Night After Night

Playlist (A thirst that would make the ocean proud).

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

Bob Dylan - Tough Guy Angels: The Larry & Charlie Harmonies, Vol. II (ROIO compilation; 2023)

Ivan Vukosavljević - Slow Roads - Tineke Steenbrink, Francesca Ajossa, Jan Hage, Lise Morrison (Elsewhere; 2023)

Michael Pisaro-Liu - A room outdoors - Guy Vandromme, Adriaan Severins, Luciana Elizondo, Fabio Gionfrida (Elsewhere; due Nov. 1, 2023)

JJJJJerome Ellis - Compline in Nine Movements (NNA Tapes; due Dec. 8. 2023)

Philharmonia Zürich/Simone Menezes - Amazônia (Alpha; 2023)

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Floresta do Amazonas - Camila Provenzale; Philip Glass - Metamorphosis 1 (from Aguas da Amazonia)

Philip Glass - Symphony No. 11, from Contemporary American Composers - Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (CSO Resound; 2023)

Sarah Davachi - Long Gradus (excerpt), from Long Gradus - Quatuor Bozzini (Late Music; due Nov. 3, 2023)

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17: Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996–1997) (Columbia/Legacy; 2023)

Various artists - The Secret Museum of Mankind: Atlas of Instruments – Fiddles, Vol. 1 (Jalopy; 2023)

Various artists - The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas (Nimbus; 1992)

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version) - Bruckner Orchester Linz/Markus Poschner (Capriccio; 2021)

Liz Story - Live at Yavapai (Jazz Bird; 2023)

Blut aus Nord - Disharmonium - Nahab (Debemur Morti Productions; 2023)

Wormhole - Almost Human (Season of Mist; 2023)

American Music Club - Our First Trip to Nottingham (self-released; 2021)

Franz Schubert - Schwanengesang; Ludwig van Beethoven - An die ferne Geliebte - Mark Padmore, Mitsuko Uchida (Decca; 2023)

Franz Liszt - Freudvoll und Leidvoll - Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch (Sony Classical; 2021)

Cannibal Corpse - Chaos Horrific (Metal Blade; 2023)

Raminta Šerkšnyté - Midsummer Song; De Profundis - Kremerata Baltica/Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla; Songs of Sunset and Dawn - Lina Dambrauskaitė, Justina Gringytė, Tomas Pavilionis, Nerijus Masevičius, Jauna Muzika, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra/Giedrė Šlekytė (Deutsche Grammophon; 2019)

Playlist (Sing forth a chant for wings).

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

Arooj Aftab/Vijay Iyer/Shahzad Ismaily - Love in Exile (Verve; 2023)

Cassandra Miller - Traveller Song/Thanksong (Black Truffle; 2023)

Traveller Song - Plus-Minus Ensemble; Thanksong - Juliet Fraser, Quatuor Bozzini

Kory Reeder - Texas: Vol. III (self-released; 2023)

In the Summer - Kory Reeder, Joseph Reding, Nico Clark; As if you'd see the Light - Cong Quartet; Adjacent Spaces - Yi Liu, Minju Lee, Zoltan Csikos; Apricots - Mia Detweiler, Kathy Crabtree, Mike Moore, Kourtney Newton; Auburn Shade - Kaitlin Miller, Alaina Clarice, Kathy Crabtree; Hymnus - Kory Reeder, Joseph Reding, Kathy Crabtree, Nico Clark; Landscape, Winter 2019 - Amorsima Trio; Ordered Parchment - Amorsima Trio; Postscript - Kory Reeder, Alaina Clarice, Nico Clark

Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann - LP2 (greyfade; due Dec. 8, 2023)

Tangerine Dream - Particles (Eastgate; 2017)

Tangerine Dream - Jeanne d'Arc (Eastgate; 2006)

Bob Dylan - Tough Guy Angels: The Larry & Charlie Harmonies, Vol. I (ROIO compilation; 2023)

Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane, Paul Frick - Behind Closed Doors (self-released; 2020)

Tangerine Dream - Supernormal – The Australian Concerts 2014 (Eastgate; 2015)

Tangerine Dream - Quantum Gate/Quantum Key (Kscope; 2018)

