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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

Where did the host go? Lost his voice or just not talking? This is another of those shows that’s 99% music. Just intros at the top of each hour. Enjoy some great music from, among other releases, the latest from saxophonists James Brandon Lewis, Nick Mazarella, Darius Jones, Patrick Shiroshi, Continue Reading

The much-honoured and revered saxophonist/flautist/composer/innovator Henry Threadgill and his band Zooid have just released “Poof” and it’s part of this episode of OMJ. Another jazz monster is also aboard: Samsungtablet  has Rivers, on a new archive recording from NoBusiness. “Undulation” finds him working with a quartet that included a guitarist. Continue Reading