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Jacob Garchik: Assembly

by John Chacona
Trombonist Jacob Garchik has an interest in musical subtraction. His 2012 release The Heavens: The Atheist Gospel Trombone Album (Yestereve Records) presented religious music stripped of religion. Clear Line (Yestereve Records) from 2020 featured a 13-piece big band with no rhythm section. Now comes Assembly, an inquiry into what a jazz quintet sounds like when added ...
Jacob Garchik: Assembly

by Mark Corroto
As a consequence of the global pandemic, we have been schooled in the science of virology. Under certain conditions viruses mutate and reorganize into something completely new. That is bad. Mutations can also be heard in the adventurous music of Jacob Garchik. That is good. His trombone leads his Atheist Gospel Trombone Album, his big band, ...
Big Ears Festival 2022

by Mark Sullivan
Big Ears Festival Knoxville, TN March 24-27, 2022 The Big Ears Festival found ways to continue virtually during the pandemicmost notably by sponsoring the Norwegian Digital Jazz Festivalbut there is no substitute for the big glorious eclectic event that is the in-person festival. Past festivals have usually opened with a big kickoff ...
Old Jazz, New Jazz, Obscure Jazz

by Jerome Wilson
This show features a combination of newer jazz releases, older classic artists and a few obscurities. Music is heard from, among others, Julie Driscoll (Tippetts), Arturo O'Farrill, Eric Alexander, Joe Rosenberg, Betty Carter and the Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The ...
Nortonk: Nortonk

by Angelo Leonardi
Nato nel 2017 con tutti i componenti sotto i 25 anni, il quartetto Nortonk prende il nome dal batterista Kevin Norton, insegnante del programma jazz al William Paterson College. È un omaggio di allievi che hanno ben assimilato la sua estetica di musicista creativo e sperimentatore d'avanguardia. L'organico senza strumento armonico già svela ...
There Are Thorns

Album: Players
By Eugenie Jones
Label: Open Mic Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 5:31
Zero Grasses: Ritual for The Losses

By Jen Shyu
Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1.
Living's a Gift | Part 1: Springtime; Living's a Gift | Part 2: Everything for Granted; Living's a Gift | Part 3: My Unsolved Regrets; Living's a Gift | Part 4: Joyful;
Lament for Breonna Taylor; The Human Color; A Cure for the Heart's Longing; Body of Tears; When I Have Power; Finally She Emerges; Display Under the
Moon; Father Slipped Into Eternal Dream; With Eyes Closed You See All; Life As You Envision.
Mise En Place

By Ohad Talmor
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Kamali; Mixo Mode 19; Shymal Bose Chakradar; Pairs; Theme and Variations; Wise One;
Rupak Tukra; Back of the Plane; After the Rain.
William Parker, Francois Carrier & Javier Subatin

by Maurice Hogue
This week's spotlight is clearly on the great bassist, composer, multi-instrumentalist & culture maker, William Parker. His 10-CD box set is almost overwhelming in its scope and originality. You'll hear a sampling from three of the CDs, plus a track from a new recording with his partner, Patricia Nicholson. We check out new discs from Montreal's ...
Steve Coleman, Artifacts, Wadada Leo Smith & Weiss/Okazaki

by Maurice Hogue
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 ...