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The Goings On About Town section in The New Yorker has begun a gradual return to its conventional format, with live, in-person events taking greater precedence among the album reviews and online events that replaced them throughout pandemic quarantine months. (Click on the image to enlarge it, or hit the link to read the text on the New Yorker website.)
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…
Andrew McIntosh - A moonbeam is just a filtered sunbeam (Another Timbre; 2021)
Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince (New Amsterdam; 2021)
Renata Tebaldi - Lebendige Vergangenheit (Preiser; 2002)
Catherine Lamb - muto infinitas - Rebecca Lane, Jon Heilbron (Another Timbre; 2021)
Catherine Lamb - wave/forming (astrum) - Bryan Eubanks, Xavier Lopez (all that dust; 2020)
Catherine Lamb - String Quartets - JACK Quartet (Kairos; 2021)
John Zorn - Meditations on the Tarot (Tzadik; 2021)
Gyan Riley - Silver Lining (Tzadik; 2021)
John Zorn - Nostradamus: The Death of Satan (Tzadik; 2021)
Tangerine Dream - Probe 6–8 (Kscope; 2021)
John Medeski - Crawlspace (Tzadik; 2021)
John Zorn - Parables (Tzadik; 2021)
Miles Okazaki – Trevor Dunn – Dan Weiss - Hive Mind (Tzadik; 2021)
Pink Floyd - They Came in Peace: Leeds University 28 Feb 1970, Washington University 16 Nov 1971 (Parlophone; 2021)
Angel Bat Dawid - Hush Harbor Mixtape Vol. 1 Doxology (International Anthem; 2021)
John Adams - City Noir; Saxophone Concerto - Timothy McAllister, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/David Robertson (Nonesuch; 2014)
Damon Locks – Black Monument Ensemble - NOW (International Anthem; 2021)
Claire Rousay - a softer focus (American Dreams; 2021)
Brandee Younger - Somewhere Different (Impulse!; 2021)
Attacca Quartet - Real Life (Sony Classical; 2021)
Caroline Shaw + Sō Percussion - Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part (Nonesuch; 2021)
Claudia Muzio - Lebendige Vergangenheit (Preiser; 2010)
Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band - Long Yellow Road (RCA Victor; 1975) < happy 92nd birthday Toshiko Akiyoshi <
Wadada Leo Smith with Milford Graves and Bill Laswell - Sacred Ceremonies (TUM Records; 2021)
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis - London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio Pappano (LSO Live; 2021)
The Goings On About Town section in The New Yorker has begun a gradual return to its conventional format, with live, in-person events taking greater precedence among the album reviews and online events that replaced them throughout pandemic quarantine months. (Click on the image to enlarge it, or hit the link to read the text on the New Yorker website.)
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…
Quiet Evenings - Narrows (Hooker Vision; 2021)
Motion Sickness of Time Travel - The True Book of Space (Hooker Vision; 2021)
Ethan Iverson - Every Note Is True (Blue Note; due Feb. 11, 2022)
Michael Pisaro-Liu - Revolution Shuffle (Erstwhile; 2021)
Michael Pisaro-Liu - Tombstones - Barbara Dang & Mussix (Elsewhere; 2021)
Michael Pisaro-Liu - stem-flower-root - Nate Wooley (Tisser Tissu; 2021)
Genesis - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, Dec. 5, 2021 (ROIO; 2021)
Phew - In the Waiting Room (Longform Editions; 2021)
Danny Norbury - rue d'Aigre (Longform Editions; 2021)
Zoltan Fecso - Butterfly Hands (Longform Editions; 2021)
Julia Reidy - Gardening (Longform Editions, 2021)
Evan Johnson - Lists, Little Stars - Ben Smith (all that dust; 2021)
Angharad Davies - gwneud a gwneud eto/do and do again (all that dust; 2021)
Aldo Clementi - Canoni circolari - Kathryn Williams, Joe Richards, Mira Benjamin, Mark Knoop (all that dust; 2021)
Black Uhuru - Red (Island; 1981) < r.i.p. Robbie Shakespeare |
Bryn Harrison - Time Becoming (Neu; 2021)
repetitions in extended time - Plus/Minus Ensemble/Mark Knoop; How Things Come Together - Ensemble Contrechamps/Vimbayi Kaziboni
Luke Stewart - Works for Upright Bass and Amplifier, Vol. 1 (Astral Spirits; 2021)
Don Cherry - Brown Rice (EMI; 1975)
Attacca Quartet - Of All Joys (Sony Classical; 2021)
Rapoon - Seeds in the Tide, Volume 6 (Zoharum; 2021)
Jlin - Embryo (Planet Mu; 2021)
Cecil Taylor - The Complete Legendary Live Return Concert (Oblivion; 1973/due Feb. 15, 2022)
Taku Sugimoto - Octet (Meena; 2021)
Celer - Cascade; Or a Mass Of Severe Stages (self-released; 2021)
Michael Formanek Drome Trio with Chet Doxas and Vinnie Sperrazza - Were We Where We Were (Circular File; due March 18, 2022)
The Goings On About Town section in The New Yorker has begun a gradual return to its conventional format, with live, in-person events taking greater precedence among the album reviews and online events that replaced them throughout pandemic quarantine months. (Click on the image to enlarge it, or hit the link to read the text on the New Yorker website.)
