Steve Smith
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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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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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