A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Archie Shepp – Things Have Got to Change (Impulse!; 1971)

Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, Roy Eldridge, Jo Jones – Newport Rebels (Candid; 1961)

Offering – Live at Le Guess Who by Nicole Mitchell and Moor Mother

Nicole Mitchell and Moor Mother – Offering – Live at Le Guess Who (Don Giovanni; 2020)

Anthony Davis – The Ghost Factory – Kansas City Symphony Orchestra/William McGlaughlin (Gramavision; 1988)
> Maps (Violin Concerto) – Shem Guibbory, Gerry Hemingway; Wayang No. 5 – Anthony Davis, Pheeroan akLaff

IRREVERSIBLE LIVE IN ITALY by irreversible entanglements

Irreversible Entanglements – Entanglements in Italy (self-released; 2020)

Art Ensemble of Chicago – People in Sorrow (Nessa; 1969)

Personal Problems by Carman Moore

Carman Moore – Personal Problems (Music from the Motion Picture) (Reading Group; 2020)

The Phoenix Orchestra – Dust and Ash by G. Calvin Weston

G. Calvin Weston with the Phoenix Orchestra – Dust and Ash (577 Records; 2019)

Crystal Spears by Sun Ra

Sun Ra – Crystal Spears (Modern Harmonic; 1973/2018)

Bad Brains – Bad Brains (ROIR; 1981)

Julius Hemphill – Big Band (Elektra Musician; 1988)

Body Count – Carnivore (Century Media; 2020)

Celestial Music 1978 – 2011 by Laraaji

Laraaji – Celestial Music 1978-2011 (All Saints; 2013)

Duke Ellington – Black, Brown and Beige (Columbia/Legacy; 1957/1999)

Run the Jewels – RTJ4 (BMG; 2020)

Herbie Hancock – Mwandishi (Warner Bros.; 1971/1994)

Anthony Braxton – Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993, 1st Set (hat ART/hatOLOGY; 1997/2015)

Anthony Davis – Episteme (Gramavision/Rykodisc; 1981/1995)

Julius Eastman – Unjust Malaise – Julius Eastman, Petr Kotik, S.E.M. Ensemble, further collaborators (New World; 1973-80/2005)

Quest for Freedom by Courtney Bryan

Courtney Bryan – Quest for Freedom (self-released; 2006)

CLEPSYDRA by Moor Mother

Moor Mother – Clepsydra (self-released; 2020)

Sound Bath Mixtape Vol.1 by A Space for Sound

A Space for Sound (Rena Anakwe) – Sound Bath Mixtape, Vol. 1 (A Space for Sound; 2020)

Be Right Back by Tanya Morgan

Tanya Morgan – Be Right Back (self-released; 2020)

Black Light by Zachary James Watkins

Zachary James Watkins – Black Light (SIGE; 2020)

Henry Threadgill Sextett – You Know the Number (RCA Novus; 1986)

David Murray Big Band – Live at Sweet Basil, Vol. 1 (Black Saint; 1985)

Leroy Jenkins – Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America (Tomato; 1978)

William Grant Still – Afro-American Symphony; In Memoriam; Africa – Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter (Naxos; 2005)

George Walker – Sinfonia No. 5 ("Visions") – Sinfonia Varsovia/Ian Hobson (Albany; 2017)

John Carter – Dauwhe (Black Saint; 1982)

The Manual of Light by Ja

James Newton – The Manual of Light (Orenda; 2018)
> Amazing Grace (version 1) – string orchestra/Grant Gershon; Looking Above the Faith of Joseph – Yegor Shevstov; Elisha’s Gift – Eric Shetzen, Lyris String Quartet/Grant Gershon; The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness – Daniel Rosenboom; Gethsemane – Yegor Shevstov; Dos Danzas para Arpa – Alison Bjorkedal; Multicolored Reflections Within the Orion Nebula – Yegor Shevstov; Amazing Grace (version 2) – string orchestra/Grant Gershon

Louis Armstrong – The Hot Fives, Vol. 1 (OKeh/Columbia; 1926/1988)

Alice Coltrane – Translinear Light (Impulse!; 2004)