January Recap

Top Five Performances
1. Riyaaz Qawwali- Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
My review.
2. Al Foster- Smoke Jazz & Supper Club
My review.
3. Kane Brown- Silverstein Eye Centers Arena
My review.
4. The Metropolitan Opera’s “‘Iolanta’ and ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’”- The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center
Bucket list.
5. Ben Tervort’s Classically Trained- Westport Coffee House
My review.

Top Five Albums
1. Toro y Moi- Outer Peace
A homeopathic remedy for seasonal affective order.
2. Future- Future Hndrxx Presents: The Wizrd
Purple haze.
3. Joe Lovano- Trio Tapestry
Melancholy improvisations with Marilyn Crispell and Carmen Castaldi.
4. Larry Ochs, Nels Cline and Gerald Cleaver- What Is To Be Done
Groovy skronk.
5. Kassa Overall- Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz
Everything at once.

Top Five Songs
1. Lacy Cavalier- “André”
A Nashville ditty about living large on the cheap.
2. Fidlar- “By Myself”
Alcohol is awesome.
3. Ibibio Sound Machine- “Tell Me (Doko Mien)”
Disco inferno.
4. Billie Eilish- “When I Was Older”
Muy triste.
5. Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus- “Nothing Breaks Like a Broken Heart” (acoustic version)
High camp.


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I write weekly concert previews for The Kansas City Star and Ink.

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Oliver Mtukudzi has died.  I haven’t given the Zimbabwean much consideration in recent years, but I spent many blissful hours listening to his soothing music in the 1990s.

(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)