Articles by Maurice Hogue

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Stephan Crump, Amalie Dahl & Wadada Leo Smith

by Maurice Hogue
September 28, 2026

After considering whether or not he was now an empty-nesters--his two boys were not at home--bassist Stephan Crump started investigating the nesting practice of birds and eventually that began to inform his composing. His new striking album, Passerine, is the result. Master trumpet player Wadada Leo Smith's inspiration for his new Constellations And Hemispheres was the movement of light. Four different ensembles appear with Wadada on another piece of musical poetry. Danish saxophonist and now Oslo resident Amalie Dahl has ...

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Myra Melford, Threadgill/Iyer/Prieto & Jonathan Delazer

by Maurice Hogue
September 22, 2026

Two of the creative scene's most heralded artists are back with exciting new music: pianist Myra Melford's Fire & Water Quintet have released their third album Sure Grand Out with Mary Halvorson, Ingrid Laubrock, Tomeka Reid & Lesley Mok and the master, Henry Threadgill's parallel release to Cut Your Where You Was--Fifteen--which celebrates the fifteenth year of existence of the trio with Threadgill, Vijay Iyer & Dafnis Prieto. Swiss drummer Jonathan Delazer's Gottliche Skizzen, Argentinean guitarist Gon Muruaga and the ...

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Henry Threadgill, Shipp/Parker, Glass Triangle & Rich Halley

by Maurice Hogue
September 14, 2026

Congratulations to saxophonist / composer / innovator Henry Threadgill & his Zooid band on their 25th anniversary, well-celebrated with the releases of Cut You Where You Was. This is one of Zooid's best. Props also to the tied-at-the-improvisational--hip duo, pianist Matthew Shipp & bassist William Parker for the re-release of Zo, on vinyl for the first time. Oregon saxophonist Rich Halley is back with a new album, A Distant Land; as always, Halley's bands are eminently listenable. Speaking of distant ...

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Luis Vicente, Martin Kuchen, Ayumi Tanaka & Mali Obomsawin

by Maurice Hogue
September 7, 2026

Europe's still Europe on maps so far, and that's where this episode of One Man's Jazz is centered and sampling new albums by Portugal's free--blowing trumpeter Luis Vicente & his 4tet (Spirits Moving) and guitarist Marcelo Dos Reis; saxophonist Martin Kuchen's Angles 4 from Sweden; the Scottish duo of saxophonist Zack Moir & bassist Roberto Cassani's Anaglyph; more from Dave Holland's box set, Freedom Call; and trios aplenty led by pianists Gisela Horat and Malcolm Braff from Switzerland, Italian bassist ...

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Franklin Kiermyer, Pascal Niggenkemper & Lao Dan

by Maurice Hogue
August 31, 2026

Follow the bouncing geographic ball in this episode as it lands on disparate places in the jazz universe, starting with ferocious yet spiritual drummer Franklin Kiermyer and his startling new release Scatter The Atoms That Remain. Kiermyer has long been associated with the spiritualism of the Coltranes, Pharoah Sanders, etc. and he's been spending much time living and studying under the guidance of a Tibetan master. Despite the thunderous drums, Kiermyer's spirit is front and center like a ride cymbal. ...

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Ben Goldberg, Dave Holland & Lily Finnegan

by Maurice Hogue
August 24, 2026

Two big projects are on the bill in this episode. Clarinetist Ben Goldberg's fascination with the number 8 (his birthday is August 8th and there are eight letters in his names) drives his new 8 X 8 Collection, eight albums created with different ensembles. You'll hear music from three of those new recordings. You'll also hear music from bassist Dave Holland's first box set, Freedom Call; it's out on Edition Records and features unreleased material from performances by his quartet, ...

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Celebration Of Clean Feed Records, Part 2

by Maurice Hogue
August 17, 2026

Yes, a Part 2! I had pulled out so much music from the Clean Feed Records catalog that I was left with a raft of music, as deserving to be heard as much as the Clean Feed releases played in the previous tribute episode, so it was an easy choice to just keep it rolling this week. Many thanks again to the folks in Lisbon who had a dream and made it happen. The closing track is an excerpt from ...

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A Celebration of Clean Feed Records

by Maurice Hogue
August 11, 2026

The constant pleasure of being able to play Clean Feed Records on One Man's Jazz over the years outweighed the disappointment when the Lisbon-based, Portuguese label announced recently that it was ceasing releasing new recordings. They had a great run of over 25 years, releasing free and avant jazz, presenting creative musicians from around the world, and showing the talent that exists in Portugal alone. Perhaps most impressively, they never sold out genre-wise: they remained true to their mission from ...

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Ralph Alessi Quintet, Shipp/Parker Duo & Barefoot Records

by Maurice Hogue
August 3, 2026

Great to see trumpeter Ralph Alessi back leading his quintet, and it has a twist to it. He's replaced the sound of Ravi Coltrane's saxophone with the trombone, as played by his brother Joseph Alessi. It gives A Sun That Never Sets a different sound plus this album marks the first time the two Alessi brothers have ever recorded together. I'll wager you've not heard the standard tune, “Summertime," sliced and diced the way pianist Matthew Shipp & bassist William ...

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Joe Morris, Barry Guy/Roberto Ottaviano & Bill Connors

by Maurice Hogue
July 27, 2026

Bassist/guitarist Joe Morris was recently honored at the annual Vision Festival for his lifetime contributions, and if anyone has any doubts about that, just listen to his new album Counter Spectacle out on the FSR label. With reed players Rob Brown & Anna Webber & drummer Matthew Rousseau, Morris lets freedom reign. This is a true keeper! It's one of a number of wonderful new releases from FSR featured in this episode--the sublime yet daring first-time match-up of master bassist ...