We've got tentative plans to talk with Dan Plonsey today about his Sept. 30 show at Yoshi's, where the Daniel Popsicle big band will perform his compositions. Should be lots of fun, and a change of pace for Yoshi's -- Plonsey's new work has been in a neo-classical kind of space, much like Anthony Braxton's newer stuff.
The show will include snippets of a colossal two-hour composition Plonsey's written... check out details at http://www.plonsey.com.
Also, from 6:00 to 6:30, we'll be doing an experiment: public affairs! I'll be interviewing Dean Takahashi about his book Opening the Xbox, a chronicle of how Microsoft Corp. developed the idea for its Xbox game console in hopes of unseating the Playstation 2 from living-room dominance. Dean's reported on video games for the Wall Street Journal, Red Herring, and the San Jose Mercury News. Join us, please!
Rufus Harley -- "Feeling Good" -- The Pied Piper of Jazz (Label M, 2000; orig. released 1967)
* Bobby Few, Avram Fefer, Wilbur Morris -- "Continental Jazz Express" -- Few and Far Between (Boxholder, 2002)
* Brilliant Coroners -- "Blue Monk" -- Brilliant Coroners (Yeah Man, 2002)
* DJ Spooky with Napoleon of IsWhat?! and Daniel Carter -- "Parachutes" -- Optometry (Thirsty Ear, 2002)
* Andrew Hill -- "J Di" -- Beautiful Day (Palmetto, 2002)
Peter Kowald, Wadada Leo Smith, Gunter Sommer -- "Touch the Earth" -- Touch the Earth (FMP, 1997; recorded 1979)
*! Arto Lindsay -- "Predigo" -- Invoke (Righteous Babe, 2002)
* Tim Berne (performed by the ARTE sax quartet) -- "Repulsion" -- The Sevens (New World, 2002)
Daniel Popsicle led by Dan Plonsey -- "The Superhero of Shirts" -- Daniel Popsicle Plays Dan Plonsey (self-released, 2001)
Daniel Popsicle -- "Those Cheeseboard Chocolate Things" -- Daniel Popsicle Plays Dan Plonsey (self-released, 2001)
Dan Plonsey -- "Baseball Season" [excerpt] -- Baseball Season (self-released, 2001)
* Herve Provini -- "Pluie d'Amour" -- Musique Amoureuse (Unit, 2002)
* The Cosmosamatics -- "New Line Groove" -- The Cosmosamatics (Boxholder, 2001)
* Michael Chorney and Orchid -- "Swear Off Forever" -- Field Recordings (self-released, 2002)
*! Erika Simonian -- "Blue Guitar Song" -- 29-1/2 (self-released, 2002)
* Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet -- "Broken English" -- Broken English (Okka Disk, 2002)
* Lol Coxhill and Veryon Westan -- "Rest Unassured" -- 6 Dialogues (Emanem, 2002)
* Walter Horn -- "Mildred's Umbrella" -- Sadhana (Saxofonis, 2002)
* Kahil El'Zabar Trio -- "The Ebullient Duke" -- Love Outside of Dreams (Delmark, 2002)
* = Item in KZSU rotation
! = Pop/World music anomaly
? = Item not in KZSU library
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-- Bay Area free/improv music calendar: http://www.bayimproviser.com.