I get to see Tortoise in 2 weeks! They've been on my radar for a long time but rarely venture south. Icing on the cake is opener Rich Ruth, whose latest record was mixed by Tortoise's John McEntire. Looking forward to an atmospheric night in Asheville.
Tortoise (Thrill Jockey, 1994)
Rich Ruth - I Survived, It's Over (Third Man, 2022)
Continuing along the Tortoise lineage, Jeff Parker & The New Breed - Suite For Max Brown (International Anthem, 2020). According to the hype sticker/sleeve: "Graduated studies of sampling, cycles, & soulful jazz harmonics mix Monkian miniatures into a fusion-swirled dedication."
Music by Chick Corea, Hugo Montenegro & Heitor Villa-Lobos - featuring Joseph Alessi, Camila Provenzale, Philharmonia Zürich & UNLV Wind Orchestra - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (10/23/23) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on https://wmbr.org
Music by Chick Corea, Hugo Montenegro & Heitor Villa-Lobos this (10/23/23) afternoon beginning at 4pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on https://wmbr.org
Wonderful reddit post pointing out something Mingus wrote in 1955... "It seems so hard for some of us to grow up mentally just enough to realize that there are other persons of flesh and bone, just like us, on this great, big earth..."