Screenshot of the trailer of Dutch National Opera’s production of Steef de Jong’s “Operetta Land” by There Stands the Glass.
Top Ten Albums of November
1. Hermon Mehari- Asmara
2. Sault- (God)
Universal gospel.
3. Tyshawn Sorey- The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism
With Greg Osby, Aaron Diehl and Russell Hall.
4. Sault- 11
Exalted soul.
5. SleazyWorld Go- Where the Shooters Be
The new king of Kansas City.
6. Charles Lloyd- Trios: Trios: Sacred Thread
With Julian Lage and Zakir Hussain.
7. Sault- Earth
Global grooving.
8. Sault- Today & Tomorrow
Holistic psych-rock.
9. Julie Campiche Quartet- You Matter
The Swiss harpist’s post-Logan Richardson improvisations.
10. Nicholas Payton- The Couch Sessions
With Buster Williams and Lenny White.
Top Ten Songs of November
1. Drake and 21 Savage- “Major Distribution”
Middlemen.
2. SpotemGottem- "Block Got Hot"
Tunechi 2.0.
3. Tiwa Savage and Asake- "Loaded"
Rich.
4. E-40- "In the Air Where It's Fair"
Flying high.
5. Brockhampton- “Big P—y”
The unseemly implosion of the boy band is disheartening.
6. Okay Kaya- “Jazzercise”
Workout.
7. Randy Houser- “Out and Down”
Neon tears.
8. Gorillaz- "Baby Queen"
Aging princess.
9. Young Dolph- "Get Away"
“Hell right here on earth.”
10. Nas- "Once a Man, Twice a Child"
The wisdom of elders.
Top Ten Performances of November
1. Mspaint at Nightjar
2. Keefe Jackson, Jakob Heinemann and Adam Shead at Black Dolphin
3. Crystal Gayle at Ameristar Casino
4. Rod Fleeman at Green Lady Lounge
The guitarist is Plastic Sax's 2021 Person of the Year.
5. Damien Snead’s “Our Song, Our Story: The New Generation of Black Voices” at the Folly Theater
6. UMKC Conservatory’s production of Jules Massenet’s Chérubin at White Recital Hall
7. Harmony Zhu at the Folly Theater
8. Ulysses Quartet at Keystone United Methodist Church
9. Aryana Nemati at the Blue Room
10. Jazz Disciples at the Blue Room
Last month’s survey is here.
