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Music from Favourite Recordings played on One Man’s Jazz in 2024
by Maurice Hogue
Adding to the countless lists of “best-of"s for 2024, here are almost three hours of music from my favourite recordings of 2024. (See the One Man's Jazz web site for the full list.) The only album not among the favourites is the very recently received Landloper by famed bassist Arild Andersen; it's solo deliciousness. Playlist Luke Stewart Silt Trio “Unknown Rivers" from Unknown Rivers (Pi Recordings) 00:00 Host speaks 04:28 Patricia Brennan “555" from Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) 06:37 ...
Continue ReadingJazzFest Berlin 2024
by John Sharpe
JazzFest Berlin 2024 Haus Der Berliner Festspiele Berlin, Germany October 31-November 3, 2024 Intro For its sixtieth edition, the renowned JazzFest Berlin not only presented a full program of 24 shows by over 120 performers from around the globe, but also ran a research lab looking back at the event's history, and organized a series of participatory community events in the nearby district of Moabit. Not that it in any way needed to gild the ...
Continue ReadingDarius Jones: Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye)
by Jerome Wilson
As Darius Jones' new album shows, even the most harrowing music can serve as a form of healing, The alto saxophonist has released a trio album that draws from his attempts to deal with personal mental trauma via a daunting musical journey that begins in screams and ends with serenity. This album is the seventh volume in Jones' nine-volume Man'ish Boy series of releases. Working in a trio format with Gerald Cleaver on drums and Chris Lightcap on ...
Continue ReadingRyuichi Sakamoto, The Ize Trio, Jack Wood, & Nichaud Fitzgibbon, Darius Jones, Tommy Smith and John Taylor
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, two selections from two releases by the late Japanese pianist and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto; the Boston, MA-based collective The Ize Trio; vocalists Jack Wood & Nichaud Fitzgibbon; composer & alto saxophonist Darius Jones; and saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist John Taylor. Playlist Ryuichi Sakamoto “A Brief Encounter" from Coda (WeWantSounds) 2:28 Ryuichi Sakamoto “Lack of Love" from Opus (Milan) 4:53 Yonathan Avishai “La Mélancolie" from Shapes and Sounds ...
Continue ReadingDarius Jones, Thumbscrew, Oaagaada & Kira Kira
by Maurice Hogue
These two hours are filled with amazing music. Alto saxophonist Darius Jones continues his Man'ish Boy series with his new Legend of E-Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye). I'll be amazed if this doesn't show up on most best-of lists for 2024. It's Darius in his finest form. Thumbscrew's work is impeccable too, and their new Wingbeats continues the trio's run of brilliant releases--they're simply one of the finest trios. The Finnish Quartet, Oaagaada, finally solves the mystery of what this band's ...
Continue Reading2023 Look Back
by David Brown
For this week's show, let's look back at 2023 and give a listen to projects that stuck with me in my listening. This is not a best of the year list. I think of it more of a revisiting of excellent works that I would highly recommend. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective. Playlist ...
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