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Steve Coleman, Artifacts, Wadada Leo Smith & Weiss/Okazaki

By Maurice Hogue | One Man's Jazz
December 8, 2021
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M-Base in the house when Steve Coleman and Five Elements recorded Volume 2 of their live performances from the Village Vanguard. It's the feature recording in this episode, but it's got company from the very excellent ...and Then There's This by Artifacts (Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid & Mike Reed). This is a superb album. So is Wadada Leo Smith's A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday Also sampled this week for the first time, music from drummers Mike Pride, Billy Mohler, Dan Weiss (teamed with guitarist Miles Okazaki), trumpeter Enrico Rava, trombonist Samuel Blaser with some reggae, and Josh Sinton alone with his baritone sax. Enjoy!

Playlist

Gordon Grdina's Square Peg "Impending Discomfort" from Klotski (Attaboygirl) 00:00
Host speaks 07:36
Steve Coleman & Five Elements "Mdw Ntr" from Live At The Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (Pi Recordings) 09:45
Paula Shocron, William Parker & Pablo Díaz "The Eye" from Emptying The Self (Nendo Dango) 18:24
Josh Sinton "b1 part 4" from b (Form Is Possibility) 23:38
Host speaks 28:21
Dan Weiss & Miles Okazaki "The Memory Palace Part 2" from Music For Drums And Guitar (Cygnus) 29:48
Dan Weiss & Miles Okazaki "The Memory Palace Part 4" from Music For Drums And Guitar (Cygnus) 35:28
Samuel Blaser "The Great Tommy McCook" from The Don Drummond Tribute (Blaser Music) 42:37
Host speaks 48:03
Wadada Leo Smith "Deep Time #1" from A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday (Tum Records) 50:17
Jungle Debris "Last Yew" from Jungle Debris (Ma Records) 59:29
Host speaks 1:08:01
Enrico Rava "Infant" from Edizione Special (ECM) 1:10:05
Joerg Schippa's UnbedingT "Zirkus Bizarre" from Zirkus Bizarre (Self-released) 1:23:00
Whit Dickey, William Parker & Matthew Shipp "Whirling In The Void" from Village Mothership (Tao Forms) 1:28:18
Host speaks 1:37:51
Byron Asher & Brad Webb "Narrows" from Little Bigby (Ears&Eyes) 1:39:26
Anna Webber "Clockwise" from Clockwise (Pi Recordings) 1:45:36
Host speaks 1:52:26
Mike Pride "Business On Parade" from I Hate Work (Rare Noise) 1:54:35
Billy Mohler "Evolution" from Black Friday Trio (Self-released) 2:01:22
Host speaks 2:05:47
Artifacts "Reflections" from ...and Then There's This (Astral Spirits) 2:07:30
Artifacts "Song For Joseph Jarman" from ...and Then There's This (Astral Spirits) 2:11:42
Dave Sewelson "The Moment" from Smooth Free Jazz (Mahakala) 2:18:54
Host speaks 2:27:21
HatNoHatHat "Friday The 13th" from Jazz From The Underground Nightclubs of Aotearoa (Kiwi Jahzz) 2:28:48
Jason Robinson "The Elders" from The Two Faces Of Janus (Cuneiform) 2:38:58
Host speaks 2:45:03
Steve Coleman & Five Elements "Pad Thai/Mdw Ntr" from Live At The Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (Pi Recordings) 2:46:04

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