A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.
Published on National Sawdust Log.

Reality Rounds by Alex Dowling

Alex Dowling – Reality Rounds – Chris Douthitt, Alex Dowling, Emma O'Halloran, Annika Socolofsky, Pascal Le Boeuf (Carrier; due Jan. 31, 2020)

Chris Dingman – Embrace (Inner Arts; due March 6, 2020. Details here.)

Anthony Braxton – The Montreux-Berlin Concerts (Arista; 1977)

Ekmeles: A Howl, That Was Also A Prayer by Ekmeles

Ekmeles – A Howl, That Was Also a Prayer (New Focus; 2020)
> Taylor Brook – Motorman Sextet; Erin Gee – Three Scenes from SLEEP; Christopher Trapani – End Words

9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 by Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton – Compositions Nos. 352 and 353, from 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (Firehouse 12; 2007)

Robert Ashley – eL/Aficionado – Thomas Buckner, Robert Ashley, Sam Ashley, Jacqueline Humbert (Lovely Music; 1995)

Allan Gravgard Madsen – Nachtmusik – Christina Åstrand, Per Salo, Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Ryan Bancroft; Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – For Violin and Orchestra – Christina Åstrand, Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Collon (Da Capo; 2019)

Le Piano Englouti by Brunhild Ferrari & Jim O'Rourke

Brunhild Ferrari | Jim O'Rourke – Le Piano Englouti (Black Truffle; 2020)

Anthony Moore – Secrets of the Blue Bag (Polydor/Wah Wah; 1972/2019)

Cornelius Cardew – The Tiger's Mind – John Tilbury (Cubus; 2019. Audio samples here.)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphonies Nos. 1-9 – various artists (Spotify playlist; can't recall when I made it, sorry…)

2025 by Ash Koosha

Ash Koosha – 2025 (Realms; 2019)

Dust by Daniel Pioro

Daniel Pioro – Dust (Bedroom Community; 2019)
> Valgeir Sigurðsson – Dust; Edmund Finnis – Elsewhere; Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber – Passacaglia; Oliver Coates – Dark Sky Community; Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending

Peter Ablinger – Voices and Piano – Nicolas Hodges (Kairos; 2011)

Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle (Decca; 2019)

Esa-Pekka Salonen – Cello Concerto – Yo-Yo Ma, Los Angeles Philharmonic/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony Clasical; 2019)

Michael Oesterle – Cello Concerto – Ariel Barnes, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra/Anne Manson (Manitoba Chamber Orchestra; 2019)

Rush – R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (Anthem/Atlantic; 2005)

King Crimson – Guildhall, Preston, Nov. 30, 1972 (DGMLive; 2020. Audio samples here.)

Robert Fripp – The Kitchen, New York, NY, Feb. 5, 1978 (DGMLive; 2020. Audio samples here.)

Anastassis Philippakopoulos – piano works – Melaine Dalibert (Elsewhere; due Feb. 14, 2020)