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There’s plenty of energy and spirit on display in this episode of One Man’s Jazz. Pianist Satoko Fujii and a quartet tear things up from an album that is still a bit of a mystery as to who, where, what and when. Bassist Billy Mohler’s new quartet release is steamin’, Continue Reading

This episode is dominated by music from Europe, highlighted new recordings by Belgian violinist Cécile Broché and French pianists Andy Emler (with trio and his MegaOctet) and Bruno Angelini, Belgian saxophonist Jordi Grognard, German drummer Max Andrzejewicz, and two long time residents of Europe, pianist Izumi Kimura from Japan now Continue Reading

Since I’m currently working my way through saxophonist and composer Henry Threadgill’s excellent autobiography “Easily Slip Into Another World, A Life In Music”, it should come as no big surprise that I’d be digging into Threadgill’s music, especially those earlier recordings that one tends to forget. The second hour kicks Continue Reading