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Antti Lötjönen, Trevor Watts, & Adam Pieronczyk
by Maurice Hogue
Last episode's theme of interesting bass playing continues into this show with a pair from France (Hubert Dupont & Olivier Lété, Per Zanussi from Norway, Andrew Schiller, and Finland's Antti Lötjönen, but there's plenty of saxophone action from the likes England's Alex Ward & Trevor Watts, Rick Countryman with Interstellar Nao Trio from Mexico, Ivo Perelman, ...
Sun-Mi Hong, Christine Correa, Muriel Grossmann & Manuel Hermia
by Maurice Hogue
This episode is filled with new interesting new releases, highlighted by ex-pat South Korean drummer Sun-Mi Hong who's settled nicely into the Amsterdam scene, vocalist Christine Correa's take on the seminal music of Abbey Lincoln & Max Roach, saxophonist Muriel Grossmann's spiritual and spirited approach, and Belgian saxophonist Manuel Hermia with his latest band, Freetet. Gebhard ...
Avram Fefer, Tell No Lies, Tru Cargo Service & Pia Hernandez
by Maurice Hogue
The flood of new releases continues unabated and this episode jumps right into the deep end, sampling new works from a pair of European bands, Tru Cargo Service from Germany and Tell No Lies from Italy, German drumming legend Gunter Baby Sommer in a duo with Scottish saxophonist Raymond McDonald, Buenos Aires pianist Pia Hernandez, Dave ...
James Brandon Lewis, River People, Hard Rubber Orchestra & Steve Lehman
by Maurice Hogue
He's back! Hard-charging saxophonist James Brandon Lewis's latest, MSM Molecular Systematic Music, is now out and JBL and his quartet tear things up in a live gig at Rote Fabrik in Zurich. The new album reprises the tunes from the earlier Molecular, but the energy is much different, as the gig was the first in a ...
Zoh Amba, Janel Leppin, & Roberto Ottaviano and Alexander Hawkins
by Maurice Hogue
Free jazz saxophonist Zoh Amba has had much attention focused on her in a fairly short time, and a new album with drummer Francisco Mela will keep those spotlights firmly in place. There's also a track from her debut, Oh Sun!. Cellist Janel Leppin leads a great band on her new Ensemble Volcanic Ash, while Chicago ...
Yaroslav Likhachev, Fade In Trio, Joao Carreiro & Baker/Harris/Lopez
by Maurice Hogue
This episode has an edge to much of the music with tastes of new recordings from German saxophonist Yaroslav Likhachev and his quartet, Manila-based saxophonist Rick Countryman teamed up with Swiss drummer Christian Bucher, the Chicago trio of Jim Baker, Bill Harris & Brandon Lopez, Alien Radio from Canada, the Italian trio Fade In, Portuguese guitarist ...
Mankwe Ndosi, Marc Johnson & Damien Kingston
by Maurice Hogue
Mankwe Ndosi is not a singer (more like a true vocal artist!!!) that was familiar to me, but she certainly is now. Her recording Felt/Not Said is strikingly different. She's from Minneapolis, not that far from Chicago, the home of the AACM, and that's where Ndosi set out to incorporate AACM influences to her African roots ...
Sarah Murcia, Thumbscrew & Giancarlo Tossani
by Maurice Hogue
There's lots of new releases sampled in this episode. The critics' darlings, Thumbscrew is back and meeting their usual standards of creativity and originality. Popular French bassist Sarah Murcia sings off-beat stuff on her new Eyeballing, while the Finnish quartet Alder Ego stretches the boundaries on their latest. The pandemic looms over the new release by ...
Giancarlo Schiaffini & Sergio Armaroli and Kopasetic artists
by Maurice Hogue
Deconstructing one of the original deconstructers of jazz, Thelonious Monk, is no easy task, but the Italian duo of trombonist Giancarlo Schiaffini and percussionist Sergio Armaroli do exactly that on their new album Deconstructing Monk In Africa. It's one of the more unusual releases of late; you'll hear an excerpt from their extended work. Monk is ...
Sabu Toyozumi / Mats Gustafsson: Hokusai
by Mark Corroto
This tantalizing duo between Mats Gustafsson and Sabu Toyozumi was recorded at two live concerts in Chiba, Japan in 2018. Probably most listeners are familiar with the Swedish saxophonist from his avant--garage trio The Thing with Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love and dozens of other ensembles including Fire! Orchestra, The End, and Cuts with Masami ...
