Steve Smith
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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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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Dave Douglas Quintet – Songs of Ascent: Book 1 – Degrees (Greenleaf Music; 2022) Tim Berne/Matt Mitchell – One More, Please (Intakt; 2022) Guranfoe – 10th Anniversary Specials – Night 7 (Featured Guests) (self-released; 2022) King Crimson – Meltdown: Live in Mexico (DGM;…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Guranfoe – Gumbo Gumbo (echodelick; 2022) Qasim Naqvi – Inaugural Music – s t a r g a z e (Transgressive; 2020) Guillaume Connesson – Lost Horizon – Brussels Philharmonic/Stéphane Denève (Deutsche Grammophon; 2019) Les cités de Lovecraft; A kind of Trane –…
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Raphael Payare (Photograph courtesy Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal) My contributions to the latest installment of 7 picks a week, the arts and culture guide I compile weekly for Gothamist. See mysticism and melancholy through a world-famous painter's eyes "Exodus," an exhibition of recent works by the German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer, is so big…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Ustad Noor Bakhsh – Jingul (honiunhoni; 2022) Tilth – Renewal (cachedmedia; 2022) Suzi Analogue – Infinite Zonez (Disciples; 2022) Phil Lesh & Friends – Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, Nov. 13, 1999 (ROIO; 1999) Bob Dylan – Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford,…
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Jason Moran and The Bandwagon (Photograph courtesy of the artists) My contributions to the latest installment of 7 picks a week, the arts and culture guide I compile weekly for Gothamist. See how the Great Migration inspired a cellist to make a move Already known as one of the finest young cellists of his generation,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Patrick Shiroishi – Evergreen (Touch; 2022) David S. Ware – Go See the World (Columbia; 1998) Jakob Bro/Joe Lovano – Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM; 2022) Paul Bley – With Gary Peacock (ECM; 1970) Bill Evans – Trio…
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Nina Chanel Abney exhibition (Photograph courtesy Pace Prints) Here are my contributions to the latest installment of 7 picks a week, the arts and culture guide I compile weekly for Gothamist. Celebrate a hard-working jazz trio's 10th anniversary Serendipity had a hand in the formation of Thumbscrew, when bassist Michael Formanek filled in as a…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Various artists – The Trailhead 76 (10/16/22) (Mixcloud; 2022) Xiphiidae/Thoughts on Air – Xiphiidae & Thoughts on Air (self-released; 2022) Natalia Lafourcade – De Todas las Flores (Sony Mexico; 2022) Danny Arakaki – Tumble in Shade (Husky Pants; due Jan. 20, 2023) Jan…
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David Lynch (Photograph: Josh Telles) On Friday, Nov. 4, we rebooted the web post previously called Weekend Arts Planner. We moved it up to Friday, in hopes that it could serve to actually help folks plan their weekends and not just the days beyond. And we opened it up to more voices and perspectives from…
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Mali Obomsawin (Photograph courtesy Jazz Gallery) Weekend Arts Planner took a break during the last weekend of October, chiefly due to on-air scheduling issues. But these are the items I prepared for the occasion, as they appeared in the Gothamist article "11 fun things to do in NYC that have nothing to do with trick-or-treating"…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Bob Dylan – Palladium, London, England, Oct. 23, 2022 (ROIO; 2022) Rued Langgaard – Symphony No. 1 (“Cliffside Pastorals”) – Berlin Philharmonic/Sakari Oramo (Dacapo; due Nov. 4, 2022) Michael Stearns – Chronos (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Sonic Atmospheres/Projekt; 1984/remastered reissue due Nov. 4, 2022)…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Peter Coccoma – A Place to Begin (Whatever's Clever; 2022) Clarice Jensen – Esthesis (130701/Fatcat; 2022) Rhodri Davies – DWA DNI (Amgen; 2022) .soundfullness – /listening_sessions/summer.soundfullness (self-released; 2022) Julius Eastman – Joy Boy – Either/Or (YouTube; 2022) Marja Ahti & Judith Hamann –…
Night After Night 