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.

Remy Morritt – The Ant (2018)
Brandon Seabrook Trio – Convulsionaries (2018)
XOL – XOL Plays X.EN (2018)
Action Friend – bon•ho•mie (2018)

Source: JazzTimes. An excerpt from Chinen’s new book.

To some observers, jazz was in mortal danger after the 1960s, until Wynton and the Young Lions arrived. Nate Chinen sees things differently, and in this excerpt from his new book Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century, he examines the warring trends of the ’70s and ’80s, showing how their conflict set the stage for the music’s renaissance in our time.

A Velvet Underground exhibition is headed to New York.

Thurston Moore will perform in Chicago this November.

Medeski Martin and Wood have a new album coming out with Alarm Will Sound.

A new release from Andrew Raffo Dewar, John Hughes, and Chad Popple is reviewed.

Nicole Mitchell’s new album is reviewed.

Henry Kaiser writes about Keith Rowe’s The Room Extended.

Oud player Gordon Grdina is profiled in the context of his new album.

The new Milford Graves documentary is reviewed.

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.

Devin Sarno – Visitor (Suite) (2018)
Martijn Comes & Giulio Aldinucci – Crystalline Tragedies / The Procession (distant motionless shores) (2018)
Haarvöl – Peripherad Debris (2018)
Drew Daniel / John Wiese – Continuous Hole (2018)
Future Usses – The Existential Haunting (2018)

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.

Bent Spoon Trio – Nine Year Itch (2018)
The Necks – Body (2018)
Abbey Rader / West Coast Quartet – Second Gathering (2018)
Polyorchard – Red October (2017)
Laurent Estoppey – HiLyeDyeLieDieWhyBye (2018)

Rodrigo Amado’s A History of Nothing (featuring Joe McPhee, Kent Kessler, and Chris Corsano) is reviewed.

A series of live albums from Motorpsycho is reviewed.

The BBC profiles Alfred Schnittke.

Ashley Fure is profiled.