#^d 2017-10-23
#^h Music Week
<table align="right" style="padding-left: 12px">
<tr><td><img src="/ocston/img/cds/borderlands-asteroidea.jpg"></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="/ocston/img/cds/mahanthappa-agrima.jpg"></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="/ocston/img/cds/professorrhythm-bafana.jpg"></td></tr>
</table>

<p>Music: Current count 28799 [28781] rated (+18), 398 [402] unrated (-4).</p>

<p>As predicted (feared), another short week with many distractions.
Next week looks pretty similar, which means October's Streamnotes will
very likely be the year's shortest -- lowest monthly count so far is
111 in May (114 in March, 115 in April, 119 in August; top count was
156 in January, followed by 153 in February, 149 in June, 144 in
September). Current draft has 59 records, so that extrapolates to
about 83. I'd need a week (plus a day) with 52 reviews to match my
previous lowest monthly total this year.</p>

<p>Only three non-jazz albums below: Corey Dennison's blues album
actually came in the mail; Wooden Wand was suggested by a tweet
(actually an earlier album, not on Napster, so I tried the new
one); Twitter also led me to the latest release by Awesome Tapes
From Africa -- possibly the only label I actually follow
there.</p>

<p>I haven't made a serious attempt to survey new non-jazz released
in a couple months, so I have very little idea what to look for.
Still, quite a few jazz albums in the queue, and many more I'm not
serviced on. Unfortunately, I'm finding fewer than 50% of the new
jazz I look for. I expect this will add up to my poorest coverage
level since I started Jazz Consumer Guide in 2004.</p>

<p><hr class="brk"></p>

<p><b>New records rated this week:</b></p>

<ul>
<li><b>Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump/Kris Davis/Eric McPherson]: <i>Asteroidea</i></b> (2015 [2017], Intakt): [cd]: <b>A-</b></li>
<li><b>Dee Dee Bridgewater: <i>Memphis . . . Yes, I'm Ready</i></b> (2017, Okeh): [r]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>Kyle Bruckmann's Degradient: <i>Dear Everyone</i></b> (2017, Not Two, 2CD): [r]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>Bobby Bradford/Hafez Modirzadeh: <i>Live at the Magic Triangle</i></b> (2016 [2017], NoBusiness): [cdr]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>Corey Dennison Band: <i>Night After Night</i></b> (2017, Delmark): [cd]: <b>B+(***)</b></li>
<li><b>Mark Dresser: <i>Modicana</i></b> (2016-17 [2017], NoBusiness): [cdr]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>Bob Ferrel: <i>Bob Ferrel's Jazztopian Dream</i></b> (2016 [2017], Bob Ferrel Music): [cd]: <b>B+(*)</b></li>
<li><b>Ghost Train Orchestra: <i>Book of Rhapsodies Vol II</i></b> (2012-17 [2017], Accurate): [cd]: <b>B+(*)</b></li>
<li><b>Ross Hammond + Jon Bafus: <i>Masonic Lawn</i></b> (2016 [2017], Prescott): [r]: <b>B+(***)</b></li>
<li><b>Hans Hassler: <i>Wie Die Zeit Hinter Mir Her</i></b> (2015 [2017], Intakt): [cd]: <b>B+(*)</b></li>
<li><b>Ahmad Jamal: <i>Marseille</i></b> (2017, Jazz Village): [r]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition: <i>Agrima</i></b> (2017, self-released): [cdr]: <b>A-</b></li>
<li><b>Alma Micic: <i>That Old Feeling</i></b> (2017, Whaling City Sound): [cd]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>Mike Stern: <i>Trip</i></b> (2017, Heads Up): [r]: <b>B+(*)</b></li>
<li><b>Wooden Wand: <i>Clipper Ship</i></b> (2017, Three Lobed): [r]: <b>B</b></li>
</ul>

<p><b>Recent reissues, compilations, and vault discoveries rated this week:</b></p>

<ul>
<li><b>Professor Rhythm: <i>Bafana Bafana</i></b> (1995 [2017], Awesome Tapes From Africa): [r]: <b>A-</b></li>
<li><b>Ton-Klami [Midori Takada/Kang Tae Hwan/Masahiko Satoh]: <i>Prophecy of Nue</i></b> (1995 [2017], NoBusiness): [cd]: <b>B+(***)</b></li>
</ul>

<p><hr class="brk"></p>

<p><b>Unpacking:</b> Found in the mail last week:</p>

<ul>
<li><b>Sheryl Bentyne: <i>Rearrangements of Shadows: The Music of Stephen Sondheim</i></b> (ArtistShare)</li>
<li><b>The Billy Lester Trio: <i>Italy 2016</i></b> (Ultra Sound): November 3</li>
<li><b>Roy McGrath: <i>Remembranzas</i></b> (JL Music): November 7</li>
<li><b>Kyle Motl Trio: <i>Panjandrums</i></b> (Metatrope): November 6</li>
<li><b>Gabriele Tranchina: <i>Of Sailing Ships and the Stars in Your Eyes</i></b> (Rainchant Eclectic)</li>
<li><b>Mark Wingfield/Markus Reuter/Asaf Sirkis: <i>Lighthouse</i></b> (Moonjune): November</li>
</ul>