Archive - Chris Monsen’s Listening Booth

Year end picks: 50 favorite albums of 2024

A multitude of reeds, bass and drums trios, and so much more

Dec 18, 2024 •

November 2024

Midweek pick, November 27th, 2024: The Music of... Oaagaada

Oaagaada: Music Of…(We Jazz Records)

Nov 27, 2024 •

October 2024

Midweek pick, October 31st, 2024: Goldberg, Sickafoose and Amendola's Monk bridges

Ben Goldberg, Todd Sickafoose & Scott Amendola: Here to There (Secret Hatch Records)

Oct 31, 2024 •

Midweek pick, October 24th, 2024: Nacka Forum's (not quite so) peaceful (not really) piano.

Nacka Forum: Peaceful Piano (Moserobie Music Productions)

Oct 24, 2024 •

Midweek pick, October 17th, 2024: Modern Flora

Dylan Hicks & Small Screens: Modern Flora (Soft Launch Records)

Oct 17, 2024 •

Quarterly picks: 20 fave album releases circa July through September (and a bit), 2024.

My aim with the Midweek Pick, which has been the main recurring series on this Substack, has been and will continue to be to produce short write-ups of…

Oct 9, 2024 •

September 2024

Midweek pick, September 25th, 2024: Gjerstad Trio's Unknown Purposes

Frode Gjerstad Trio: Unknown Purposes (Circulasione Totale)

Sep 25, 2024 •

Midweek pick, September 4th, 2024: Gauci, Lane & Shea bring their thrilling live game to the studio

Stephen Gauci/Adam Lane/Kevin Shea: Live at Scholes Street Studio (gaucimusic)

Sep 4, 2024 •

Sunday revisit: Stein, Ward, Revis and Black's Nature Work

Nature Work: Nature Work (Sunnyside Records)

Sep 1, 2024 •

August 2024

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