The Line-Up and Evolve for 17 & 18 December 2021

I'm running through my favorite albums of 2021, as I usually do this time of year.


The Line-Up for 17 December 2021


Matthew Stevens, "Can Am" off Pittsburgh


A.M. Architect, "Circus"


Brandee Younger, "Olivia Benson" off Somewhere Different


Makaya McCraven, "Mr. Jin" off Deciphering the Message


Vijay Iyer/Linda May Han Oh/Tyshawn Sorey, "Children of Flint" off Uneasy


Flying Lotus, "All In" off Until the Quiet Comes


Adam O'Farrill, "stakra" off Visions of Your Other


William Parker, "Tobacco" off Mayan Space Station


Henry Threadgill Zooid, "Now and Then" off Poof


Teebs, "_for phil"


BADBADNOTGOOD, "Love Proceeding" off Talk Memory


Nate Smith, "Altitude" off Kinfolk 2: See The Birds


Julian Lage, "Day and Age" off Squint


Flying Lotus, the title track to Until the Quiet Comes


esperanza spalding, "Formwela 3" off Songwrights' Apothecary Lab



Evolve for 18 December 2021


3 o'clock hour


Pino Palladino & Blake Mills, "Ekute'" off Notes With Attachments


Mndsgn, "Sheets" off Yawn Zen


Jon Lundbom & Bryan Murray, "Beat Like This" off Beats By Balto! Vol. 2


Brian Jackson, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge, "Duality" off JID008


João Donato, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge, "Aquarius (Bring Her Back)" off JID007


Teebs, "While You Doooo"


Andrew Cyrille Quartet, "Mountain" off The News


Broken Shadows, "Song For Che" off s/t


The Stuyvessants, Roosevelt Projects


Kurt Elling, "Manic Panic Epiphanic" off SuperBlue


Matthew Stevens, "Cocoon" off Pittsburgh


Brandee Younger, the title track to Somewhere Different


Makaya McCraven, "When Your Lover Has Gone" off Deciphering the Message


Mndsgn, "TXT/MSGS" off Yawn Zen


Vijay Iyer/Linda May Han Oh/Tyshawn Sorey, "Retrofit" off Uneasy



4 o'clock hour


Adam O'Farrill, "stakra" off Visions of Your Other


Flying Lotus, "Zodiac Shit" off Cosmogramma


William Parker, the title track to Mayan Space Station


Henry Threadgill Zooid, "Come and Go" off Poof


Ufsp, "Creep"


BADBADNOTGOOD, "Talk Meaning" off Talk Memory


Nate Smith, "Street Lamp" off Kinfolk 2: See The Birds


Toro y Moi, "Sweet"


Julian Lage, "Emily" off Squint


Nujabes, "Aruarian Dance"


esperanza spalding, "Formwela 1" off Songwrights' Apothecary Lab

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