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

MFCD A | Andrea Borghi | Sostrato by Marginal Frequency

Andrea Borghi – Sostrato (Marginal Frequency; 2017)

Jeanne Lee with Ran Blake – The Newest Sound You Never Heard (A-Side; 1966-67/2019)

David Torn/Tim Berne/Ches Smith – Sun of Goldfinger (ECM; due March 1, 2019. Audio samples coming soon.)

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

Eliminated Artist by Yarn/Wire and Pete Swanson

Pete Swanson – Eliminated Artist – Yarn/Wire (Distributed Objects; 2015)
> Corrections; Eliminated Artist

CAVERN WITH NIGHTLIFE by John Butcher – solo & with Toshimaru Nakamura

John Butcher with Toshimaru Nakamura – Cavern with Nightlife (Weight of Wax; 2004)

House Blessing by Jon Mueller

Jon Mueller – House Blessing (Rhythmplex; 2019)

Richard Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra; Gustav Holst – The Planets – Joseph Silverstein, New England Conservatory Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra/William Steinberg (Deutsche Grammophon; 1971/2001)

Ife by Giovanni Lami & Glauco Salvo

Giovanni Lami & Glauco Salvo – Ife (Dinzu Artefacts; 2019)

Hesitant by Fabio Perletta

Fabio Perletta – Hesitant (Dinzu Artefacts; 2019)

Opale by Giovanni Lami

Giovanni Lami – Opale (Dinzu Artefacts; 2016)

John Adams – "I am old and I cannot sleep" (from Nixon in China) – Sanford Sylvan, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra/John DeMain (YouTube; 1987)

Sanford Sylvan – Beloved That Pilgrimage – David Breitman (Nonesuch; 1991)
> Theodore Chanler – Eight Epitaphs; Samuel Barber – Hermit Songs; Aaron Copland – Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson

M. Lamar with the Living Earth Show – Lordship and Bondage: The Birth of the Negro Superman (Negrogothic; due Feb. 15, 2019)

Works on Paper by Gil Sansón / Lance Austin Olsen

Gil Sansón/Lance Austin Olsen – Works on Paper (Elsewhere; 2019)

Wang Lu: Urban Inventory by Wang Lu

Wang Lu – Urban Inventory (New Focus; 2018)
> Urban Inventory – Third Sound Ensemble/Patrick Castillo; Wailing - Holland Symfonia/Hans Leedners; Backstory - Alarm Will Sound/Alan Pierson; Cross-Around - Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne/Lorraine Vaillancourt; Cloud Intimacy – International Contemporary Ensemble/Ross Karre; past beyond – Ensemble Intercontemporain/Susanna Mälkki

The Great Hall by Jonathan McHugh and Mark Wastell

Jonathan McHugh and Mark Wastell – The Great Hall (Confront; 2019)

The Residents – Eskimo (Ralph/Cherry Red; 1979/2019)

Luc Ferrari – Music Promenade (Wergo; 1969/2012)

David Behrman – On the Other Ocean (Lovely Music; 1978/2019. Audio samples here.)

Nature Denatured and Found Again by Michael Pisaro

Michael Pisaro – Nature Denatured and Found Again (Gravity Wave; due Feb. 15, 2019)