Yes, I'm leaning a lot on Bill Bruford to start my show, but it's nice to open with a known quantity. Plus, this track fit the mellow mood that I wanted for the show's first segment. Tried to cram in artists from the upcoming Monterey Jazz Festival wherever possible.

Format (stolen from Cat):
ARTIST -- "SONG TITLE" -- ALBUM (LABEL, YEAR)

Bill Bruford's Earthworks - "Making a Song and Dance" - Bill Bruford's Earthworks (E.G., 1987)

* Ben Goldberg - "Lacuna" - Twelve Minor (Avant, 1998)

* Dave Douglas - "The Nine Cloud Dream" (DIW, 1998)

* Ravi Coltrane - "Search for Peace" - Moving Pictures (BMG, 1998)

* Geri Allen - "Sleepin' Pretty" - The Gathering (Verve, 1998)

+ Bobby Hutcherson - "Estate" - In the Vanguard (Landmark, 1987)

* Joe Morris, Ken Vandermark, Hans Poppel - "Life Stuff" (Knitting Factory, 1998)

* NRG Ensemble - "1000 Foot Drop" - Bejazzo Gets a Facelift (Atavistic, 1998)

* Masada - "Leshem" - Tet (Avant, 1998)

*+ Tim Berne and Michael Formanek - "Brincident" - Ornery People (Little Brother, 1998)

Cecil Taylor - "Charles and That" - In Fluorescence (1989)

? Oregon Trio - "Hempen Homespuns"/"Titania's Lament" - Music from A Midsummmer Night's Dream (Oregon Music, 1998)

* Derek Bailey/Joelle Leandre - "No Waiting 3" - No Waiting (Potlatch, 1998)

* Lol Coxhill and Veryon Weston - "Sneeze" - Boundless (Emanem, 1998)

Frank Zappa and Ensemble Moderne - "G-Spot Tornado" - The Yellow Shark (Barking Pumpkin, 1993)

! Christine Lavin - "Doris and Edwin: The Movie" - Beau Woes (Philo, 1986)

Terry Adams - "dog" - Terrible (New World, 1995)

* Mark Whitecage Quartet and Joseph Scianni Trio - "Broadway Two Step" - COLL: CIMPosium Volume 4 (CIMP, 1998)

+ ROVA Saxophone Quartet - "Obvious" - Morpholocial Echo (Rastascan, 1997)

Isotope 217 - "La Jetee" - The Unstable Molecule (Thrill Jockey, 1997)

* Michael Formanek - "Ruff Kut" - Am I Bothering You? (Screwgun, 1998)

* Mark Helias - "Haymaker" - Fictionary (GM, 1998)

? Oregon Trio - "Ousel Clock"/"Lion Roars" - Music from A Midsummmer Night's Dream (Oregon Music, 1998)

+ Joel Harrison Octet - "Golem"/"Gevurah" - Range of Motion (Koch, 1997)

Marty Ehrlich and Ben Goldberg - "Texas" - Light at the Crossroads (Songlines, 1997)

* Jess Jones Quartet - "Family" - Family (Nine Winds, 1997)

Rent Romus' Lords of Outland - "A Call for All Demons" - You'll Never Be the Same (Jazzheads, 1995)

* Anthony Braxton and Lauren Newton - "Composition 192" (excerpt) - Composition 192 (Leo, 1998)

* = Item in rotation at KZSU
! = Pop anomaly
? = Not in KZSU libary
+ = Monterey Jazz Festival highlight

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