dclxvii. PRINCE: Call My Name

dclxvii. PRINCE (1958-2016)

Call My Name (2004)
P, everything except
Chance Howard, vocals
Stokley, vocals
Kip Blackshire, vocals
Clare Fischer, strings
(5:15)

from Musicology

dclxvi. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat

dclxvi. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (Don Van Vliet) (1941-2010)

Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat (1982)
CB, vocals, harmonica, soprano saxophone, Chinese gongs, prop horn
Jeff Morris Tepper, guitars
Richard "Midnight Hatsize" Snyder, bass, marimba, viola
Gary Lucas, guitars
Cliff R. Martinez, drums, percussion
Eric Drew Feldman, keyboards
(3:12)

from Ice Cream for Crow

His 12th and final album; he quit the music business to devote himself to painting. From his biographer, Mike Barnes:

"This album feels like an hors-d'oeuvre for a main course that never came."

**

Hey Garland, I dig your tweed coat
I'll trade you a domino this size, mothball-scented
The woman silk nude tie painting his chest
One celluloid stay exposed through his nibbled collar
Feet speckled the sidewalk
Faces gurgled through windows
Passing cars gum rubber streaks
Neon plant swim like green seaweed to a deep rhythm of blues
Red thyroid sunsets, flame in speckled chemistry
Pipes run off dark tubes
Erase into marks that pour the dye of darkness
Crystal comes together as silent as ink

"I don't think I could let it go. I got it at the religious scene."

Teeth let go, tobacco juice, an oiled balloon, brown eye in an egg white, black tar bubbles and stripes
A straw hat squeaked on the brim of a feather
Newsprint thumbed through nicotine fingers, a dark olive was turned on
Its small pulp speaker burst into a scream
One large tomato was inmediately peeled skin red
It bled into a red "O" and smacked behind accepted fangs
Quick eyebrows danced cutely above a mole
The bridge held a large gold pair of spectacles
The front was smooth
It gradually gathered and wrinkled at the holes
A dark wooden moustache deposited below above Chinese red varnished lips that dented slightly into the evening.

"It's gotten quite cold. I've decided I can't sell you my coat."

Honking, the wind puffed into the clumps above the lattice rows
And out looked Panatella, naked and not ashamed, without no clothes
Wiggle Pig went snout-first into a tree
The rubber turkey was gobbled up by the night's dark rubber mouth
'N a white phosphorous raindrop dropped in the sky
Hot silhouettes in a convertible gave this applause.
And several white porcelain trays were rolled in by bumblebees
Their wings arranged with pictures out of the past
And the rainbow baboon gobbled fifteen fish eyes with each spoon
Pockets was caught at window level
Approaching the fractured glass, dripping in light, he spoke:
"I've just looked at myself, and from here to there it ain't far enough, but from here to here it's too short"
"And circles don't fly, they float," Pena exclaimed and went on to say:
"Sun sure did shine this year. Who'd you look like underneath?"

dclxv. ZAPPA, Frank: "Columbia, S.C.," Pt. 2

dclxv. ZAPPA, Frank (1940-1993)

"Columbia, S.C.," Pt. 2 (2016)
FZ, guitar
Malcolm McNab, trumpet
Gary Barone, trumpet
Tom Malone, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, tuba, saxophones
Earl Dumler, woodwinds
Glenn Ferris, trombone
Bruce Fowler, trombone
Tony Duran, slide guitar
Dave Parlato, bass
Jim Gordon, drums, steel drum
Maury Baker, drums, steel drum
(16:40)

from Little Dots

November 5, 1972.

dclxiv. MARCIN WASILEWSKI TRIO: In Motion, Pt. 2

dclxiv. MARCIN WASILEWSKI TRIO

In Motion, Pt. 2 (2021)
MW, piano
Slawomir Kurkiewicz, bass
Michal Miskiewicz, drums
(6:46)

from En attendant

dclxiii. WEATHER REPORT: Morning Lake

dclxiii. WEATHER REPORT

Morning Lake (1971)
Joe Zawinul, keyboards
Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone
Miroslav Vitouŝ, bass
Alphonse Mouzon, drums, voice
Airto Moreira, percussion
(4:22)

from Weather Report

dclxii. SIMON, Paul: You're the One

dclxii. SIMON, Paul (1941-       )

