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Steve Smith
Jackson Heights, NY
Word wrangler. Proud papa. Conspicuous consumer of music, live and otherwise.
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Tyshawn Sorey - Everything Changes, Nothing Changes - JACK Quartet (JACK Quartet/YouTube; 2019) Catherine Lamb - String Quartet (Two Blooms); Divisio Spiralis - JACK Quartet (Kairos; 2021) Isaiah... Continue reading
Posted Nov 20, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Porcupine Tree - "Harridan" from CLOSURE/CONTINUATION.LIVE (Music for Nations; 2023) Tony Oxley - The New World (Discus Music; 2023) Greg Kelley - Threnody to the Limits of Musical... Continue reading
Posted Nov 14, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Liz Story - Solid Colors (Windham Hill; 1983) Robert Rich - Travelers' Cloth (Soundscape; 2023) Dire Wolves (Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band) - Easy Portals (Centripetal Force/Cardinal Fuzz/Ramble;... Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Caroline Davis & Alula - Captivity (Ropeadope; 2023) Billy Mohler - Ultraviolet (Contagious Music; 2023) George Crumb - Works for Amplified Piano(s) - Yoshiko Shimuzu (Kairos; 2023) Soft... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine (Probe/Polydor; 1968/2009) James Romig - Spaces - Tony Oliver (Sawyer Editions; 2023) Navel - im norden (Cosmic Winnetou; 2023) Buck Moon... Continue reading
Posted Oct 23, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi (Original Motion Picture Score) (Orange Mountain Music; 2009) Rapoon - Not That Far to the Moon (Ultra-Mail Prod.; 2023) Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi -... Continue reading
Posted Oct 16, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Steve Roach - The Desert Winds of Change - Live at Ambient Lounge August 1, 2023 (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2023) Steve Roach - Fade to Fall – September... Continue reading
Posted Oct 9, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Miles Davis - Miles in Tokyo (Columbia/Legacy; 1969/2005) Sam Rivers - Fuchsia Swing Song (Blue Note; 1965) David Holland Quartet - Conference of the Birds (ECM; 1975) Sam... Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Bob Dylan - Tough Guy Angels: The Larry & Charlie Harmonies, Vol. II (ROIO compilation; 2023) Ivan Vukosavljević - Slow Roads - Tineke Steenbrink, Francesca Ajossa, Jan Hage,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Arooj Aftab/Vijay Iyer/Shahzad Ismaily - Love in Exile (Verve; 2023) Cassandra Miller - Traveller Song/Thanksong (Black Truffle; 2023) Traveller Song - Plus-Minus Ensemble; Thanksong - Juliet Fraser, Quatuor... Continue reading
Posted Sep 18, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (Ohr/Esoteric; 1970/2012) M. Nageswara Rao - The Pulse of Tanam: Ghana Raga Panchakam (Ragas of South India) (Nonesuch; 1969) Bahauddin Dagar - Ragas... Continue reading
Posted Sep 11, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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Photograph: Jin S. Lee for 9/11 Memorial & Museum Fall and all attendant memories Crowd the day with unrelated histories Each year leaves its unresolving fantasies To hang around each corner Hang around each street. Thick with ghosts, the wind... Continue reading
Posted Sep 11, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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John Zorn (Photograph courtesy National Sawdust) "Love Songs: A Creation Story in Four Acts and Four Voices" National Sawdust Sept. 8, 2023 "We prefer pieces that play with the style and format of traditional profiles," the kind folks at National... Continue reading
Posted Sep 10, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Tarotplane - Murmuration (NPM; 2023) King Crimson - "Jamie, Bill, David & John" (DGMLive; 2023, recorded 1972) Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley - Polarity 2 (Burning Ambulance; due Oct. 13.... Continue reading
Posted Sep 5, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Bahauddin Dagar - Ragas Bihag & Ragvardhani - Berlin February 19th 2023 (Sacred Realism; 2023) Bahauddin Dagar - Ahir Bhairav: Marghazi 2019 (Country & Eastern; 2020) l a... Continue reading
Posted Aug 28, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… John Zorn - Complete String Quartets - JACK Quartet (Tzadik; due Dec. 2023) Johann Sebastian Bach - The French Suites - Mahan Esfahani (Hyperion; due Oct. 6, 2023)... Continue reading
Posted Aug 22, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 6 in A - Staatskapelle Dresden/Eugen Jochum (Warner Classics; 1981) King Crimson - Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI, April 26, 1974 (DGMLive; 2023) Cattle... Continue reading
Posted Aug 14, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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Jonathon Heyward (Photograph: Laura Thiesbrummel) "Conductor Jonathon Heyward is poised to make history in NYC and Baltimore" Gothamist, Aug. 3, 2023 My final contribution to Gothamist is this extended version of an interview with conductor Jonathon Heyward – the new... Continue reading
Posted Aug 5, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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Endea Owens (Photograph courtesy of the artist) My contributions to "7 Picks a Week," the weekly Gothamist guide of arts and culture events and happenings in and around New York City. The complete article can be found here. Check out... Continue reading
Posted Jul 31, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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Endea Owens (Photograph courtesy Jazz at Lincoln Center and Bryant Park) The latest Weekend Arts Planner segment for WNYC, which aired on Weekend Edition on Saturday, July 29, covered items selected from a Gothamist story published on Thursday: "25 free... Continue reading
Posted Jul 31, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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Conductor Louis Langrée starts his final series as music director of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra on Saturday. (Photograph: Sachyn Mital) My contributions to "7 Picks a Week," the weekly Gothamist guide of arts and culture events and happenings in... Continue reading
Posted Jul 24, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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John-Andrew Morrison (L) and Allen Gilmore (R) in "Malvolio," staged by Classical Theatre of Harlem at Marcus Garvey Park. (Photograph courtesy Classical Theatre of Harlem) The latest Weekend Arts Planner segment for WNYC, which aired on Weekend Edition on Saturday,... Continue reading
Posted Jul 24, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Dynamic Maximum Tension (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch; due Sept. 8, 2023) Bob Dylan - L'Amphitheatre, Lyon, France, June 29, 2023 (ROIO; 2023) Tangerine Dream... Continue reading
Posted Jul 17, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Muti - Contemporary American Composers (CSO Sound; 2023) Jessie Montgomery - Hymn for Everyone; Max Raimi - Three Lisel Mueller Settings - Elizabeth DeShong; Philip... Continue reading
Posted Jul 12, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives
A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Archie Shepp - Blasé (BYG/Charly; 1969/2022) Albert Ayler Quintet - Lost Performances 1966 Revisited (ezz-thetics; 2023) Charles Gayle/William Parker/Rashied Ali - Touchin' on Trane (FMP/Jazzwerkstadt; 1993/2007) Cecil Taylor... Continue reading
Posted Jun 26, 2023 at The Night After Night Archives