Out late last night and gruesomely squashed by work today, I’m not going to be able to reflect on last night’s set by Cecil Taylor, Henry Grimes and Pheeroan akLaff at Iridium in time to persuade fence sitters that this is almost without question the most significant, satisfying band hit by Taylor that this city has seen in some years. So, if you’re waffling about whether you should attend one of tonight’s two sets, get over to Hank Shteamer’s Dark Forces Swing… and your pondering will be put to rest.

(Yesterday’s playlist inspired by — and gratefully dedicated to — Ethan Iverson and his recent guest editorial at Destination: Out.)

Playlist:

Air – Air Mail (Black Saint), Air Lore (RCA Novus)

New Air with Cassandra Wilson – Air Show No. 1 (Black Saint)

Henry Threadgill Sextett – You Know the Number, Easily Slip into Another World and Rag, Bush and All (RCA Novus)

Henry Threadgill and Very, Very Circus – Spirit of Nuff…Nuff (Black Saint), Live at Koncepts (Taylor Made) and Too Much Sugar for a Dime (Axiom)