A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…
Klaus Schulze – Kontinuum (Synthetic Symphony; 2007)
Greg Osby – Banned in New York (Blue Note; 1998)
Oort Smog – Every M***erf***er Is Your Brother (AKP Recordings; due Nov. 11, 2022)
Mishagas – 1996-1997 (Astral Spirits; due Nov. 4, 2022)
Tyshawn Sorey – The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi Recordings; due Oct. 28, 2022)
Sarah Davachi – Two Sisters (Late Music; 2022)
Kali Malone – Living Torch (Portraits GRM; 2022)
Bára Gísladóttir & Skúli Sverrisson – Live from the Spirit Store (Louth Contemporary Music Society; 2022)
Goose – Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, June 24, 2022 (self-released; 2022)
Porcupine Tree – In Absentia (Lava/Kscope; 2002/2018)
Golden Palominos – Visions of Excess (Celluloid; 1985)
Wayne Shorter/Terri Lyne Carrington/Leo Genovese/Esperanza Spalding – Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (Candid; 2022)
Luigi Cherubini – Medea – Maria Callas, Fiorenza Cossotto, Joan Carlyle, Jon Vickers, Nicola Zaccaria, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Nicolà Rescigno (Myto; 2009, recorded 1959)
Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet – For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt; 2022)
Philip Glass – Complete Études for Piano – Jenny Lin (Steinway & Sons; 2017)
>>> R.I.P. Anton Fier (June 20, 1956 – Sept. 21, 2022)
Swans – White Light from the Mouth of Infinity (Young God; 1991/2015)
Bob Mould – Workbook (Virgin/Omnivore; 1989/2014)
Pere Ubu – Song of the Bailing Man (Rough Trade/Fire; 1982/2016)
The Lounge Lizards – The Lounge Lizards (Editions EG; 1981) <<<
Elijah McLaughlin Ensemble – II (Tompkins Square; due Sept. 30, 2022)
Bill Frisell – Four (Blue Note; due Nov. 11, 2022)
John Luther Adams – Sila: The Breath of the World – The Crossing, JACK Quartet, University of Michigan musicians (Cantaloupe Music; 2022)
>>> R.I.P. Pharoah Sanders (Oct. 13, 1940 – Sept. 24, 2022)
Pharoah Sanders – Thembi (Impulse!; 1971)
Pharoah Sanders – Journey to the One (Theresa; 1980)
John Coltrane – Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (Impulse!; 1966)
Alice Coltrane – Journey in Satchidananda (Impulse!; 1970)
Sonny Sharrock – Ask the Ages (Axiom/self-released; 1991/2019)
Sun Ra and His Arkestra – Sun Ra and His Arkestra Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold (El Saturn/Cosmic Myth; 1976/2014)
John Coltrane – Concert in Japan (Impulse!; 1966) <<<
John Adams – The Dharma at Big Sur; My Father Knew Charles Ives – Tracy Silverman, BBC Symphony Orchestra/John Adams (Nonesuch; 2006)
Grateful Dead – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81 (Grateful Dead/Rhino; 2022)
Berlin Philharmonic – The John Adams Edition (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings; 2017)
Harmonielehre – John Adams; Short Ride in a Fast Machine – Alan Gilbert; City Noir – Gustavo Dudamel
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