Playlist.

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears lately.

This week’s Spotify jukebox does not correspond precisely with the listed selections that follow, but attempts to maintain this playlist’s personality, continuity, and spirit.

Olivier Messiaen – Livre du Saint-Sacrement – Paul Jacobs (Naxos; 2010)

<a href=”http://muhalrichardabrams.bandcamp.com/album/vision-towards-essence”>Vision Towards Essence by Muhal Richard Abrams</a>


Muhal Richard Abrams – Vision Towards Essence (Pi Recordings; 2007)

Art Ensemble of Chicago – Phase One (America/Universal France; 1971/2004)

Michiyo Yagi & Marco Lucchi – The swallow (self-released; 2017; now deleted)


Mark McGuire – Ideas of Beginnings (VDSQ; due June 2, 2017)


Anthony Pasquarosa – Abbandonato Da Dio Nazione (VDSQ; due June 2, 2017)


Chuck Johnson – Balsams (VDSQ; due June 2, 2017)

<a href=”http://leylandkirby.bandcamp.com/album/sadly-the-future-is-no-longer-what-it-was”>Sadly, the future is no longer what it was by Leyland Kirby</a>


Leyland Kirby – When We Parted My Heart Wanted to Die (from Sadly, the Future Is No Longer What It Was) (History Always Favours the Winners; 2009/2017)

Miles Davis – JVC Jazz Festival, The Summit, Houston, TX, June 9, 1989 (radio recording/YouTube; 2016)

The Revolution – Metro, Chicago, IL, April 23, 2017 (audience video/YouTube; 2017)

<a href=”http://zoharum.bandcamp.com/album/rhiz”>Rhiz by Rapoon</a>


Rapoon – Rhiz (Klanggalerie/Zoharum; 2002/2017)

<a href=”http://zoharum.bandcamp.com/album/my-life-as-a-ghost”>My Life as a Ghost by Rapoon</a>


Rapoon – My Life As a Ghost (Klanggalerie/Zoharum; 2004/2017)

Edward Elgar – The Apostles – Rebecca Evans, Alice Coote, Paul Groves, Jacques Imbrailo, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Hallé Orchestra, Choir & Youth Choir/Mark Elder (Hallé)

Pierluigi Billone – ITI KE MI; Equilibrio. Cerchio – Marco Fusi (Kairos; due May 19, 2017)

<a href=”http://yarnwire.bandcamp.com/album/yarn-wire-currents-vol-0″>Yarn/Wire/Currents Vol. 0 by Yarn/Wire</a>


Yarn/Wire – Yarn/Wire/Currents, Vol. 0 (Yarn/Wire; 2017) {Review}
> Tyondai Braxton – Music for Ensemble and Pitch Shifter/Delay; Nathan Davis – de clocher à clocher; Peter Evans – returns

Johannes Brahms – Symphonies Nos. 1-4 – Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (BSO Classics; 2017)

<a href=”http://alexmincek.bandcamp.com/album/torrent”>Torrent by Alex Mincek</a>


Alex Mincek – Torrent (Sound American; 2017)
> Pendulum VII – Wet Ink Ensemble; Harmonielehre I, II, III – Josh Modney, Eric Wubbels; Pneuma – Michael Ibrahim, Wet Ink Ensemble; Harmonielehre V, IV, VI – Modney, Wubbels; Torrent – Yarn/Wire, Mivos Quartet

<a href=”http://zeitkratzer.bandcamp.com/album/perform-songs-from-kraftwerk-and-kraftwerk-2″>Perform Songs From “Kraftwerk” And “Kraftwerk 2” by zeitkratzer</a>


Zeitkratzer – Performs Songs from the Albums ‘Kraftwerk’ and ‘Kraftwerk 2’ (Zeitkratzer)

John Coltrane – The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (Impulse!; 1997)