_*_ Playlist _*_
AP_042_20260415_Playlist
Three Point Circle/Fluorescent Grey - Three Point Circle - K Liemer/05 Muted Chromesthesia
Leimer, Peters, and Barreca continue their project of dissolving ego in favor of ensemble synergy
Bernie Worrell- Bill Laswell Collaborations - Book of Woo Vol.1- Bill Laswell Mix Tape/02 Flashlight Redux
In memory of Bernie Worrell (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016)
Never forget.
Maps and Diagrams/obscura/01 Cerium
Curious washes and blends of textures
mjq56-64/04 Pierrot
by late 1952 the group was on its own as the Modern Jazz Quartet
Horace Silver - Song For My Father
https://www.wrti.org/arts-desk/2021-06-18/the-story-behind-horace-silvers-song-for-my-father
Marc Berreca - From the Gray and Green/06 Bellows
Widescreen, pastoral visions
Steve Peters/With My Back to the World [OST]/With My Back to the World
“My paintings have neither object nor space nor line nor anything – no forms.
They are light, lightness, about merging, about formlessness.”
Brubeck/04 Three to Get Ready
renowned for its inventive use of rhythm, skillfully weaving 3/4 and 4/4 time
signatures to create a uniquely engaging jazz piece
Bill Laswell- Alan Douglas - Jazzonia/05 Blue
Check out the Artists on this project!
Gigi/Illuminated Audio/04 Kahn
her US debut album
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Steve Roach/The Road Eternal/02 Depart At Sunrise
the sound of big skies, open roads and soaring thoughts
pulling one towards the next destination
Sun-Mi Hong/Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest/01 Meaning of a Nest I: Finding
explo
ration of home and community, reflecting Hong’s decade-long journey from South Korea to Amster
dam
Voices From The Lake/II/02 Lotus Mist
the core of Voices From The Lake has alw
ays been its deep,
aqueous approach to sound, a sensibility that returns in full force on
II
Kronos Quartet/Aleksandra Vrebalov - The Sea Ranch Songs/07 Chapel, Rainbows
sounds from the Nor
thern California coastal community and its wild surroundings
Rebecca Trescher/Changing Perspectives/08 Changing Perspectives
Rebecca Tr
escher’s troupe creates intoxicating soundscapes,
plots with striking twists and turns, an
d scenes that those
who follow them will long remember.
Kara-Lis Cloverdale/09 Habitat
Coverdale alloys
synthesis with live instrumentation
in a gesture of reconnection with land and body throug
h sound.
Rachel Eckroth John Hadfield/Speaking In Tongues/06 Andromeda
draws inspiration from
the concept of glossolalia — speaking in unintelligible sounds often tied to religious rituals
Liquid Mind/In the Love/07 Coming Home
love can
come ... through acts of kindness, meaningful relationships with family,
family of choice
and friends, being of service to others, finding peace within ourselves
though meditation
and prayer, self introspection and examination, and through meaningful
work in our careers
Pat Metheny/From This Place/09 Sixty-six
Music retains its nature and spir
it even as the culture that forms it
fades away, much like the dirt that creates the press
ure around a diamond
is long forgotten as the diamond shines on.
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Clariloops/The Quiet Below/04 Drifting, Fleeting
subtle chord changes or melodic moments that can
give you goose bumps or make the eyes well
Juan Pastor - Chinchanno/Memorias/03 Memorias
explores the profound connection between memory and identity
Yazz Ahmed/A Paradise in The Hold/02 A Paradise In The Hold
A thread in my work has been searching for, establishing and, now,
finally embracing and celebrating my cultural identity
Pharoah Sanders/Floating Points/Movement 5
the album enters an entirely new musical dimension as it
draws from electronic music, ambient/atmospheric cues, spiritual jazz,
free jazz, contemporary orchestral music and something that
feels like a take on space music/new age music.