Goose - Leader Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA, Sept. 13, 2023 (Nugs.net livestream; 2023)

Tomb Mold - Servants of Possibility (20 Buck Spin; 2023)

S.A.W. - Hydragate (M.I.G. Music; 2023)

Neuland - Neuland (Neuland; 2019)

Johannes Schmoelling - Iter Meum (Viktoriapark; 2023)

Liz Story - The Essential Liz Story (Sony Legacy; 2023)

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra Farewell Tour 2014 (Eastgate; 2014)

Tangerine Dream - Edgar Allan Poe’s The Island of the Fay (Eastgate; 2011)

Tangerine Dream - The Angel of the West Window (Eastgate; 1991)

Tangerine Dream - James Joyce: Finnegan's Wake (Eastgate; 1991)

Paul Haslinger - Exit Ghost (Artificial Instinct; 2020)

Paul Haslinger - The YouTube Effect (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Node; 2023)

Tangerine Dream - Franz Kafka: The Castle (Eastgate; 2013)

Bob Dylan - Tough Guy Angels: The Larry & Charlie Harmonies, Vol. II (ROIO compilation; 2023)

Playlist (One moment just passes through).

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

Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (Ohr/Esoteric; 1970/2012)

M. Nageswara Rao - The Pulse of Tanam: Ghana Raga Panchakam (Ragas of South India) (Nonesuch; 1969)

Bahauddin Dagar - Ragas Bihag & Ragvardhani - Berlin February 19th 2023 (Sacred Realism; 2023)

Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri (Ohr/Esoteric; 1971/2011)

King Crimson - Le Club, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Oct. 25, 1981 (DGMLive; 2023)

Tristan Allen - Tin Iso and the Dawn (RVNG Intl.; due Oct. 20, 2023)

Tangerine Dream - The Cinematographic Score GTA 5 (Eastgate; 2014)

Beam Splitter - Split Jaw (Tripticks Tapes; 2023)

Wadada Leo Smith - Fire Illuminations (Kabell; 2023)

Mary Lattimore - Goodbye, Hotel Arkada (Ghostly International; due Oct. 6, 2023)

Charles Gayle/William Parker/Rashied Ali - Touchin' on Trane (FMP/Jazzwerkstadt; 1993/2007)

Charles Gayle Trio - Spirits Before (Silkheart; 1989)

Charles Gayle, John Edwards, Mark Sanders - Seasons Changing (Otoroku; 2019)

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 7 in E - London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle (LSO Live; due Sept. 22, 2023)

Anna Webber - Shimmer Wince (Intakt; due Oct. 20, 2023)

Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex (Virgin; due Sept. 29. 2023)

Bloodmist - San Juan de Ocotán (5049; 2023)

Tangerine Dream - Zeit (Ohr/Esoteric; 1972/2011)

Chris Abrahams/Oren Ambarchi/Robbie Avenaim - Placelessness (Ideologic Organ; 2023)

Goose - Autumn Crossing (self-released; 2023)

Sam Rivers RivBea All-Star Orchestra - Inspiration (RCA Victor; 1999)

Phish - Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO, Aug. 31, 2023 (LivePhish; 2023)

Tangerine Dream - Atem (Ohr/Esoteric; 1973/2011)

Wadada Leo Smith - String Quartets Nos. 1-12 - RedKoral Quartet, Wadada Leo Smith, Alison Bjorkedal, Anthony Davis, Lynn Vartan, Stuart Fox, Thomas Buckner (TUM; 2022)

Tangerine Dream - Raum (Kscope; 2022)

Liz Story - The Essential Liz Story (Sony Legacy; 2023)

Brian Lavelle - Wavecrash 1 (self-released; 2023)

Anniversary (2023).

Photograph: Jin S. Lee for 9/11 Memorial & Museum

 

Fall and all attendant memories
Crowd the day with unrelated histories
Each year leaves its unresolving fantasies
To hang around each corner
Hang around each street.

Thick with ghosts, the wind whips round in circuitries
Carrying words as strangers exchange pleasantries
Do they intrude upon your private reveries
As they meet you on each corner
Meet you on each street.

