John Zorn’s Masada, Tommy Flanagan, Jeff Parker

This week a trio of works featuring guitarist Jeff Parker, we then work our way tough a pile of recently acquired '80s LPs featuring lots of Tommy Flanagan, some Mulgrew Miller and Ronnie Mathews; and finally, we revisit John Zorn's Masada Quartet—leaders of the Radical Jewish Cultural movement of the '90s—who made their first recordings 30 years ago this week in 1994. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective.

Playlist

• Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:50
• James Brandon Lewis Quartet "Triptych" from Transfiguration (Intakt Records) 02:30
• Tina Brooks "Good Old Soul" from True Blue (Blue Note) 08:33
• Jeff Parker "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I stop Loving You" from The Relatives (Thrill Jockey) 17:40
• Nicole Mitchell "Curley Top" from Awakening (Delmark Records) 24:06
• Brian Blade Fellowship "Folklore" from Brian Blade Fellowship (Blue Note) 32:07
• Rodrigo Recabarren, Pablo Menares, Yago Vazquez "Santiago" from Familia (Green Leaf Music) 43:13
• Tommy Flanagan "Off Minor" from Thelonica (Enja Records) 49:26
• Tommy Flanagan "Giant Steps" from Giant Steps (In Memory of John Coltrane) (Enja Records) 54:31
• Tommy Flanagan "Mean Streets" from Jazz Poet (Timeless) 1:00:44
• Mulgrew Miller "What the World Needs Now is Love" from The Countdown (Landmark Records) 1:05:58
• Ronnie Mathews "Susanita" from Roots, Branches & Dances (Bee Hive Records) 1:13:25
• Masada "Tahah" from Masada 30th Anniversary Edition: The Complete Studio Master Takes (Tzadik) 1:22:55
• Masada "Sansanah" from Masada 30th Anniversary Edition: The Complete Studio Master Takes (Tzadik) 1:28:37
• Masada "Hazor" from Masada 30th Anniversary Edition: The Complete Studio Master Takes (Tzadik) 1:36:48
• Yvonne Rogers "Whole Piece" from Seeds (Relative Pitch Records) 1:43:52
• Charlotte Greve, Vinnie Sperrazza and {{Chris Tordini"" "Sustained Imagination" from The Choir Invisible (Intakt Records) 1:51:43