Carbon Based Lifeforms/Derelicts/12 Everwave
a reflection on the tenebrous future in store for mankind
Mike Stern/Echos and Other Songs/10 Climate
Echoes is a defiant record — not so much a victory lap as a call to arms.
Mary Halvorson/About Ghosts/04 Absinthian
the brisk interplay that dominates "Absinthian" is fully in keeping with its title
Rick Sanders - The Arrow of Time/Blue Hour
somewhere between the end of one day and the
beginning of another, there lies a moment of stillness — a tranquility
suspended in the vast blue sky. This is the Blue Hour
Jaco Pastorius/Truth Liberty Soul/04 Three Views to a Secret
Jaco Pastorius leading a 22-piece big band on June 27, 1982
at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City
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Dizzy Gillespie 1945-1946/7 Dizzy Gillespie Orch - Parlophone R 3193 Ray's idea
Dizzy Gillespie - in 1946 started the first bebop big band. He also pioneered
in the Afro-Cuban jazz.
Three Point Circle/Fluorescent Grey - Three Point Circle - K Liemer/06 Nearly Remote
K. Leimer, Marc Barreca & Steve Peters remerge as Three Point Circle
for a 3rd album quietly consolidating of their respective energies in drifting
forms of ambient modern classical.
David Helpling & Erik "the" Taylor/The Precious Dark feat Erik "the" Tayor/06 For Those In Shadow
electro vibrations, ethereal guitar arrangements, and analog synths
ALPFV - Quentin Lachapèle - Port Sleep - Dust Tail - Of Mountains and Seas - AMBIENT TRANSMISSION/Dust Tail - AMBIENT TRANSMISSION - 04 Hedgehog's Playground
There are no algorithms, no ads, no endless scroll, no tracking here.
Pan American & Kramer/Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea/08 Blind to the Last of Its Kind
rendered textures that evaporate the guitar tone to evanescent foggy residue,
perfect for hazy afternoon and late night reveries.
Brubeck/02 Strange Meadow Lark
The first six notes of the theme are commnly heard in the fields of
Amador County, California, where Dave Brubeck grew up.
Almost An Island - Almost An Island/07 In Light Of
Almost An Island, which is a collaboration between Kenneth James Gibson
and husband and wife duo James and Cynthia Bernard.
Material - Hallucination Engine (24 bit)/06 Cucumber Slumber (Fluxus mix)
a very funky and very jazzy remix
mjq56-64/07 Woody 'n You
Discipline and elegance
Ry Cooder/04 The Dream
known for his slide guitar work, his interest in blues-rock and native North American roots music.
AP_038_20260318_Playlist
Purelink/Purelink - Signs/Murmurs - Purelink - Signs
Chicago trio Purelink unspools an alchemical suite of fractal ambient, dusted dub tech, and interstitial electronica
Pharoah Sanders/Floating Points/Movement 2
Shepherd's musical influences include Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, and Bill Evans.
Pharoah Sanders/Floating Points/Movement 3
a divinity explored through the power of his tenor sax.
Pharoah Sanders/Floating Points/Movement 4
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra
2002/The Wishing Well/05 Dream Chasers
inspired by tales from other lands as well as by a few personal stories
Zake/Cantus For Winter/Cantus for Winter, Part Two
a hushed atmosphere of sublime calm through deep resonances and a sustained wisp of pianissimo violin
Rachel Eckroth John Hadfield/Speaking In Tongues/09 Phase And Liberation Part 1
Rachel's music is obvious - from its' roots and influence, to its' gracefully bold uniqueness.
