On Repeat: Seidel, Askari, Aarset

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. ▰ A characteristically deep and enveloping solo live set by Dave Seidel, aka Mysterybear, recorded in Manhattan at Waterworks 2026: Festival of Experimental Sound back in April. Absolutely drone-tastic. ▰ A quintet lead by bassist Reza Askari plays super still chamber jazz, featuring Lina Allemano (trumpet), Stefan Karl Schmid (tenor saxophone), Christopher Dell (vibraphone), and Fabian Arends (drums). This live video was recorded at Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal Cologne, Germany. ▰ The great electric guitarist Eivind Aarset is associated with trumpet for various reasons, key among them his long partnership with trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær, and his music’s strong aesthetic correlation with the late Jon Hassell’s Fourth World work, which this live performance slots along…