This is a tidy 2 hours plus show with some great new releases. Japan’s power couple of the avant garde, Natsuki Tamura & Satoko Fujii are releasing “Ki”, their tenth as a trumpet/piano duet, and this one is special, as they go the balladic route which might raise some eyebrows since they are both known for fiery and vital music. NY saxophonist Sam Weinberg decided the time was right to record his trio at their monthly gig home – Sister’s in Brooklyn, and that cohesion built up over countless gigs makes this trio one to reckon with. Singer/poet Lisa Marie Simmons is back with her third volume of “Notespeak”, and doesn’t disappoint as she takes on the ills and injustice of society. Earscratcher, the raunchy quartet from Chicago, is back with their second album, as is San Francisco alto saxophonist Beth Schenk – “Dahlia” comes out 15 years after her debut. There’s lots more good music in this one
00:00 Martin Kuchen Angles 11 * Tell Them It’s The Sound Of Freedom – FSR Records * A Night in Schwabistan * Sweden
10:14 Host speaks
12:38 Terri Lynne Carrington & Christie Dashiell * We Insist! – Candid * Tears For Johannesburg * USA
20:28 Aruan Ortiz * Creole Renaissance – Piano Solo – Intakt * The Haberdasher * USA
25:50 TiTiTi * Azba – Non-Aligned * Puppeteer * Slovenia
34:03 Host speaks
35:30 Earscratcher * Otoliths – Aerophonic * Umbo * USA
44:15 Smooth Elevator * Moving Target – Losen * Blues For Bologna * Italy
50:40 Daniel Sommer, Thommy Anderson & Artturi Ronka * Lost Threads – April * Den Ensommes Dans * Denmark/Finland
56:41 Host speaks
58:30 Beth Schenk Quintet * Dahlia – Queen Bee * Every Riven Thing * USA
1:03:24 Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten’s Exit Knarr * Drops – Sonic Transmissions * Drops * Norway
1:08:37 Cecilie Strange * Beech – April * Skrova Fyr * Denmark
1:15:48 Host speaks
1:17:32 Pandelis Karayorgis Trio * Climbing To Sleep – Driff * Submerged Steps * USA
1:23:47 Chicago Edge Ensemble * Paradoxes To Freedom – Lizard Breath * Paradoxes To Freedom * USA
1:33:55 Sam Weinberg Trio * Of Peeling Passage – Live at Sisters – Self-released * Arunthru * USA
1:41:45 Host speaks
1:43:57 Natsuki Tamura & Satoko Fujii * Ki – Libra * Kunugi * Japan
1:51:41 Bruno Angelini, Angelika Niescier & Sakina Abdou * Lotus Flowers – Abalone * Madres De Plaza De Mayo * France/Germany
1:58:41 Host speaks
2:00:21 Lisa Marie Simmons * Notespeak (In A Word) – Ropeadope * Winner Takes All * USA
2:06:12 Lisa Marie Simmons * Notespeak (In A Word) – Ropeadope * Once Upon This Time * USA