Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion - Béla Bartók (1937)

RIP Cecil Taylor (March 25, 1929-April 5, 2018)

Cecil Taylor has left us. He was perhaps the thorniest, fiercest, and most complex of the free jazz pioneers. Rest in peace, Mr. Taylor.

Happy Birthday D

O Vos Omnes - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1585)

Passio - Arvo Pärt (1989)

Music of the season . . . liturgical minimalism via Arvo Pärt.

In Rotation: Spring is Coming!

I suffer from what the kids are calling Seasonal Affective Disorder. Or maybe I just hate the holiday season that much. Yeah, actually it's not SAD at all, it's just a hatred of the season of hysterical commerce. By February, hoops are peaking at all levels, commerce is coming under control, and my anniversary rolls around at the end of the month. By March, spring's promise is within reach, even if we get slapped once or twice with snow just to keep us grounded. As I sit now, Texas Tech has eliminated North Carolina, and all is getting better with the world.

Wombo: Staring at Trees
Dirtbag: Voided
Earth: Earth 2
Iannis Xenakis: Iannis Xenakis (Editions RZ)
Robert Ashley: Automatic Writing
Shostakovich: The Complete String Quartets (Emerson String Quartet)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 (Stokowski/Houston Symphony)
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (Sanderling/St. Petersburg Philharmonic)
John Coltrane: Meditations
Todd Rundgren: A Wizard, A True Star
Obnox: Boogalou Reed
Webern, Haubenstock-Ramati, Urbanner: String Quartets (Alban Berg Quartet)
Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets (Quartetto Italiano)
Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets (Kodaly Quartet)
Stockhausen: Telemusic, Mixtur
Protomartyr: Relatives in Descent
Pallbearer: Sorrow and Extinction
Dream Syndicate: Days of Wine and Roses
Maria McKee: You've Got to Sin to Be Saved
Paul Sturm: Collateral Effect

Ranked: Star Trek Doctors

7. Pulaski (The Next Generation)
6. Emergency Medical Hologram (Voyager)
5. McCoy (Star Trek reboot)
4. Bashir (Deep Space Nine)
3. Crusher (The Next Generation)
2. Phlox (Enterprise)
1. McCoy (Original)