The Listening Guide
🎶 The listening guide: five albums, released during the past twelve months, chosen around a weekly theme 🎶
This week, a selection of fantastic guitar albums from players based in North and South America. From César González’s clean solo work inspired by the legendary Joe Pass, to Cameron Mizell’s meditative, effects-laden lockdown LP, there’s a wide range of music to delve into, showcasing the instrument’s role in a range of settings.
Cameron Mizell – The Order of Things
https://destinyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-order-of-things
Jocelyn Gould – Elegant Traveler
https://jocelyngould.bandcamp.com/album/elegant-traveler
Pato Nuño – Cabaña
https://patonuno.bandcamp.com/album/caba-a
Liberty Ellman – Last Desert
https://libertyellman.bandcamp.com/album/last-desert
César González – I remember Joe Pass
Album of the Week
Our album of the week is Georgia Anne Muldrow’s third under the name she received from Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, and comes via her own independent label, SomeOthaShip Connect. Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin makes a guest appearance on the otherwise solo effort, which features two remixed Charlie Mingus compositions alongside original material. Support the record on Bandcamp!
Classic Album
McCoy Tyner’s late sixties masterpiece for Blue Note Records, Expansions, found the revered pianist and composer leading a septet for the first time. Described by Charles Waring as an album that ‘highlighted his growth as a composer and arranger,’ it features four pieces written by Tyner and a fifth from the pen of trumpeter Cal Massey.