Got news during the show that Ted Williams, the Splendid Splinter, died today. No real jazz connection there, just a sad bit of news.
Played Jim Black and Birth back-to-back; both are adding great new dimensions to jazz. Black is taking it in a bit of a post-rock direction, while Birth is adding fast and vicious, almost punk-influenced beats and an overall great attitude. These are two of my favorite CDs in rotation right now.
* Lou Grassi PoBand with Joseph Jarman -- "A Quiet Little Bop Piece" -- The Joy of Being (CIMP, 2002)
* Jeff Gauthier Goatette -- "Ephemera" -- Mask (Cryptogramophone, 2002)
Vida Blue -- "Where's Popeye's?" -- Vida Blue (Elektra, 2002)
Keith Jarrett -- "Untitled" -- Concerts [Bregenz, May 28, 1981] (ECM, 1982)
* The Miyumi Project -- "Now" -- Rooted: Origins of Now (Southport, 2002)
* Jim Black -- "Cheepa vs. Cheep" -- Splay (Winter & Winter, 2002)
* Birth -- "Emitter" -- Find (Hopscotch, 2002)
John Zorn and Naked City -- "A Shot in the Dark" -- Naked City (Elektra, 1989)
* Madly You (Daunik Lazro, Carlos "Zingaro", Joelle Leandre, Paul Lovens) -- "Madly You" [excerpt] -- Madly You (Potlatch, 2002)
* Manuela (Hans Reichel, Rudiger Carl, Carlos Zingaro) -- "Licking the Bullfrog" -- V/A: Audiology: 11 Groups Live in Berlin (All/FMP, 2002)
* Zentralquartette -- "Hymnus III" -- V/A: Audiology: 11 Groups Live in Berlin (All/FMP, 2002)
* School Days -- "What About" -- In Our Times (Okkadisk, 2002)
Erik Truffaz -- "Sweet Mercy" -- The Mask (Kameleon, 2000)
* Jemeel Moondoc and William Parker with Hamid Drake -- "Three Clay Pots" -- New World Pygmies Vol. 2 (Eremite, 2002)
Kahil El'Zabar Ritual Trio -- "Africa N'da Blues" -- Africa N'da Blues (Delmark, 2000)
* Bruire -- [track 5] -- Chants Rupestres (Ambiances Magnetiques, 2002)
* Metta Quintet -- "Going to Meet the Man" -- Going to Meet the Man (Koch, 2002)
* The NuBand -- "One for Hannibal" -- Live at the Bop Shop (Clean Feed, 2002)
* Lauren Newton/Patrick Scheyder -- "Blue Lied 1" -- The Lightness of Hearing (Leo, 2002)
* The Fonda/Stevens Group -- "The Search" -- The Healing (Leo, 2002)
* = Item in KZSU rotation
! = Pop anomaly
? = Item not in KZSU library
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-- Bay Area free/improv music calendar: http://www.bayimproviser.com.