Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch

Absolutely one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. Mingus recognized it, and some say that he pushed even further than Coltrane, I'd say "why bother debating?". This is another one of those who would have changed everything if he had not died young, but he did.

Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (1974)

"Why doesn't the earth fall? How can you walk upon it? Its the music...its the music of the earth, of the sun, of the stars, the music of yourself, vibrating... yes, you're music too. You're all instruments, everyone's supposed to be playing their part, in this vast orchestra of the cosmos."

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog- Party Intellectuals (2008)

Ribot's "first rock band since high school". Jeez Louise.

"Ceramic Dog
1. chien du faience: expression: frozen with emotion, as in the perfectly still moment before a fight breaks out.
2. Ultimate kitsch object.
3. A free/punk/funk/experimental/psychedelic/post electronica collective, featuring Marc (Cubanos Postizos, John Zorn, Tom Waits, etc etc), plus two of the best young players on the New York/California underground improv/experimental rock scene, Shazad Ismailly (bass) and Chess Smith (drums)
4. Not a 'project': a real band.

"Marc Ribot's new power trio, filled out by the remarkable versatile rhythm team of bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Ches Smith, is his rawest band in ages." (TimeOut NY)"

todo el mundo es kitsch.

Wayne Shorter - Moto Grosso Feio

Where Wayne goes bonkers, put Chick Corea in charge of marimba and percussion, Ron Carter on Cello, Dave Holland on guitar along with John McLaughlin, rounds out the ensemble with an unknown drummer (and Miroslav Vitous?) and sets off to the heart of the sun on full-on zonked kosmigroov fashion. A neglected gem on Wayne's discography. "Iska" coming soon.

Montezuma

Young Nico

One of Arnaldo Lozada's (aka AJ Davila from the band Davila 666) side projects.  It mostly consists of avant garde, avant/free jazz, and Badalamenti/John Cage like experimentation sometimes with vocal samples and loops over it. Every instrument from sax, to piano, to percussion, ext.. was played and recorded by Arnaldo.

Young Nico is also part of a collective that consists of Isabel Borbon, General Jackson Jackson, and Yussef Aranasky.  I'll put up some of their albums later on. 

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Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda

Highly spiritual album by pianist Alice Coltrane, also known as John Coltrane's wife. Just like her late, great husband she was capable of making some truly brain melting music.

This is a jazz album drenched with Middle Eastern, Indian, and Northern African music influences. The variety of instruments used from sitars, to harps, tambouras, and ouds reflect those influences. It also features the great Pharoah Sanders on sax.

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