February 9, 2023 #1294

This edition presents some hard-hitting free improvisation from a trio of releases on the Relative Pitch label, a long-dormant unreleased session of some important saxophonists from the 90s San Francisco scene, a full hour of recent music from Europe, and two tracks from a new recording by the inimitable drummer Continue Reading

February 2, 2023 #1293

In the previous edition of OMJ I featured a lot of terrific bassists throughout the playlist. There are more this time around too, but let me tag a few specifically: Antii Lotjonen with a new recording with his Quintet East, France’s Hubert Dupont and Trio Aurore, young Arizona bassist Andrew Continue Reading

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