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Henry Threadgill last week and Henry Threadgill this week. This time he’s in the company of pianist Vijay Iyer and drummer Dafnis Prieto. With 15 years of playing as a trio (their first gig was a first-time meeting at the Jazz Gallery) it’s logical to call this new release “Fifteen”. Continue Reading

Another episode meeting the challenge of checking out the huge numbers of new releases coming in. First off, welcome back to the master, Henry Threadgill & Zooid, after a five-year hiatus. Threadgill’s not sitting back and conducting on this one, his bristling alto and impeccable flute work are front and Continue Reading

A pair of new record labels from Europe dropped in to say hello this week and left some excellent music to consider for One Man’s Jazz. I have played a couple of releases from Switzerland’s Unit Records along the way, but I did not know about Cipsela, an artist-run collective Continue Reading