You're the One (2000)
PS, vocals, guitar
Alain Mallet, organ
Vincent Nguini, guitar
Bakithi Kumalo, bass
Peter Herbert, bass
Steve Gadd, drums
Jamey Haddad, percussion
Steve Shehan, percussion
Evan Ziporyn, tenor saxophone
Andy Snitzer, tenor saxophone
(4:27)

from You're the One

May twelve angels guard you
While you sleep
Maybe that's a waste of angels I don't know
I'd do anything to keep you safe
From the danger that surrounds us
Little by little
Bit by bit
Little bit by little bit
Now you got it that's it
What're you thinking
Things'll go sour?
Take its temperature every hour
Nervous when you own it
Nervous when it's gone
What do you think has been going on
For so long?
You are the air
Inside my chest
You're the one
You broke my heart
You made me cry
You're the one
You broke my heart
You made me cry
You're the one
You broke my heart
You made me cry
You're the one
But when I hear if from the other side
It's a completely different song
I'm the one who made you cry
And I'm the one who's wrong
And in my dream you spoke to me
And you said you said
You're the one
Your broke my heart
You made me cry
You're the one
You broke my heart
You made me cry
You're the one
You broke my heart
You made me cry
You're the one
Nature gives us shapeless shapes
Clouds and waves and flame
But human expectation
Is that love remains the same
And when it doesn't
We point our fingers
And blame blame blame
You're the one
You broke my heart
You made me cry
And I'm the one
I broke your heart
I made you cry
And you're the one
You broke my heart
You made me cry
And we're the ones

dclxi. KENEALLY, Mike: Lightnin' Roy

dclxi. KENEALLY, Mike (1961-       )

Lightnin' Roy (2006)
MK, guitars, keyboards, vocals
Joe Travers, drums
Bryan Beller, bass, vocals
Rick Musallam, guitar, vocals
(6:34)

from Guitar Therapy Live

Mike included a guitar pick with the CD.

dclx. JOHANSSON, Jan: Nature Boy

dclx. JOHANSSON, Jan (1931-1968)

Nature Boy (1963)
JJ, piano
Georg Riedel, bass
Rune Gustafsson, guitar
NDE-Studioband
(4:44)

from In Hamburg

Tragically killed in a car accident in 1968.

dclix. ZAPPA, Frank: Cheepnis -- Percussion / "I Love Monster Movies" / Cheepnis

dclix. ZAPPA, Frank (1940-1993)

Cheepnis -- Percussion (1973)
(4:09)

"I Love Monster Movies"
(2:11)

Cheepnis
FZ, guitar, vocals
George Duke, keyboards, vocals
Tom Fowler, bass
Ruth Underwood, percussion
Bruce Fowler, trombone
Napoleon Murphy Brock, tenor saxophone, flute, vocals
Ralph Humphrey, drums, percussion
Chester Thompson, drums, percussion
(3:36)

from The Roxy Performances

Three consecutive tracks from the Late Show at the Roxy on December 10, 1973, at which I was privileged to be in the audience.

Start with a percussion-only version of Cheepnis ("I have a surprise for you -- you've all been fooled!"); followed by a brief discussion of why Frank loves monster movies; and finally the entire band performing Cheepnis.

dclviii. THE BEATLES: Besame Mucho

dclviii. THE BEATLES

Besame Mucho (1962)
George, vocals, guitar
John, vocals, guitar
Paul, vocals, bass, guitar
Pete Best, drums
(2:36)

from Anthology 1

Best's drumming seems quite adequate. Poor guy -- the discarded Beatle.

dclvii. MARTINO, Pat: Just Friends

dclvii. MARTINO, Pat (1944-2021)

Just Friends (1967)
PM, guitar
Trudy Pitts, organ
Mitch Fine, drums
(5:49)

from El Hombre

Written in 1931 by John Klenner, lyrics by Sam M. Lewis.

What you'd have to call a durable standard, recorded by many over the past century!

Martino's debut recording finds the 22-year-old grooving in a traditional straight-ahead setting, with fine accompaniment by Pitts and Fine. [I think I definitely hear a bass player, but none is credited.]

dclvi. COLTRANE, John: Giant Steps

dclvi. COLTRANE, John (1926-1967)

Giant Steps (1960)
JC, tenor saxophone
Tommy Flanagan, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Art Taylor, drums
(4:47)

from Giant Steps

This famous standard -- practiced by any musician trying to gain fluency with rapidly shifting changes -- is de rigeur.

Observe how every single note has a different chord attached to it. After outlining a descending B Minor chord in the first three notes, he goes ii/V/I to G Major, outlines a descending G Minor chord -- moves to B Major, then ii/V/I to E-Flat Major; ii/V/I to G Major; ii/V/I to B Major; again to E-Flat Major; and finally back to B Major.

