October 16, 2025 #1432

Drummer -led quartets are featured in the new releases this week:  Berlin’s Joe Hertenstein with Ray Anderson, Michael Formanek & Michael Moore; French drummer Raphael Pannier with Yosvanny Terry, Francois Moutin & Thomas Ehnco; Gert Jan Dreesen from Belgium with Bram DeLooze, Jean Paul Estievenart & Cyrille Obermuller; plus Slovenian saxophonist Igor Lumpert with Leo Genovese, Drew Gress & Damion Reid. You’ll hear music from Finnish trumpeter Mikko Pettinen‘s return from a rare disease, the late English pianist John Taylor with “Tramonto”, newly released from the ECM vaults, featuring Mark Johnson on bass and Joey Baron on drums, and saxophonist Muriel Grossman’s new “Breakthrough”. The show closes with a memoriam for free jazz drummer Abbey Rader who passed away in September.

00:00 Revolutionary Snake Ensemble * Serpentine – Cuneiform * Strange Cults * USA
05:11 Host speaks
06:57 Joe Hertenstein & Ray Anderson * The 7th Dinner Live – Fundacja Sluchaj * The 7th Dinner * USA
15:46 Zack Lober’s NoFill3r * So We Could Live – Zennez * Joe Type Tune * Canada
19:46 Trio Of Bloom * Trio Of Bloom – Pyroclastic * Bend It * USA
26:30 Host speaks
28:43 John Taylor Trio * Tramonto – ECM * Up Too Late * England40:51 Wrens * Half Of What You See – Out Of Your Head * Crayola * USA
47:12 Wadada Leo Smith, Jakob Bro & Marcus Gilmore * Murasaki – Loveland * Heart Language * USA/Denmark
55:19 Host speaks
56:44 Muriel Grossmann * Breakthrough – RRGEMS * Already Here * Spain
1:06:11 Russ Lossing Trio * Proximity Alert – Blaser Music * Emphasis My Own * USA
1:12:49 Raphael Pannier Quartet * Take Five – Live In Saint Louis Senegal – Miel * Lonely Woman * France
1:25:15 Host speaks
1:28:06 Igor Lumpert Quartet * Resistance Of The Earth – Ears & Eyes * Resistance Of The Earth * Slovenia
1:35:24 Sam Weinberg Trio * Of Peeling Passage: Live at Sisters – Self-released * Freda * USA
1:41:57 Joe Hertenstein & Ray Anderson * The 7th Dinner Live – Fundacja Sluchaj * Fourdance * USA
1:49:02 Host speaks
1:50:37 Gert Jan Dreesen * Angle Of Incidence – Hypnote * Dreamteam * Belgium
1:57:19 Otherlands Trio * Star Mountain – Intakt * Lateral Line * USA
2:01:41 Mikko Pettinen Why Not * Patient Patient – Eclipse Music * Iron Head * Finland
2:08:33 Host speaks
2:13:33 Abbey Rader Trio * To Ignite The Fire – Abray * Celestial Call * USA