One Man's Jazz

Two of the most important musical creators in today’s freer jazz world are bassist William Parker and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith. They are frequent flyers on One Man’s Jazz, and with both continuing to release vital and amazing new music, expect to hear them frequently. Such is the case for Continue Reading

Finding out that there’s a new Steve Coleman recording is an occasion to be excited, and when it’s with the always funky and rhythmic Five Elements band, that excitement ratches way up the scale. The new release is Coleman’s second live set recorded at the Village Vanguard in NYC. Other Continue Reading

Whenever Clean Feed Records drops its latest batch of new releases I am compelled to check them out and that’s the feature of this episode. Albums sampled come from Norway’s Friends & Neighbours, and three Portuguese ensembles – Joao Lencastre’s Communion, the Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble and The Rite of Continue Reading