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Chris

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Chris @yonforest.bsky.social · 20h

Here's a Tidal playlist. It's a mess!
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Sunshine Sometime

Playlist - Sunshine Sometime - 43 items

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Chris

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Wayne Shorter - "Moto Grosso Feio" (1974)

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#NowPlaying #WayneShorter #RonCarter #DaveHolland #ChickCorea #JohnMcLaughlin #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a photograph of WS standing and wearing a leather coat.

January 17, 2026 at 10:34 PM

Chris

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Kaleidoscope - "A Beacon From Mars" (1968)

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#NowPlaying #Kaleidoscope #DavidLindley #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a color illustration of two people in robes, standing on top of a giant book on the planet Mars, shining a light onto the planet Earth.

January 17, 2026 at 9:38 PM

Chris

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Here's a Tidal playlist. It's a mess!
tidal.com/playlist/bcd...

Sunshine Sometime

Playlist - Sunshine Sometime - 43 items

tidal.com

January 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM

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Oren Ambarchi_Black Truffle

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Excerpts from the Haino/O’Rourke/Ambarchi show last night at Showboat, Tokyo 🇯🇵 Vid: crys cole

January 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM

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Ana

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Detroit jazz: Bennie Maupin reflecting on Alice Coltrane being a PERCUSSIONIST in high school concert band!

January 13, 2026 at 3:10 AM

Chris

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Pharoah Sanders - "Love Is Here: The Complete Paris ORTF Recordings" (2025, recorded 1975)

I was not anticipating the heavy church organ sounds!

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#NowPlaying #PharoahSanders #DannyMixon #CalvinHill #GregBandy #vinyl #VinylRecords

Red album cover features a color photograph of Pharoah Sanders holding up a saxophone. He's wearing a grey woolen cap, a brown leather shirt with leather strings tied at the front, and a grey jacket.

January 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM

Chris

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Muhal Richard Abrams - "Afrisong" (1975)

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#NowPlaying #MuhalRichardAbrams #IndiaNavigation #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features an orange-tinted black and white photograph of a black female singing group. They are dressed in mumus and traditional African-looking headscarves.

January 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM

Chris

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Art Ensemble of Chicago - "Phase One" (1971)

youtu.be/YP5Y71ploUU

#NowPlaying #ArtEnsemble #ArtEnsembleOfChicago #AACM #MalachiFavors #DonMoye #RoscoeMitchell #LesterBowie #JosephJarman #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a color photograph of the band members, several of whom are wearing face paint.

January 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM

Chris

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Bobby Hutcherson - "Montara" (1975)

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#NowPlaying #BobbyHutcherson #BlueMitchell #WillieBobo #BlueNoteRecords #BlueNote #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features.. we'll, I don't know what it is. Maybe it's a percussive instrument? It's a series of metal leaves attached to a frame with a little metal figurine of a person's head at the top. He's an interesting little character.

January 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM

Chris

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The Durutti Column - "Another Setting" (1982)

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#NowPlaying #DuruttiColumn #ViniReilly #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a series of mine pastel colored strips with zig-zagging lines going through each. Above each is the name of a song on the album.

January 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM

Chris

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Michael Hurley - "Fat Boy Spring" (2011)

michaelhurley.bandcamp.com/album/fatboy...

#NowPlaying #MichaelHurley #snock #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a colorful painting of a woman in a red dress standing on a dock by an ocean, in which a boat called the Miss Mississippi is sinking.

January 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM

Chris

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Kevin Ayers - "Whatevershebringswesing" (1972)

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#NowPlaying #KevinAyers #DavidBedford #MikeOldfield #RobertWyatt #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features an old-looking painting of an overturned basket filled with eggs that are hatching human infants. No eggsplanation is given.

January 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM

Chris

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Bobby Hutcherson - "Total Eclipse" (1969)

Goofy looking cover for a stellar recording. Features #HaroldLand #ChickCorea #ReggieJohnson #JoeChambers

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#NowPlaying #BobbyHutcherson #BlueNote #BlueNoteRecords #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a color photograph of BH smiling widely with a cigarette in his mouth. He's wearing a red t-shirt and has a short afro haircut and a black mustache.

Color photograph from the inner gatefold sleeve showing BH and Chick Corea seated at a piano. Chick is wearing sun glasses and is playing the piano. BH has his vibe mallets in his hands and has a cigarette in his mouth.

January 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM

Chris

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Jimmy Witherspoon - "Blues For Easy Livers" (1967)

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#NowPlaying #JimmyWitherspoon #PepperAdams #RichardDavis #MelLewis #BillWatrous #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features peach-tinted photograph of JW, smoking a cigarette and wearing a comfy looking cardigan.

January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM

Chris

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Anne Phillips - "Born to Be Blue" (1959)

youtu.be/x5TxjkCiOgE

#NowPlaying #AnnePhillips #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a color photograph of Anne Phillips, seated on a bank of the Hudson River, with towering buildings of NYC seen in the background.

January 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM

Chris

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Keith Jarrett - "Restoration Ruin" (1968)

Jarrett does baroque folk pop? He sings on most every track. Bizarre and excellent. Features #PaulMotian and #CharlieHaden

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#NowPlaying #KeithJarrett #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a color photograph of a youthful KJ standing against a stone wall, wearing an embroidered black jacket.

January 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM

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Listening Habit

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An excellent piece about the life and music of Ernest Hood. I didn't know that he had to switch to zither due to complications from polio in 1946, but had previously played jazz guitar:

chadcrouch.substack.com/p/ernest-hoo...

Ernest Hood: A Short Biography

The Story of the Ambient Pioneer behind "Neighborhoods"

chadcrouch.substack.com

January 3, 2026 at 1:23 AM

Chris

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Security cam saw a bobcat wander down the driveway today-!

Fuzzy zoomed-in picture of a bobcat walking. It's got a barely visible stump for a tail, striped front legs, and pointy black-tipped ears.

January 1, 2026 at 11:51 PM

Chris

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Charles Mingus - "Mingus At Monterey" (1965)

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#NowPlaying #CharlesMingus #JakiByard #RedCallender #BuddyCollette #DannieRichmond #JackNimitz #CharlesMcPherson #LouBlackburn

Album cover features a color photograph of a hill on the coast of Monterey, California. The sea is a deep cobalt blue, and the waves crashing on the shore are frothy white. A small island is seen just off the shore in the distance.

January 1, 2026 at 6:08 PM

Chris

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Kellee Patterson - "Maiden Voyage" (1973)

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#NowPlaying #KelleePatterson #BlackJazzRecords #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a black and white photograph of Kellee Patterson.

January 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM

Chris

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Chico Hamilton - "El Exigente: The Demanding One" (1970)

First spin of 2026. Happy New Year! 🎆

youtu.be/YTGDtNA0UXY

#NowPlaying #ChicoHamilton #SteveSwallow #BobMann #ArnieLawrence #FlyingDutchman #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features photo of Chico Hamilton, wearing a sort of woven-straw pork pie hat. He's squinting a bit, with a serious expression, and looking very demanding.

January 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM

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Arthur David Spota

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Ivy Nicholson, 1950s supermodel and Warhol Factory regular who appeared in many of his early films, photographed by Genia Rubin, 1957.

#IvyNicholson #Photography #Fashion