Dec. 31, 2019 Nineteen recordings that stood out for me in a year filled with great music. I could easily stretch this list to three or four times the size. Note there are seven bass player-led recordings here (not the first time I’ve chosen a number of bassists) and six Continue Reading
December 26, 2019 #1132
As much as clarinetist Ben Goldberg’s “Good Day For Cloud Fishing” is filled with great music, it’s the concept that went into making this recording that is so very fascinating. Goldberg was a fan of poet Dean Young’s work, so Young became part of the project. The band would interpret Continue Reading
December 19, 2019 #1131
This episode turns up the heat with some freejazz/hardblowing from the Dave Sewelson Quartet, Steve Baczkowski/ Brandon Lopez/Chris Corsano trio, drummer Tony Irving with saxophonist Massimo Magee, Chris Pitsiokos’ CP Unit, and the best of Sweden’s non-mainstreamers led by bassist Torbjorn Zetterberg Satoko Fujii continues her “duo” regime, this time Continue Reading