Night After Night

Playlist (Quiet in that moment).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Guranfoe - Gumbo Gumbo (echodelick; 2022)

Qasim Naqvi - Inaugural Music - s t a r g a z e (Transgressive; 2020)

Guillaume Connesson - Lost Horizon - Brussels Philharmonic/Stéphane Denève (Deutsche Grammophon; 2019)

Les cités de Lovecraft; A kind of Trane - Timothy McAllister; Les horizons perdus - Renaud Capuçon; Le tombeau des regrets

Thomas Larcher - Time; Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C minor ("Resurrection") - Dorothea Röschmann, Karen Cargill, OSM Chorus, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal/Rafael Payare (OSM webcast; 2022)

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 in G minor ("The Year 1905") - San Diego Symphony Orchestra/Rafael Payare (Platoon; 2022)

Günter Schlienz - Current (Muzan Editions; 2022)

Jacqueline Nova - Creación de la tierra: Ecos palpitantes de Jacqueline Nova (1964-1974) (Buh; 2022)

Goose - Santander Arena, Reading, PA, Nov. 19, 2022 (self-released; 2022)

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1-3: Rare & Unreleased 1961-1991 (Columbia/Legacy; 1991)

The Harlem Chamber Players - Music by Adolphus Hailstork (Harlem Chamber Players; 2022)

Fossil Aerosol Mining Project - Real Time 11.20.22 (self-released; 2022)

Sarah Davachi - In Concert & In Residence (Late Music; 2022)

Melvin Gibbs - Anamibia Sessions 1: The Wave (Editions Mego; due Dec. 2, 2022)

Lara St. John - she/her/hers (Ancalagon; 2022)

Compositions by Milica Paranosic, Jessica Meyer, Gabriela Lena Frank, Adah Kaplan, Valerie Coleman, Laurie Anderson, Melissa Dunphy, Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt Gramatté, Micheline Coulombe St. Marcoux, Jessie Montgomery, Ana Sokolović, and Laura de Rover

King Crimson - Epitaph, Vols. 1 & 2 (DGM; 1969/1997)

Nicholas Britell - Andor: Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-4) (Original Score) (Lucasfilm Ltd./Disney; 2022)

Ahmad Jamal - Live in Paris (1971): Lost ORTF Recordings (Tranversales Disques; 2022)

Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (Earache; 1989)

Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanum (Season of Mist; 2011)

Morbid Angel - Domination (Earache/Giant; 1995)

Morbid Angel - Kingdoms Disdained (Silver Lining; 2017)

Kiss - Creatures of the Night – 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Casablanca/UMe; 1982/2022)

Various artists/Jeff Conklin - The Trailhead 79 (11/27/22) (Mixcloud; 2022) << listened live

Steve Roach - Drift Currents (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2022)

Unscientific Italians - Play the Music of Bill Frisell, Vol. 2 (Hora; 2022)

Bill Frisell - Four (Blue Note; 2022)

7 Picks a Week, Nov. 25, 2022.

Raphael Payare (Photograph courtesy Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal)

My contributions to the latest installment of 7 picks a week, the arts and culture guide I compile weekly for Gothamist.

See mysticism and melancholy through a world-famous painter's eyes

"Exodus," an exhibition of recent works by the German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer, is so big one coast couldn't contain it. Part of the show is on view at Gagosian's space at 555 West 24th Street in Chelsea; the other part is housed at Gagosian at Marciano Art Foundation, in Los Angeles. Evoking themes from ancient mythology, the Book of Exodus and the writings of E.T.A. Hoffmann and Paul Celan, Kiefer conjures old gods, monuments and ruins in his characteristically haunting manner. Gagosian, through Friday, Dec. 23; gagosian.com

Be astonished by a jazz quartet's fiery flights

If you've ever had the experience of feeling so overwhelmed by the intensity of a group's cooperation that all you could do was smile and laugh in dumbstruck awe, you've got a good idea of what to anticipate in an encounter with John Zorn's New Masada Quartet. Playing material from Zorn's Masada songbooks – part Jewish theme, part free-jazz steam – the iconoclastic saxophonist's group with guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Kenny Wollesen is among the most joyous outfits he's ever led, and that joy is contagious. Roulette, Sunday, Nov. 27 at 8 p.m.; roulette.org