And here's the first six choruses of his solo, courtesy of Bruce Saunders. His solo starts with the final bar ...

dclv. MARIEN, Evan: Ikigai

dclv. MARIEN, Evan

Ikigai (2023)
EM
Dana Hawkins
Zac Zinger
(4:25)

from Ikigai

dcliv. CAMPBELL: The Beat Goes On

dcliv. CAMPBELL

The Beat Goes On (2022)
(2:19)

from The Beat Goes On

dcliii. KHAN, Steve: Thelonious Monk Medley

dcliii. KHAN, Steve (1947-       )

Thelonious Monk Medley (1980)
[Evidence / Think of One / Monk's Mood / Little Rootie Toootie / Monk's Dream / Pannonica / Bye Ya / Ruby, My Dear / Friday the 13th]
SK, guitar
(18:30)

from Evidence

dclii. ZAPPA, Frank: Disco Boy

dclii. ZAPPA, Frank (1940-1993)

Disco Boy (1976)
FZ, guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals
Terry Bozzio, drums, vocals
Davey Moire, vocals
Andre Lewis, vocals
Roy Estrada, vocals
Sparkie Parker, vocals
(5:31)

from Zoot Allures

dcli. MITCHELL, Joni: God Must Be a Boogie Man

 dcli. MITCHELL, Joni (1943-       )

God Must Be a Boogie Man (1979)
JM, guitar, vocals
Don Alias, congas, drums
Emil Richards, percussion
Herbie Hancock, piano
Jaco Pastorius, bass
Peter Erskine, drums
Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone
(4:35)

from Mingus

dcl. ZAPPA, Frank: G-spot Tornado

dcl. ZAPPA, Frank (1940-1993)

G-spot Tornado

Four versions

1. FZ, synclavier (1985)
(3:17)

from Jazz From Hell

2. Ensemble Modern (1993)
Peter Rundel, violin
Dietmar Wiesner, flute
Catherine Milliken, oboe, English horn, bass oboe
Roland Diry, clarinet
Wolfgang Stryi, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, contrabass clarinet
Veit Scholz, bassoon, contrabassoon
Frank Ollu, French horn
Stefan Dohr, French horn
William Formann, trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
Michael Gross, trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
Uwe Dierksen, trombone, soprano trombone
Michael Svoboda, trombone, euphonium
Daryl Smith, tuba
Hermann Kretzschmar, keyboards
Ueli Wiget, keyboards
Rumi Ogawa-Helferich, cymbalom, percussion
Andreas Böttger, percussion
Detlef Tewes, mandolin
Jürgen Ruck, banjo, guitar
Ellen Wegner, harp
Matthias Tacke, violin
Claudia Sack, violin
Hilary Sturt, violin
Friedemann Dähn, cello
Thomas Fichter, contrabass, electric bass
(7:21)

from The Yellow Shark (live video with dancers)

3. Colin Towns NDR Big Band (2005)
Lennart Axelsson, trumpet
Ingolf Burkhardt, trumpet
Claus Stötter, trumpet
Reiner Winterschladen, trumpet
Dan Gottshall, trombone
Sebastian Hoffmann, trombone
Stefan Lottermann, trombone
Ingo Lahme, bass trombone, tuba
Fiete Felsch, alto saxohone, clarinet
Peter Boite, alto saxophone
Christof Lauer, tenor saxophone
Lutz Böchner, tenor saxophone
Frank Delle, soprano and baritone saxophones
Vladyslav Sendecki, keyboards
Stephan Diez, guitar
Lucas Lindholm, bass
Marcio Doctor, percussion
Ian Thomas, drums
(5:20)

from Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (and Funny Smells) (live video)

4. Zappa Internet Jam (2014)
(3:22)

There are many more. Check out Frankfurt Radio Big Band, among others. Props to all these musicians who take on some of Frank's most complex compositions.

dcxlix. FOSTER, Ronnie: Mystic Brew

dcxlix. FOSTER, Ronnie (1950-       )

Mystic Brew (1972)
RF, organ
Eugene Bianco, harp
George Devens, vibes, percussion
Gene Bertoncini, guitar
George Duvivier, bass
Gordon Edwards, bass
Jimmy Johnson, drums
Arthur Jenkins, congas
(4:14)

from Two Headed Freap

dcxlviii. ESPINOVA, Joshua: Happy Song

dcxlviii. ESPINOVA, Joshua

Happy Song (2023)
JE, piano
Kris Monson, bass
Jaron Lamar Davis, drums
(4:48)

from Happy Song

Nice SEVEN.

dcxlvii. RADIOHEAD: How Do You?

dcxlvii. RADIOHEAD

How Do You?
Colin Greenwood, bass
Jonny Greenwood, guitar, keyboards
Ed O'Brien, guitar, backing vocals
Philip Selway, drums
Thom Yorke, guitar, vocals
(2:12)

from Pablo Honey

dcxlvi. ZAPPA, Frank: Letter from Jeepers

dcxlvi. ZAPPA, Frank (1940-1993)

