#^d 2018-11-05
#^h Music Week
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<p>Music: current count 30559 [30524] rated (+35), 292 [293] unrated (-1).</p>

<p>October's
<a href="/ocston/arch/rhap/rh1810-1.php">Streamnotes</a> came out last
week. Four of the week's A- records made it into that column. Three of
those had been pick hits in Robert Christgau's
<a href="http://noisey.vice.com/author/robert-christgau">Expert
Witness</a> columns.</p>

<p>By the way, there is a new batch of
<a href="http://robertchristgau.com/xgausez.php">XgauSez</a> on
<a href="http://robertchristgau.com/">Christgau's website</a>.</p>

<p>More things I'd like to write about here, but absolutely no time
to do so. I'm exhausted after
<a href="/ocston/blog/archives/2685-Weekend-Roundup.html">Weekend
Roundup</a> once again took much too long to write, while once
again I wound up not getting to scads of material worth reading.
In particular, I wanted to say something about <i>Downbeat</i>'s
Readers Poll, which suggested some of the recent records this
week. Also about my nephew's birthday dinner, which I'm afraid
puts my own recent efforts to shame.</p>

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

<ul>
<li><b>Eric Alexander: <i>Song of No Regrets</i></b> (2017, High Note): [r]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>Joey Alexander: <i>Joey. Monk. Live!</i></b> (2017, Motéma): [r]: <b>B</b></li>
<li><b>Joey Alexander: <i>Eclipse</i></b> (2017 [2018], Motéma): [r]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>The Bottle Rockets: <i>Bit Logic</i></b> (2018, Bloodshot): [r]: <b>B+(*)</b></li>
<li><b>Don Byron/Aruán Ortiz: <i>Random Dances and (A)tonalities</i></b> (2017 [2018], Impakt): [cd]: <b>B+(***)</b></li>
<li><b>François Carrier/Michel Lambert/John Edwards: <i>Elements</i></b> (2015-16 [2018], FMR): [cd]: <b>A-</b></li>
<li><b>The Chick Corea + Steve Gadd Band: <i>Chinese Butterfly</i></b> (2017 [2018], Stretch/Concord, 2CD): [r]: <b>B+(*)</b></li>
<li><b>David Dominique: <i>Mask</i></b> (2018, Orenda): [cd]: <b>C</b></li>
<li><b>Kurt Elling: <i>The Questions</i></b> (2017 [2018], Okeh): [r]: <b>B-</b></li>
<li><b>Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet: <i>Time Like This</i></b> (2018, Intakt): [cd]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>Hamell on Trial: <i>The Night Guy at the Apocalypse: Profiles of a Rushing Midnight</i></b> (2018, Saustex): [r]: <b>B+(*)</b></li>
<li><b>Idles: <i>Joy as an Act of Resistance</i></b> (2018, Partisan): [r]: <b>B+(***)</b></li>
<li><b>Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis: <i>Handful of Keys</i></b> (2016 [2017], Blue Engine): [r]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>Maria Muldaur: <i>Don't You Feel My Leg: The Naughty, Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker</i></b> (2018, The Last Music Company): [r]: <b>A-</b></li>
<li><b>Riton &amp; Kah-Lo: <i>Foreign Ororo</i></b> (Riton Time): [r]: <b>A-</b></li>
<li><b>Esperanza Spalding: <i>12 Little Spells</i></b> (2018, Concord): [r]: <b>B-</b></li>
<li><b>Tropical Fuck Storm: <i>A Laughing Death in Meatspace</i></b> (2018, Tropical Fuck Storm/Mistletone): [bc]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>Colter Wall: <i>Songs of the Plains</i></b> (2018, Young Mary's): [r]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
</ul>

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

<ul>
<li><b>Dexter Gordon Quartet: <i>Espace Cardin 1977</i></b> (1977 [2018], Elemental Music): [r]: <b>B+(***)</b></li>
<li><b>Jimi Hendrix: <i>Both Sides of the Sky</i></b> (1968-70 [2018], Legacy): [r]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b><i>I'm Not Here to Hunt Rabbits</i></b> ([2018], Piranha): [r]: <b>A-</b></li>
<li><b>Woody Shaw/Louis Hayes: <i>The Tour: Volume One</i></b> (1976 [2016], High Note): [r]: <b>A-</b></li>
<li><b>Woody Shaw/Louis Hayes: <i>The Tour: Volume Two</i></b> (1976 [2017], High Note): [r]: <b>B+(***)</b></li>
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<p><b>Old music rated this week:</b></p>

<ul>
<li><b>One for All: <i>Too Soon to Tell</i></b> (1997, Sharp Nine): [r]: <b>B+(*)</b></li>
<li><b>Woody Shaw: <i>Live Volume One</i></b> (1977 [2000], High Note): [r]: <b>B+(***)</b></li>
<li><b>Woody Shaw: <i>Live Volume Two</i></b> (1977 [2001], High Note): [r]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>Woody Shaw: <i>Live Volume Three</i></b> (1977 [2001], High Note): [r]: <b>B+(*)</b></li>
<li><b>Woody Shaw: <i>Live Volume Four</i></b> (1981 [2005], High Note): [r]: <b>B+(***)</b></li>
<li><b>Sarah Vaughan: <i>After Hours</i></b> (1961, Roulette): [r]: <b>B+(***)</b></li>
<li><b>Sarah Vaughan: <i>The Best of Sarah Vaughan [20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection]</i></b> (1954-66 [2004], Hip-O): [r]: <b>B-</b></li>
<li><b>Sarah Vaughan: <i>Live in Japan: Volume 1</i></b> (1973 [1991], Mainstream): [r]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
<li><b>Sarah Vaughan: <i>Live in Japan: Volume 2</i></b> (1973 [1991], Mainstream): [r]: <b>B+(**)</b></li>
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<p><b>Unpacking:</b> Found in the mail last week:</p>

<ul>
<li><b>Big Bold Back Bone: <i>In Search of Emerging Species</i></b> (Shhpuma)</li>
<li><b>Big Bold Back Bone: <i>Emerge</i></b> (Wide Ear)</li>
<li><b>Collective Order: <i>Collective Order Vol. 3</i></b> (self-released): November 23</li>
<li><b>Julien Desprez/Luís Lopes: <i>Boa Tarde</i></b> (Shhpuma): cdr</li>
<li><b>LFU: Lisbon Freedom Unit: <i>Praise of Our Folly</i></b> (Clean Feed)</li>
<li><b>Ernesto Rodrigues/Guilherme Rodrigues/Bruno Parrinha/Luís Lopes/Vasco Trillo: <i>Lithos</i></b> (Creative Sources)</li>
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