See a rising-star conductor lead the New York Philharmonic for the first time

Conductor Rafael Payare, like his world-famous colleague Gustavo Dudamel, came up through the fabled Venezuelan training program El Sistema, and sprang from the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra to a globe-spanning career. At age 42, he is music director of two outstanding ensembles, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and should make an electrifying first impression on New York Philharmonic audience members with Shostakovich's Symphony No. 12, subtitled "The Year 1917." David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, Thursday, Dec. 1 – Saturday, Dec. 3, times vary; nyphil.org

Playlist (Howling in the shadows).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Ustad Noor Bakhsh - Jingul (honiunhoni; 2022)

Tilth - Renewal (cachedmedia; 2022)

Suzi Analogue - Infinite Zonez (Disciples; 2022)

Phil Lesh & Friends - Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, Nov. 13, 1999 (ROIO; 1999)

Bob Dylan - Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, Nov. 13, 1999 (ROIO; 1999)

Philip Jeck - Resistenza (Touch; 2022)

King Vision Ultra - Slowness As the Vehicle IV (PTP; 2022)

Goose - Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT, Nov. 12, 2022 (self-released; 2022)

Günter Schlienz - Ausflüge I (Cosima Pilz; 2022)

Evan Johnson - L'art de toucher - Richard Craig, Susanne Peters, Sarah Saviet, Rie Watanabe, Trio Accanto (Another Timbre; 2022)

Jürg Frey - Borderland Melodies - Apartment House (Another Timbre; 2022)

Bryn Harrison - A Coiled Form - Sarah Saviet (Another Timbre; 2022)

Martin Iddon - Naiads - Apartment House (Another Timbre; 2022)

Kiss - Creatures of the Night – 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Casablanca/UMe; 1982/2022)

Seth Parker Woods - asinglewordisnotenough (Confront; 2016)

Edward Hamel - Gray Neon Life; Michael Clarke - Enmeshed 3; George Lewis - Not Alone; Pierre Alexandre Tremblay - asinglewordisnotenough3 (invariant)

Rebecca Saunders - Skin (NMC Recordings; 2022)

Void - Christian Dierstein, Dirk Rothbrust, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin/Enno Poppe; Unbreathed - Quatuor Diotima; Skin - Juliet Fraser, Klangforum Wien/Bas Wiegers

Various artists/Jeff Conklin - The Trailhead 78 (11/20/22) (Mixcloud; 2022) << listened live

Various artists/Jeff Conklin - The Trailhead 77 (11/13/22) (Mixcloud; 2022)

Dave Harrington & Tim Mislock - Hollywood Visit (Avventura; 2022)

7 Picks a Week, Nov. 18, 2022.

Jason Moran and The Bandwagon (Photograph courtesy of the artists)

My contributions to the latest installment of 7 picks a week, the arts and culture guide I compile weekly for Gothamist.

See how the Great Migration inspired a cellist to make a move

Already known as one of the finest young cellists of his generation, Seth Parker Woods reveals himself to be considerably more in this original multidisciplinary performance piece. Taking the Great Migration as his theme, Woods serves as soloist, narrator, and motion artist in a program comprised of poetry by Amiri Baraka and Dudley Randall, choreography by dancer Roderick George, film and contemporary pieces created by a wide variety of composers — including, in this newest iteration, new music by Ted Hearne and Devonté Hynes (a.k.a. Blood Orange). And if you can’t attend in person, livestream tickets are available. Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m.; 92ny.org

View new films from around the world without leaving your sofa

Whether you're eager to revisit the bounty of global cinema screened at this year's 12th annual Queens World Film Festival earlier this month or you missed the entire thing, you've got a second chance to see a slate of films from across the country and around the world during a virtual encore festival that starts this Sunday. Sign up for a smorgasbord of shorts or a single feature for $10, or indulge in an all-you-can-watch festival pass covering more than 100 offerings for $50. Sunday, Nov. 20 – Sunday, Dec. 4; FilmFestivalFlix.com

