So much amazing music this episode! The summer releases from Clean Feed are out and two of them debut: the blistering Larry Ochs-Aram Shelton Quartet and a second album from Martin Kuchen and the Landaeus Trio. Then how to describe the Mat Walerian Okuden Quartet with the multi-reedist leading Matthew Continue Reading
August 6, 2020 #1164
August has arrived, and with it, some excellent new recordings that I immediately placed on my potential favourites of 2020. One comes from the trio of saxophonist Jason Robinson, bassist Bruno Räberg & drummer Bob Weiner. The “Urgency Of Now” has all the ingredients for a most memorable recording. Another Continue Reading
July 30, 2020 #1163
Albert Ayler’s “Music is the healing force of the universe” was in the minds of the Mark Harvey Group as they began a performance in Boston in October 1971. Their concert was a musical celebration and meditation, honouring souls departed and souls surviving that turbulent time in American culture. No Continue Reading