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

Tony Levin – Bringing It Down to the Bass (Flatiron Recordings; 2024)

Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra – Mundoagua: Celebrating Carla Bley (Zoho; due Feb. 7, 2025)

Robert Fripp – Washington Square Church, New York, NY, Sept. 8, 1995, early show (DGMLive; 2024)

Robert Fripp – Washington Square Church, New York, NY, Sept. 8, 1995, late show (DGMLive; 2024)

Robert Fripp – Washington Square Church, New York, NY, Sept. 9, 1995, early show (DGMLive; 2024)

Robert Fripp – Washington Square Church, New York, NY, Sept. 9, 1995, late show (DGMLive; 2024)

IQ – Tales from the Lush Attic (The Major Record Company/Giant Electric Pea; 1983/2013)

Air – Air Song (Whynot; 1975)

Air – Air Raid (Whynot; 1976)

Air – Open Air Suit (Arista Novus; 1978)

Air – Montreux Suisse (Arista Novus; 1978)

Air – Air Time (Nessa; 1977)

Air – Live Air (Black Saint; 1980)

Air – Air Lore (Arista Novus; 1979)

Air - 80° Below '82 (Antilles; 1982)

Marillion – Academy, Manchester, UK – 18th November 1999 (Front Row Club; 2002)

>>> RIP Clarence "Herb" Robertson (Feb. 21, 1951–Dec. 10, 2024)

Tim Berne – My First Tour – Live in Brussels (Screwgun; 2017, recorded 1983)

Herb Robertson – Transparency (JMT/Winter & Winter; 1985/2001)

Tim Berne – Sanctified Dreams (Columbia; 1987)

Tim Berne – Fractured Fairy Tales (JMT; 1989)

Tim Berne's Caos Totale – Pace Yourself (JMT; 1991)

Tim Berne – Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (JMT; 1993)

Tim Berne's Caos Totale – Nice View (JMT; 1994)

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IQ – The Road of Bones (Giant Electric Pea; 2014)

Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus – Spirit of Nuff…Nuff (Black Saint; 1991)

Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus – Live at Koncepts (Taylor Made; 1991)

Henry Threadgill – Too Much Sugar for a Dime (Axiom; 1993)

Cecil Taylor Trio – All the Notes (Cadence Jazz; 2004)

Dominic Duval & Cecil Taylor – The Last Dance (Cadence Jazz; 2009)

IQ – IQ40: Forty Years of Prog Nonsense (self-released; 2022)

Noah Becker's Underthought – The Hollow Count (self-released; 2021)

Patrick Shiroishi – The Afterlife Is Letting Go (Touch; 2024)

Nicolas Gombert – Magnificats 1–4 – The Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (Gimell; 2001)

Joel Harrison – String Quartet No. 1 – Mivos Quartet (AGS Recordings; 2024)

David Mitchell – Gnostic (self-released; 2024)

IQ – Live on The Road of Bones (self-released; 2015)

Marillion – Luxor, Arnhem, Netherlands – 23rd June 1995 (Front Row Club; 2002)

Marillion – Borderline, London, UK – 9th May 1992 (Front Row Club; 2002)