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

Anastassis Philippakopoulos: piano works by Melaine Dalibert

Anastassis Philippakopoulos – piano works – Melaine Dalibert (Elsewhere)

MATT LAJOIE – Everlasting Spring by Matt LaJoie

Matt LaJoie – Everlasting Spring (Flower Room; due March 14, 2020)

Beside Myself by crys cole

crys cole – Beside Myself (Students of Decay; 2020)

Katharina Rosenberger – REIN – Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Baldur Brönnimann (YouTube; 2020)

Arnold Schoenberg – Pelleas und Melisande – Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Yahav Shani (France Musique/YouTube; 2018)

Tyshawn Sorey – Unfiltered (Pi Recordings; 2020. Audio and more information here.)

Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture; Michael Pisaro – Umbra & Penumbra; Anahita Abbasi – why the trees were murmuring; Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 3 in F – Greg Stuart, La Jolla Symphony/Steven Schick (University of California Television/YouTube; 2020)

Jon Gibson – Melody IV Part 1 – Apartment House (SoundCloud; 2019)

Linda Catlin Smith – Gold leaf – unidentified orchestra and conductor (SoundCloud; 2018)

Porcupine Tree – In Absentia (Deluxe Edition) (Lava/Kscope; 2002/2020)

Maryanne Amacher – Sound Characters (Tzadik; 1999. Audio samples here.)

Witch ‘n’ Monk – Witch ‘n’ Monk (Tzadik; due May 22, 2020)

Urs Peter Schneider – klavierwerke 1971-2015 – Urs Peter Schneider (Edition Wandelweiser; 2019. Audio samples here.)

Quatrain by Ehnahre

Ehnahre – Quatrain (self-released; 2020)

Maryanne Amacher – Sound Characters 2 (making sonic spaces) (Tzadik; 1999. Audio samples here.)

Wax and Wire by Latitude 49

Latitude 49 – Wax and Wire (New Amsterdam; 2020)
> Gabriella Smith – Number Nine; Viet Cuong – Wax and Wire; Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray; Annika Socolofsky – a sense of who; Chris Sies – these (were) used to harm; Sarah Kirkland Snider – You Are Free

McCoy Tyner – The Real McCoy (Blue Note; 1967)

John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (Impulse!; 1965)

David Murray – Special Quartet (DIW/Columbia; 1990)

Wayne Shorter – JuJu (Blue Note; 1965)

McCoy Tyner – Asante (Blue Note; 1974)

Hank Mobley – Straight, No Filter (Blue Note; 1963-88/1985)

Art Farmer/Benny Golson – Meet the Jazztet (Argo; 1963)

Joe Henderson – Inner Urge (Blue Note; 1966)

McCoy Tyner – Tender Moments (Blue Note; 1968)

Grant Green – Matador (Blue Note; 1964/1979)

Bobby Hutcherson – Stick-Up! (Blue Note; 1968)

John Coltrane – Ascension (Impulse!; 1966)

McCoy Tyner – Solo: Live from San Francisco (McCoy Tyner Music/Half Note; 2009)

Florence Price – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 – Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter (Naxos; 2019)

Liza Lim – Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus (Kairos; 2020) > Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus – Sophie Schafleitner, Klangforum Wien/Peter Rundel; Axis Mundi – Lorelei Dowling; Songs Found in Dream – Klangforum Wien/Stefan Asbury

Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor ("Gaelic") – Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos; 2003)

Here (Arc Light Editions) by Ruth Anderson

Ruth Anderson – Here (Arc Light Editions; 2020)

Olga Neuwirth – …miramondo multiplo… – Håkan Hardenberger, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra/Ingo Metzmacher; Remnants of Song – An Amphigory – Antoine Tamestit, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien/Susanna Mälkki; Masaot/Clocks Without Hands – Vienna Philharmonic/Daniel Harding (Kairos; 2020)