Friday Five

February 27, 2026

1. Rudresh Mahanthappa, "On the DI" (2015): Found this via Nate Chinen.
2. Frank Kimbrough, "Fu Bu" (2004): I found this via Nate Chinen too. I guess I read a lot of Nate Chinen.
3. Charlie Parker, "Summertime" (1949): The excellent You'll Hear It podcast used a clickbait phrase for their episode on the Charlie Parker With Strings album: "The Charlie Parker album we don't talk about enough." That seems wrong to me. LPs weren't a thing when Bird was alive, so the Charlie Parker With Strings compilation is really the only album anyone talks about. (When I saw the phrase, I immediately knew the episode had to be about Charlie Parker With Strings. What else could it possibly be about?) Admittedly, a lot of people are, or at least used to be, dismissive of it because: strings. I certainly missed out on it for several years. When I finally listened, I couldn't believe how stupid that was of me.
4. Perico Sambeat, "Barri de La Coma" (1995): I found out about this from Brad Mehldau's book Formation. It is taking me forever to read that book because it mentions so much recorded music that I then spend time listening to. I'm not complaining.
5. Lawrence, "Whatcha Want" (2024)

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