Peter Van Huffel, Mary Halvorson & Liba Villavechia

Canadian expat-saxophonist Peter Van Huffel has found a place amidst that hotbed of free-wheeling music in Berlin, and his latest release with his band Callisto reinforces his position as one of the exciting voices working today. Meandering Demons out on Clean Feed introduces a newer band with (Clean Feed) with another Canadian who spends a lot of time in Berlin, trumpeter Lina Allemano, Antonis Anissegos on piano and electronics and Joe Hertenstein on drums. Clean Feed's also just released another saxophone of considerable talents: Spain's Liba Villavecchia. His new album, Muracik features his trio with the addition of Portuguese trumpeter Luis Vincente. I finally got Mary Halvorson's new em>Cloudward, and it's another in a growing line of excellent music from this great guitarist. More saxophonists featured in this episode too: Kevin Sun with Mute, James Brandon Lewis with the The Messthetics, and Boston's Charlie Kohlhase. Riley by trumpeter Riley Mulkerhar gets cracked open for the first time, the Earshift Orchestra from Sydney Australia debuts Dischordia, and there's another track from Italian drummer Tiziano Tononi's expression of support and concern for the North American First Peoples with his very heartfelt The Winter Counts (We'll Still Be Here). It's a very full show of music. Enjoy!

Playlist

• Karl-Martin Almqvist-Ababhemu Quartet "Eva Johanna" from The Travelers (Ropeadope) 00:00
• Host speaks 05:43
• Peter Van Huffel's Callisto "Ravenous Hound" from Meandering Dreams (Clean Feed) 08:07
• Irreversible Entanglements "Free Love" from Protect Your Light (Impulse) 16:58
• Alan Dennard "The Light" from Flashback (Self-released) 21:48
• Host speaks 30:17
• Liba Villavecchia Trio & Luis Vicente "Vika" from Muracik (Clean Feed) 31:16
• Jason Stein & Marilyn Crispell "A Universe Of Otherwise" from Spi-ralling (Irritable Mystic) 38:22
• Host speaks 49:08
• Riley Mulkerhar "Hopscotch" from Riley (Westerlies) 50:33
• Riley Mulkerhar "Ride Or Die" from Riley (Westerlies) 55:50
• Francisco Mela "Earth" from Music Frees Our Souls Vol 3 (577 Records) 59:02
• Host speaks 1:11:41
• Mary Halvorson "Ultramarine" from Cloudward (Nonesuch) 1:13:53
• Anna Kaluza "Der Pudel II" from Jack (Aut Records) 1:22:07
• James Brandon Lewis Quartet "Trinity Of Creative Selve" from Transfiguration (Intakt) 1:26:3
• Host speaks 1:33:27
• The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis "Railroad Tracks Home" from The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis (Impulse) 1:34:45
• Matthew Shipp Trio "Coherent Systems" from New Concepts In Piano Trio (ESP Disk) 1:41:56
• Host speaks 1:53:30
• Earshift Orchestra "Echo Chamber" from Dischordia (Earshift Music) 1:55:02
• Peter Van Huffel's Callisto "Barrel Of Monkeys" from Meandering Demons (Clean Feed) 2:02:30
• Host speaks 2:13:23
• Mute "China Boy Part 1" from After You've Gone (Endectomorph) 2:14:48
• Mute "China Boy Part 2" from After You've Gone (Endectomorph) 2:17:36
• The Core "Chains" from Roots (Moserobie) 2:23:37
• Host speaks 2:28:33
• Charlie Kohlhase & The Explorer's Club "No Such Explorer" from A Second Life (Mandorla) 2:29:50
• Sound & Fury "Punk" from Pulsacion (Ektro) 2:40:46
• Kahil El'Zabar "Freedom March" from America The Beautiful (Spiritmuse) 2:45:30
• Host speaks 2:53:41
• Tiziano Tononi "Peace Warriors" from The Winter Counts (We'll Still Be Here) (Felmay) 2:55:14