June 4, 2026 #1464 ——
I was having so much fun putting this playlist together, I had to tell myself to stop and save some of the new releases for next week. James Brandon Lewis probably feels the same way. He keeps releasing exceptional music, and his latest with his quartet – “Omni” – opens and closes this show. There’s a definite “gospel” feel woven into his continuously developing Molecular Systematic Music. As is often the case, JBL is one of a number of saxophonists stepping up this week. English stalwart Paul Dunmall appears twice, with a younger band on his own “Afraid To Speak” and on a vintage collection of tunes by the late-80s English quartet, Tenor Tonic, which never recorded an album. The music on “That’s Our Life” comes from home sessions and various gigs. Ivo Perelman also appears twice – in an eye-popping quartet with Matthew Shipp, William Parker and Bobby Kapp & in duet fashion with bassist Damon Smith. Hot Heros with saxophonist Sami Sippola debut their latest, while German Gebhard Ullmann lets his saxophones speak loudly on “Coffee And Beans”. John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” gets revisited by the Danish Radio Big Band featuring harmonica whiz Mathias Heise, the Mat Maneri Quartet present the third in a trilogy for Sunnyside Records, South Korean drummer Soojin Suh‘s trio, and guitar aficionados will jump for joy to hear a new archival release by ECM with Mick Goodrick joining pianist Fred Hersch. Enjoy!
00:00 Host speaks
02:18 James Brandon Lewis Quartet * Omni – Intakt * Spirit Of The Living Dead * USA
12:45 Mathieu Mazué * Turn Of Events – 577 Records * Fibule * France
18:42 Liba Villavecchia Trio * Eclipse Aciago – Self-released * Toniecka * Spain
23:28 Host speaks
26:12 Soojin Suh Coloris Trio * Prism Of Existence – Endectomorph * Doors Of Perception * S. Korea
32:38 Florian Chaigne & Cyril Trochu * Oculus – Inouie * Cathédrales * France
36:27 Paul Dunmall * Afraid to Speak – Discus * Am Equally Afraid Not To Speak * England
48:18 Host speaks
50:55 Hot Heros * Tahtisilma – Puro * Parhaalle Ystavalle * Finland
57:05 Caleb Curtis Wheeler * Ritual – Chill Tone * Black Box Extraction * USA
1:01:38 Enten Eller * Lisistrata – Self-releasedTorquemada * Italy
1:12:42 Host speaks
1:15:44 Mathias Heise & The Danish Radio Big Band * A Love Supreme Revisited – April Records * Psalm/Alabama * Denmark
1:26:13 Marion Brown * Live In Europe 1968 & 1972 – NoBusiness * 61 to Erie Basin * USA
1:36:48 Host speaks
1:38:50 Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, William Parker & Bobby Kapp * Synesthesia – Defkaz * Track 3 * USA
1:52:31 Micah Thomas * Lucid – Self-released * Interface * USA
1:59:53 Alexander Hawkins * No Nation But Imagination – Intakt * Resolution Each and Every * England
2:04:43 Host speaks
2:07:11 Gebhard Ullmann * Coffee And Berries – Trouble In The East/ESP- Disk * The Thing * Germany
2:14:39 Bobby Previte * Second Arrow – Unit Record * Range * USA
2:21:54 Ivo Perelman & Damon Smith * Duologue; Core Of Existence – Squid Note * Track 9 * USA
2:26:15 Host speaks
2:29:16 Mick Goodrick & Fred Hersch * Feebles, Fables And Ferns – ECM * Five Excursions * USA
2:38:19 Hannah Marks Quartet * Feed The Fire – Endectomorph * Aggro * USA
2:43:56 Alan Skidmore’s Tenor Tonic * That’s Our Life – Jazz In Britain * Marriage In India * England
2:52:29 Host speaks
2:54:54 Mat Maneri Quartet * Mist – Sunnyside * Achlys * USA
3:03:23 Nite Bjuti * Minwi – Intakt * Wombfire * USA
3:09:10 Host speaks
3:10:01 James Brandon Lewis Quartet * Omni – Intakt * Testify * USA