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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Luis Vicente, Roberto Ottaviano, Fujii/Tamura & The Who Trio

Read "Luis Vicente, Roberto Ottaviano, Fujii/Tamura & The Who Trio" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


New releases abound this time out, including : two from Clean Feed and both excellent--trumpeter Luis Vicente's Come Down Here & Italy's soprano saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano's Lacy In The Sky With Diamonds ( a tribute to Steve Lacy, not The Beatles); Polish saxophonist Irek Wojtczak's own tribute to a town where he grew up; trumpeter Michael ...

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Tony Malaby, Tania Gill & The Gathering

Read "Tony Malaby, Tania Gill & The Gathering" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


I decided to lay out for most of this last episode of 2021 and just let the music roll. There are a couple of new releases in the mix, one from Tony Malaby and a somewhat revamped Sabino and Toronto pianist Tania Gill's Disappearing Curiosities. Definitely check out the great singer, Dwight Trible, and his rendition ...

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GulfH of Berlin, Adam O’Farrill & Eunhye Jeong

Read "GulfH of Berlin, Adam O’Farrill & Eunhye Jeong" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


Sampled this episode are new releases featuring saxophonists (Rich Halley, Daniel Carter, Irek Wojtczak, Yuma Uesaka (with Marilyn Crispell) and Gebhard Ullmann (GulfH of Berlin), trumpeters Adam O'Farrill and Joaquin Muro, and pianists Eunhye Jeong from South Korea and Satoko Fujii. Toss in some great stuff from William Parker, Wadada Leo Smith, and L.A.'s The Gathering ...

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Cale Brandley & Triptych Myth and Philip Zoubek

Read "Cale Brandley & Triptych Myth and Philip Zoubek" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


Master drummer Andrew Cyrille turned 79 in November. His wonderful new recording Lebroba, following on the heels of his acclaimed The Declaration of Musical Independence proves age has little to do with creativity. You'll hear two tracks from the new release which features Bill Frisell and Wadada Leo Smith, another septuagenarian at peak powers.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Quinsin Nachoff’s Flux & Hot Heros

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A pair of albums from Northern European artists demonstrate a similar approach in this episode--improvising upon the folk melodies of their countries--Poland's Irek Wojtczak and his Folk Five and Finland's Hot Heros. For Wojtczak, he's just happy to see his recording available: the radio station that was recording the live concert lost the tapes, but fortunately, ...

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Article: Album Review

Irek Wojtczak & The Fonda-Stevens Group: Folk Five

Read "Folk Five" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Polish jazz has a long history, and includes many more players than the widely known Tomasz Stanko or Krzysztof Komeda. A deeper, and much earlier influence than American jazz coming to Poland is that of the folk music indigenous to Poland itself. Reedman (saxophones and bass clarinet) Irek Wojtczak, arguably a free player, relates ...

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The Bees' Knees

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013
Track listing: 12 on the Beaufort Scale; Grumbling; Mandala; Fred's Dance; Collodion; Bassement; Tonicato; The Bees' Knees.


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