Drummer Franklin Kiermyer’s jet propulsion style has not been heard on One Man’s Jazz for a spell, so his “Scatter The Atoms That Remain” is a welcome sound. The Montreal native has always been connected to John Coltrane, particularly the spiritual aspect. He’s been spending much of the last few years in the Far East focused on meditation and practice under the guidance of a Tibetan master. The energy that Franklin has been building up explodes on the new album. Bassist Pascal Niggenkemper is also a returnee of sorts; it was great to receive his highly intelligent and creative “The Ocean Within Us”, with French saxophonist Sakina Abdou aboard. She’s rather brilliant. You’ll hear a debut from another excellent bassist, Ilaria Capalbo from Stockholm, German saxophonist Fabian Dudek’s first gig with his quartet, more from clarinetist Ben Goldberg’s “8X8 Collection”, and the inspiration meets the inspiree on “Utility Modern”, guitarist Brandon Seabrook’s latest featuring his first big influence, Bill Frisell. There’s also a set of Far East musicians – Korean komungo master Jin Hi Kim improvising with William Parker & Oliver Lake, and Chinese free jazz reed player, Lao Dan, freewheeling at Elastic Arts in Chicago.
00:00 Brittany Pitt Shapeshifter Trio * Shapeshifter – Lit Soc * Mentally Heavy * Canada
05:04 Host speaks
07:29 Pascal Niggenkemper * The Ocean Within Us – Subran Musiques * Diatomées * Germany/FFrance
17:55 Pascal Niggenkemper * The Ocean Within Us – Subran Musiques * Columns Of The Sea * Germany/France
22:43 Jacob Sacks & Eivind Opsvik * Two Miles A Day So Depending On – Loyal LabelvAwaits Melody * USA
26:56 Host speaks
28:26 Ilaria Capalbo * The Brightest Sun – BluenordvArrival * Sweden
35:47 Tonino Miano Trio * Moss-Electric – Aut Records * Chlorphilia * Italy
41:34 Brian Krock Quartet * No One Can Really See – Self-released * No One Can Really See * USA
47:53 Host speaks
50:19 Franklin Kiermyer * Scatter The Atoms That Remain – Gearbox * Maombi * Canada
57:47 Nicola Miller & Living Things * Spit! – Watch That Ends The Night * Telecommunication III * Canada
1:03:06 Frank Gratkowski, Seb Tramontana & Steve Beresford * Almost This – FSR * Residual Motion * Germany/Italy/England
1:13:25 Host speaks
1:15:04 Ben Goldberg * Spillway Four – B.A.G. Productions * 3-30-31 EC * USA
1:21:49 Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, William Parker & Bobby Kapp * Synesthesia – Defkaz * Track Four * USA
1:31:10 Ben Goldberg * Optical – B.A.G. Productions * Dematerializationalism * USA
1:35:59 Host speaks
1:38:09 Fabian Dudek * Recent – Furusato * Against * Germany
1:43:38 Miles Okazaki * Boomtown – Pi Records * Bighorn * USA
1:49:29 Chad Taylor Trio * The Daily Biological – Cuneiform * The Shepherd * USA
1:55:09 Host speaks
1:59:10 Jin Hi Kim * The Jin Hi Kim Collection – Neuma * Quagmire * S. Korea
2:09:54 Lao Dan * Klotski Live – Trost * Wandering Donkey * China
2:17:21 Host speaks
2:20:14 Brandon Seabrook * Utility Modern – Out Of Your Head * The Guitar Is A Weather Event Even * USA