Letter from Jeepers (1963)
Bob Guy, vocal
(2:22)

from Cucamonga

dcxlv. THE MERMEN: The Silly Elephant Who Stomped to Tea

dcxlv. THE MERMEN

The Silly Elephant Who Stomped to Tea (1994)
Jim Thomas, guitar
Allen Whitman, bass
Martyn Jones, drums
(7:14)

from Food for Other Fish

dcxliv. THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT: SIRIUS Mammagamma

dcxliv. THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT

SIRIUS Mammagamma (1982)
(10:24)

from Eye in the Sky

dcxliii. DUKE, George: It's On

dcxliii. DUKE, George (1946-2013)

It's On (1998)
GD, keyboards
Byron Miller, bass
Ray "The Weeper" Fuller, guitar
Paul Jackson, guitar
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, drums
(6:11)

from After Hours

dcxlii. LEONHART, Michael: Shh ... They're Sleeping

dxiii. LEONHART, Michael (1974-       )

Shh ... They're Sleeping (2010)
ML, vocals, trumpet, mellophone, keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, percussion and sound effects
Luke O'Malley, guitar
Thomas Brenneck, bass, guitar
Homer Steinweiss, drums, Sunny Jain, table, dhol, percussion
Cochemea Gastelum, tenor and baritone saxophones, flute
Stuart Bogie, tenor and baritone saxophones, contra alto clarinet, clarinet, bass harmonica
Jamie Leonhart, vocals
Deidre Rodman, vocals
Casey Shea, vocals
Leon Michels, tenor and baritone saxophones, flute
Mike Williams, vocals, trombone, bass trumpet
Dave Guy, trumpet
Eric Bondo, trumpet, vocals
Aaron Johnson, trombone
Andy Bush, slide trumpet
Katie Scheele, oboe, English horn, Bombard
Leah Paul, alto and piccolo flute
Eric Friedlander, cello
The Q, sound effects
(2:13)

from Seahorse and the Storyteller

"Seahorse & the Storyteller is the story of two mythical creatures who meet, fall in love and begin piecing together the mysteries of each other's past. They set off on an adventure that will lead them to the ends of the world. Along the way, they encounter a cast of colorful characters who will forever change them." -- ML

dcxli. NTO' & LUCARIELLO: Nuje Vulimme 'na Speranza

dcxli. NTO' & LUCARIELLO

Nuje Vulimme 'na Speranza (2014)
(3:31)

from Stirpe Nova -- Numero 9

from the soundtrack to the Italian television series Gomorrah.

dcxl. GANGER, Ted: Everyone Makes Mistakes

dcxl. GANGER, Ted

Everyone Makes Mistakes (2012)
TG, voice, piano
(3:41)
[Spotify]

from Feeling My Way

Ted has a real feel for SEVEN:

dcxxxix. METHENY, Pat: As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls

dcxxxix. METHENY, Pat (1954-       )

As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (1981)
PM, guitars
Lyle Mays, keyboards
Naná Vasconcelos, drums, percussion
(20:42)

from As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls

This long-form composition took up all of Side One of the LP. Its hazy, relaxed vibe belies some complex harmonic movement ... and the ambient sounds (numbers, airport noise, etc.) add a lot of texture to this gorgeous music.

dcxxxviii. KENEALLY, Mike: Race the Stars

dcxxxviii. KENEALLY, Mike (1961-       )

Race the Stars (2016)
MK, guitars, keyboards, vocals
Pete Griffin, bass
Joe Travers, drums
(3:44)

from Scambot 2

This track immediately follows Buzz.

**

Wrangthorn, his evil impulses now mollified by Govin, gets nostalgic about the good times with his old friends, the rest of God. He makes a pitch for joining forces once again.

WRANGTHORN

Well
Well
Well, seeing as how we're good Gods

And bring no cow o' gold
We'll take it back down to atoms
And make it like days of old

It takes some time to unlock
A rock of hate this hard
You've made it and I swear it
I'll embrace the stars
But, you can't bake bread with gunpowder
And, you can't buy Cheech from Chong
I say these things and somehow
They do not serve me wrong

It takes some soul to unwind
The mess that's been put up
What's solved by being unkind
Can take a ride in a Dixie cup
Oh, won't you slide in my easy car
You and I can race the stars
Race the stars
Well

The rest of God aren't having it. They don't trust Wrangthorn any further than they can throw him (which is probably pretty far). Wrangthorn is defiant.

Your eyes aim doubt upon me
Some words you've heard before
You don't and won't condone me
It's best I find the door
But I know for sure
You can fret and kick the tar
People I will race the stars
Come on
Come on
Oh come on