Friday Random Ten

Liberty Ellman, "Borealis"
Sonny Sharrock, "Black Bottom"
Paul Motian, "Bill"
Charlie Parker, "Lover Man"
Tapes 'n Tapes, "Buckle"
Steven Bernstein, "Aveenu Malkenu"
Paul Motian, "The Bag Man"
Ornette Coleman, "C&D"
Bob Dylan, "John Wesley Harding"
Minutemen, "June 16th"

I've become a big fan of Paul Motian in the past few months, so I have a few of his records on my Nano at the moment. Just got Motian's latest, Garden of Eden, and it is great. Interesting lineup: two saxophones, three guitars, bass and drums. I was thinking of going to NY next month to check out Motian with his trio with Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano. Now that's a great band--and Motian doesn't travel outside NY anymore. But I got frustrated trying to find a hotel that wasn't either ridculously expensive and didn't sound like a dump. So, I'll just enjoy the record I guess!