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Jake Leckie, Gato Barbieri, and Oregon
by Jerome Wilson
This show features recently released music by Jake Leckie, Tomasz Stanko, and Jeff Coffin as well as older music from Oregon. Gato Barbieri, and Arturo O'Farrill. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Etsuko Tajima “Giraffe in the Snow" from Infinite Possibilities (Self Produced) 00:57 Noah Haidu “Slowly" from Slowly: Song for Keith Jarrett (Sunnyside) 8:29 Host Speaks 14:01 Jeff ...
Continue ReadingWake Up! It's Twenty-Twenty Four
by Patrick Burnette
Back in the saddle again, the boys look at three recent releases and one cute little two-year-old. Two of the recordings are led by bassists and two by drummers, so you could say all four were led by a member of the rhythm section -if you liked saying things like that. They are mostly fairly easy-going albums as well, but, spoilers, Mike doesn't like them all equally. No further clues here -tune in to find out which ones make the ...
Continue ReadingJake Leckie: The Abode
by Chris Mosey
Bassist Jake Leckie, born in Boston but currently living in Los Angeles, describes the eight songs on this, his first album, as “a meditation on migration, understanding and empathy." He says they pay tribute to the people and places that have contributed to his identity and are intended to evoke a sense of place and home--his very own abode. He took the title from Alice Coltrane's concept of heaven, the Supreme Abode, as described in her memoir, ...
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