Playlist (All my dreams and all my reasons).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Sept. 1–7, 2025.

Coleman HawkinsThe Hawk Relaxes (Prestige; 1961)

Walt DickersonThis Is Walt Dickerson! (New Jazz; 1961)

Ahmed Abdul-MalikThe Music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik (New Jazz; 1961)

Bill BarronHot Line (Savoy; 1962)

Walt DickersonUnity (Audio Fidelity; 1964)

Cecil TaylorUnit Structures (Blue Note; 1966)

Joe Russo’s Almost DeadCasino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, NH, June 12, 2025 (Nugs.net; 2025)

CelerGems IV (Room40; 2025)

RapoonA Dark Telling (self-released; 2025)

Noah GarabedianQuartets 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 VandeverAnother View (Northern Spy; due Nov. 14, 2025)

Éliane RadigueAsymptote Versatile (1963-64) (Amgen; due Oct. 20, 2025)

Tim BerneSnakeoil OK (Screwgun; 2025, recorded 2013)

Phish – Broadview Stage at SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NY, July 27, 2025 (LivePhish; 2025)

PrairiewolfMama Tried, Brooklyn, NY, Aug. 14, 2025 (Archive.org; 2025)

Thomas AdèsThe Exterminating Angel Symphony; Violin Concerto – Leila Josefowicz, Minnesota Orchestra/Thomas Søndergård (Pentatone; due Nov. 14, 2025)

Helmut LachenmannString Quartets – Quatuor Diotima (Pentatone; due Nov. 21, 2025)

Max RichterSleep – American Contemporary Music Ensemble (Deutsche Grammophon; 2015)

Wet TunaFree Folk Red Hots (self-released; 2025)

GuaranfoePaper Dress Vintage, London, England, May 30, 2025 (self-released; 2025)

Chet Doxas, Jacob Sacks, Mark Helias, Vinnie SperrazzaLive in Brooklyn (self-released; 2025)

Chuck JohnsonCaoine 5 (self-released; 2025)

DizgoBrooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 27, 2024 (self-released; 2024)

Squeaky FeetGroove, New York, NY, Apr. 20, 2025 (self-released; 2025)

Demon SluiceDancers Beneath Shores of Fire (Negative Wingspan; 2025)

Squeaky FeetOrazen’s Tavern, Cleveland, OH, Aug. 16, 2025 (Nugs.net; 2025. Also on Bandcamp.)

GooseRacket, New York, NY, June 23, 2025 (Bandcamp; 2025)

Alex Coke & Carl Michel SextetSituation (Play On; 2025)

CMATEuro-Country (CMATBaby; 2025)

RushSignals (Mercury; 1982)

Space BaconSummerdance at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Garrettsville, OH, Aug. 21, 2025 (Nugs.net; 2025

King CrimsonThe Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 19, 2000 (Nugs.net; 2025. Also on DGMLive.)

John Carroll KirbyConflict (Stones Throw; 2020)


[Title key: Goose, “Silver Rising”]

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