like nothing else
Raül Refree (guitar, piano, electronics) and Núria Andorrà (percussion, vibraphone), live (“Lo que esconden,” “Fandangos Negros,” “Ramírez 11012017,” “Montaña Vacías,” “Todo el mundo quiere irse ya”), France (Rennes), 12/7/23
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What you didn’t know you needed right now.
Irreversible Entanglements (Camae Ayewa [Moor Mother], vocals; Aquiles Navarro, trumpet, synthesizer; Keir Neuringer, saxophone, synthesizer; Luke Stewart, bass; Tcheser Holmes, drums; Kyle Kidd, vocals), live (“Fireworks”, “Soundness,” “Free Love,” “Our Land Back,” “root ᐸ=ᐳ branch,” “Protect Your Light”), live, Washington, D.C., 2/19/24
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This I could listen to all day.
SYMPHONY (Peter Evans, trumpets, flugelhorn, compositions; Alice Teyssier, flutes, voice; Nick Jozwiak, bass; Levy Lorenzo, percussion, electronics), “Points of Light,” published 2/17/24
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sounds of Chicago
Hamid Drake (percussion, MCOTD Hall of Fame) and Michael Zerang (percussion) with guest Nicole Mitchell (flute), 33rd annual winter solstice celebration, live, Chicago (Links Hall/Constellation), 12/21/23 (excerpt)
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sounds of New York
Adam Rudolph (percussion), Tyshawn Sorey (percussion), live, New York, 2021
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sounds of New York
Marty Erlich: Dark Woods/Bright Sparks (Marty Ehrlich [1955-], woodwinds, compositions; Ron Horton, trumpet; Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon; Erik Friedlander, cello; Matt Pavolka, bass; Satoshi Takahashi, percussion; Erica Hunt, words), live, New York, 12/10/23
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Even now there are places where a thought might grow—
—Derek Mahon (1941-2020), from “A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford”
alone
Kham Meslien (bass, percussion, electronics), live, France (Chamonix), 7/23/23
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yesterday, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
sounds of Chicago
Russ Johnson Quartet (RJ, trumpet, compositions; Mark Feldman, violin; Ethan Philion, bass; Tim Daisy, percussion), live (1st set: 1:42-; 2nd set: 2:28-), Chicago, 9/30/23
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alone
Milford Graves (1941-2021), live, North Carolina (Raleigh), 2019
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sounds of Algeria
Imarhan, live (“Idarchan Net,” “Tindjatan,” “Tarha Nam,” “Achinkad”), Seattle, 8/7/23
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