Rachel Eckroth John Hadfield/Speaking In Tongues/10 Phase And Liberation Part 2
mythology, religion, astronomy
Amina Claudine Myers/Solace of the Mind/01 African Blues
newly minted NEA Jazz Master Amina Claudine Myers
Pat Metheny/From This Place/08 From This Place
a thrumming rhythmic excitement that nods toward pop music even as it grows complex
Vijay Iyer/08 Lude
Accelerando is an album driven by the visceral, universal, intoxicating experience of rhythm
James C Davis - Beveled/Arc and Edge/01 Long Road Home
layers in horns with chestnut warmth and subdued intensity
AP_037_20260311_Playlist
Soul of The Machine/07 Mark Isham - Musings - in Two Parts
[Isham]...joined Joni Mitchell on her triumphant return to the stage,
serving as a featured soloist in her concerts
Pharoah Sanders/Floating Points/Movement 1
Promises is a 2021 studio album by the British electronic musician
Floating Points, the American jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders
and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Benoit Pioulard/Stanza IV/07 Fog Dialect (MJ Guider ver)
breathy waves of pitched-down melodica,
long trails of softly howling guitar,
and a patiently ascending bass loop,
until it relents into a reflecting
pool of hushed, echoing thumb piano
Maps and Diagrams/Clearwater/12 Still blue
"Clearwater" is fractured ... with a conscious
emphasis on eroded melodic structures.
Jon Jenkins/Flow (Remastered)/09 Blood And Water (Remastered)
a testament to Jenkins’ unique ability to blend melodic sensibility with atmospheric depth.
Soul of The Machine/06 Chris Meyer's Alias Zone - The Gathering Storm (APR remix)
Edmondo Riccardo Annoni/La Grotta e Aperta/06 Opera Maggiore
Existing in a timeless dimension
modern jazz quartet 56-64/11 Cortege
"Discipline and elegance"
Derrick Stembridge/Home/01 through the static everything returned
Derrick Stembridge’s Home is a meditative ambient journey through memory and belonging
Church of Hed/Under Blue Ridge Skies/02 Abbott's Fantasia
aural travelogues along classic American roads
AP_036_20260304_Playlist
Helen Bolan/Moonscapes (Original)
"GNU/Linux Music Producer" of multiple genres
Petr Bakla/Cello Piano/01 Two Instances
It doesn’t need anything whatsoever, we do.
mjq56-64/05 Conversation
The genesis of the MJQ was Dizzy Gillespie’s decision to feature four musicians from his orchestra during breaks
Putu Septa/Piwal/02 Piwal III
Septa represents a new generation of maverick Indonesian composers, “evident,”
as ethnomusicologist Oscar Murakami-Smith writes in his liner notes
Helen Bolan/Nothing But A Dream
Absolutely love the Roland TR-808, LinnDrum, Yamaha DX7 and Korg M1 instruments
Bart Hawkins/Bell's Theorem/08 Everybody Rides the Carousel
mesmerizing as it is a luxurious cosmic experience
KALI MALONE/The Sacrificial Code 2025 edition/02 Sacrificial Code
during an apprenticeship with the organ tuner Jan Börjeson. As she explored
the instrument's possibilities, she developed music that has been
widely hailed as a masterpiece of neo-classical minimalism.
Kamasi Washington/The Epic/10 Seven Prayers
a true story and a carefully constructed musical daydream
AP_035_20260225_Playlist
The Quietist/The Quietist - Opia
Hidden charts the developments of this composer, from his
initial apprenticeship writing music in the late 90s on a
Playstation 1 (of all things) to a Cubase SE upgrad
bill evans trio /21 Some Other Time
Some Other Time: The Lost Session From the Black Forest is a newly unearthed studio session
from the iconic pianist Bill Evans featuring bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette.
Miles Davis/Elevator to the Scaffolding/Miles Davis - 6 - Dîner au motel - Lift to the scaffold
one of the best examples of modern jazz serving as a cinematic score
Yazz Ahmed/A Paradise in The Hold/07 Into The Night
voices as additional instruments in the mix, sometimes using two vocalists at once singing different phrases
Steve Peters/With My Back to the World [OST]/Vancouver
deeper immersion revealed a subtle aura of color quietly glowing beneath the surface
Kronos Quartet/Aleksandra Vrebalov - The Sea Ranch Songs/11 Spirit II
The music does a magnificent job of connecting with the nature, spirit, and architecture of this magical landscape.