[link]
A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…
Marillion - Live at Hammersmith – The Light at the End of the Tunnel (MarillionVOD; 2021)
Genesis - Trespass (Charisma; 1970)
King Crimson - Music Is Our Friend (Live in Washington, D.C. and Albany, 2021) (DGM; 2021)
Ava Mendoza - New Spells (Astral Spirits; 2021)
Marilyn Shrude - Trio Music of Marilyn Shrude - John Sampen, Maria Sampen, Marilyn Shrude (AMP Recordings; 2021)
Immanuel Wilkins - The 7th Hand (Blue Note; due Jan. 28, 2022)
Jeff Parker - Forfolks (International Anthem; due Dec. 10, 2021)
Black Quantum Futurism - Mmere Dane: THE BLACK TIME BELT (self-released; 2021)
Genesis - Nursery Cryme (Charisma/Rhino; 1971/2008)
Henry Threadgill Zooid - Poof (Pi Recordings; 2021)
Lucio Capece - Epimoric Tide (Entr'acte/Stellage; 2021)
Cameron Carpenter - Bach & Hanson (Decca Gold; 2021)
Johann Sebastian Bach (trans. Carpenter) - Goldberg Variations (BWV 988); Howard Hanson (trans. Carpenter) - Symphony No. 2 in D-flat ("Romantic")
Alvin Lucier - Music on a Long Thin Wire (Lovely Music; 1980)
Alvin Lucier - Music for Piano XL - Nicolas Horvath (Grand Piano; 2021)
Genesis - United Center, Chicago, IL, Nov. 16, 2021 (ROIO; 2021)
Wet Ink Ensemble - Glossolalia/Lines on Black (Carrier; 2020)
Alex Mincek - Glossolalia; Sam Pluta - Lines on Black
Kate Soper - Ipsa Dixit - Wet Ink Ensemble (New World; 2018)
Grossman Ensemble - Fountain of Time (Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition; 2021)
Shulamit Ran - Grand Rounds; Anthony Cheung - Double Allegories; David Dzubay - PHO; Tonia Ko - Simple Fuel; David Clay Mettens - Stain, Bloom, Moon, Rain
Dennis González/John Purcell 8tet - Little Toot (daagnim; 1985)
Dennis González Ataraxia Trio+2 - Nights Enter (Ayler; 2021)
Dennis González Band of Nordic Wizards - Welcome to Us (Gowi; 1994)
Dennis González Yells at Eels - Home (daagnim; 2001)
Dennis González Dallas-London Sextet - Catechism (daagnim; 1988)
Genesis - Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC, Nov. 20, 2021 (ROIO; 2021)
The Goings On About Town section in The New Yorker has begun a gradual return to its conventional format, with live, in-person events taking greater precedence among the album reviews and online events that replaced them throughout pandemic quarantine months. (Click on the image to enlarge it, or hit the link to read the text on the New Yorker website.)
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