Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Thomas Morgan, Trio of Bloom & Monk

There's a bit of a celebratory tilt to this episode of One Man's Jazz as Boston's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble led by saxophonist Ken Field hits the 35-year mark with the release of Serpentine, the Dutch powerhouse Spinifex marks its 20th year of originality with the upcoming Maximus, and the whole jazz world celebrates the October 10th birthday of Thelonious Monk with the release of Bremen 1965 which has been locked away in the vaults of Radio Bremen in Germany all these years. I guess the upcoming release of acclaimed bassist Thomas Morgan could be a celebration too, since it reveals "Woods," his new Super-Collider digital instrument on Around You Is A Forest, plus other debuts from two piano trios—Prawntail from NYC & Esmerelda Sella from Italy. Listening to the late Tomasz Stańko's trumpet is always a jubilant occasion so enjoy the preview of a recording with Stanko playing with the Scandinavian Art Ensemble in 2016. And there's music from Trio of Bloom (Craig Taborn, Nels Cline & Marcus Gilmore); their first release is imminent, as is South Africa's Steve Dyer's follow up to his 2024 best jazz album. Plenty more great tunes and artists too.

Playlist

• Steve Dyer "A Force For Good" from Multipolar (Ropeadope) 00:00
• Host speaks 08:23
• Trio Of Bloom "Nightwhistlers" from Trio Of Bloom (Pyroclastic) 10:15
• Rodrigo Amado & The Bridge "How Strong Our Love Is" from Further Beyond (Trost) 18:11
• Andy Lawrenson "Longbow" from Half Of What You See (Out Of Your Head) 26:04
• Host speaks 30:53
• Thelonious Monk Quartet "Epistrophy" from Bremen 1965 (Sunnyside) 33:10
• Amir ElSaffar New Quartet "Autumn Comes" from Live at Pierre Boulez Saal (Maqam) 41:11
• Luisa Muhr, Daniel Carter, Kenneth Jimenez & Alfred Vogel "When You Just Sit Down And Do It" from Under Over World (Boomslang) 49:42
• Host speaks 59:08
• Spinifex "Smitten" from Maximus (TryTone) 1:00:47
• Gary Fuhrmann "Addio A Cheyenne" from Symbiosis I (Jazzhausmusik) 1:10:59
• Wadada Leo Smith, Jakob Bro & Marcus Gilmore "Yo Yogi Park Dream" from Murasaki (Loveland) 1:15:44
• Host speaks 1:24:26
• Thomas Morgan "Around You Is A Forest" from Around You Is A Forest (Loveland) 1:27:05
• Anna Webber/Angela Morris Big Band "Mist/Missed" from Unseparate (Out Of Your Head) 1:32:05
• Dave Gisler Trio "Unseparate" from The Flying Mega Doghouse (Intakt) 1:39:37
• Host speaks 1:45:59
• Scandinavian Art Ensemble "Morning Ballad" from The Copenhagen Sessions Volume 2 (April) 1:48:30
• Peter Ehwald, Stefan Schultze & Tom Rainey "Limestone And Seabed" from Public Radio (Jazzwerkstatt) 1:57:46
• Prawntail "Ripple" from Prawntail (Endectomorph) 2:03:54
• Host speaks 2:11:28
• Esmerelda Sella Trio "Il Giardino Della Delizie" from Magma (Gleam) 2:12:59
• Jon Irabagon PlainSpeak "Someone To Someone" from Someone To Someone (Irrabagast) 2:17:49
• Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez "01 #14" from Revision (Tao Forms) 2:22:29
• Host speaks 2:26:27
• Revolutionary Snake Ensemble "The Skunk Is D'Funk'd" from Serpentine (Cuneiform) 2:28:22