Jon Irabagon, Frank Carlberg & Dennis Egberth

Artificial Intelligence. Is it good, is it bad? It's a key component of allaboutjazz.com we know that. Saxophonist and composer Jon Irabagon and an amazing tentet put AI under their musical microscope and the results of their examination are now available on the new "Server Farm." There are similar exploratory approaches on new albums by pianist Frank Carlberg with a very strong quintet, tackling music formed form Carlberg's life experiences, the duo Dream Brigade (drummer Lesley Mok and keyboardist Phillip Golub) and a second duo, this time two saxophonists—Daniel Carter and Ayumi Ishito (they recorded straight up then Ishito, encouraged by Carter to test out post-production techniques, created a whole new sound.) Swedish drummer Dennis Egberth was one of the first Swedes to incorporate electonics into his music; his new Dennis Egberth Dynasty shows he's not lost a step. There's lots more great music in this episode, including a look at the late saxophonist Noah Howard's European recordings.

Playlist

• Xhosa Cole "Trinkle, Trinkle" from On A Modern Genius Vol. 1 (Stoney Lane) 00:00
• Host speaks 08:33
• Jon Irabagon "Routers" from Server Farm (Irabbagast) 11:28
• Reut Regev's R-Time "Mellow Moments" from It's Now—R-Time Plays Doug Hammond (ESP-Disk) 18:32
• Andrea Grossi Blend 3 "Dark Bloom" from Axes (We Insist!) 25:04
• Host speaks 34:49
• Dan Rosenboom "Who's Eric Dolphy?" from The Left Edge At Vine (Orenda) 38:12
• Dream Brigade "Conception" from Dream Brigade (Infrequent Seams) 48:06
• Stephen Davis Unit "Tree" from The Gleaming World (577 Records) 53:21
• Host speaks 1:03:28
• Dennis Egberth "Chichen Itza" from Dennis Egberth Dynasty (577 Records) 1:04:56
• Jaimie Branch "Nuevo Roquero Estereo" from Fly Or Die II—Bird Dogs Of Paradise (International Anthem) 1:13:27
• The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis "L'Orso" from The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis (Anti-Records) 1:21:54
• Host speaks 1:26:31
• Noah Howard "Creole Girl" from Live In Europe Vol. 1 (Altsax) 1:28:40
• Clemens Kuratle & YDivide "Hamster's Wheel" from The Default (Intakt) 1:34:32
• Host speaks 1:45:56
• Frank Carlberg "Zimmer's Dream" from Dream Machine (Red Piano) 1:47:21
• Nacka Forum "Othello" from Peaceful Piano (Moserobie) 1:54:58
• Host speaks 2:00:53
• Daniel Carter & Ayumi Ishito "Hatch Da Sun" from Endless Season (577 Records) 2:02:13