New releases dominate this episode, including the exotic sounds of the Korean zither – the gayageum – as played by Do Yeon Kim, whose brilliance has been showing up on many albums of late. “Wellspring”, though, is her first as a leader. It’s very different, challenging, and unique. Nite Bjuti, that one-of-a-kind trio, has just released “Minwi”, their second album, and its pointed at the Caribbean diaspora and social issues. Josilemi is a powerhouse trio of Joe Fonda bass, Silke Eberhard saxophone & Emil Gross drums, and they push the envelope on their new “Hear This”. Drummer Jeff Cosgrove is back with the first of a planned series of recordings; there are two duos from France (Christine Wodrascka & Bernard Santacruz and Florian Chaigne & Cyril Trochu who record in darkness because Trochu is blind) and a pair of brilliant pianists – Satoko Fujii & Myra Melford. The German quartet, Alm, makes its OMJ debut as does the Charles Downs Quartet, while the frequently heard and recently acknowledged as a Guggenheim Fellow, James Brandon Lewis, is heard twice – on Dave Douglas’ new “Transcend” and on his own “These Are Soulful Days” with the Lutosławski Quartet from Poland. Much to like in this one.
00:00 Brian Krock Quartet * No One Can Really See – Self-released * Ghoulish Skin * USA
06:11 Host speaks
07:53 Josilemi * Hear This – FSR Records * In The Whitecage * USA/Germany/Austria
22:59 Daniel Erdmann’s Therapie-de-Couple * I Wanna Hold Your Hand Francois – BMC Records * Muskatness Herr Miller * France
28:12 Jeff Cosgrove * Two Jeffs – Self-released * Clarinet Ya-Yas * USA
37:30 Host speaks
39:21 Nite Bjuti * Minwi – Intakt * Black Mermaid * USA
45:42 Alm * Alm – Boomslang * Preach * Germany
51:46 Pierpaolo Zenni * N.O.P.E. (Nothing Outstanding Please Exit) – Aut Records * No Other Land/Silence * Italy
1:03:35 Host speaks
1:05:28 Do Yeon Kim * Wellspring – Tao Forms * The Beats Of Distant Thunder * South Korea
1:12:21 Florian Chaigne & Cyril Trochu * Oculus – Inouie * René Cens * France
1:16:25 Christine Wodrascka & Bernard Santacruz * Oblic – FSR Records * Et Si On * France
1:22:24 Host speaks
1:24:14 Dave Douglas * Transcend – Greenleaf * Energy Field * USA
1:32:01 Columbia Icefield * A Silence Opens – Out Of Your Head * You Taste * USA
1:43:17 Charles Downs Quartet * Inner – ESP-Disk * Inner 4 * USA
1:52:13 Host speaks
1:54:38 Satoko Fujii & Myra Melford * Katarahi – Rogue Art * Kaiwa * Japan/USA
2:05:05 Peter Ehwald & Ensemble Su * Tauchen – Independent * Tauchen * Germany
2:11:43 Host speaks
2:14:29 James Brandon Lewis & Lutosławski Quartet * These Are Soulful Days – Tao Forms * Movement III * USA/Poland