He’s back! Actually, it seems music by saxophonist James Brandon Lewis is always around. This time it’s his quartet with a new release on Intakt Records that continues JBL’s magical run. Perhaps young saxophonist Fall Raye will be find a similar path to acclaim and demand. Their new “Fall” is a terrific debut album. Acknowledged as one of today’s most brilliant pianists, Matthew Shipp’s new trio release confirms it even more, and he thinks this could be the last recording with bassist Michael Bisio and drummer Newman Taylor Baker – Shipp says it’s that good. Among the other notable albums this week from The Choir Invisible, French quintet Print, English violinist Theo May and 577 Records’ owner, drummer Federico Ughi.
00:00 Denys Baptiste * Let Freedom Ring – Dune * Let Freedom Ring * England
12:31 Aruan Ortiz * Pastor’s Paradox – Clean Feed * From Montgomery To Memphis * USA
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20:56 Federico Ughi * Infinite Cosmos Is Calling You You You Volume 1 – 577 Records * The Door Of The Cosmos Is Opening * USA
35:55 Nataniel Edelman Trio * Un Ruido De Agua – Clean Feed * Ripe Plums * Argentina
39:50 Mia Dyberg Trio * Timestretch – Clean Feed * Angular Acceleration * Denmark
45:23 Rick Countryman * The Second Bird – Self-released * Friction * Philippines
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52:39 Ahmed * Wood Blues – Astral Spirits * Wood Blues (excerpt) * England
1:00:14 Joseph Daley Tuba Trio * Tuba Chronicles Vol. 2 – JoDa Music * Reality * USA
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1:10:10 Theo May & Odd Unit * Alive In The Forest Of Odd – Discus * Politicians * England
1:16:00 Lina Allemano * Canons – Lumo * Twinkletunes * Canada
1:22:02 James Brandon Lewis * Eye Of I – Anti- * Fear Not * USA
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1:31:41 Print * Secrets For You – Le Triton * Eleven Dimensions * France
1:42:34 Jon Eberson Trio * Bring It On – Jazzaway * Berg’ N Blues * Norway
1:47:54 Micha Aftyka Quintet * Frukstrakt – Multikulti Music * Pozegnanie Slonca * Poland
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1:55:11 James Brandon Lewis Quartet * Transfiguration – Intakt * Transfiguration * USA
2:02:08 James Brandon Lewis Quartet * Transfiguration – Intakt * Empirical Perception * USA
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2:11:02 The Choir Invisible * Town Of Two Faces – Intakt * The Audition * USA
2:19:03 Eva Novoa * Novoa Gress Gray Trio Vol. 1 – 577 Records * Sushi At 6 * USA
2:23:29 Macondo Trio * Macondo – Off Records * Dokoue * Belgium
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2:28:15 Matthew Shipp Trio * New Concepts In Piano Jazz Trio – ESP Disk * The Function * USA
2:35:13 Meinrad Kneer Quintet * Der Zweite Streich – Jazzwerkstatt * 1986 * Germany
2:40:57 Anke Helfrich * We’ll Rise – Enja * We’ll Rise * Germany
2:47:31 Joel Grip * Jolly Boat Pirates – Umlaut * Alvaro * Sweden
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2:57:34 Fall Raye * Fall – Boomslang * Grey * USA