After a long hiatus I have decided to revive Curved-Air. The Curved-Air sharity blog always drew it’s name from Terry Riley’s “Rainbow over curved air”, and not the band Curved Air. So now that we’re at a new home we’re just going to just go with ‘Rainbow Over Curved Air’. Proper.
My reasons for reviving are that I have had many request to post new material but more importantly folks wanting access to the archives. I have been generous and have shared many of my shares with others, while many other sites have harvested my archives and are posting my shares as their own. Whatever, it’s lame but I don’t want to spend the energy on them or on those blogging politics.
This is about the music. So enjoy! Let me know what if any links are bad and I will revive. More will ultimately be coming but with so many things in my life now it’s hard to say.
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Khaliq Al-Rouf Salaam’s “The Elephant Trot Dance” released on Nilvia Records in 1979. Ashley, a site visitor and now contributor from across the pond sent this gem to me. Here we have a later iteration of 
. Top notch, I say! Thanks again Ashley. 
Marcus Belgrave’s “Gemini” released on Gem Eye/Tribe Records in 1974. One of Detroit’s finest and accompanied by other label heavyweights such as, Wendell Harrison and Phil Ranelin. Here’s some words from 
Lemon Kitten’s “Spoonfed & Writhing” released on Step Forward in 1979. I just happened upon this fine folker/DADA/???/// record. I’ve nabbed these words from 
Chico Freeman’s “The Outside Within” on India Navigation in 1978. I promised more India Navigation LP’s long ago. Well here’s one of the first in many to ‘eventually’ come. On this outing we have Chico Freeman, tenor saxophonist (doubling here on bass clarinet) performing a 19-and-a-half-minute “Undercurrent” (an original by bassist Cecil McBee) and three shorter compositions with McBee, pianist John Hicks, and drummer Jack DeJohnette. Like many of Freeman’s late 70’s to early 80’s releases the music is tinged with a far east flavor. There’s no stinkers on this one. The dynamics between the members and what I’d consider a great recording make this a ‘heater’. 
Armando Piazza’s “Suan” released in 1973 on Beautiful Black Butterfly. Suan is heavy, yet subtle, folky Italian psych LP with oddly inflected vocals and some deliciously crunchyguitar. Armando employs the talents of Shawn Phillips for this outing and his ‘Nuas’ lp. For those unfamiliar with Armando Piazza, as I was, here’s a little bitty I found on over at 
Rabbits & Carrots’ “Soul Latino” released on Vampisoul in 1969. I’m not even going to pretend like I know about latin music, I just don’t. There are a few holes in my collection but by far Latin has to be the, excluding the myriad of crossover Blue Note and mid-60’s jazz lp’s I have. Fortunately, I’ve been hipped to some good LP’s by friends and fellow collectors. Ok enough blundering and babbling, here’s a nice little write-up from 
Patrice Sciortino’s “Chronoradial” lp, released in 1970 on PSI. Chronoradial is apart of the ever expanding library records folks seem to be unearthing. Sciortino delivered several library records in the early 70’s. I didn’t find a lot of info on Patrice nor this particular recording, but wanted to share as it seems an appropriate follow-up to the last “Trees Community” post. Like with many library records you can expect some typical, what I’ll call “library pranciness”, but cliche library’ness doesn’t permeate nor dominate on this outing. The interplay and dynamics of the strings, harps, vocals and bells make this a standout recording. If you like dissonance and avant oriented compositions, I think you’ll like this.
The Trees Community’s “Christ Tree” released in 1975. Folks, this is a must have record. This is easily one of the hottest LP’s I’ve come upon in a long while. A fellow record collector and friend of mine shared this with me and my life has been better because of it. Now I’m gonna pass it along to you all. Fortunately the Trees have gone out of their way to rerelease and reissue their recordings and some live material. There’s a subsite dedicated to The Trees Community over at 