The Line-Up for 9-14-2012

This week's show is the third anniversary of my helming the Line-Up and the first Line-Up of the KRTU 2012 Fall pledge drive, so there's double the reasons for me to be excited this week. Terri Lyne Carington - Crayola It's another one of those moments when I realized I hadn't played any Terri Lyne Carrington for a while. Karriem Riggins - Summer Maddness S.A. Lionel Loueke - Ouidah I may have played this song more than anything else this week. Singing along to it is pretty infectious. Vijay Iyer Trio - MmmHmm If you join KRTU at the $120 level, Accelerando is one of the gifts this year. This is cooler than usual. Karriem Riggins - daooooh!! Mister Barrington - Landing The plan for this week's show was to play some new Mark Guiliana tht I just got in so after that, a set came together. Playing some Mister Barrington was bound to happen in this set. Grand Pianoramax - Infidel I got a message from Leo Tardin recently previewing some new material from his upcoming album its release may be a ways off but everyone has something serious to look forward to. I'll keep you all posted when I can. Mark Guiliana - Coin Castle Mark Guiliana's Beat Music has been kicking around for a little bit but it took the drummer blowing my mind on Lionel Loueke's Heritage for me to ask him about tracking this down. It's certainly something different. Something raw. Karriem Riggins - Moogy Foog It Kenneth Whalum III - A Song for Tomorrow Kirk Whalum, Kenneth's uncle, will be performing at San Antonio's famed free jazz festival, Jazz'SAlive, next week (yet again). The logical move would be to play some KIrk Whalumn but I chose to do something a little off the beaten path.Nex weekend's going to be pretty great, though. Menahan Street Band - The Crossing Learning the new MHB album drops (out of nowhere) next month was one of the most shocking facts of my week. Freddie Joachim - Morena ERIMAJ - Unrest (Journey to the Land of Milk & Honey The Bad Plus - Silence is the Question Austin Peralta - Epilogue: Renaissance Bubbles Thundercat - Boat Cruise

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