Patricia Brennan, Ola Tunji & Ingerbrigt Haker-Flaten

Vibraphonist Patricia Brennan put together a very strong ensemble to make Breaking Stretch, one of the best releases of 2024. Her original compositions and ever-growing skills on her instrument draw on elements of her native Mexico, and that helps to set apart this terrific new album. The free jazz scene of Mexico City gets additional space in the music of the trio, Tulpas. You may never have heard of saxophonist Ornella Noulet, guitarist Roman Raynaud, pianist LoÏc Lengagne, bassist Anthony Jouravsky, and drummer Egon Wolfson, but you've heard of the musician whose spirit drives this quintet from Europe: John Coltrane. The title of their new recording Ola Tunji, and the band's name, is a good clue. This debut is high quality music. Veteran English free jazz saxophonist Paul Dunmall, joined by two other icons of the British Free Jazz scene—bassist Paul Rodgers and the late drummer Tony Levin—are heard on The Good Feelings, a never-heard-before album, while bassist Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten continues a run of amazing playing, this time with his own band, Exit Knarr, dedicating Breezy to the late Jamie Branch. These are just some of the highlights of a 3-hour blast of powerful music in this edition of One Man's Jazz.

Playlist

• {m: Carlos Barretto}} "Lokomotiv" from Lokomotiv (Clean Feed) 00:00
• Host speaks 07:56
• Patrician Brennan "Earundel" from Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) 10:23
• Luis Vicente Trio "Why No Is No" from Come Down Here (Clean Feed) 17:44
• Lisa Ullen Space "Composure" from Embrace The Space (Relative Pitch) 23:44
• Patricia Brennan "Palo De Oros (Suit Of Colors)" from Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) 27:41
• Host speaks 37:13
• Tulpas "Al Polvo" from Atisbo (Astral Spirits) 38:41
• Enrique Haneine "Illustrious Bickering" from Unlayered (Elegant Walk) 44:23
• Roberto Ottaviano, Danilo Gallo & Ferdinando Farao "Napping" from Lacy In The Sky With Diamonds (Clean Feed) 51:31
• Host speaks 57:05
• Pandelis Karayorgis "Angry Bees Chasing Down The Light" from Out From Athens (Driff) 58:26
• Milosz Pieczonka Quartet "Confusing" from Asleep (Self-released) 1:03:03
• Phil Haynes "Some Sick Slick" from 4 Horns Lore (Corner Store) 1:07:58
• Host speaks 1:12:58
• Ingebrigt Haker Flaten's Exit Knarr "Hilma" from Breezy (Sonic Transmissions) 1:15:11
• Ingebrigt Haker Flaten's Exit Knarr "Free The Jazz" from Breezy (Sonic Transmissions) 1:21:53
• Giovanni Guidi "Only Sometimes" from A New Day (ECM) 1:27:24
• Cécile Cappozzo "Hymn D'Automne from Hymn D'Automne (Ayler) 1:33:07
• Host speaks 1:40:31
• Natalio Sued "Green Grass" from Rojo Azteca (Ropeadope) 1:42:19
• Angelica Sanchez & Chad Taylor "Threadwork" from A Monster Is Just An Animal You Haven't Met Yet (Intakt) 1:50:29
• Sulida "Song For Che" from Utos (Clean Feed) 1:57:11
• Host speaks 2:03:15
• Zé Almeida's Analogik "Through" from Sistole (Robalo) 2:05:11
• Paul Dunmall, Paul Rodgers & Tony Levin "The Good Feelings" from The Good Feelings (577 Records) 2:10:55
• Bill Frisell "Have A Little Faith In Me" from Have A Little Faith (Elektra) 2:20:08
• Sean Bergin "Navigation 4" from Radio 3 Sessions (Auand) 2:25:43
• Kenny Warren "Angels Migration" from Sweet World (Out Of Your Head) 2:32:24
• Ola Tunji "Mr. Scott" from Ola Tunji (Self-released) 2:37:34
• Host speaks 2:47:19
• Ola Tunji "Blues For Swamini Turiya" from Ola Tunji (Self-released) 2:50:37