January 26, 2023 #1292

This episode features a broad variety of creatively improvised music. New releases sampled come from East Axis, a sizzling quintet of Matthew Shipp/piano, Gerald Cleaver/drums, Scott Robinson/reeds and Kevin Ray/bass, Swiss saxophonist Christoph Irniger & Pilgrim, Canadian saxophonist Francois Carrier, NY saxophonist Alex Weiss, master drummer Andrew Cyrille’s latest solo Continue Reading

JANUARY 19, 2023 #1291

In this episode, “ZZAJ From The 23rd Century” is checked out further with music from guitarist Henry Kaiser, pianist Anthony Coleman and the duo Compaxident. New releases just received come from saxophonist Chris Potter, English quartet Family Band, pianist Rebecca Nash also from England, Canadian bassist Zack Lober now living Continue Reading

January 12, 2023 #1290

This is an episode that mixes a continued look at some of my favourite releases of 2022 and new albums that have just arrived. Those include baritone saxophonist Dave Sewelson’s new “The Gate”, violinist Sano Nagano and some very interesting new European releases from guitarist Marc Ducret taking on the Continue Reading