Three new albums from Scandinavia bear serious listening: Swedish saxophonist Martin Kuchen always tells it like it is, and this time he does with Angles 11, a new group, and stunning album called “Tell Them It’s The Sound Of Freedom “. The music school in Trondheim, Norway continues to be an incubator for interesting bands, and the young but risk-taking Lightning Trio is another product of that Conservatory. Danish saxophonist Cecilie Strange has been making waves for a while now, and her new “Beech” reveals a saxophonist who loves melody, soulfulness with a twist of power. Also new, another brilliant piece of work from Matthew Shipp, Toronto’s Lina Allemano Four, German saxophonist Timo Vollbrecht with a killer quintet, two new albums from Driff Records in Boston, and a peek at the next big release by vibraphonist Patricia Brennan. And of course there’s more great tunes, including remembrances of Sheila Jordan and Joseph Daley who passed this week – the brightest of lights.
00:00 Luke Stewart * The Order – Cuneiform * Silt Remembrance * USA
05:57 Host speaks
08:07 Matthew Shipp * The Cosmic Piano – Cantaloupe * Cosmic Junk Jazz DNA * USA
16:04 Miguel Angelo Trio * Distopia – + Records * Imaginary Time * Portugal
20:25 Ivo Perelman * A Modicum Of The Blues – Fundacja Sluchaj * A Modicum Of The Blues Part 2 * USA
25:19 Host speaks
27:32 Cecilie Strange * Beech – April * Written In Runes * Denmark
37:36 Joseph Daley * The Seven Deadly Sins – JARO * Lust * USA
49:56 Sheila Jordan & Steve Kuhn Trio * Little Song – High Note * Deep Tango * USA
56:38 Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown * I’ve Grown Accustomed To The Bass – High Note * Good Morning Heartache * USA
1:02:45 Host speaks
1:05:01 Eva Novoa, Daniel Carter & Francisco Mela * The Freedom Suite – 577 Records * Free To Be Free * USA
1:09:44 Luisa Muhr, Daniel Carter, Kenneth Jimenez & Alfred Vogel * Under Over World – Boomslang * Got At It * USA
1:16:03 Blink * Blink – Driff * Hop * USA
1:24:02 Host speaks
1:26:54 Lina Allemano Four * The Diptychs – Lumo * Over Easy * Canada
1:36:33 John O’Gallagher * Ancestral – Whirlwind * Altar Of The Ancestors * USA
1:42:44 John O’Gallagher * Ancestral – Whirlwind * Contact * USA
1:48:06 Host speaks
1:50:17 Patricia Brennan * Of The Near And Far – Pyroclastic * Antlia * USA
1:57:44 Mathieu Donarier Quartet * Coastline – Yolk * The Walk * France
2:04:23 Tomas Fujiwara Percussion Quartet * Dream Up – Out Of Your Head * Recollection Of A Dance * USA
2:09:47 Host speaks
2:11:46 Timo Vollbrecht * Bremen New York – Berthold * Pau * Germany
2:20:57 Lightning Trio * Lightning Trio – Jazzland * McQueen’s Disco * Norway
2:24:54 Pandelis Karayorgis, Noah Campbell & Brittany Karlson * Atmos – Driff * Here In July * USA
2:34:32 Host speaks
2:37:22 Martin Kuchen & Angles 11 * Tell Them It’s The Sound Of Freedom – Fundacja Sluchaj * Tell Them It’s The Sound Of Freedom * Sweden