Southern Lands/09 Windy Flowers
three inspirations, three experiences and three souls with one thing in common
Alex Albrecht Violet Visionary_ASIPV043 Promo/ASIPV043 Alex Abrecht (Unmixed tracks)/06 6. June.wav
a perfectly honed evolution of picturesque downtempo and hazy, percussive Deep House.
Rebecca Trescher/Changing Perspectives/06 Song For The Night - dedicated to Carla Bley
Rebecca Trescher offers her fellow musicians rhythmically, melodically,
motivically challenging pieces that also provide opportunities for adventure
Jon Jenkins/Flow (Remastered)/04 Night Drifting Through Black Canyon (Remastered)
FLOW is ... an invitation to introspection and emotional discovery.
Sun-Mi Hong/Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest/03 Escapism
Meaning of a Nest, embodies the album’s exploration of home and community
bill evans trio/28 Green Dolphin Street
an unusual evening session following a Chet Baker recording for which
Evans, Chambers, and Jones had served as the rhythm section, as they had the
previous year in the Miles Davis Sextet
AP_034_20260218_Playlist
Carbon Based Lifeforms/Stochastic/04 Probability Approaches Infinity
exploring the random functionalities on some synthesizers
we had not used for a while, we found sequences that were best suited
for passive listening whilst not stealing focus.
nws.bpm0192/Noston/MA
Since 1997, we have been exploring the possibilities
to expand our awareness and are always finding new areas for action.-anonymous to me quote
Ry Cooder/03 The Pearls _ Tia Juana
Jelly Roll Morton; adapted by Ry Cooder
Marine Eyes/quiet circle/03 long horizon
carving out space for our own quiet circles. music is one of the ways i find mine. - Cynthia Bernard (marine eyes)
Louis Armstrong/Body and Soul/2-01 Royal Garden Blues
Jazz, in fact, is not—and never has been—an entirely composed, predetermined music
2002/The Wishing Well/08 On the Wings of Angels
stories from the past, current reverie and future aspirations
First Contact/Out of the Void
Sort of sonic sand mandala, produce and let go, blown by the wind. Here we are...
Miles Davis/Kind of Blue/03 All Blues
a 6/8 12-measure blues form that produces its mood through only a few modal
changes and Miles Davis' free melodic conception -Bill Evans
Bart Hawkins/Nonlinear Crossroads/03 Going Back In Time Moves You Forward
It is said that our future lies in our past. Going back in time, moves you forward in life
AP_033_20260211_Playlist
Gigi/Illuminated Audio/02 Tew Ante Sew
a tapestry of deep percussive ambient and heavy dub
Stephen Upshaw/Veneer/05 Verneer by Ed Finnis
a shimmer of ringing harmonics and fragile resonances
Kara-Lis Cloverdale/07 Freedom
inscribing a musical language that resonates animations with unfiltered, striking clarity
Juan Pastor - Chinchanno/Memorias/06 Que Frio
"Qué Frío" is an Afro-Peruvian festejo
David Helpling & Erik "the" Taylor/IN/04 Here All Along
On this miniature scale, a shard of lichen is a monument,
a twig, a skyscraper, an arm’s length, a universe.
Amina Claudine Myers/Solace of the Mind/02 Song for Mother E
"'Jazz Master' — I guess that means I've got to up my game,"
she muses. "It calls for something masterful."
Everyday Dust/Mossed In Translation/Who Built The Chimes_ (Ana Espin & FUTURo3000 Remix)
Gritty cyberpunk now meets the surrealistic supernatural undertones
with an overload of drum and bass elements.
Mike Stern/Echos and Other Songs/03 Stuff Happens
McBride and Sanchez introduce "Stuff Happens" with a
reggae backbeat before the principals -- with Beard on organ --
gather them under an umbrella of assonant harmony, syncopated rhythms, and blues.
