March 24, 2022 #1248

Another of those internationally flavoured shows this week, with music from Poland, Colombia, Germany, South Africa (drummer Asher Gamedze plus a tribute to Dudu Pukwana), Scandinavia, Finland and Switzerland. Things wrap with a long set featuring music by artists who contributed music to the Finnish We Jazz Records to create Continue Reading

March 17, 2022 #1247

Master bassist Michael Formanek calls the music on his new “Were We Where We Were” palindromic music. During the lockdowns he began to hear and see music differently. The new album with his Drome Trio is definitely worth checking out. A couple more new releases from Intakt Records debut, both Continue Reading

March 10, 2022 #1246

This week features a pair of Polish trumpet players: Tomasz Dabrowski and Piotr Damasiewicz. Dabrowski’s group & album are called The Individual Beings, a phrase he learned from his mentor Tomasz Stanko, and he was able to use one of Stanko’s prized horns for the session. Damasiewicz frequently explores global Continue Reading