AMN Picks of the Week: Zs / Ches Smith and These Arches / Dan-Leo / Ben Goldberg / Anthony Braxton

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.

Zs – Grain (2013)
Ches Smith / These Arches – Civilization (2010)
Dan-Leo – Sometimes Is Like That (2013)
Ben Goldberg – Unfold Ordinary Mind (2013)
Anthony Braxton – Trio (NYC) 2011