Weekly Picks and Misc. for May 4

All hail the saxophone

• Ingrid Laubrock - The Last Quiet Place If you are not on the Laubrock train, get onboard! “Grammy Season” should nab all the votes.

• Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake - Eternal River A gorgeous set of Don Cherry music, which Vandermark and Drake have collaborated on for decades. Which led me back to…

• Mats Gustafsson & Hamid Drake - For Don Cherry A live set recorded the day Don Cherry ascended, October 19, 1995.