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New Music From Mikami, Nava, Halvorson, Pohjola And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show we feature recent and forthcoming new releases from Rintaro Mikami, Fran Nava, Mary Halvorson, Verneri Pohjola, Camila Nebbia, Solidaridad, Gard Nilssen, Dmitri Landain, Nitai Hershkovits, Sparks Quartet, Jim Piela, Agustin Uburu, Gastón de la Cruz, Wajdi Riahi, and Félix Tellier Pouliot. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Rintaro Mikami “Interlaken" from First Fish ...
Kate Gentile's New Opus, Music For Hi-Fi Bugs, David S. Ware
by David Brown
This week, an ambitious electro-acoustic release from drummer/composer Kate Gentile; big band works from Benny Carter, Pete Rugolo, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Gard Nelssen; Ellingtonia from the '60s new thing, and finally a birthday remembrance of David S. Ware. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of ...
Andre Roligheten: Marbles
by Chris May
Tenor saxophonist André Roligheten is best known outside his native Norway, and wider Scandinavia, as a member of drummer Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity and as a composer/arranger in the berserker big band, Supersonic Orchestra. Nilssen returns the favour on Marbles, one of Roligheten's infrequent own-name releases. The album has grown out of a ...
Darcy James Argue, Miho Hazama, Steve Lehman, Pascal Le Boeuf & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Large ensembles, big bands, orchestras... A playlist replete of successful experiments in the art of more is more... Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Chuck Owen, WDR Big Band ..."And Your Point Is" Renderings (MAMA) 0:16 Host talks 9:00 Gard Nilssen's Supersonic ...
Vijay Anderson, Mike Reed, Francisco Mela & Irreversible Entanglements
by Maurice Hogue
Some drummers in the spotlight in this episode: LA/New York's Vijay Anderson and his Silver Screen Quintet tackle an city problem on the new Urban Jungle Los Angeles , while Chicago's Mike Reed explores loneliness and isolation on his new The Separatist Party. Francisco Mela teams up with one of his students at Berklee, saxophonist Jonathan ...
Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra: Family
by Mark Corroto
Why can't all music be supersonic? That does not mean supersonic as in a speed exceeding that of sound, but sound that is sonically superlative. Drummer, composer, and bandleader Gard Nilssen's music is seemingly always sonically superb. His 17-piece Supersonic Orchestra was captured in 2022 at the Mondriaan Jazz Festival in Den Haag, Netherlands, for Family, ...
Rachel Eckroth, Céline Bonacina, Csaba Palotai, Gard Nilssen & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
The transatlantic partnership between Céline Bonacina, John Hadfield and Rachel Eckroth opens an edition of Mondo Jazz which also focuses on drummer-driven projects and piano trios.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Céline Bonacina “Tunnel" Jump (Cristal) 0:16 Host talks 4:59 John Hadfield “Tower of ...
Gard Nilssen, Damon Locks, Alberto Dipace & HIIT
by Maurice Hogue
Norwegian drummer Gard Nilssen has packed his Supersonic Orchestra with 17 of the top players from Scandinavia and Northern Europe and the result has been acclaimed. If you missed the band's debut “If You Listen Carefully The Music Is Yours," you can hear a track from Nilssen and the ensemble's latest Family. After sitting on a ...
Frozen Silence
Album: Frozen Silence
By Maciej Obara
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 07:15
The End: Why Do You Mourn
by Mark Corroto
Why Do You Mourn is the third release by the Swedish/Norwegian group The End. Ethiopian-born Swedish vocalist Sofia Jernberg is backed by the double reedists Mats Gustafsson (The Thing, Fire! and Fire! Orchestra) and Kjetil Møster (Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra, Møster!, and Zanussi Five), plus guitarist Anders Hana (Circulasione Totale Orchestra) and drummer Børge Fjordheim. It ...
