One-word review: Wow!
Herbie Hancock (1940-, piano) with Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Walter Smith III (tenor saxophone), Ben Williams (bass), Mark Merella (percussion), “Footprints” (Wayne Shorter), 2023 (published yesterday)
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testify!
Sister O.M. Terrell (1911-2006), “I’m Going to That City,” 1953
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sounds of Chicago
Whitney Johnson (viola, voice), Lia Kohl (cello, voice), Macie Stewart (violin, voice), “Stone I Piece,” Chicago (The Land School), 2025
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back to church
Mt. Ramah Primitive Baptist Association, Georgia, “I’ll Be There The Reckly [Directly] Sitting Down,” 2012
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Kris Davis Trio (KD, piano; Robert Hurst, bass; Jonathan Blake, drums), live (“Knotweed,” “Coda Queen,” “Albert Collins”), Berlin, 2025
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alone
Thelonious Monk ([1917-1982] piano, composition), “Crespescule with Nellie,” 1970
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sounds of Jamaica
Augustus Pablo ([1954-1999] guitar, melodica), Hugh Mundell ([1962-1983] vocals), live, Jamaica (outside Kingston), 1979
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Amina Claudine Myers (1942-, vocals, piano), live, London, 2025
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passings
Eliane Radigue, composer, musician, January 24, 1932 – February 23, 2026
L’Île re-sonante (The Resonant Island), (2000)
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Joy Guidry (bassoon, electronics, compositions), “Dear June A Letter to my Father,” “You’ve Done What You Can,” “Praise & Worship,” published 2/27/26
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