Steve Smith
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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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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Jason Moran – Valiant Hearts: Coming Home (Original Game Score) (Ubisoft Music; 2023) Kaisa's Machine – Taking Shape (Greenleaf Music; due July 7, 2023) Wil Bolton – Like Floating Leaves (laaps; 2023) Russell Burden & Craig Tattersall – Diagenesis (laaps; 2023) Ned Milligan…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Marco Magri – Playing for Keeps (Superpang; 2023) King Crimson – ATSV Halle, Saarbrücken, Germany, Nov. 8, 1973 (DGMLive; 2023) Milford Graves with Arthur Doyle & Hugh Glover – Children of the Forest (Black Editions; 2023, recorded 1976) Peter Brötzmann/Keiji Haino Duo –…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Robert Rich – Travelers' Cloth (Soundscape; 2023) Günter Schlienz – Sterne über der Stadt (ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ/Solid State; 2017/2023) Colin Andrew Sheffield – Images (Elevator Bath; due June 16, 2023) MV & EE – Green Ark (Child of Microtones; 2023) Claire Chase – Density 2036,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Meredith Bates – Tesseract (phonometrograph; due June 2, 2023) King Crimson – Auditorium, West Palm Beach, FL, June 21, 1973 (DGMLive; 2023) Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 in E-flat (1888 version) – ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra/Markus Poschner (Capriccio; due May 5,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Kyle Gann – Whispers – David Sytkowski (self-released; 2023) Ahmad Jamal – At the Pershing: But Not for Me (Argo; 1958) Tangerine Dream – Pilots of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983 (Virgin; 2020) Wild Up – Julius Eastman, Vol. 1: Femenine (New…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Kevin Good – Trails (2019-2022) (Sawyer Spaces; 2023) Sergio Cote Barco – MÚSICA SACRA (Sawyer Spaces; 2023) María Alejandra Bulla – to be noise and dance (Sawyer Spaces; 2023) Garrison Gerard – Resonance Ecology (Sawyer Spaces; 2023) More Eaze – Eternity (Longform Editions;…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Kiss – "War Machine" and "Creatures of the Night" from Off the Soundboard: Live in Poughkeepsie 1984 (UMe; due April 7, 2023) Kiss – Off the Soundboard: Live in Des Moines 1977 (UMe; 2022) Kiss – Off the Soundboard: Live at Donington 1996…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 3 in D minor – Martha Lipton, Boys' Choir of the Church of the Transfiguration, Chorus of the Schola Cantorum, New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (Columbia/Sony Classical; 1962/2009) Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 3 in D minor – Petra…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana – Live in Portland, Oregon 11-09-2000 (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2023) Wadada Leo Smith – Fire Illuminations (Kabell; due March 31, 2023) King Crimson – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, March 24, 1973 (DGMLive; 2023) King Crimson – Civic Auditorium,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Various artists – Vaughan Williams Live, Vol. 4 (Somm; 2023) Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra – Arthur Whittemore, Jack Lowe, New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra/Dimitri Mitropoulos; Symphony No. 8 in D minor…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Claire Rousay – wishing for (lipstick and dollar bills) demo (Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2023) Kate Carr – making do #7 guitar, ebow, jar of beads, pumice, gong (self-released; 2023) Jaffar Hussain Randhawa – Guldasta (honiunhoni; 2023) Thomas Adès – Dante – Los Angeles…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… John Tilbury – 31.8.16 (Otoroku; 2016) Anna Clyne – Mythologies – BBC Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop, Sakari Oramo, Andrew Litton, André de Ridder (Avie; 2020) Masquerade; This Midnight Hour; The Seamstress – Jennifer Koh, Irene Buckley; Night Ferry; <<rewind<< Ingvar Lidholm – Poesis –…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Ornette Coleman – Ornette at 12, Crisis to Man on the Moon Revisited (Impulse!/ezz-thetics, 1969-72/2023) Dead & Company – Playing in the Sand, Moon Palace, Riviera Maya, Cancún, Mexico, Jan. 14, 2023 (Nugs.net; 2023) Éliane Radigue – Occam Delta XV – Quatuor Bozzini…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Bob Dylan – Still Waiting (Can't Wait 1997–2019) (ROIO compilation; 2019) Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini – Haydn 2032, Vol. 2: Il Filosofo (Alpha; 2015) Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 46 in B; Symphony No. 22 in E-flat ("The Philosopher"); Wilhelm Friedemann Bach…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… >>> Decibel Magazine Top 40 of 2022, Nos. 19-6 Dream Unending – Song of Salvation (20 Buck Spin; 2022) Phobophilic – Enveloping Absurdity (Prosthetic; 2022) Negative Plane – The Pact… (The Ajna Offensive; 2022) Sumerlands – Dreamkiller (Relapse; 2022) Terror – Pain Into…
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