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Marilyn Mazur, Angelika Niescier, Pat Thomas & Tomeka Reid

by Maurice Hogue
January 5, 2026

There's some great music coming in 2026, so I dropped in a preview tracks of upcoming albums by alto saxophonist Angelika Niescier collaborating with some of Chicago's finest, England's free jazz pianist Pat Thomas with XT (2.5 hours of screamin' free jazz on Strata Act (Joy Contemporary), Chicago's cellist supreme Tomeka Reid & quartet, Flea from ...

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Rodrigo Amado & The Bridge, Amir ElSaffar, Otherlands Trio & Dave Gisler

by Maurice Hogue
October 4, 2025

Highlights of this edition include one of the finest free jazz ensembles--Rodrigo Amado & The Bridge with pianist Alexander Von Schlippenbach, bassist Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten & drummer Gerry Hemingway. Their new Further Beyond is manna-like. Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar and his New Quartet continue to improvise around the maqam style of music. Bassist Stephan Crump & drummer Eric ...

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Fieldwork, Matthieu Mazué, Aga Derlak & The Monkious

by Maurice Hogue
September 16, 2025

New releases are always about, but the new ones featured in this episode of OMJ are very, very special. First off, Fieldwork! Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman & Tyshawn Sorey are all formidable musicians in their own right and as the trio Fieldwork the critical acclaim was huge, the potential endless. But it's taken 17 years for ...