October 28, 2021 #1227

What’s new, you ask? This week some trios debut new releases. Long time collaborators Matthew Shipp (piano), William Parker (bass) and Whit Dickey (drums) have a winner in “Village Mothership”, their first recording as a trio in many years. There are three new European trios to enjoy as well: Swiss Continue Reading

October 14, 2021 #1225

Something unexpected, something I wanted to play sooner, something by a good friend, and whole bunch more excellent somethings, dot this week’s playlist.  I didn’t know that the late Paul Motian had several unrecorded pieces of music, but that is the case, and English drummer Phelan Burgoyne brings those to Continue Reading