The honours keep pouring in for the venerable saxophonist Marshall Allen, leader of the Sun Ra Arkestra. He turns 101 this month and to celebrate, the Philadelphia Ars Nova Workshop organization and Otherly Love Records is releasing “Live In Philadelphia” which finds Allen, Arkestra guitarist DMHOTEP and a new ensemble called Ghost Horizons and special guests with live performances at Solar Myth in Philly over the past two years. It’s the feature recording in this edition. Other noteworthy new releases come from a new piano-bass-drums trio of pianist Marian Dzukljev, bassist Christian Weber & drummer Michael Griener, Australian guitarist Damien Kingston, Swedish reed master Alberto Pinton, blistering alto player Tom Weeks, a pair of experimental NYC quartets (Tropos & History Dog), and the Hyperboreal Trio (drummer Axel Filip from Buenos Aires & saxophonist Signe Emmeluth from Denmark & Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten), plus a sample from “Birdly Serenade”, the latest from the David Murray Quartet.
00:00 Joe Fonda * Bass Of Operations – FSR Records * Fast * USA
03:48 Brittany Davis * Black Thunder – Loosegroove * Girl (Now We’re The Same) * USA
12:06 Host speaks
14:43 Marshall Allen * Live In Philadelphia – Otherly Love * We’ll Wait For You/Hit That Jive Jack * USA
19:52 Marshall Allen * Live In Philadelphia – Otherly Love * Space Ghost * USA
27:39 Matthias Landaeus Trio * Resilience – Self-released * Glömska av bly * Sweden
31:37 Host speaks
33:18 Hyperboreal Trio * Hyperboreal Trio – Relative Pitch * Ahuyentado * Argentina/Norway
40:34 John Gordon * Step By Step – Strata-East * Step By Step * USA
51:17 The Brass Company * Colors – Strata-East * Alias Buster Henry * USA
57:23 Host speaks
1:00:24 David Murray Quartet * Birdly Serenade – Impulse * Capistrano Swallow * USA
1:04:44 Jordi Cassagne & Barbastelle * Vestiges Ètèsien – Aut Records * Écueil * Belgium
1:11:49 Damien Kingston Quartet * Let The Light In – Self-released * Harmony * Australia
1:19:40 Host speaks
1:21:25 Marian Džukljev, ChristianWeber & Michael Griener * Industriesalon – Trouble In The East * Empty Gloves * Serbia/Switzerland/Germany
1:33:40 Nels Cline * Concentrik Quartet – Blue Note * Question Marks The Spot * USA
1:38:52 Hélène Labarriere * Puzzle – Jazzdor * À Travers La Vie * France
1:47:14 Host speaks
1:48:40 Tropos * Switches – Endectomorph * The Best Donuts In Pennsylvania * USA
1:53:49 Sana Nagano, Hery Paz, Max Johnson & Alfred Vogel * Chattering Teeth – Boomslang * The Elephant * USA
2:03:23 History Dog * Root Systems – Otherly Love * Field Recordings * USA
2:08:56 Host speaks
2:11:51 Alberto Pinton & Restless * Allt Större Klarhet – Moserobie * Suite For Clarinets – Allt Större Klarhet Part 1 * Sweden
2:17:08 The Young Mothers * Better If You Let It – Sonic Transmission * Hymn * Norway/USA
2:24:19 Host speaks
2:25:52 Tom Weeks Trio * Paranoid II – Wolfsblood * Gaye Sex * USA