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Music: Current count 27183 [27153] rated (+30), 381 [376] unrated (+5).
Most of this week's list already appeared in last week'sStreamnotes. Since then I saw Steven Colbert's show-long interview with Bruce Springsteen, checked out his new sampler, and decided I should go back and finally listen to the back catalog I had ignored -- one studio album (The Ghost of Tom Joad), a bunch of live albums, and today I've been slogging through the Tracks box set.
Also spent a lot of time last week combing through the old Recycled Goods files, in preparation of adding a bunch of records to my draft book, Recorded Jazz in the Early 21st Century: A Consumer Guide (if you haven't downloaded the 144-page first pass yet, go to the formhere). After 2-3 weeks toil, I still have about 25% of the columns to process. From there the next large cache of writings is theStreamnotes archive -- about twice the size of Recycled Goods (821k words vs. 427k). While going through Recycled Goods, I decided it would be cleaner if I also stashed the reviews of older jazz into another book draft file, so I opened one called Recorded Jazz in the 20th Century, and it's currently up to 75 pages. I figure that's a much lower priority, and seriously doubt I'll ever make a serious effort to clean it up and flesh it out, but it's kind of nice to have around.
New records rated this week:
- Jay Azzolina/Dino Govoni/Adam Nussbaum/Dave Zinno: Chance Meeting (2016, Whaling City Sound): [cd]: B+(**)
- Mili Bermejo/Dan Greenspan: Arte Del Dúo (2016, Ediciones Pentagrama): [cd]: B+(***)
- Clipping: Splendor & Misery (2016, Sub Pop): [r]: B+(*)
- Gonzalo Del Val Trio: Koiné (2015 [2016], Fresh Sound New Talent): [r]: B+(*)
- The Dirty Snacks Ensemble: Tidy Universe (2014 [2016], Gotta Groove): [bc]: C+
- Eska: Eska (2015, Naim Edge): [bc]: B+(*)
- Gene Ess: Absurdist Theater (2016, SIMP): [cd]: C
- Charles Gayle Trio: Christ Everlasting (2014 [2015], ForTune): [bc]: A-
- The Handsome Family: Unseen (2016, Loose Music): [r]: A-
- Billy Hart & the WDR Big Band: The Broader Picture (2016, Enja/Yellowbird): [cdr]: B+(***)
- Sabir Mateen/Conny Bauer/Mark Tokar/Klaus Kugel: Collective Four (2015 [2016], ForTune): [bc]: A-
- Rale Micic: Night Music (2015 [2016], Whaling City Sound): [cd]: B+(*)
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing: (Live) (2012 [2016], ForTune): [bc]: B+(***)
- Bobby Previte & the Visitors: Gone (2015 [2016], ForTune): [bc]: B+(*)
- Rae Sremmurd: SremmLife 2 (2016, Eardrum/Interscope): [r]: B+(*)
- Shabaka and the Ancestors: Wisdom of Elders (2015 [2016], Brownswood): [r]: B+(*)
- Tomasz Sroczynski Trio: Primal (2015 [2016], ForTune): [bc]: B+(**)
- Vince Staples: Prima Donna (2016, Def Jam, EP): [r]: B+(**)
- Richard Sussman: The Evolution Suite (2015 [2016], Zoho): [cd]: B
- Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces: Subtle Energy (2016, Hipsync): [cd]: B+(*)
- Pawel Wszolek Quintet: Faith (2016, ForTune): [bc]: B+(**)
- Yells at Eels: In Quiet Waters (2013 [2015], ForTune): [bc]: B+(***)
- Yoni & Geti: Testarossa (2016, Joyful Noise): [r]: B+(**)
Recent reissues, compilations, and vault discoveries rated this week:
- Bruce Springsteen: Chapter and Verse (1966-2012 [2016], Columbia): [r]: B+(***)
Old music rated this week:
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (1975 [2006], Columbia, 2CD): [r]: B+(**)
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live 1975-85 (1975-85 [1986], Columbia, 3CD): [r]: B+(***)
- Bruce Springsteen: In Concert/MTV Unplugged (1992 [1993], Columbia): [r]: B-
- Bruce Springsteen: The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995, Columbia): [r]: B
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live in New York (2000 [2001], Columbia, 2CD): [r]: B+(**)
- Bruce Springsteen With the Sessions Band: Live in Dublin (2006 [2007], Columbia, 2CD): [r]: B+(**)
Grade changes:
- MIA: AIM (2016, Interscope): [r]: [was: B+(***)] A-
- Young Thug: No My Name Is Jeffery (2016, 300 Entertainment/Atlantic): [r]: [was: B+(***)] A-
Unpacking: Found in the mail last week:
- Aguankó: Latin Jazz Christmas in Havana (Aguankó)
- Beekman: Vol. 02 (Ropeadope)
- Earprint (Endectomorph Music): October 21
- Mary Halvorson Octet: Away With You (Firehouse 12): October 28
- John Lindberg BC3: Born in an Urban Ruin (Clean Feed)
- Naked Wolf: Ahum (Clean Feed)
- Dag Magnus Narvesen Octet: Damana Cornua Copiae (Clean Feed)
- Steve Noble & Kristoffer Berre Alberts: Condest Second Yesterday (Clean Feed)
- Parker Abbott Trio: Elevation (self-released): October 7
- Punkt 3: Ordnung Herrscht (Clean Feed)
- Elliott Sharp Aggregat: Dialectrical (Clean Feed)
- Wadada Leo Smith: America's National Parks (Cuneiform, 2CD): October 14