Erkin Koray - 2 (1976)

Anatolian Rock. That is what is listed on Wikipedia for the genre of this record. I prefer Turk-Psych, or Ottoman Rock. Maybe Turkadelica. Whatever it is, it definitely makes me want to eat kababs and crank some Turkish Get Ups. You ever been to a Turkish prison?

Tracklist:

1. Şaşkın – 4:29
2. Eyvah – 3:03
3. Fesuphanallah – 3:37
4. Sevince – 5:18
5. Estarabim – 5:19
6. Arap Saçı – 3:47
7. Hayat Bir Teselli – 5:21
8. Komşu Kızı – 4:04
9. Gönül Salıncığı – 4:08
10. Tımbıllı – 3:55
11. Ask Oyunu (1967) – 3:09
12. Hop Hop Gelsin (1968) – 3:58
13. Senden Ayri (1971) – 4:16
14. Kiskanirim (1971) – 3:47
15. Yalnizlar Rihtimi (Acoustic) – 3:05

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Don Cherry - Where Is Brooklyn? (1966)

Don Cherry was a long-time trumpeter for Ornette Coleman.

This record has some of the meanest brass honking I've ever heard. After listening to this head-spinner you'll probably not know where the hell anything is, let alone Brooklyn.

Tracklist:

1. Awake Nu

2. Taste Maker

3. The Thing

4. There Is The Bomb

5. Unite

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Ornette Coleman - The Empty Foxhole (1966)

I've been on a bit of a jazz bender lately, starting with the re-discovery of a Charlie Parker compilation I found during the re-acquisition of my CD collection. Through this and that I've discovered the groundbreaking works of Ornette Coleman. For those not familiar, his album "Free Jazz" gave its name to an entire sub-genre of jazz. Mr. Coleman would rather call it "Harmalodics". This particular album caught my ear, particularly with "Sound Gravitation", playing violin rather than sax. Through my experience with fretless bass I can appreciate his use of non-notes and microtonal movement. Every space on the fretboard can be used, not just the lines and metal bars that convention has drawn on there. Check it out, it's a hell of a trip.

Tracklist:
1. Good Old Days
2. The Empty Foxhole
3. Sound GRavitation
4. Freeway Express
5. Faithful
6. Zig Zag

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Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons (2002)

This is a nice little discovery. The cover art attracted me to it, has a nice warm look to it. The record is right in line with this; chill electronics mixed with jazz and vintage-dusty easy listening tones. It's reminiscent of British library records of the 1970's. The classic tube-amped P Bass sound is in there, one of my absolute favorite things to hear. Each of these epics are interspersed with some real clever narrative sampling. Ramblin' Man with its earthy recount of all the stop offs in the speaker's journey, some space-transmission like signals on Space Walk, and my favorite Nice Weather For Ducks. Ultra-amusing.

Tracklist:

1. Elements

2. Space Walk

3. Ramblin' Man

4. Return To Patagonia

5. Nice Weather For Ducks

6. Experiment Number 6

7. Closer

8. The Curse Of Ka'zar

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