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Ivo Perelman's Two Stimulating Albums from January of 2024: Interaction and Truth Seeker
by Hrayr Attarian
Innovative Brazilian saxophonist and master improviser Ivo Perelman is as prolific as he is imaginative. With close to 100 recordings under his belt Perelman is always pushing the proverbial envelope looking for fresh ways to express himself. Having lived in various cities around the world--and currently splitting his time between Fortaleza Brazil and New York City--Perelman ...
Jonas Cambien, Satoko Fujii & Ivo Perelman Jonas Cambien
by Maurice Hogue
The opening set recognizes Black History Month with poetry and spoken word from Shirley LeFlore, Kamau Daood & Langston Hughes. New releases sampled come from albums by Belgian/Nowegian pianist Jonas Cambien, the great Satoko Fujii with her Tokyo Trio, two by prolific saxophonist Ivo Perelman, guitarist Dave Harrington, the Chicago explorative piano trio of Jim Baker, ...
New Releases From Ernesto Cervini, Gary Urwin, Charles Pillow, And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show we present new releases from Ernesto Cervini, Gary Urwin, Charles Pillow, Last Oak Out, Ayumi Ishito, Doug MacDonald, Joe Webb, Gui Duvignau, Ivo Perelman with Barry Guy & Ramon Lopez, Jason Stein with Marilyn Crispell Damon Smith & Adam Shead, Klaus Kugel & Pavel Hruby, Recabarren Menares Vazquez, Bobby Wellins, and, Yes! Trio. ...
Barry Guy Blue Shroud Band: all this this here
by John Sharpe
Bassist and composer Barry Guy combines a number of his passions on All This This Here in a stunning act of synthesis. For the third major work for his Blue Shroud Band, following its eponymous debut (Intakt, 2016) and Odes And Meditations For Cecil Taylor (Not Two, 2018), Guy sets to music Nobel winning playwright Samuel ...
The Essential Satoko Fujii, Part 2: Duos
by Dan McClenaghan
Satoko Fujii releases a lot of albums. Most of them are regular CDs, but she has also moved into the Bandcamp offerings, online only. The Essential Satoko Fujii, Part 1 featured four different sides of her artistry: Solo, duo, trio, quartet and orchestra. Part 2 will showcase some of her outstanding duo discs. Satoko ...
Futari: Underground
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Satoko Fujii found another perfect musical partner in 2017, in the Berlin-based mallet maven Taiko Saito, resulting, eventually, in their duo outing Beyond (Libra Records, 2021). The pair dubbed themselves “Futari" ('two people' in Japanese). Underground surfaces as their second 2021 release ("prolific" is a word usually included in a description of Fujii's output).
October 2021
by Pat Youngspiel
The Source But swinging doesn't bend them down Odin Records 2021 This new release by Norwegian jazz outfit The Source arrives 15 years after the quartet's self-titled ECM debut and makes up for lost time with angular swing, unconventional rubato and offbeat contemplation. The four protagonists--each a pillar of the ...
Instrumental Duos
by Karl Ackermann
The early days of jazz were not always harmonious. Converted dance orchestras often sounded like unbalanced acoustic junkyards; a single violin, cornet, trombone, clarinet, tuba, drums, banjo, and piano, all fighting for attention. The piano was meant to be the glue holding the shrill and boisterous elements together. In 1921 a prodigy pianist named Zez Confrey ...
Satoko Fujii / Taiko Saito: Beyond
by John Sharpe
Right from the off, the confluence of grainy flicker and humming drone signals that Beyond won't be like other vibraphone/piano hook ups. Under the moniker Futari, Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii and her Berlin-based countrywoman vibraphonist Taiko Saito don't so much take the road less traveled as revel in the thickets, brambles and unexpected clearings discovered when ...
Nathan Clevenger, Paulina Porszke & Emanuele Parrini
by Maurice Hogue
Several new artists pop up in this episode inclduing guitarist Nathan Clevenger from California, Polish pianist Paulina Porszke, English duo Gus Garside and Hervé Perez, and French pianist Loïc Dequidt now living in Sweden. Italian violinist Emanuele Parrini's new album, Digging (Reflections On Jazz And Blues) is ear-opening. Lots of good stuff for you as well, ...
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