Jump on the Bandwagon at the world's most storied jazz club

Befitting his status as a MacArthur Fellow, Jason Moran is an impressively multi-hyphenate creative: pianist, composer, educator, curator, record-label impresario, visual artist and collaborator to formidable fellow artists like Joan Jonas, Glenn Ligon, Ragnar Kjartansson and Kara Walker. But every year (pandemic willing), in what's become a Thanksgiving-week ritual as welcome as pumpkin pie and the big parade, Moran brings it all back home to the Village Vanguard for a stint with The Bandwagon, his tight-knit trio with bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits. Tuesday, Nov. 22 – Sunday, Nov. 27 at 8 & 10 p.m.; villagevanguard.com

Swing by a Greenwich Village gallery for jazz-infused art

Speaking of jazz artists who also engage in visual media, “The Art of Counterpoint: 8 Musicians Make Art” features works by creators better known as jazz performers. The show, just opened at Zürcher Gallery, on Bleecker Street in the heart of Greenwich Village, includes works by historic icons Marion Brown, Bill Dixon, and Ted Joans, as well as living innovators Douglas R. Ewart, Oliver Lake, Matana Roberts, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and Wadada Leo Smith. You can view the catalog in advance here. Through Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023; galeriezurcher.com

Playlist (Let us not talk falsely now).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Patrick Shiroishi - Evergreen (Touch; 2022)

David S. Ware - Go See the World (Columbia; 1998)

Jakob Bro/Joe Lovano - Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM; 2022)

Paul Bley - With Gary Peacock (ECM; 1970)

Bill Evans - Trio 64 (Verve; 1964)

Bob Dylan - Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops, BC, Canada, Oct. 25, 2008 (ROIO; 2008)

Various artists - C60 Crew: While Sleeping (Mixcloud; 2022)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - The Sea Hawk - Main Title, Reunion, Finale; Symphony in F-sharp - Oregon Symphony/James DePreist (Delos; 1998)

Celtic Frost - Monotheist (Century Media; 2006)

Bob Dylan - Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, Nov. 4, 1989 (ROIO; 1989)

Bob Dylan - 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 7, 2022 (ROIO; 2022)

Jim O'Rourke - Steamroom 59 (Steamroom; 2022)

Bob Dylan - Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre, Istanbul, Turkey, May 31, 2010 (ROIO; 2010)

Dave Douglas Quintet - Songs of Ascent: Book 1 – Degrees (Greenleaf Music; 2022)

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Temple of Void - Summoning the Slayer (Relapse; 2022)

Gaerea - Mirage (Season of Mist; 2022)

Sigh - Shiki (Peaceville; 2022)

Still/Form - From the Rot Is a Gift (Hex; 2022)

Midnight - Let There Be Witchery (Metal Blade; 2022)

Doldrum - The Knocking, or the Story of the Sound That Preceded Their Disappearance (Katafalque; 2022)

Amorphis - Halo (Atomic Fire; 2022)

Imperial Triumphant - Spirit of Ecstasy (Century Media; 2022)

Black Anvil - Regenesis (Season of Mist; 2022)

Municipal Waste - Electrified Brain (Nuclear Blast; 2022)

Castrator - Defiled in Oblivion (Dark Descent; 2022)

Daeva - Through Sheer Will and Black Magic… (20 Buck Spin; 2022)

Ripped to Shreds - 劇變 (Jubian) (Relapse; 2022)

Mother of Graves - Where the Shadows Adorn (Wise Blood; 2022)

Eight Bells - Legacy of Ruin (Prophecy; 2022)

Tzompantli - Tlazcaltiliztli (20 Buck Spin; 2022)

SpiritWorld - "Deathwestern" from Deathwestern (Century Media; due Nov. 25, 2022)

Escuela Grind - Memory Theater (MNRK Heavy; 2022)

Vanum - Legend (Profound Lore; 2022)

Satan - Earth Infernal (Metal Blade; 2022)

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Bob Dylan - Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, Nov. 9, 1999 (ROIO; 1999)

7 Picks a Week, Nov. 11, 2022.

Nina Chanel Abney exhibition (Photograph courtesy Pace Prints)

Here are my contributions to the latest installment of 7 picks a week, the arts and culture guide I compile weekly for Gothamist.

