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Radio Eclectica: 360 Degrees of Jazz and Jazz Adjacent Musics
by Hobart Taylor
New Music from Robin Holcomb with Peggy Lee, Lafayette Gilchrist, Sylvie Courvoisier with Wadada Leo Smith, and folklorist John Lomax III. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Ellen Rowe “Refractions" from Vinton's Cove (Sleddog Records) 00:15 John Lomax III “Ain't No Cane on Dis Brazos" from American Folk Songs (Self Produced) 8:51 Robin Holcomb Peggy Lee ...
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Thomas Morgan, Trio of Bloom & Monk
by Maurice Hogue
There's a bit of a celebratory tilt to this episode of One Man's Jazz as Boston's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble led by saxophonist Ken Field hits the 35-year mark with the release of Serpentine, the Dutch powerhouse Spinifex marks its 20th year of originality with the upcoming Maximus, and the whole jazz world celebrates the October 10th ...
Smith / Bro / Gilmore, Henry Threadgill, Brad Henkel & Enrique Haneine
by Maurice Hogue
The masters highlight this edition of OMJ: composer Henry Threadgill leading an ensemble of six guitarists and two pianists through his unique intervallic system on the new Listen Ship, and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith in elevated company of guitarist Jakob Bro & drummer Marcus Gilmore on Murasaki, a very strong album. Other new recordings debuting this ...
Sylvie Courvoisier and Wadada Leo Smith: Angel Falls
by Jack Kenny
Wadada Leo Smith describes his music not as “jazz" but as “creative music." He rejects the term “improvisation" in favor of “creation." These specific word choices reflect his unique approach, which is deeply rooted in his early experiences with blues and R&B. Smith uses the full range of his instrument and plays at his ...
George Coleman, Anne Mette Iverson, Sylvie Courvoisier with Wadada Leo Smith, and Keith Jarrett with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian
by Hobart Taylor
Regeneration... New and old music featuring George Coleman, a newly released historic Keith Jarrett Trio recording, and astounding new music from Anne Mette Iverson as well as Sylvie Courvoisier with Wadada Leo SmithPlaylist Craig Taborn /Marcus Gilmore/Nels Cline “Queen King" from (Trio of Bloom) (Pyro clastic) 00:00 Anne Mette Iversen “TBQE (To Be Questioned ...
Fieldwork, Matthieu Mazué, Aga Derlak & The Monkious
by Maurice Hogue
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 ...
Sheila Jordan (RIP), Phil Haynes, Jason Kao Hwang, and Sarah Wilson
by Jerome Wilson
This episode pays tribute to the recently deceased Sheila Jordan by playing music from the early and later parts of her long career. It also features music from Sarah Wilson, Jason Kao Hwang, and Phillip Haynes among others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & ...
Amina Claudine Myers: Solace of the Mind
by Alberto Bazzurro
Un pianismo decisamente nero, peraltro senza alcun tipo di didascalismo o forzatura, è quanto ci arriva da questo nuovo lavoro, solitario, di Amina Claudine Myers, inciso alla fine di ottobre del 2023 e freschissimo di pubblicazione. Amina, classe 1942, come più o meno tutti sanno (o dovrebbero comunque sapere) è una delle figure di riferimento (al ...
Amina Claudine Myers: Solace of the Mind
by Troy Dostert
One of the under-heralded legends of the jazz avant-garde, keyboardist Amina Claudine Myers is finally getting her due. An early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in the mid-1960s, her efforts were sometimes overshadowed by outsized colleagues such as Muhal Richard Abrams, Lester Bowie, or Henry Threadgill. But recent years have ...
Larry Stabbins & Mark Sanders: Cup & Ring
by John Sharpe
Inspired by the 5000 year old Neolithic rock carvings pictured on the sleeve, Cup & Ring opens and closes with brooding, ritualistic pieces in which Larry Stabbins' breathy flute drifts like mist over Mark Sanders' deliberate, processional percussion. These atmospheric bookends, along with similarly spare interludes throughout, frame a set grounded more deeply in the language ...