Kronos Quartet/Aleksandra Vrebalov - The Sea Ranch Songs/01 Spirit I
“Sea Ranch, a small community perched on Northern California’s
oceanside cliffs, is one of a few places where the 1960s utopian dream of
living in harmony with the land still survives…
AP_032_20260204_Playlist
Rachel Eckroth John Hadfield/Speaking In Tongues/01 God Particle
amorphous outer-space electronics disappear, gulped into the form of a jazz tune
Alex Albrecht Violet Visionary_ASIPV043 Promo/ASIPV043 Alex Abrecht (Unmixed tracks)/01 1. Understory
Alex’s music is just as suited for the orange hues of dawn as the purple tints of sundown
Deborah Martin & Jill Haley/Rendering Time/06 Shadow of the Moon
Rendering Time compels with a poetic narrative that expands the mainstream idea of ambient music
Yazz Ahmed/A Paradise in The Hold/02 A Paradise In The Hold
It features motifs inspired by Bahraini folk music
and a narrative reflective of the voyages of pearl divers—it’s a
progressive epic in both an exploratory sense as, well, being kinda prog
Zake/Cantus For Winter/Cantus for Winter, Part One
Cantus for Winter in Six Parts creates a space for comfort,
contemplation, nostalgia, and longing; a moment of stillness
that honors the cycle of all things, wandering fallow
landscapes while dreaming of their renewal.
Mary Halvorson/About Ghosts/03 Eventidal
Eventidal
Robert Rich Markus Reuter/Incubation/08 Invisible Lightning
Consider this musical excursion as subterranean, seeking balance inside of dark silence.
James C Davis - Beveled/Arc and Edge/08 Heartstring Saga
“The name ‘Beveled’ is meant to evoke a soundscape that
uses softer edges, unexpected angles, and a generally gentler
and warmer side of modern creative music,” says Davis.
Matthew Florianz Mist Schimmen/Matthew Florianz - mist schimmen - 01 haven licht
Mist Schimmen (missed figures / mist shades) is a soundtrack to a place, a memory and nostalgia.
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Michael Valentine West/02 a black ship, conflicting versions of events
inviting listeners into a suspended state where memory and introspection meet
COCO FRANCAVILLA/re-oceaning/01 re-oceaning
We all come from the water. It holds our earliest rhythm, our first breath
Aris Kindt/Now Claims My Timid Heart/06 Letters To Felice
A slightly different kind of homage to Franz Kafka
Stephen Upshaw/Veneer/01 Lavinia by Errollyn Wallen
Color here is not cosmetic. It is bruised, mottled, alive. Expression arrives without apology
Sun-Mi Hong/Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest/01 Meaning of a Nest I: Finding
an inventive and spacious soundscape, seamlessly blending
meticulously crafted compositions with elements of improvisation
Tim Hecker/Shards/01 Heaven Will Come
an unfixed landscape that moves from shadowy to frigid to transcendent with ease
Carbon Based Lifeforms/Stochastic/08 Sphere Eversion
A fusion of Hans Zimmer and Kenji Yamamoto, Stochastic succeeds at
its mission of keeping the mind “focused and relaxed” – a soundscape
assuredly worth exploring while putting one’s mindfulness elsewhere.
Rebecca Trescher/Changing Perspectives/07 Veils Of Fog
Together, Rebecca Trescher’s troupe created intoxicating soundscapes,
plots with striking twists and turns, and scenes that
those who follow them will long remember.
Bart Hawkins/Mirror/05 Mirror Master
Each thought, action, and intention ripples through the fabric of existence,
influencing both our immediate surroundings and the broader cosmos.
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Rebecca Trescher/Changing Perspectives/08 Changing Perspectives
with growing development and maturity, Trescher ... has learned
to relinquish excessive control and has long since refined the art of letting go
Rick Sanders - The Arrow of Time/Dream Sequence (of Crescent Moon and Berenice's Hair)
reflects a transition through the night, the irreversible flow of events happening from twilight in the evening till dawn.