Celebrate a hard-working jazz trio's 10th anniversary

Serendipity had a hand in the formation of Thumbscrew, when bassist Michael Formanek filled in as a substitute player in a band that featured guitarist Mary Halvorson and drummer Tomas Fujiwara. A decade later, the well-traveled working trio celebrates 10 years of uncommon chemistry and sly, nimble music, as heard on "Multicolored Midnight," its recently released seventh album. The Jazz Gallery, Friday, Nov. 11 and Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.; jazzgallery.org (Steve Smith)

Gawk at the real trappings of royalty between episodes of "The Crown"

If you plan to queue up for a blockbuster exhibition this fall, “The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England” is the one to choose. The show covers a historic span from the ascent of Henry VII in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, a time of creative fecundity and promiscuous patronage. The show includes more than 100 works – paintings, armor, manuscripts, and more – by gifted artists and craftsmen from throughout Europe, while also chronicling the emergence of a nascent British style. Metropolitan Museum of Art, through Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023; metmuseum.org (Steve Smith)

Hear dreamy music in the building Anna Delvey couldn't buy

Known as an adventurous cellist and founder of the American Chamber Music Ensemble, Clarice Jensen increasingly has turned her hand lately to writing mesmerizing solo and chamber compositions. She'll be joined by ACME colleagues this week to play music from her vivid, varied new album, "Esthesis," in the elegant building at 281 Park Ave South, made famous by the Netflix film "Inventing Anna." Fotografiska New York, Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m.; fotografiska.com (Steve Smith)

Playlist (Distant ships sailing into the mist).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Various artists - The Trailhead 76 (10/16/22) (Mixcloud; 2022)

Xiphiidae/Thoughts on Air - Xiphiidae & Thoughts on Air (self-released; 2022)

Natalia Lafourcade - De Todas las Flores (Sony Mexico; 2022)

Danny Arakaki - Tumble in Shade (Husky Pants; due Jan. 20, 2023)

Jan Martin Smørdal/Øystein Wyller Odden - Kraftbalanse (Sofa; 2022)

Ingar Zach - Musica Liquida (Sofa; 2022)

Mattie Barbier - threads (Sofa; 2022)

Bob Dylan - United Palace, New York, NY, Nov. 21, 2008 (ROIO; 2008)

Giuseppe Verdi - Don Carlo - Mary Curtis-Verna, Irene Dalis, Franco Corelli, Mario Sereni, Jerome Hines, Hermann Uhde, Martina Arroyo, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra/Nino Verchi (Walhall; 2015, recorded 1961)

Léo Dupleix - Préludes non-mesurés - Clara de Asìs, Fredrik Rasten, Denis Sorokin, Richard Comte, Lauri Hyvärinen (albertineeditions; 2022)

Cory Smythe - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Pyroclastic; due Dec. 2, 2022)

Bob Dylan - Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA, Nov. 14, 2014 (ROIO; 2014)

INSUB Meta Orchestra - Acceleration (INSUB.; 2022)

Timothy Norton - Visions of Phaedrus (Truth Revolution; 2022)

Simon Moullier - "Empress of the Sea" from Isla (self-released; due Feb. 17, 2023)

Margarida Garcia - Good Night (Feeding Tube; 2022)

Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders - The Snailhook Tapes, Vol. 1 (Pome Pome Tones; 2022)

Tim Berne & Gregg Belisle-Chi - ZONE 1 (Screwgun; 2022)

Tom Skinner - Voices of Bishara (International Anthem; 2022)

Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet - For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt; 2022)

Clara Levy - 13 Visions (Discreet Editions; due Dec. 2, 2022)

Steve Roach/Serena Gabriel - Remembrance in Waves (Timeroom Direct; 2022)

Melaine Dalibert - Magic Square (FLAU; due Jan. 20, 2023)

Bob Dylan - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT, Oct. 24, 1992 (ROIO; 1992)

Various artists - Music from the Hearts of Space, PGM No. 1232: Shades and Shadows (Hearts of Space; 2022)

Jake Acosta - Rehearsal Park (Husky Pants; 2022)

David Donohoe & David Lacey - Obsequio (verz; 2022)

Patricia Brennan - More Touch (Pyroclastic; due Nov. 18, 2022)

Bob Dylan - Warner Theater, Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 1994 (ROIO; 1994)

Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Munich Philharmonic/Pablo Heras-Casado (Harmonia Mundi; 2022)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 7 in E minor - Berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle (Berliner Philharmoniker; 2021)

Jessica Ackerley - Wave: Volume 1 (self-released; 2022)

7 Picks a Week, Nov. 4, 2022.

David Lynch (Photograph: Josh Telles)

On Friday, Nov. 4, we rebooted the web post previously called Weekend Arts Planner. We moved it up to Friday, in hopes that it could serve to actually help folks plan their weekends and not just the days beyond. And we opened it up to more voices and perspectives from throughout the WNYC newssoom, as well as friends from WQXR and All of It.

