May

 



Reddit:

5/1 Irreversible Entanglements - Future Present Past (wouldn't be surprised if this ends up my aoty)

5/2 Immanuel Wilkins - Live at the Village Vanguard

5/3 Work Money Death - A Portal to Here

5/4 Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars

5/5 Adam O'Farrill - Elephant

5/6 Joshua Abrams - Pulse Meridian Foliation

5/7 Harlan Silverman - Music for Stillness

5/8 Ben Wendel - BaRcoDe


5/9 Morton Feldman 1991 Rothko Chapel YouTube

5/10 Patterns In Motion: The Great Minimalists 2026 YouTube.


5/11 A Feather On The Breath Of God 1982 spotify

This is the music of Hildegard of Bingen, and wow, I quite like it even though I'm a Buddhist. I have written about my respect for her spiritual journey in 2019 when I learned about her, and I've always wanted to find her music. I'm going to look for more versions of her music. One thing you can do on Spotify is choose her as an artist, and then play all the albums. I reverse the order, go from earlier to later. 


5/12 Acoustic Grateful Dead by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Saturday 4-4-26 @ Brooklyn bowl YouTube

5/13 Radio France

5/14 I found out about Rikki Ililonga and Musi-O-Tunya, listening to Dark Sunrise 1975 Spotify


20 Jazz albums:

Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1 - Singin’ the Blues

The Essential Glenn Miller

The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 1

The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 2

Ellington at Newport 1956 (Complete) [Live]

The Homefront 1941 - 1945

The Complete Atomic Basie

Count Basie at Newport

The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 1

The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 2

The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 3

Birth of the Cool

The Amazing Bud Powell

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

Dexter Rides Again

The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall (Live) [1953]

The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes

Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J. J. Johnson

The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio

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