A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…
Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself (Bronze/Sanctuary; 1971/2020)
Missy Mazzoli - Dark with Excessive Bright - Peter Herresthal, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/James Gaffigan, Arctic Philharmonic/Tim Weiss (BIS; 2023)
Missy Mazzoli - Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt - Abigail Fischer, NOW Ensemble/Steven Osgood (New Amsterdam; 2012)
King Crimson - Rutgers University Gym, New Brunswick, NJ, Feb. 26, 1982 (DGMLive; 2024)
Celer - Gems I (Room40; 2024, recorded 2019–21)
Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta, Takehisa Kosugi - Improvisation Sep. 1975 (Iskra/Metaphon; 1975/2022)
Kate Carr - making do with a broken ukulele turned into a sculpture of wire, rubber bands and rubbish (self-released; 2024)
Michael Ranta, Mike Lewis, Conny Plank - Mu (Metaphon; 2010, recorded 1970)
Michael Ranta - Yuen Shan (Metaphon; 2015)
Kate Carr - making do with a bicycle and a rubber band (self-released; 2024)
Tilth and Wind Tide - Anemoia (Editions Glomar; 2024)
The Devil, Probably (Patrick Shiroishi, Àlex Reviriego, Vasco Trilla) - The Devil, Probably (Urpa i musell; 2023)
Jonah Parzen-Johnson - "When I Feel Like Myself" from You're Never Really Alone (We Jazz; due March 8, 2024)
Amelia Cuni - Parampara festival 13.3.1992 (Black Truffle; 2021)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards – Deluxe Version (Bronze/Sanctuary; 1972/2017)
Nate Wooley - Moths - Laura Cocks, Madison Greenstone, Eric Wubbels (Editions Verde; due Feb. 16, 2024)
Various artists - Astral Loitering: Excursions in New Age, 1970-1989 (Aquarium Drunkard mixtape; 2024)
Philip Glass - Philip Glass Solo (Orange Mountain Music; due Jan. 26, 2024)
Steve Roach & Robert Rich - Waves of Now (Timeroom; 2024)
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra - Piety Street Adjacent (Adjacent; 2024)
Yea Big + Jon Mueller - Now Is Always (FPE Recordings; 2024)
Claude Debussy - Preludes, Books I & II - Hiroko Sasaki (Piano Classics; 2014) – h/t Ethan Iverson
Orebolo - Dead Ahead Festival, Riviera Maya, Mexico, Jan. 12, 2024 (Nugs.net; 2024)
Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1-3: Rare & Unreleased 1961-1991 (Columbia/Legacy; 1991)
Saxon - Hell, Fire and Damnation (Silver Lining; 2024)
Tōru Takemitsu - Requiem for string orchestra; Johannes Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem - Lauren Snouffer, Andrew Foster-Williams, Houston Symphony Chorus, Houston Symphony/Juraj Valčuha (Houston Symphony livestream; 2024)
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