Playlist.
A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.
Spotify jukebox does not correspond precisely with the selections listed, but maintains the playlist’s continuity and personality.
Kris Davis/Craig Taborn – Octopus (Pyroclastic; due Jan. 28, 2018; preorder)
Taylor Ho Bynum – THB Bootlegs, Vol. Three: From the FH12 Archives (THB Music; 2017)
Antoine Beuger – Ockeghem Octets (Another Timbre; 2017)
King Crimson – Islands (from Sailors’ Tales) (DGM/Panegyric; 1971/2017)
Jason Lescalleet – mattresslessness (Cut/Glistening Examples; 2002/2017)
Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman, Evan Parker & Ikue Mori – Miller’s Tale (Intakt; 2016)
Jim Staley – Mumbo Jumbo (Rift/Einstein; 1987/1993)
Ikue Mori & Maja S.K. Ratkje – Scrumptious Sabotage (Bocian; 2013)
Lea Bertucci – Metal Aether (NNA Tapes; due Feb. 9, 2018; preorder)
Ron Miles – I Am a Man (Enja Yellowbird; 2017)
Bill Frisell – Lookout for Hope (ECM; 1988)
Tommy Flanagan – Sunset and the Mockingbird: The Birthday Concert (Blue Note; 1998)
Cecil Taylor – Live in the Black Forest (MPS; 1979)
Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (Motown; 1976/2000)
Joda Clément – TIME + PLACE (Glistening Examples; 2017)
Joda Clément – Sea Songs (Caduc.; 2016)
King Crimson – The Armory, Wilmington, DE, Feb. 11, 1972; Academy of Music, New York, NY, Feb. 12, 1972 (early & late shows); Cinderella Ballroom, Detroit, MI, Feb. 18, 1972 from Sailors’ Tales (DGM/Panegyric; 2017)
Milton Babbitt – String Quartets Nos. 2-6 – Ars Combinatoria String Quartet (self-released; 2017)