Joe Hertenstein, Alexander Von Schlippenbach & John Coltrane

New releases from Germany this week should attract interest—drummer Joe Hertenstein (often seen in New York) debuts the second release of his Future Drone trio, this time with Anthony Coleman on Hammond B3!!; pianist and father of the European avant-garde Alexander Von Schlippenbach rips it up with a much younger quartet; and the Blumer-Morgenthaler Quartet debuts. Satoko Fujii's Korekara displays the talents of her rowdy Orchestra Nagoya, while for a completely contrasting mood, listen to the music on saxophonist David Leon's Panamerican Orchid Club . The trending practice of releasing preview tracks (and making us wait for the whole album!!!!) continues with saxophonist/flautist Anna Webber's upcoming It's Easier To Imagine the End Of the World (what a nonet she's assembled for this one!), and there's one from bass clarinetist Ziv Taubenfeld from his November release Song Of The Weeds . Jane Ira Bloom, master soprano saxophonist, is heard on her latest, and you better believe there's music from another amazing soprano saxophonist named John, as we celebrate the centenary of John Coltrane.