A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Joseph Schwantner – New Morning for the World – Willie Stargell, Eastman Philharmonia/David Effron (Mercury; 1983)

Scholars by Buke and Gase

Buke and Gase – Scholars (Brassland; 2019)

Bertoia by CAGE

CAGE – Bertoia (Weighter; 2019)

Aaron Copland – Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches – Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos; 2017)

Dead & Company – Playing in the Sand, Riviera Maya, MX, 2/17/18 (Los Muertos/Rhino; 2019)

Cathedrelic by R. Lee Dockery & Smokey Emery

R. Lee Dockery & Smokey Emery – Cathedrelic (Astral Spirits; 2016)

Yoi by David Vélez – Simon Whetham

David Vélez/Simon Whetham – Yoi (Unfathomless; 2013)

MFCD E | Alloys by Lori Goldston | Judith Hamann

Lori Goldston|Judith Hamann – Alloys (Marginal Frequency; 2019)

King Crimson – Meltdown: Live in Mexico City (DGM; 2018)

Andrew McIntosh // We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs by Yarn/Wire and Estelí Gomez

Andrew McIntosh – We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs – Estelí Gomez, members of Yarn/Wire (Populist; 2019)

Echoes & sirens by diatribes

Diatribes – Echoes & Sirens (Alpenraum; 2018)

Sextet by Minami Saeki / Wakana Ikeda / Yoko Ikeda / Taku Sugimoto / Stefan Thut / Manfred Werder

Minami Saeki/Wakana Ikeda/Yoko Ikeda/Taku Sugimoto/Stefan Thut/Manfred Werder – Sextet (Meenna; 2018)

Taku Sugimoto & Minami Saeki – Songs (Slub Music; 2017. Audio samples here.)

Taku Sugimoto & Minami Saeki – Songs (ftarri; 2018. Audio samples here.)

GTM (Iridium) 2007 by Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton – GTM (Iridium) 2007 (New Braxton House; 2012)

Monorails and Satellites Vols. 1, 2 and 3 by Sun Ra (solo piano)

Sun Ra – Monorails and Satellites Vols. 1, 2 & 3 (Saturn/Cosmic Myth; 1966/2019)

King Crimson – "Cadence and Cascade (Four Singers)" (DGMLive; 1970/2019)

Michael Byron – Fabric for String Noise (Cold Blue; due Feb. 8, 2019. Audio sample here.)
> Fabric for String Noise, Parts 1 & 2 – String Noise; Dragon Rite – James Bergman

RED BURNS by Standing On The Corner

Standing on the Corner – Red Burns (self-released; 2017)

GTM (Syntax) 2017 by Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton – GTM (Syntax) 2017 (New Braxton House; 2019)

John Adams – On the Transmigration of Souls – New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel (Nonesuch; 2004)

Michael Oesterle – L'hiver Monastique – Clemens Merkel (collection qb; 2007. Audio sample here.)

Gossamers by Rosalind Hall & Judith Hamann

Rosalind Hall & Judith Hamann – Gossamers (caduc.; 2017)

creekside: solo cello by Lori Goldston

Lori Goldston – creekside: solo cello (self-released; 2014)