Marion Brown - Sweet Earth Flying (1974)

Sublime, meditative free jazz by saxophonist Marion Brown. Explorative, far-out sounds that are currently making my cat Peepers extremely nervous.

Track listing:

1. Sweet Earth Flying, Part 1

2. Sweet Earth Flying, Part 3

3. Sweet Earth Flying, Part 4: Prince Willie

4. Sweet Earth Flying, Part 5

5. Eleven Light City, Part 1

6. Eleven Light City, Part 2

7. Eleven Light City, Part 3

8. Eleven Light City, Part 4

For this moment

Just a speck

If you like this, you should hear:

Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman (1969)

Bennie Maupin - The Jewel in the Lotus (1974)

Annette Peacock & Paul Bley - Dual Unity (1972)

Previously on OPIUM HUM:
Paul Bley - Fragments (1986)

Blissed-out, psychedelic, jam-heavy jazz-rock helmed by bassist-vocalist Annette Peacock and keyboardist Paul Bley. The monolithic "MJ" maintains a mostly mellow, stone-y vibe throughout, while the rest of the album explores more frantic, free-jazz territory.

Track listing:
1. MJ
2. Gargantuan Encounter
3. Richter Scale
4. Dual Unity

It's a dream

Also listen to:

Alice Coltrane & Carlos Santana -
Illuminations (1974)

Picchio dal Pozzo -
Picchio dal Pozzo (1976)

Paul Bley - Fragments (1986)

Icy, drifting sounds from a quartet of topnotch ECM musicians led by Canadian pianist Paul Bley. While Bley lets his free jazz roots take hold in spots, and there's certainly an exploratory freedom throughout, these are mostly sparse, moody, eerily restrained compositions, some of which are reworked arrangements of songs from his acclaimed solo album, Open, to Love.

Track listing:
1. Memories
2. Monica Jane
3. Line Down
4. Seven
5. Closer
6. Once Around the Park
7. Hand Dance
8. For the Love of Sarah
9. Nothing Ever Was, Anyway

Uneasy sleep