AMN Picks of the Week

Here is where I post, at a frequency of about once a week, a list of the new music that has caught my attention that week. All of the releases listed below I’ve heard for the first time this week and come recommended. Don’t take the categories too seriously.

Dickey, Whit / Quartet – Coalescence (2004, free jazz)
Dickey, Whit – Sacred Ground (2006, free jazz)
Levin, Daniel / Quartet – Live at Roulette (2009, improv)
Johnston / Frith / Ochs – Reasons for Moving (2007, improv)
Musillami, Michael – From Seeds (2009, creative jazz)
Swell, Steve – Planet Dream (2009, free jazz)