Music Monday: Perelman, Morgan, and Turrentine

The last couple of weeks have been hectic, but afforded me a few good opportunities to listen. There’s nothing like long flights, restless jet lagged afternoons, and protracted editing sessions to free up time to listen to music. I’ll generally listen to anything that William Parker and Matthew Shipp dream up and their most recent album, Synesthesia (2026), with Ivo Perelman on sax and Bobby Kapp on drums is a good one and a provocative follow up to their 2019 album Ineffable Joy. Perelman playing feels introspective here with probing tones set against Shipp’s gentle instigations and Parker’s and Kapp’s rhythmic encouragement. It’s the kind of music that makes you stop and listen. Check it out: This week was Lee Morgan’s birthday (July 10th, I think) and that inspired me to listen to some of his later albums. I was once again drawn to his final recording, The Last Sessions (1971) which like much of his later work, teased new directions that his untimely death would forestall. I’m…