
A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Sept. 1–7, 2025.
Coleman Hawkins – The Hawk Relaxes (Prestige; 1961)
Walt Dickerson – This Is Walt Dickerson! (New Jazz; 1961)
Ahmed Abdul-Malik – The Music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik (New Jazz; 1961)
Bill Barron – Hot Line (Savoy; 1962)
Walt Dickerson – Unity (Audio Fidelity; 1964)
Cecil Taylor – Unit Structures (Blue Note; 1966)
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead – Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, NH, June 12, 2025 (Nugs.net; 2025)
Celer – Gems IV (Room40; 2025)
Rapoon – A Dark Telling (self-released; 2025)
Noah Garabedian – Quartets and Solos (Contagious Music; due Sept. 19, 2025)
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 3 in D minor – Gerhild Romberger, Cantemus Children’s Choir, Choir of the Bavarian Radio, Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer (Channel Classics; 2017)
Kalia Vandever – Another View (Northern Spy; due Nov. 14, 2025)
Éliane Radigue – Asymptote Versatile (1963-64) (Amgen; due Oct. 20, 2025)
Tim Berne – Snakeoil OK (Screwgun; 2025, recorded 2013)
Phish – Broadview Stage at SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NY, July 27, 2025 (LivePhish; 2025)
Prairiewolf – Mama Tried, Brooklyn, NY, Aug. 14, 2025 (Archive.org; 2025)
Thomas Adès – The Exterminating Angel Symphony; Violin Concerto – Leila Josefowicz, Minnesota Orchestra/Thomas Søndergård (Pentatone; due Nov. 14, 2025)
Helmut Lachenmann – String Quartets – Quatuor Diotima (Pentatone; due Nov. 21, 2025)
Max Richter – Sleep – American Contemporary Music Ensemble (Deutsche Grammophon; 2015)
Wet Tuna – Free Folk Red Hots (self-released; 2025)
Guaranfoe – Paper Dress Vintage, London, England, May 30, 2025 (self-released; 2025)
Chet Doxas, Jacob Sacks, Mark Helias, Vinnie Sperrazza – Live in Brooklyn (self-released; 2025)
Chuck Johnson – Caoine 5 (self-released; 2025)
Dizgo – Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 27, 2024 (self-released; 2024)
Squeaky Feet – Groove, New York, NY, Apr. 20, 2025 (self-released; 2025)
Demon Sluice – Dancers Beneath Shores of Fire (Negative Wingspan; 2025)
Squeaky Feet – Orazen’s Tavern, Cleveland, OH, Aug. 16, 2025 (Nugs.net; 2025. Also on Bandcamp.)
Goose – Racket, New York, NY, June 23, 2025 (Bandcamp; 2025)
Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet – Situation (Play On; 2025)
CMAT – Euro-Country (CMATBaby; 2025)
Rush – Signals (Mercury; 1982)
Space Bacon – Summerdance at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Garrettsville, OH, Aug. 21, 2025 (Nugs.net; 2025
King Crimson – The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 19, 2000 (Nugs.net; 2025. Also on DGMLive.)
John Carroll Kirby – Conflict (Stones Throw; 2020)
[Title key: Goose, “Silver Rising”]
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