On Repeat: Aarset, Potter, 2022 KMRU

On Sundays I try to at least quickly note some of my favorite listening from the week prior — things I would later regret having not written about in more depth, so better to share here briefly than not at all. ▰ Electric guitarist Eivind Aarset’s quartet is a gift that keeps on giving. The two drummers (Erland Dahlen, Wetle Holte) are so tight with drummer Audun Erlien that it sounds like a much more compact group than it is. ▰ The saxophonist Chris Potter assembled a remarkable ensemble, featuring Bill Frisell (guitar), Nate Smith (drums), Burniss Travis (bass), Rane Moore (clarinet), Zekkereya El-magharbel (trombone), and Sara Caswell (violin), and on top of how great they sound together, the video does a solid job of introducing them one at a time in a manner that slowly exposes how much is going on sonically. ▰ This live video of KMRU performing solo in Milan, Italy, dates from 2022, but appears to have only just popped up on YouTube. It’s 45 stellar minutes of drones and noise,…