Steve Smith
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi (Original Motion Picture Score) (Orange Mountain Music; 2009) Rapoon – Not That Far to the Moon (Ultra-Mail Prod.; 2023) Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi – Philip Glass Ensemble, Western Wind, New York Philharmonic/Michael Riesman (Orange Mountain Music; 2014) Patrick Shiroishi…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Steve Roach – The Desert Winds of Change – Live at Ambient Lounge August 1, 2023 (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2023) Steve Roach – Fade to Fall – September 2023 Exclusive (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2023) Blood Oath – Lost in an Eternal Silence (Caligari;…
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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…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Bob Dylan – Tough Guy Angels: The Larry & Charlie Harmonies, Vol. II (ROIO compilation; 2023) Ivan Vukosavljević – Slow Roads – Tineke Steenbrink, Francesca Ajossa, Jan Hage, Lise Morrison (Elsewhere; 2023) Michael Pisaro-Liu – A room outdoors – Guy Vandromme, Adriaan Severins,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Arooj Aftab/Vijay Iyer/Shahzad Ismaily – Love in Exile (Verve; 2023) Cassandra Miller – Traveller Song/Thanksong (Black Truffle; 2023) Traveller Song – Plus-Minus Ensemble; Thanksong – Juliet Fraser, Quatuor Bozzini Kory Reeder – Texas: Vol. III (self-released; 2023) In the Summer – Kory Reeder,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Tangerine Dream – Electronic Meditation (Ohr/Esoteric; 1970/2012) M. Nageswara Rao – The Pulse of Tanam: Ghana Raga Panchakam (Ragas of South India) (Nonesuch; 1969) Bahauddin Dagar – Ragas Bihag & Ragvardhani – Berlin February 19th 2023 (Sacred Realism; 2023) Tangerine Dream – Alpha…
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Photograph: Jin S. Lee for 9/11 Memorial & Museum Fall and all attendant memoriesCrowd the day with unrelated historiesEach year leaves its unresolving fantasiesTo hang around each cornerHang around each street. Thick with ghosts, the wind whips round in circuitriesCarrying words as strangers exchange pleasantriesDo they intrude upon your private reveriesAs they meet you…
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John Zorn (Photograph courtesy National Sawdust) "Love Songs: A Creation Story in Four Acts and Four Voices"National SawdustSept. 8, 2023 "We prefer pieces that play with the style and format of traditional profiles," the kind folks at National Sawdust told me when I agreed to write a preview story ahead of Love Songs, the new…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Tarotplane – Murmuration (NPM; 2023) King Crimson – "Jamie, Bill, David & John" (DGMLive; 2023, recorded 1972) Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley – Polarity 2 (Burning Ambulance; due Oct. 13. 2023) claire rousay – august 26th (Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2023) Christoph Schiller & Carlo Costa…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Bahauddin Dagar – Ragas Bihag & Ragvardhani – Berlin February 19th 2023 (Sacred Realism; 2023) Bahauddin Dagar – Ahir Bhairav: Marghazi 2019 (Country & Eastern; 2020) l a d y y b i r d d (Gina Izzo) – Tomorrow’s Yesterday (Innova; 2023)…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… John Zorn – Complete String Quartets – JACK Quartet (Tzadik; due Dec. 2023) Johann Sebastian Bach – The French Suites – Mahan Esfahani (Hyperion; due Oct. 6, 2023) Arovane – Seismograf (Dauw; 2023) Kinan Azmeh & Brooklyn Rider – Starlighter (In a Circle;…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 6 in A – Staatskapelle Dresden/Eugen Jochum (Warner Classics; 1981) King Crimson – Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI, April 26, 1974 (DGMLive; 2023) Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite (Metal Blade; 2023) Immolation – Acts of God (Nuclear Blast; 2022) Sanguisugabogg…
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Jonathon Heyward (Photograph: Laura Thiesbrummel) "Conductor Jonathon Heyward is poised to make history in NYC and Baltimore"Gothamist, Aug. 3, 2023 My final contribution to Gothamist is this extended version of an interview with conductor Jonathon Heyward – the new music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the newly announced music director of whatever the…
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Endea Owens (Photograph courtesy Jazz at Lincoln Center and Bryant Park) The latest Weekend Arts Planner segment for WNYC, which aired on Weekend Edition on Saturday, July 29, covered items selected from a Gothamist story published on Thursday: "25 free things to do in NYC this August." David Furst and I talked about Free Shakespeare…
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Endea Owens (Photograph courtesy of the artist) My contributions to "7 Picks a Week," the weekly Gothamist guide of arts and culture events and happenings in and around New York City. The complete article can be found here. Check out fast-rising bassist Endea Owens for free Detroit bassist, composer and bandleader Endea Owens is making…
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John-Andrew Morrison (L) and Allen Gilmore (R) in "Malvolio," staged by Classical Theatre of Harlem at Marcus Garvey Park. (Photograph courtesy Classical Theatre of Harlem) The latest Weekend Arts Planner segment for WNYC, which aired on Weekend Edition on Saturday, July 22, covered a series of Shakespeare-related plays happening in New York City parks –…
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Conductor Louis Langrée starts his final series as music director of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra on Saturday. (Photograph: Sachyn Mital) My contributions to "7 Picks a Week," the weekly Gothamist guide of arts and culture events and happenings in and around New York City. The complete article can be found here. Celebrate summer music…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Darcy James Argue's Secret Society – Dynamic Maximum Tension (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch; due Sept. 8, 2023) Bob Dylan – L'Amphitheatre, Lyon, France, June 29, 2023 (ROIO; 2023) Tangerine Dream – Botanique Orangerie Session 2022 (Eastgate; 2023) Jlin – Perspective (Planet Mu; due Sept. 29,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Muti – Contemporary American Composers (CSO Sound; 2023) Jessie Montgomery – Hymn for Everyone; Max Raimi – Three Lisel Mueller Settings – Elizabeth DeShong; Philip Glass – Symphony No. 11 Black Duck (Douglas McCombs, Bill MacKay, Charles Rumback) – Black…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Archie Shepp – Blasé (BYG/Charly; 1969/2022) Albert Ayler Quintet – Lost Performances 1966 Revisited (ezz-thetics; 2023) Charles Gayle/William Parker/Rashied Ali – Touchin' on Trane (FMP/Jazzwerkstadt; 1993/2007) Cecil Taylor – Corona (FMP Archive; 2018, recorded 1996) Art Ensemble of Chicago – Urban Bushmen (ECM;…
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