Passing Notes: 12/15/13

12/16/13

13 Albums for 2013

These lists come with the territory of programming (and occasionally reviewing) music. I don’t pretend to call these the best releases of the year – only the ones I liked. They are offered to you in no other order but alphabetical, by artist.

Ben Allison, The Stars Look Very Different Today

Terri Lyn Carrington, Money Jungle

Marc Cary Focus Trio, Four Directions

Chick Corea, The Vigil

Dave Douglas Quintet, Time Travel

Kneebody, The Line

John Hollenbeck, Songs I Like A Lot

Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gamak

Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee, Heels Over Head

Linda Oh, Sun Pictures

Prism, Prism

Kendrick Scott Oracle, Conviction

Wayne Shorter Quartet, Without A Net

Sunday Time Warp - Playlist 12/15/13

Song, Album, Artist

Ramblin', Ornette Coleman, Change of the Century

Illuminations, McCoy Tyner, Illuminations

The Line, Kneebody, The Line

Double Dagger, CACAW, Stellar Power

Nu Nu, Avishai Cohen, Continuo

Lounge Mode, DJ Smash, Recollection

Better Get A Jump On It, Greyboy Allstars, Inland Emperor

Rooftop Jam Session, ArtOfficial, Audio rip from YouTube

Pappy Check, Medseski Martin and Wood, Uninvisible

Made It Up The Mountain, The Wood Brothers, Smoke Ring Halo

You Don't Love Me Baby, Junior Wells with Buddy Guy, Hoodoo Man Blues

Nextdoor Neighbor Blues, Gary Clark Jr, Audio rip from YouTube

The Thrill Is Gone, BB King, Martin Scorcese Presents the Blues

I'm Tore Down, Freddy King, The Very Best Of

Crosscut Saw, Albert King, The Very Best Of

Backwater Blues, Kenny Wayne Shepard Band, How I Go

Manenberg (Revisited), Abdullah Ibrahim, Water From An Ancient Well

Border Crossing, Hall - Lovano - Mraz - Nash, Grand Slam

Amazing Grade, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, The Warner Brothers Collection

Bring Him Back Home, Hugh Masekela, Tomorrow

12/15/13

Sunday Time Warp - Playlist 12/1/13

I let this one slip through the cracks.

Song, Artist, Album

M Trane, The Headhunters, Platinum
Blue Pepper, The Baboons, Global Gumbo
Mawenzi, Shaolin Afronauts, bonus track from Flight of the Ancients
Nutty, Blue Mitchell, Stratosonic Nuances
Creep, Richard Cheese, The Sunny Side of the Moon
Oh John, Rene Marie, I Wanna Be Evil
Little Birdie, Vince Guaraldi, The Lost Cues
On The One, Galactic, Coolin' Off
Snoopy's Search/Red Baron, Billy Cobham, Spectrum
Born To Be Blue, Bob DeVos, Shadow Box
When My Left Eye Jumps, Buddy Guy, The Very Best Of
Poisoned Well, Four On The Floor, Maron
Diamonds At Her Feet, Muddy Waters, His Best - 1956 to 1964
Highway King, Studebaker John and the Hawks, Self-Made Man
Blues Before Sunrise, Champion Jack Dupree, Truckin' On Down
My Next Ex-Wife, Little Charlie and the Nightcats, Night Vision
Green's Greenery, Joshua Breakstone, Remembering Grant Green
Gravel Rash, Cookin on 3 Burners, Baked Broiled and Fried
Cut That Line, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings,Dap-Dippin'
Pass the Peas, The JB's, Pass the Peas: The Best of the JB's
Left and Right, Mr President, Number One
Freedom Jazz Dance, Gege Telesforo, Groovin On The Swing of Things

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