Guardian Music — Game-changing Cosmogramma album inspried by mescaline, DMT and out of body experiences"There are things I've seen and experienced in this world – things they don't talk about in too many books," says Steve Ellison. "I'm not even talking about ... more info

Guardian Music — The high priest of improv's 1956 album Brilliant Corners is a remarkable insight into his wayward musical mindThe New Yorker critic Whitney Balliett once described Thelonious Monk's idiosyncratic timing and unexpected resolutions as feeling like "mis... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Eclecticipher said... Dj Food - A Recipe for Disaster (Ninja Tune) http://eclecticipher.blogspot.com CrimsonKing said... N E W B L O G Wavemaker - Where Are We Captain? Gatto Marte - Sogni di Bimba Calomito - Inaudito Yügen - Labirinto d'Acqua Ku... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Capt. Willard said... DAVE MASON Alone Together (1970) DAVE MASON & CASS ELLIOT Dave Mason & Cass Elliot (1971) Mason's first two post-Traffic jams. His head-scratching LP with Mama Cass is cut from the same musical cloth as his debut. Listen Before ... more info

All About Jazz — Italian altoist Rosario Giuliani isn't reticent about running down his influences. The title and lead track on his latest quartet disc sounds an appreciative salute to Lee Konitz. In the liners he checks off thanks to a handful of others including Jo... more info

Totally Fuzzy — YankeeBoy said... Young@Heart The Lyres - Sick And Tired Johnny Soul - Lonely Man Spirit - I Got A Line On You Roy Orbison - Land Of 1000 Dances Funkadelic - Hit It And Quit It The Nerves - When Ya Find Out The Trolls - Don't Come Around Millie Verno... more info

Guardian Music — (Zig Zag Territoires)The antecedents of this recording (an academic study that took French saxophonist Imbert to New York to investigate spiritual influences in jazz) might suggest a rather more long-faced outcome than this exuberant trio set, which ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — JayJay said... # Electric Light Orchestra - Definitive Collection # Duke Ellington & John Coltrane [1962] # V.A. - And The Road Goes On Forever [2CD] # Symphonic Rock - Music of Genesis, Yes, Procol Harum,Pink Floyd,Jethro Tull # V.A. - And The Heav... more info

Guardian Music — Canongate publisher Jamie Byng looks back on his unlikely friendship with the godfather of hip-hopNext Monday I will be sitting on stage at the Southbank Centre in London with Gil Scott-Heron, the great American songwriter, singer, pianist and band l... more info

Guardian Music — This 1956 interpretation of Thelonious Monk's typically flinty Bemsha Swing might not sound revolutionary at first. But listen closer ...The drummer swings, and the theme sounds like Monk's rhythmically quirky conception of bebop. The opening of the ... more info