Listening to ...

uglymusic

Archie Shepp - A Sea of Faces

A bit of a lost classic from Shepp, IMO. Not rated highly by many, but it's worth it for the long first track, alone.

uglymusic

Art Pepper - Landscape

Pepper at the peak of his powers, live in the late 70s. Everything from this period is worth owning. 

His book is comparatively limited, but every interpretation is different as his ambition stretches the performances to breaking point. 

chrisb

steve vai  story of  light

uglymusic

Keith Tippett Octet - From Granite To Wind

I haven't seen a new Tippett album for ages - maybe I've missed them - but here's one recorded in early 2011, and it's a scorcher.

Not an easy listen, but he seldom is.

uglymusic

Abbey Lincoln - Over The Years

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David Murray - Special Quartet

And, what a quartet! Murray on tenor, McCoy Tyner on piano, Fred Hopkins on bass and Elvin Jones on drums.

Murray and Hopkins from one generation and Tyner and Jones from the previous (and Coltrane's classic quartet, of course).

Brain_Dead

Well more like watching.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01qkvxr/Danny_Bakers_Great_Album_Showdown_File_under_Rock/

uglymusic

Afro-Celt Sound System - Volume 1: Sound Magic

Docfoster

Love this lot. British hip-hop at its humorous funky best...!

Docfoster

Or is this one better...?

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And while I'm on the subject of British Hip-hop...



Very funny. And musically odd.
Odd generally actually.

uglymusic

And you accuse me of playing obscure stuff, Ben???? :-)

chrisb

Barney kessel Lets Cook.....
Joe Satriani Engines of Creaton

uglymusic

That's some gee-tar contrast, there!

Brain_Dead

Enjoying a Gift from Alan Keb Mo, sounds very good on Tellurium Q Atoms and the Listen, I just love it.

Thanks Alan.

uglymusic

Jack White - Blunderbuss

Brumjam

Dermot O'Leary - The Saturday Sessions 2013.  First play of the latest in this series of albums.  I'm pleased to see that the production quality is just as good as the previous albums.

uglymusic

Charles Mingus - Passions of a Man

Brumjam

The Heavy - The House That Dirt Built

chrisb

Mannfred Mann's earthband. Watch. Again

uglymusic

The Fully Celebrated Orchestra - Drunk on the Blood of the Holy Ones

uglymusic

Air - Live Air

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Bobo Stenson - Reflections

uglymusic

Billy Bang - Vietnam: The Aftermath

uglymusic

Jan Garbarek / Ustad Fateh Ali Khan & Musicians From Pakistan - Ragas & Sagas

uglymusic

Various Artists - The New Thing!

uglymusic

Keith Jarrett - Radiance

This is a great solo album, with Jarrett getting back on the solo improvisation stuff he does so well. Two CDs recorded in Japan.

uglymusic

Abdullah Chhadeh & Nara - Seven Gates

uglymusic

Joni Mitchell - Mingus

uglymusic

Jan Garbarek - In Praise of Dreams

uglymusic

Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy

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Abdullah Ibrahim - Mantra Mode

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Andy Sheppard - Dancing Man & Woman

uglymusic

Joe Lovano - Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard

The first disc (of 2) is particularly good, with the Lovano/Tom Harrell/Anthony Cox/Billy Hart band. It sounds like the classic Ornette Quartet, but a bit more 'mainstream' and Cox is fantastic as always.

uglymusic

Green Day - American Idiot

Great pop, compressed the f*** out of.

Yes. Uglymusic does have a copy of this ;-)

Brain_Dead

Enjoying a Gift from Alan Keb Mo, sound very good on Tellurium Q Atoms and the Listen, I just love it.

Thanks Alan.

Docfoster

Some crazy fool called Hendrix.

Docfoster

Now Love 'Forever Changes'. Music's so bloody distracting and joyous. :-)

Docfoster

Btw - Keb Mo. i'm not a fan. :-(
(Insufficiently distracting.)

Brain_Dead

I just love the detail you can here in is voice, Just got Dave recommendation of the day " Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart", will be playing that loud today at work.

Docfoster

Yes. Recording good for Keb. For Jah, not so good - but bass work excellent.

uglymusic

invaders of the Heart is a different album. 

The one I played you is Passage To Hades, with Evan Parker.

uglymusic

Antipop Consortium vs Matthew Shipp

Docfoster

invaders of the Heart is a different album. 

The one I played you is Passage To Hades, with Evan Parker.

*Slap*

Ouch.

uglymusic

That was a reply to Col. You pushed in between us and deserved a good slapping :-D  [-X

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Andrew Hill - A Beautiful Day

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Sonny Simmons - The Traveller

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Jan Garbarek - I took up the Runes

Alan

Docfoster

Psychick Warriors of Gaia 'Of Biospheres and Sacred Grooves'.
Ludicrous names; sublime music.