Rudi Mahall, Fabian Dudek, John Blum & Tarbaby

The shrinkwrap comes off several new albums sampled in this show, and there's a decided tilt to Europe. One of the stalwarts of the European avant-garde, Rudi Mahall, offers The Straight Horn Of Rudi Mahall, his first album playing only clarinet. Another reed player from Germany, Fabian Dudek doesn't hold anything back on his intriguing Distant Skies We Dream, while bassist Jasper Høiby continues with his impressive trio, 3Elements. From Portugal comes a somewhat unusual pairing—saxophone and vibes—on Trafiklys by João Gato and Duarte Ventura. Cradled Cravings is a hard-nosed debut from a typical European quintet these days—The Gatherers with musicians from different countries and led by Slovenian saxophonist Luka Zabric. Over on this side of the Atlantic, new releases continue to drop; this time from Tarbaby (Orrin Evans, Eric Revis & Nasheet Waits), Dave Douglas' Gifts and underground avant-garde pianist John Blum.

Playlist

• Alvin Fielder Trio "Your Young Men Shall See Visions" from A Measure Of Vision (Clean Feed) 00:00
• Alvin Fielder Trio "Your Old Men Shall Dream Visions" from A Measure Of Vision (Clean Feed) 06:48
• Host speaks 14:18
• Fabian Dudek Quartet "The River Flows Everywhere" from Distant Skies We Dream (Traumton) 17:07
• RIDD Quartet "Monkey Catchers" from Fictional Avalance (Clean Feed) 28:39
• Host speaks 36:57
• John Blum "Levitation" from Deep Space (Astral Spirits) 39:21
• Dave Douglas Gifts "Blood Count" from Gifts (Greenleaf) 45:36
• Host speaks 53:46
• Rudi Mahall & Trio Ouat "17 West" from The Straight Horn Of Rudi Mahall (Two-Nineteen) 56:03
• William Parker Organ Quartet "The Struggle" from Uncle Joe's Spirit House (Centering) 1:02:17
• Host speaks 1:11:00
• Trafiklys "CPC" from Trafiklys (Timbuktu) 1:12:09
• Black Diamond "Mantis" from Furniture Of The Mind Rearranging (We Jazz) 1:20:24
• Nicole Connelly "Brown Recluse" from Stamp In Time (Self-released) 1:26:13
• Host speaks 1:30:30
• The Gatherers "Opener" from Cradled Cravings (CRRNT Collective) 1:32:33
• Enzo Favata "Ballao" from Os Caminhos De Garibaldi (Caligola) 1:39:21
• Jasper Hoiby 3Elements "Flying" from Like Water (Edition) 1:45:42
• {{m: Ethnic Heritage Ensemble} "Compared To What" from Open Me, A Higher Consciousness Of Sound And Spirit (SpiritMuse) 1:51:40
• Host speaks 1:59:55
• Tarbaby "Red Door" from You Think This Is America (Giant Step Arts) 2:01:49