Fosterchild, Jim Black, Mathieu Donarier & Armaroli/Piccolo/Sharp

Drummer Fabian Arends' quintet Fosterchild highlights this edition of One Man's Jazz with a killer of an album—Order At Agan Live. This German/Danish band of Arends, Kasper Tranberg on trumpet, Sebastian Gille on saxophone/clarinet, Jacob Anderskov on piano, and David Helm on bass exude power, energy and an original language throughout the music, recorded at the end of a long tour. One could apply similar adjectives to Better You Don't, the latest from Germany-based drummer Jim Black & The Schrimps. Black is required listening for all. French saxophonist Matthieu Donarier is another don't-miss artist. His new Coastline finds him and his quartet looking to an omnipresent inspiration: Steve Lacy. Meanwhile, vibraphonist Sergio Armaroli, bassist Steve Piccolo and guitarist Elliott Sharp defy description on their new Imaginary Songbook a 2-CD album with 64 tracks, all but one shorter than two minutes. Playing both known and obscure standards, the trio's terse statements teeter on free jazz throughout. There are other excellent new releases sampled as well, from French clarinet master Louis Sclavis, trombonist Jacob Garchik, Finnish trumpeter Eero Savela, and Trio of Bloom—(Nels Cline, Craig Taborn & Marcus Gilmore). This show is definitely loaded! (Fabian Arends photo by Heiko Specht.)

Playlist

• Fosterchild "Second Episode" from Order At Agan Live (Boomslang) 00:00
• host speaks 08:25
• Fosterchild "Soliloquy" from Order At Agan Live (Boomslang) 09:43
• Gulliver}} & Roberto Ottaviano "Seikilos" from The Billia Session (Dodicilune) 17:15
• Brittany Davis "Amid The Blackout Of The Night" from Black Thunder (Loosegroove) 22:16
• host speaks 31:45
• Louis Sclavis "Long Train" from India (Yolk Records) 34:17
• Tony Malaby & Samuel Ber "Good Old Memories" from Trees On Wheels (Challenge) 51:11
• host speaks 56:31
• Sergio Armaroli, Steve Piccolo & Elliott Sharp "Those Eyes" from Imaginary Songbook (Dodicilune) 59:12
• Sergio Armaroli, Steve Piccolo & Elliott Sharp "This Is Always" from Imaginary Songbook (Dodicilune) 1:01:04
• Sergio Armaroli, Steve Piccolo & Elliott Sharp "Jumpin' Jive" from Imaginary Songbook (Dodicilune) 1:03:04
• Sergio Armaroli, Steve Piccolo & Elliott Sharp "Then I'll Be Tired Of You" from Imaginary Songbook (Dodicilune) 1:04:53
• Mary Halvorson & Sylvie Courvoisier "Folded Secret" from Bone Bells (Pyroclastic) 1:06:43
• Jonathan Moritz Secret Tempo "Sick In Love" from Love You To Death (Infrequent Seams) 1:11:47
• host speaks 1:20:56
• Trio Of Bloom "Queen King" from Trio Of Bloom (Pyroclastic) 1:23:58
• RaKalam Ra Kalam Bob Moses & Gaia Wilmer "Leaving With The Herd" from Dancing With Elephants (Sunnyside) 1:32:51
• Jacob Garchik "One Can Only Go Up" from Ye Olde 2: At The End Of Time (Yestereve) 1:38:06
• host speaks 1:45:43
• Matthieu Donarier Quartet "Peebles" from Coastline (Yolk Record) 1:48:52
• Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez "08 #10" from Revision (Tao Forms) 1:56:49
• Eero Savela "Phantasm" from Venus (Mustik Motel) 2:01:33
• host speaks 2:08:23
• Jim Black & The Schrimps "The Sheila" from Better You Don't (Intakt) 2:10:01
• Matthew Putman, Hill Greene & Francisco Mela "The Language Of Free" from Believe That Was Me (577 Records) 2:15:22
• host speaks 2:20:56
• RGG Trio, Pauli Lyttinen & Samuel Blaser "Gepetto" from City Of Gardens Vol. 2 (Music Corner) 2:22:43