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

Tigran Mansurian – Con anima – Kim Kashkashian, Movses Pogossian, Varty Manouelian, et al (ECM New Series; 2020)

Agnus Dei; Sonata da Chiesa; Con Anima; String Trio; String Quartet No. 3; Die Tänzerin

"Blue" Gene Tyranny – Just for the Record (Lovely Music; 1979/2008)

Robert Ashley – Sonata; Sonata – I + II + III; Phil Harmonic – Timing; Paul DeMarinis – Great Masters of Melody; John Bischoff – Rendezvous

Drift Multiply by Tristan Perich

Tristan Perich – Drift Multiply – ensemble/Doug Perkins (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch; 2020)

Smoke Signals by Emeralds

Emeralds – Smoke Signals (Wagon/self-released; 2007/2020)

"Blue" Gene Tyranny – The Intermediary (Lovely Music; 1982/2008)

Tangerine Dream – Pilots of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983 (Virgin; 1980-83/2020)

11 by Kevin Drumm

Kevin Drumm – 11 (self-released; 2020)

Focus and Field by Adam Rudolph

Adam Rudolph – Focus and Field (Meta; due Dec. 4, 2020)

King Von – Welcome to O’Block (Only the Family; 2020)

Jon Hassell/Brian Eno – Fourth World, Vol. 1 – Possible Musics (Editions E.G./Glitterbeat; 1980/2014)

Descension by Patrick Shiroishi

Patrick Shiroishi – Descension (Thin Wrist; 2020)

AC/DC – Power Up (Columbia; 2020)

Being Astral And All Registers – Power Of Two – Discus 106CD by Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley

Cecil Taylor/Tony Oxley – …being astral and all registers – power of two… (Discus Music; 2020)

a bitter but beautiful struggle by Speaker Music

Speaker Music – a bitter but beautiful struggle (PTP; due Dec. 15, 2020)

Frederic Rzewski – Songs of Insurrection – Thomas Kotcheff (Coviello; 2020)

Julius Hemphill Sextet – Fat Man and the Hard Blues (Black Saint; 1991)

Tim Berne’s Bloodcount – Lowlife: The Paris Concert 1 (JMT/Screwgun; 1995)

Marty Ehrlich Dark Woods Ensemble – Emergency Peace (New World; 1991)

Auto by Wendy Eisenberg

Wendy Eisenberg – Auto (Ba Da Bing; 2020)