December 22, 2022 #1287

It’s cold here in Winnipeg as I write this (cue the “isn’t it always” remarks) so going outside is not nice. It’s probably better if this edition of OMJ goes a little outside and I stay inside all warm and toasty. Music from the Burton Greene/Damon Smith/Rakalam Bob Moses Trio, Netherland’s Spinifex, Germany’s Gorilla Mask, Portugal’s Ricardo Toscano Trio, and Ganjibiri, an electric ensemble from Norway, are all well-beyond the mainstream. Even the Rakalam Bob Moses “When Elephants Dream Of Music” which opens the show was far from mainstream back in its day. The intensity cools a bit for two new trios from Europe, Blue Lines from Amsterdam and Francesco Negro from Italy, but basically this show is pretty much “outside”, but still very hot.

00:00 Rakalam Bob Moses * When Elephants Dream Of Music – Gramavision * Bugs Bunny * USA
08:26 Host speaks
10:36 Burton Greene, Damon Smith & Rakalam Bob Moses * Life’s Intense Mystery – Astral Spirits * Life’s Intense Mystery Part 1 * USA
26:33 Jonathan Lindhorst/Huw Williams * Constantly Moving Happiness Machines – Self-released * Constantly Moving Happiness Machines * Canada
31:05 Dan Weiss Trio * Dedication – Cygnus * For Tim Smith * USA
36:40 Host speaks
38:01 Spinifex * Spinifex Sings – Trytone * O Desmaio * Netherlands
47:30 Avram Fefer Quartet * Juba Lee – Clean Feed * Say You’re Sorry * USA
53:51 Host speaks
55:13 Blue Lines Trio * Change And Chance – Casco * Improvisation 2161/Home * Netherlands
1:02:12 Friends & Neighbors * The World Is # – Clean Feed * Joseph * Norway
1:12:18 Host speaks
1:13:10 Gorilla Mask * Mind Raid – Clean Feed * Do What We Can * Canada/Germany
1:20:40 Dan Phillips & Krzysztof Pabian * Intersecting Parallels – Lizard Breath * Intersecting Parallels Part 5 * USA
1:25:50 Sun-Mi Hong * Third Page: Resonance – Edition * Care Less * So. Korea
1:35:12 Host speaks
1:36:45 Ricardo Toscano Trio * Chasing Contradictions – Clean Feed * Suplica Vagas Paixoes * Portugal
1:42:31 Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano * Once Around The Room: Tribute To Paul Motian – ECM * As It Should * USA
1:47:48 Manuel Hermia * Freetet – Igloo * Scent Of A Trio * Belgium
1:53:07 Host speaks
1:54:32 Michael Jenner * Feed The Kitty – BreakfastForDinner * Cantabile * USA
2:03:59 Universal Quartet * Universal Quartet: Light – Ilk * For Randy Weston * Denmark/USA
2:10:10 Host speaks
2:11:49 Thomas Bergsten * Ganjibiri – Shpuma * Dive * Norway
2:20:11 Harish Raghavan * Calls For Action – Whirlwind * Seaminer * USA
2:30:03 Hot Heros * Days At The Rodeo – Eclipse Music * Nogalez * Finland
2:36:18 Host speaks
2:38:33 Devin Brahja Waldman * Watermelancholia – Cortizona * Watermelancholia * USA
2:47:01 A Love Supreme Electric * A Love Supreme & Meditation – Cuneiform * Resolution * USA
2:54:55 Host speaks
2:56:48 Francesco Negro Trio * Sospese Visioni – Dodicilune * Rifugio Nel Tempo * Italy
3:03:12 Francesco Negro Trio * Sospese Visioni – Dodicilune * Ida Lupino * Italy