Ben Goldberg - Plague Diary Selections, Vol. 2 (2024) [Hi-Res]

Clarinetist Ben Goldberg is an inventive improviser, composer, and musical theorist who has consistently challenged not only the role his chosen instrument plays in jazz, but also in new music, klezmer, classical, and pop. Influenced heavily by the work of his mentor, saxophonist Steve Lacy, he has explored a variety of settings from solo, duo, and trio dates to larger ensemble projects rife with layered, polyphonic arrangements and group improvisation. A top-tier sideman, he has worked with Marty Ehrlich, John Zorn, Charlie Hunter, Allison Miller, and others. He is also a longtime member of the expansive Tin Hat ensemble and the New Klezmer Trio. As a leader, he has issued his own exploratory works like 1992's duo album The Relative Value of Things with Kenny Wollesen, 2006's Lacy-inspired The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact, and 2015's nonet recording Orphic Machine, which found him drawing upon the work of poet Allen Grossman.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Ben Goldberg - May 8 2020 - Dedication to Molly Barker (1:22)
1.02 - Ben Goldberg - October 13 2020 - Dedication to Bobby Bradford (6:58)
1.03 - Ben Goldberg - April 18 2020 - Two Spots of Salt (8:30)
1.04 - Ben Goldberg - August 15 2020 - Dedication to Ches Smith (4:25)
1.05 - Ben Goldberg - December 16 2020 - Dedication to Doug Wieselman (5:24)
1.06 - Ben Goldberg - April 6 2020 - Dedication to Danny Lubin-Laden (9:32)
1.07 - Ben Goldberg - December 22 2020 - Dedication to Laura Van Law Waggoner (8:45)
1.08 - Ben Goldberg - August 30 2020 - Dedication to Matt Nelson (4:33)
1.09 - Ben Goldberg - June 12 2020 - Dedication to Raffi Garabedian (11:51)
1.10 - Ben Goldberg - October 10 2020 - Dedication to Charlie Burnham (8:09)
1.11 - Ben Goldberg - May 30 2020 - Dedication to Ben Davis (6:38)
1.12 - Ben Goldberg - May 18 2020 - Dedication to Adam Goldberg (8:48)
1.13 - Ben Goldberg - November 10 2020 - Dedication to Kasey Knudsen (6:06)
1.14 - Ben Goldberg - October 9 2020 - Dedication to Mark Helias (2:14)