alright with three”
francy boland “playing with the trio”
stanley turrentine “that’s where it’s at”
lou donaldson “good gracious”
theo bleckmann “elegy”
tuck & patti “love warriors”
annie lennox “songs of mass destruction”
lester young “the president plays w/the oscar peterson trio”
darcy james argue’s secret society “real enemies”
a love supreme
i listened to it everyday for a week. i also read the book by ashley kahn, which gave great detail and insight into the quartet, the session, the live show, and much more. quite revealing. check out my thoughts in the podcast
fourth 20/20
binker golding “abstraction of reality past & incredible feathers”
gene ammons “boss tenor”
mark de clive-lowe “take the space trane”
bryan lynch “the omni-american book club”
freddie hubbard “here to stay”
the awakening orchestra “this is not the answer op. 72”
cedar walton “cedar’s blues”
kendrick scott “the source”
aberdeen “downpour”
mike stern “neesh”
tony allen “the source”
gary peacock & ralph towner “oracle”
ellis marsalis “heart of gold”
marcus printup “lost”
luciana souza “speaking in tongues”
sam gendel “satin doll”
swiss jazz orchestra & jim mcneely “paul klee”
xavier davis “rise up detroit”
sean watkins & matt chamberlain
wynton kelly “kelly great”
a quick note of chagrin and gratitude. the global pandemic has a vast reach and certainly has more devastating effects outside of my own personal bubble. my thoughts go to those who struggle to manage their personal challenges with this mess. in our space, there are several music performances that won’t happen. they won’t be realized by the student musicians, shared with the community, enjoyed by their friends and loved ones. my saxophone kids were ready to slay the carnival of venice, piazzolla etudes, jacob tv, florent schmitt, rudresh manthappa heads, and claude t. smith’s fantasia. my jazz kids were tackling jacob mann, omar thomas, miho hazama, darcy james argue, orrin evans, lauren baba, omer avital, and the deep library of cole porter. they’re rolling with the punches and washing their hands afterwards. these students of mine are an inspiration, a joy to teach, and make me a better person.
love & light.
third 20/20
sonny fortune “infinity is”
laurence hobgood “tesseterra”
orrin evans “the evolution of oneself”
tobias meinhart “in between”
charlie mariano “helen twelve trees”
the royal krunk orkestra “pyramids”
mihály dresch quartet “hungarian bebop”
amanda monaco “glitter”
bryan lynch & emmet cohen “questioned answer”
chris speed “really ok”
tarbaby “the end of fear”
victor gould “clockwork”
linda oh “walk against wind”
kirk knuffke “pound cake”
roman ott “seeing people”
james taylor “american standard”
endless field “endless field”
grant calvin weston “dance romance”
gerry hemingway “the whimbler”
young jazz rebels / madlib “slave riot”
brian blade
brian blade fellowship “season of change”
chris potter “gratitude”
bill frisell “the sweetest punch”
joe henry “scar”
İlhan erşahin “virgo”
joni mitchell “taming the tiger”
black dub
wayne shorter “emanon w/orpheus”
second 20/20
yazz ahmed “polyhymnia”
sir roland hanna “glove”
myra melford “guest house”
sherman irby “organ starter”
darius brubeck quartet “live in poland”
theon cross “fyah”
gary crosby’s nu troop “migrations”
tyft “smell the difference”
dresser/ochs/tarasov “a jones in time saves nine”
jon batiste “anatomy of angels”
charlie haden “the golden number”
hush point “III”
alice coltrane “ptah the el daoud”
hampton hawes “for real”
chon “grow”
lou donaldson “midnight creeper”
brian krock “big heart machine”
michael leonhart orchestra “the painted lady suite”
ibrahim maalouf “s3ns”
kenny drew “undercurrent”
gary burton
gary burton “whiz kids”
gary burton quartet “ring”
gary burton & ralph towner “matchbook”
gary burton “seven songs for quartet and chamber orchestra”
gary burton “like minds”
gary burton quartet “common ground”
gary burton quintet “dreams so real”
dave holland
dave holland “good hope”
dave holland & pepe habichuela “hands”
dave holland quartet “dream of the elders”
dave holland quartet “extensions”
dave holland big band “what goes around”
joe henderson “so near, so far”
gateway “in this moment”
first 20/20
andrew hill “change”
reuben wilson “break beats”
herbie hancock “inventions and dimensions”
unc greeley “the romeo & juliet project”
peter herbolzheimer rc&b “colors of a band”
kiefer “happy sad”
ethan iverson “costumes are mandatory”
martin speake “duos for trio: the music of béla bartok”
jeff cosgrove “hunters & scavengers”
gary smulyan “alternative contrafacts”
el eco “puerto de buenos aires 1993”
noah preminger “after life”
chris byars “new york city jazz”
dan weiss “utica box”
tomeka reid “old new”
fresh cut orchestra “mind behind closed eyes”
ahmad jamal “all of you”
eminem “music to be murdered by”
bill mchenry “ben entrada la nit”
kim cass “kim cass”
final 25
ben van gelder “among verticals”
art blakey “ a night in tunisia”
ben goldberg “the practitioner”
benjamin herman “deal”
shoko nagai “vortex”
charles mingus “mingus mingus mingus”
melissa aldana “visions”
the charlie parker remix project “bird up”
klaus könig “the h.e.a.r.t. project”
new and used “consensus”
cory hills “the lost bicycle”
bob belden “miles from india”
ornette coleman “something else”
olivier bogé “the world begins today”
müm “summer make good”
chris potter “sirens”
avishai cohen “playing the room”
charlie rauh “hiraeth”
ari hoenig “lines of oppression”
oded tour “the translator’s note”
masada “live in sevilla”
bill frisell & thomas morgan “epistrophy”
john coltrane “ballads”
gigi gryce “when farmer met gryce”
dave liebman “petite fleur: the music of sidney bechet”
anthony braxton
anthony braxton “live at moers”
wolf eyes “black vomit”
dave brubeck “all the things we are”
braxton/graves/parker “beyond quantum”
“anthony braxton’s charlie parker project”
anthony braxton & max roach “birth rebirth”
anthony braxton & ran blake “a memory of vienna”
fourteenth 20
horace tapscott “in new york”
icp orchestra “the music of herbie nichols & thelonious monk”
jazzrausch big band “bruckner’s breakdown”
dré hočevar “motion in time”
mulgrew miller “gru’s time”
allison miller “glitter wolf”
mike lebrun “shades”
greg ward “touch my beloved’s thought”
ryan keberle & catharsis “the hope i hold”
mareike wiening “metropolis paradise”
dave douglas “devotion”
harry connick jr “celebration of cole porter”
dave douglas “engage”
dominic miller “absinthe”
terri lyne warrington “structure”
clark terry “the happy horns of clark terry”
meshell ndegeocello “devil’s halo”
june tyson “saturnian queen of the sun ra arkestra”
jacky terrasson “push”
talib kweli & madlib “liberation”