May 5, 2022 #1254

Two previously unreleased recordings are featured in this episode, and both are from two of the giants of jazz: the free spirit of free jazz Albert Ayler and the indefatigable Charles Mingus. Both albums are from the 70s – Ayler in France (in his last recorded performance) and Mingus’ Lost Continue Reading

April 21, 2022 #1252

Two years ago, the quartet of Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp, William Parker and Gérald Cleaver recorded Welcome To Adventure for 577 Records in NYC. It became the best selling album in the history of 577. With four masters of improvisation like that, you’d expect they would have had much to Continue Reading