Composer Dylan Mattingly has released "Last Dance," the fourth movement of his piece The Transmutation Notebooks, from his upcoming Nonesuch debut album, The Wild Heart, performed by Contemporaneous with conductor David Bloom and vocal soloist Iarla Ó Lionáird. Due June 26, The Wild Heart comprises the five-movement work The Transmutation Notebooks as well as Sunt Lacrimae Rerum (these are the tears of things). (The vinyl edition features the latter piece and two movements from The Transmutation Notebooks: “Ulysses Dances” and “Last Dance.”) You can hear "Last Dance" here.

Guitarist/bandleader Jeff Parker and his long-running ETA IVtet's Happy Today, recorded live at Lodge Room in Los Angeles on August 20, 2025, is out now. It's the sound of Parker and the rest of the IVtet—drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Anna Butterss, and saxophonist Josh Johnson—adapting their form-bending, minimalist, improvisatory approach to a larger space than their previous home-base, the now-shuttered micro-club ETA, without sacrificing their hypnotic power. The album comprises two sprawling, LP side–length improvisatory pieces, recorded and mixed live by engineer Bryce Gonzales on a custom-made tape rig, capturing a moment of brightness in dark times.