A Radical Horizon - Goldston-Christoff/Pine Tree Tops
A conversation between friends
Bill Evans Trio/19 Peace Piece
He only ever played it once live with the Bill Evans Dance Company in Seattle in 1978
I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away - Hayden Pedigo/01 Long Pond Lily
We're always in a constant state of leaving. You never have as much time as you think.
Robert Rich Markus Reuter/Incubation/02 Forms Still Linger
A cancelled gig and a serendipitus week with a friend
Lia Kohl/Normal Sounds/01 Lia Kohl - Tennis Court Light, Snow
an uncanny appraisal of the urban soundscape
Mike Stern/Echos and Other Songs/10 Climate
his playing immediately invokes the halcyon days of jazz-rock fusion
Marc Berreca - From the Gray and Green/01 Voorish Dome
Barreca tells us that 'My goal was to create immersive,
evolving landscapes shaped by a dynamic past and viewed
as if through the translucence of passing clouds.'
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Miles Davis/Birth of The Cool/03 Moon Dreams
Gil Evans's arrangement of Chummy MacGregor's "Moon Dreams"
MC Snatch/01 Cathedrals of Snow
A celebrationn of Winter
Wayne Shorter/Second Genesis/01 Ruby and the Pearl
Art Blakey on drums, pianist Cedar Walton and bassist Bob Cranshaw
Kara-Lis Cloverdale/04 Daze
[Daze] could symbolize excitement and anticipation, followed by peace
Oscar Peterson/Jazz 'Round Midnight/11 Little Right Foot
Peterson spent his career growing within his style rather than making any major changes
Marine Eyes/quiet circle/01 searching
carving out space for our own quiet circles. music is one of the ways i find mine -marine eyes
Soul of The Machine/17 Lisa Bella Donna / Conclusions
Lisa Bella Donna takes listeners on an extended journey into timeless wonder in the epic “Conclusions.”
Voices From The Lake/II/02 Lotus Mist
Voices From The Lake explores extremes, while remaining anchored in the meditative pulse of ambient techno.
Carbon Based Lifeforms/Stochastic/10 Finite State Space
an ever connecting thread of Zen and understated beauty
Southern Lands/06 Endless Source
The unpredictable and incredible sonic result of three inspirations,
three experiences and three souls with one thing in common
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Substak + LR Friberg/The White Between Words/06 The Edge of the Ripple
She'd been coming to the fjord every morning that week.
Mike Stern/Echos and Other Songs/07 Gospel Song
scythe-like runs incandescent with energy
Carbon Based Lifeforms/Seeker/01 Seeker
some of the most beautiful and cohesive odysseys in the ambient/psybient field.
Bill Evans/35 Blue In Green (take 3)
emphasizing spontaneity and modal exploration over the conventional chord progressions of the time
Steve Roach/The Road Eternal/05 Travel By Moonlight
the sound of big skies, open roads and soaring thoughts pulling one towards the next destination
Miles Davis/1969 Bitches Brew (40th Anniversary Legacy Edition 2 CD) @320/CD1/2-02 Sanctuary
Bass – Dave Holland
Bass Clarinet – Bennie Maupin
Congas – Don Alias,Jumma Santos
Drums [Left] – Lenny White,Don Alias
Drums [Right] – Jack DeJohnette
Electric Bass – Harvey Brooks
Electric Piano [Center] – Larry Young
Electric Piano [Left] – Joe Zawinul
Electric Piano [Right] – Chick Corea
Guitar – John McLaughlin
Shaker – Jumma Santos
Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
Trumpet – Miles Davis
Liquid Mind/In the Love/01 Gratitude
Gratitude is the foundation of a healthy relationship, and this song is dedicated to that value which we all hold dear. — Chuck Wild
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