I'm very happy with the overall mix. The following are my own contributions…

Get creeped out by David Lynch’s visual art

If you’re a fan of the idiosyncratic filmmaker David Lynch, then you’ve got a strong idea of what to anticipate in “Big Bongo Night,” his first exhibition since signing with Pace Gallery. The show includes mixed-media sculptures, paintings, and a work on paper, all infused with the same qualities of creeping dread and disorientation that saturate his cinematic oeuvre. Pace Gallery, through Dec. 17; pacegallery.com (Steve Smith)

Hear elemental sounds from a band featuring two MacArthur geniuses

Jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Myra Melford has been assembling impressive bands for decades now — but her newest ensemble is a head-turner all the same. The group, called Fire and Water, features two recent recipients of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship (a.k.a. “Genius Grant”), guitarist Mary Halvorson and cellist Tomeka Reid. Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Lesley Mok complete the lineup when the band comes to Roulette in Brooklyn to celebrate its debut CD, “For the Love of Fire and Water.” Roulette, Monday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m.; roulette.org (Steve Smith)

Check out the first-ever solo museum show by Theaster Gates

It’s hard to believe that “Young Lords and Their Traces” is the first-ever solo museum survey devoted to the art of Theaster Gates, so widespread and pervasive are the Chicago artist’s work and influence. Active in the fields of sculpture, installation art and collaborative performance, Gates elevates the thinkers who shaped society, in his hometown and in the U.S., through paintings, sculptures, videos, and performances. New Museum, Thursday, Nov. 10–Feb. 5, 2023; newmuseum.org (Steve Smith)

Weekend Arts Planner (not), Oct. 29, 2022.

Mali Obomsawin (Photograph courtesy Jazz Gallery)

Weekend Arts Planner took a break during the last weekend of October, chiefly due to on-air scheduling issues. But these are the items I prepared for the occasion, as they appeared in the Gothamist article "11 fun things to do in NYC that have nothing to do with trick-or-treating" – and as I write this on Tuesday morning, only one of these things (the David Geffen Hall open house) is over and done.

Watch acrobats rappel down the face of David Geffen Hall

This weekend, Lincoln Center welcomes visitors for a two-day open house boasting a dizzying array of artistic talent. Musical acts include Brian Stokes Mitchell, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Justin Vivian Bond, Grand Wizzard Theodore, the Juilliard Symphony Orchestra, and dozens more – even Kermit the Frog, appearing with Canada’s participatory Choir!Choir!Choir! Hands-on workshops include a puppetry session with Basil Twist, and the aerial company Bandaloop will dance across the facade of David Geffen Hall. Best of all: it’s free! It happens on Saturday, Oct. 29 and Sunday, Oct. 30, starting at 10 a.m. both days. You can learn more and see the lineup here.

Discover the artist behind one of the world’s most famous works

Even if you don’t recognize the name Meret Oppenheim, you're probably familiar with the Swiss artist’s best-known work: “Object,” a modest cup, saucer, and teaspoon wrapped in gazelle fur, resulting in a Surrealist icon. Beyond her signature work, she was one of the most accomplished artists working in Surrealism, a style dominated by brash men, and “Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition,” a thorough new career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, showcases her range with a collection of nearly 200 objects. It’s on through March 4 and you can learn more here.

Listen to a rising jazz star

“Sweet Tooth,” released today by bassist, composer, and bandleader Mali Obomsawin, isn’t your typical debut by a promising jazz up-and-comer. Her album is filled with catchy tunes, rich harmonies, and vibrant improvisations, played by a band in which women musicians are uncommonly well-represented. But Obomsawin, a member of the New England-based Wabanaki Confederation, weaves elements of legend, lore, and contemporary issues into the half-dozen tracks of her album, which she’ll celebrate with a record-release concert at the Jazz Gallery on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and tickets start at $20. Learn more at the Jazz Gallery.