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

::: July 4 All-American Music Spotlight :::

Aaron Copland – Symphony No. 3 – San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS Media; 2020)

Louis Armstrong – The Best of the Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings (Columbia/Legacy; 2002)

Various artists – RCA Country Legends: The Bristol Sessions, Vol. 1 (BMG Heritage; 2002)

Various artists – Paramount Blues: Lock and Key Blues (Black Swan; 2007)

Roy Harris – Symphony No. 3; Randall Thompson – Symphony No. 2 in E minor; David Diamond – Symphony No. 4 – New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (Sony Classical; 1998)

Various artists – An Unseen Cloud: Commercial American Indian Recordings of the Late '40s to Mid '50s (Canary; 2015)

Chuck Berry – After School Session (Chess; 1957)

John Cage – Concert for Piano and Orchestra; Christian Wolff – Resistance – Philip Thomas, Apartment House/Jack Sheen (Huddersfield Contemporary Records; 2017)

Bruce Springsteen – “Independence Day” from The River (Columbia; 1980)

Phil Lesh & Friends – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheatre, Hartford, CT, July 1, 2022 (Live Music Archive; 2022)

Sarah Davachi – Two Sisters (Late Music; due Sept. 9, 2022)

Magnus Granberg – Night Will Fade and Fall Apart – Tya Ensemble (Thanatosis; due Aug. 5, 2022)

Steve Roach – What Remains (Projekt; due Aug. 5, 2022)

Weston Olencki – Old Time Music (Tripticks Tapes; 2022)

Kevin Drumm – Shadowless Goons (self-released; 2022)

Klaus Schulze – Deus Arrakis (Oblivion; 2022)

Kevin Drumm – Anthems (self-released; 2022)

Van der Graaf Generator – Do Not Disturb (Esoteric Antenna; 2016)

Dead & Company – Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL, June 24, 2022 (Nugs.net; 2022)

James Romig – The Complexity of Distance – Mike Scheidt (New World; 2022)

James Romig – Still – Ashlee Mack (New World; 2018)

Furthur – Radio City Music Hall, March 26, 2011 (Live Music Archive; 2011)

Congregation of Drones – Twenty Twenty (Every Possible Recording; 2022)

Katie Porter/Lucio Capece – Phase to Phase (Ftarri; 2022)

Tyshawn Sorey – Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music; 2022)

Claire Rousay – A Collection (Mended Dreams; 2021)

Van der Graaf Generator – The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other from The Charisma Years 1970-1978 (Charisma; 1970/2021)

The Dead – Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, CA, June 27, 2015 (Live Music Archive; 2015)