The much-honoured and revered saxophonist/flautist/composer/innovator Henry Threadgill and his band Zooid have just released “Poof” and it’s part of this episode of OMJ. Another jazz monster is also aboard: Samsungtablet has Rivers, on a new archive recording from NoBusiness. “Undulation” finds him working with a quartet that included a guitarist. There’s some music from a Japanese avant quartet from 1975 led by Itaru Oki, and a somewhat unusual four bassists and a tuba taking the concept of the bottom end in an unexpected direction. Both of those are also on No Business. Jane Ira Bloom and Allison Miller hooked up on Tuesdays during the pandemic to create “Tues Days”, an all-improv affair. Keyboardist Christopher Parker makes his debut as a leader on “Soul Food” with an outstanding band, and I set out to explore more music from pianist Paula Chocron from Buenos Aires.
00:00 Sam Rivers Quartet * Archive Series Volume 5 Undulation – NoBusiness * Tenor Sax Section II * USA
05:35 Host speaks
07:43 Sam Rivers Quartet * Archive Series Volume 5 Undulation – NoBusiness * Tenor Sax Section I * USA
19:09 Sean Conly * The Buzz – 577 Records * Euterpe * USA
23:20 Il Sogno * Graduation – Auand * Turiya & Ramakrishna * Italy/Denmark
30:13 Host speaks
31:54 Itaru Oki * Live At Jazz Spot Combo 1975 – NoBusiness * Combo Session 1 * Japan
45:51 Federico Isasti * Imago – Ears&Eyes * Una Dia Volvimos * Argentina
52:58 Host speaks
54:47 Henry Threadgill’s Zooid * Poof – Pi Recordings * Come And Go * USA
1:02:09 OGJB Quartet * Bamako – Tum Records * Bamako * USA
1:08:36 Host speaks
1:10:50 Christopher Parker & Band Of Guardian Angels * Soul Food – Mahakala * Over Your Own Two Feet * USA
1:20:53 Ember * Ember – Sunnyside * Peace Of Deoxygenated Sleep * USA
1:26:46 Nick Fraser Quartet * If There Were No Opposites – Hat Hut Ezzthetics * Table 49 The Rex Hotel * Canada
1:36:05 Host speaks
1:38:08 Szilard Mezei Tubass Quintet * Rested Turquoise – NoBusiness * Simfle Sonk * Serbia
1:46:02 Claudia Quintet * Evidence-Based – Flexatonic * Entitlement * USA
1:55:31 Host speaks
1:57:02 Paula Shocron * Tensegridad – Hat Hut * Vera * Argentina
2:03:38 Air * Air Mail – Black Saint * B.K. * USA
2:12:32 Host speaks
2:13:30 Marc Johnson * Overpass – ECM * Samurai Fly * USA
2:17:40 Dave Douglas * Dizzy Atmosphere – Greenleaf * Cadillac * USA
2:23:40 Marcin Stefaniak Trio * Unveiling – Alpaka * Wheelers * Poland
2:29:48 Host speaks
2:31:20 Jane Ira Bloom & Allison Miller * Tues Days – Outline * The Wild Frontier * USA
2:39:47 Nathan Clevenger Group * Stateless – Slow & Steady * Things We Kept From The Fire * USA
2:46:31 Ben Goldberg * Everything Happens To Be – B.A.G. * To-Ron-To * USA
2:51:59 Host speaks
2:52:55 James Gilmore * Decorating Time – Self-released * Crazy * USA