Rodrigo Amado & The Bridge, Amir ElSaffar, Otherlands Trio & Dave Gisler

Highlights of this edition include one of the finest free jazz ensembles—Rodrigo Amado & The Bridge with pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, bassist Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten & drummer Gerry Hemingway. Their new Further Beyond is manna-like. Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar and his New Quartet continue to improvise around the maqam style of music. Bassist Stephan Crump & drummer Eric McPherson decided to not wait around to see if the Borderlands Trio was done or not; they asked saxophonist Darius Jones to join them and the resulting Otherlands Trio is magic. You really need to listen to this group. Swiss guitarist Dave Gisler is back with a fiery trio set, while the fire at the Agnas Bros. session in Sweden was among the disagreeing brothers, but they finally got it together and finished Sista Forsurket. If you're a fan of saxophonist Isaiah Collier, look for Live In The Listening Room. It's an off-the-cuff freewheeling session recorded in London with drummer Tim Regis. Is there more great music in this edition of One Man's Jazz? Listen and find out. Rodrigo Amado's photo by Hugo Sousa.

Playlist

• Amina Claudine Myers "The Blues (Straight To You)" from Amina Claudine Myers Salutes Bessie Smith (Leo) 00:00
• Host speaks 07:00
• Rodrigo Amado & The Bridge "A Change Is Gonna Come" from Further Beyond (Trost) 09:12
• Michele Francesconi Trio "Earth" from Seasons: Three Suites For Piano Trio (Caligola) 26:21
• Host speaks 29:33
• Amir ElSaffar New Quartet "Orientations I-V (alternate take)" from New Quartet Live at Pierre Boulez Saal (Maqam) 33:01
• The Monkious "Monk's Dream" from No Straight With Chaser (JACC) 48:18
• Host speaks 54:21
• Matías Formica "Tercero Tercer Trio" from Absurdo (Numeral) 56:04
• Matthieu Mazué "Screen Screams" from Monoliths & Screens For Quartet (Self-released) 1:03:12
• Patricia Brennan "Aquarius" from Of The Near And Far (Pyroclastic) 1:11:42
• Host speaks 1:19:08
• Dave Gisler Trio "Milo" from The Flying Mega Doghouse (Intakt) 1:21:57
• Eero Savela "Venus" from Venus (Mustik Motel) 1:31:18
• Isaiah Collier & Tim Regis "Pacing (Devon's Room)" from Live In The Listening Room (Division 81) 1:37:59
• Host speaks 1:46:54
• Agnas Bros. "Psalm 967 Deras Rykte Vaxer" from Sista Forsurket (Moserobie) 1:49:50
• Thomas Heberer "Hipp Hopp" from Hipp Hipp Hooray—Celebrating The Centennial of Jutta Hipp (Fundacja Sluchaj) 1:55:19
• Daniel Sommer, Thommy Andersson & Arturri Ronka "Un Canope Englouti" from Lost Threads (April) 2:00:29
• Host speaks 2:04:56
• Otherlands Trio "Imago" from Star Mountain (Intakt) 2:06:52