March 17, 2022 #1247

Master bassist Michael Formanek calls the music on his new “Were We Where We Were” palindromic music. During the lockdowns he began to hear and see music differently. The new album with his Drome Trio is definitely worth checking out. A couple more new releases from Intakt Records debut, both Continue Reading

March 10, 2022 #1246

This week features a pair of Polish trumpet players: Tomasz Dabrowski and Piotr Damasiewicz. Dabrowski’s group & album are called The Individual Beings, a phrase he learned from his mentor Tomasz Stanko, and he was able to use one of Stanko’s prized horns for the session. Damasiewicz frequently explores global Continue Reading

March 3, 2022 #1245

Highlights for this episode: new piano trio releases from Germany’s Felix Hauptman, Barber Mouse from Italy, and Sweden’s Lisa Ullen. Another trio, this one reeds/bass/drums, is Montreal trio Nebula. They’ve just released a freewheeling live concert done last year, while Vancouver’s Gordon Grdina’s Arabic-leaning Haram also hit the studio around Continue Reading