Watch for daily braveries
Notice newfound courtesies
Finger sudden legacies
As they clean up every corner
Wash down every street.

Mark the month and all its anniversaries
Put away the draft of all your eulogies
Clear the way for all your private memories
As they meet you on each corner
Meet you on each street.

Make the time for all your possibilities
They live on every street.

Suzanne Vega, "Anniversary" (from Beauty & Crime; Blue Note, 2007)

"Love Songs: A Creation Story in Four Acts and Four Voices"

John Zorn (Photograph courtesy National Sawdust)

"Love Songs: A Creation Story in Four Acts and Four Voices"
National Sawdust
Sept. 8, 2023

"We prefer pieces that play with the style and format of traditional profiles," the kind folks at National Sawdust told me when I agreed to write a preview story ahead of Love Songs, the new off-Broadway music-styled show by John Zorn and Jesse Harris that has its premiere performances at the Brooklyn venue on Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17.

Challenge accepted.

Love Songs is a delicious piece, with gorgeous music by Zorn and stylish lyrics and book by Harris, and it'll be deliciously performed by singer Petra Haden with pianist Brian Marsella, bassist Jorge Roeder, and percussionist Ches Smith. I look forward to seeing the fully cast and staged version due for production at The New School sometime in 2024.

This current engagement is part of an ongoing year-long global celebration of Zorn's 70th birthday, which also includes further events at Roulette and Miller Theatre, and in Boston and Minneapolis. You'll find links in my preview, in the paragraph that starts "The setting is National Sawdust…"

And don't miss the interview Rebecca Slaman conducted with Jesse and Petra, also on the National Sawdust website. Beauty and chaos, indeed.

Playlist (So much vibe in the world).

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

Tarotplane - Murmuration (NPM; 2023)

King Crimson - "Jamie, Bill, David & John" (DGMLive; 2023, recorded 1972)

Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley - Polarity 2 (Burning Ambulance; due Oct. 13. 2023)

claire rousay - august 26th (Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2023)

Christoph Schiller & Carlo Costa - Spinet and Drums (Neither/Nor; due Sept. 7, 2023)

Otto Willberg - The Leisure Principle (Black Truffle; 2023)

Bruce Levingston - Without Words (Sono Luminus; due Sept. 22, 2023)

Felix Mendelssohn - Songs without Words (selections); Price Warden - Songs without Words

Paramorph Collective - All we're made of is borrowed (Redshift; due Sept. 8, 2023)

Rodney Sharman (arr. Paramorph Collective) - Elegy; Margot George - Fruiting bodies; Linda Catlin Smith - Thought and Desire

Tangerine Dream - Rockoon – Edition J (Virgin/Moonpop; 1992/2020)

Tangerine Dream - Tournado – Edition J (TDI Music/Moonpop; 1997/2020)

Tangerine Dream - The Sessions I (Eastgate; 2017)

Steve Roach - The Desert Winds of Change - Live at Ambient Lounge August 1, 2023 (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2023)

George Walker - Sinfonia No. 2 - National Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda (National Symphony Orchestra; 2023)

Aruán Ortiz - Pastor's Paradox (Clean Feed; due Oct. 20, 2023)

Wayne Horvitz - Live Forever, Vol. 2: Horvitz, Morris, Previte Trio: NYC, Leverkusen 1988-1989 (self-released; 2023)

Catherine Lamb - parallaxis forma - Lotte Betts-Dean, Exaudi, Explore Ensemble (Another Timbre; due Sept. 24, 2023)

Seamus Cater - A History of Musical Pitch (Another Timbre; due Sept. 24, 2023)

Jürg Frey - String Trio - Apartment Building (Another Timbre; due Sept. 24, 2023)

andPlay - Translucent Harmonies (Another Timbre; due Sept. 24, 2023)

Catherine Lamb - Prisma Interius VIII; Kristofer Svensson - Vid stenmuren blir tanken blomma

Prairiewolf - Prairiewolf (Centripetal Force; 2023)

Wet Tuna - Trunk of Funk (self-released; 2023)

Outer Heaven - Infinite Psychic Depths (Relapse; 2023)

M. Nageswara Rao - The Ten Graces Played on the Vīṇa (Music of South India) (Nonesuch; 1970)