A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…
Miles Davis – Miles in Tokyo (Columbia/Legacy; 1969/2005)
Sam Rivers – Fuchsia Swing Song (Blue Note; 1965)
David Holland Quartet – Conference of the Birds (ECM; 1975)
Sam Rivers – Contrasts (ECM; 1980)
Jason Moran – Black Stars (Blue Note; 2001)
Sam Rivers Trio – Firestorm (Rivbea; 2002)
Sam Rivers/Dave Holland/Barry Altschul – Reunion: Live in New York (Pi Recordings; 2012)
King Crimson – Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, Nov. 1, 1981 (DGMLive; 2023)
Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17: Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996–1997) (Columbia/Legacy; 2023)
Various artists – A Quiet Revolution: 30 Years of Windham Hill (Windham Hill/Legacy; 2005)
Claudio Monteverdi – Vespro della Beata Vergine – Ensemble Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon (Harmonia Mundi; 2023)
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2 in C minor ("Resurrection") – Mari Eriksmoen, Jennifer Johnston, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra/Santtu-Matias Rouvali (Philharmonia; 2023)
Pierre Jalbert – String Quartet No. 5 ("Terra Incognita") – Escher String Quartet (Orchid; 2023)
Sarah Davachi – Long Gradus (Late Music; due Nov. 3, 2023)
John Zorn – Homenaje a Remedios Varo (Tzadik; 2023)
Derek Bailey – Pieces for Guitar (Tzadik; 2002)
Steve Lacy – Sands (Tzadik; 1998)
John Zorn & Bill Laswell – The Cleansing (Tzadik; 2022)
David T. Little/Royce Vavrek – Am I Born – Mellissa Hughes, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Novus NY (Bright Shiny Things; 2022)
David T. Little/Anne Waldman – The Black Lodge – Timur and the Dime Museum (Cantaloupe Music; 2023)
Anthony Braxton, Milford Graves, William Parker – Beyond Quantum (Tzadik; 2022)
John Zorn & Bill Laswell – Memoria (Tzadik; 2023)
Mono – Under the Pipal Tree (Tzadik; 2001)
Kate Carr – making do #1 (self-released; 2021)
Kate Carr – Composition for dirt, harmonium, geophone and rocks (making do #2) (self-released; 2021)
Kate Carr – slate, rocks, gravel and guitar (making do #3) (self-released; 2022)
Patricia Alessandrini – Leçons de ténèbres – Patricia Alessandrini, Riot Ensemble (Huddersfield Contemporary Records; due Oct. 27, 2023)
Poul Ruders – Piano Trio – Trio con Brio Copenhagen (OUR Recordings; 2023)
Grateful Dead – Wake of the Flood (Grateful Dead/Rhino; 1973/2023)
Tangerine Dream – Silent Green Session 2022 (Eastgate; 2023)
Tangerine Dream – Botanique Orangerie Session 2022 (Eastgate; 2023)
Samuel Goff/Camila Nebbia/Patrick Shiroishi – Diminished Borders (Cacophonous Revival; due Nov. 17, 2023)
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