Sam Gill, Federico Calcagno, Scofield/Holland & Perelman/Anderson

Sydney Australia saxophonist Sam Gill's new Sensemaker with his band Coursed Waters is one of the best things I've heard this year, and there are a hell of a lot of excellent recordings, so definitely colour me impressed. Sam's music sounds like it's coming out of the Berlin-New York free jazz axis. Right there also is a new album from Italian bass clarinetist Federico Calcagno & The Dolphians. Fresh on the heels of a nomination for a German Jazz Prize with his Octet, Calcagno shows his range and composing skills are high level in any setting. Saxophonist Ivo Perelman continues his mission to release recordings at an incredible pace, this time joining with trombonist masterRay Anderson for a somewhat laid back collaboration, while two old friends finally got around to recording that duo album they've been considering for years—John Scofield and Dave Holland. Other new albums sampled come from a curiously named quartet from Germany—Schlapitzki, another great Aussie saxophonist—Jeremy Rose, and music from a retrospective for English pianist Gordon Beck who seems to have worked with just about everyone in Europe.

Playlist

• Joe Hertenstein Trio & Ray Anderson "Alles Jutta (for Jutta Hipp)" from The 7th Dinner Live (Fundacja Sluchaj) 00:00
• Host speaks 08:30
• Sam Gill's Coursed Waters "Scree" from Sensemaker (Earshift Music) 11:23
• Sam Gill's Coursed Waters"Warp Thread" from Sensemaker (Earshift Music) 17:22
• Brad Henkel Quartet "Roter Himmel" from Overstory (Trouble In The East) 23:40
• Host speaks 33:49
• Gordon Beck "Nice One" from Pay Now Live Later: Live At The Bass Clef '85 (Jazz in Britain) 37:01
• O.N.E. "Kaldur Vindur" from Well Actually... (April) 50:10
• Ivo Perelman & Nate Wooley "Two" from Polarity 4 (Burning Ambulance) 56:26
• Host speaks 1:02:19
• Ivo Perelman & Ray Anderson "Coagulation" from 12 Stages Of Spiritual Alchemy (Fundacja Sluchaj) 1:03:39
• Herb Robertson, Klaus Kugel & Christopher Dell "Blue Transient Part 3" from Blue Transient (Nemu) 1:08:28
• Hernâni Faustino's Motian & More "It Should Have Happened A Long Time Ago" from Gratitude (Phonogram Unit) 1:24:05
• Host speaks 1:34:22
• Federico Calcagno & The Dolphians "Inner Journey" from Face The Music (Da Vinci Jazz) 1:37:21
• Federico Calcagno & The Dolphians "Children of Gaza" from Face The Music (Da Vinci Jazz) 1:43:58
• John Scofield & Dave Holland "Icons At The Fair" from Memories of Home (ECM) 1:48:52
• Host speaks 1:54:59
• Schlapitzki "Burkina" from 2 (Trouble In The East) 1:56:50
• Damien Kingston Quartet "Empty Buildings" from Let The Light In (Self-released) 2:02:46
• Mark Turner "Movement 6: The Texan... The Soldier" from Reflections on: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Giant Step Arts) 2:06:09
• Jeremy Rose "Perpetual Motion" from Infinity II (Earshift Music) 2:14:30
• Host speaks 2:18:30
• Spinifex "Annie Golden" from Maximus (Trytone) 2:21:01