A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…
claire rousay - gno (self-released subscriber exclusive; 2021)
Anthony Braxton - 12 COMP (ZIM) 2017 (Firehouse 12; due June 4, 2021)
Anthony Braxton - Quartet (Standards) 2020 (New Braxton House; due June 18, 2021)
Yo Miles! Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith - Sky Garden (Cuneiform; 2004)
Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die? (Sugar Hill; 2005)
Wadada Leo Smith - Grand Oak Trees at Dawn; String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 3 (“Black Church”); Bardsdale - Southwest Chamber Music (Cambria; 2000)
Franz Joseph Haydn - String Quartets (Op. 74); Scottish Folk Music - Maxwell Quartet (Linn; 2021)
Prince & The New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.; 1991)
Tristan Kasten-Krause - Potential Landscapes (Whatever’s Clever; 2021)
Prince & The New Power Generation - (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.; 1992)
King Crimson - Beat (E.G./DGM; 1982/2012)
Christa Ludwig - The Essentials (Deutsche Grammophon; 1978)
Gustav Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde - Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, New Philharmonia & Philharmonia Orchestras/Otto Klemperer (HMV; 1967)