The best thing about doing a jazz program independent of any rules, management, demanding sponsors, etc. is that I can play anything I want to bring to your ears. Usually half of each week’s playlist is new, and that’s the case this week. I happened upon “Abstract Emotions” by Oversáez, a trio out of Germany, quite by chance, rolling through Bandcamp.com. I put the brakes on and listened to this whole album. Led by pianist Sandro Sáez, the band is in new territory for jazz trios. Expect to hear this one often. The great Roscoe Mitchell is heard after a long absence from playlists, this time playing only bass saxophone. England’s Theon Cross gets much recognition for his tuba skills which are front and center on his new “Affirmations: Live At Blue Note New York” which features saxophonist Isaiah Collier. There are four new albums from European bands this week, with three of them coming from Italy: Dalaiquartet, Dooom Orchestra and Gulliver with guest Roberto Ottaviano. Germany’s Bastian Menz also debuts on OMJ, as does the Chicago trio Hanging Hearts. There’s also a look back at the important avant garde saxophonist Marco Eneidi, an often overlooked influence on the California scene.
00:00 Evans Robson Quartet * Zenith – Lamplight * The Running Tide * Australia
07:08 host speaks
09:44 Oversaez * Abstract Emotions – Self-released * Distorted Dream * Germany
17:07 Keefe Jackson, Jakob Heinemann & Adam Shead * Stinger – Irritable Mystic * Easy * USA
23:36 Joao Martins * Oximoro – Carimbo Porta Jazz * Ligados Pela Interrupcao * Portugal
21:53 host speaks
30:14 Roscoe Mitchell * One Head Four People – Balance Point * Ruff Ruff Ruffy & Squeaky * USA
37:20 Mathias Landaeus, Nina De Heney & Kresten Osgood * Dissolving Particles – Self-released * Asteroid Heroes * Sweden
42:59 Felix Henkelhausen Quintet * The Excruciating Pain Of Boredom – Enja * Shimmering * Germany
53:47 host speaks
56:01 Theon Cross * Affirmations: Live At Blue Note New York – New Soil x Division 81 * Play To Win * England
1:03:14 Alan Niblock, John Butcher & Mark Sanders * Tectonic Plates – 577 Records * Mantle Plume * Ireland/England
1:11:07 Dalaiquartet * Brazzaville – Aut Records * Dalaitrioo * Italy
1:15:22 host speaks
1:18:25 Marco Eneidi Quintet * Wheat Fields Of Kleylehof – Balance Point * Wheat Fields Of Kleylehof Part 1 * USA
1:29:56 Dalaiquartet * Brazzaville – Aut Records * Parodia Di Un Incontro * Italy
1:34:52 Hanging Hearts * Where’s Your Head At? – Ropeadope * Flock Up And Fly * USA
1:40:51 host speaks
1:42:07 Bastian Menz Trio * Everything In Between – A. MA Records * Caught In The Middle * Germany
1:48:31 Dooom Orchestra * Our Sea Lies Within II – Aut Records * EWHPTIV * Italy
1:53:16 Peter Ehwald Stefan Schultze & Tom Rainey * Public Radio – Jazzwerkstatt * Limestone & Seared * Germany/USA
1:59:24 host speaks
2:01:32 Gulliver & Roberto Ottaviano * The Billia Session – Dodicilune * El Pueblo Unido * ,Italy