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Wadada Leo Smith / Vijay Iyer, Perelman / McPhee / Vandermark & Michael Gregory Jackson
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This episode of One Man's Jazz is loaded with introductions to new albums by a remarkable group of musicians. Heading the list is the duet of Wadada Leo Smith and Vijay Iyer. Their new Defiant Life, not their first time playing together, speaks to the current state of the world and finding possible paths to liberation. Don't pass this one up. Saxophonist Ivo Perelman continues releasing new albums at a torrid pace and his two partners on the new Oxygen, Ken Vandermark and Joe McPhee, know a thing or two about torrid. Two guitarists with legendary status highlight this playlist—guitar mentor and spiritual guide Tisziji Munoz leads the Quantum Blues quartet in a blues-inflected modal album that also features Paul Shaffer (yeah, that guy), while Michael Gregory Jackson is back with an expanded version of his Frequency Equilibrium Koan Expanded. He found a new and better tape of a '70s Loft Scene performance. Joe McPhee shows up on bassist Michael Bisio and pianist Eunhye Jeong's first album together, saxophonist Eric Shorter makes his debut, and you'll hear music as usual from around the globe: bassist Maximillian Alduca & Quintet and the Alister Spence trio from Australia, Ireland's Michael Buckley Quartet, Skordatura from Belgium, Danish pianist Anders Filipsen, drummer Nils Agnas from Sweden, and the Scottish duo of Italian bassist Roberto Cassani and guitarist Graeme Stephen. They compare the music on their new Pictish Spaghetti to a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western set in Pictish territory.Playlist
- Tisziji Munoz Quantum Blues "New York Three Four Blues" from Quantum Blues (Ropeadope) 00:00
- Host speaks 04:52
- Wadada Leo Smith & Vijay Iyer "Kite" from Defiant Life (ECM) 08:01
- Frank Carlberg "Reconstruction" from Dream Machine (Red Piano) 39:36
- Michael Buckley Quartet "Free-ish" from Ebb And Flow (Livia Records) 48:19
- Host speaks 54:48
- Michael Gregory Jackson "A Meditation" from Frequency Equilibrium Koan Expanded (Move By Sound) 57:42
- Alberto Poppola "Blues For Amiri B" from Really The Blues (Aut Records) 1:07:31
- Skordatura "I Lost Steve At The Dinner Party" from Beefkat (W.E.R.F.) 1:18:20
- Host speaks 1:20:22
- Ivo Perelman, Joe McPhee & Ken Vandermark "#2" from Oxygen (Mahakala Music) 1:21:39
- Anders Filipsen Trio "Mayama" from Aldebar Nights of Mangos (Ilk Records) 1:31:35
- Eric Shorter "Aftermath Of An Afterthought" from Shorter Bendian Shields (577 Records) 1:35:39
- Host speaks 1:41:53
- Alister Spence Trio "Antidote For Lean Times" from
Gather (Alister Spence Music) 1:44:22 - Chicago Edge Ensemble "Invasive Species" from Paradoxes In Freedom (Lizard Breath) 1:51:17
- Roberto Cassani & Graeme Stephen "Wayfaring Stranger" from Pictish Spaghetti (577 Records) 1:58:29
- Host speaks 2:04:19
- Nils Agnas Quartet "Ida Lupino" from Köper Sig Ur En Kris (Moserobie) 2:06:54
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Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
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Wadada Leo Smith
Vijay Iyer
Ivo Perelman
Ken Vandermark
Joe McPhee
Tisziji Munoz
Paul Shaffer
Michael Gregory Jackson
Michael Bisio
Eunhye Jeong
Eric Shorter
Max Alduca
Alister Spence
Michael Buckley
Skordatura
Anders Filipsen
Nils Agnas
Roberto Cassani
Graeme Stephen
Alberto Poppola
Chicago Edge Ensemble
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