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

claire rousay – gno (self-released subscriber exclusive; 2021)

Anthony Braxton – 12 COMP (ZIM) 2017 (Firehouse 12; due June 4, 2021)

Anthony Braxton – Quartet (Standards) 2020 (New Braxton House; due June 18, 2021)

Sky Garden by Yo Miles!: Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith

Yo Miles! Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith – Sky Garden (Cuneiform; 2004)

Nickel Creek – Why Should the Fire Die? (Sugar Hill; 2005)

Wadada Leo Smith – Grand Oak Trees at Dawn; String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 3 (“Black Church”); Bardsdale – Southwest Chamber Music (Cambria; 2000)

Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartets (Op. 74); Scottish Folk Music – Maxwell Quartet (Linn; 2021)

Prince & The New Power Generation – Diamonds and Pearls (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.; 1991)

Potential Landscapes by Tristan Kasten-Krause

Tristan Kasten-Krause – Potential Landscapes (Whatever’s Clever; 2021)

Prince & The New Power Generation –  (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.; 1992)

King Crimson – Beat (E.G./DGM; 1982/2012)

Christa Ludwig – The Essentials (Deutsche Grammophon; 1978)

Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, New Philharmonia & Philharmonia Orchestras/Otto Klemperer (HMV; 1967)