Featured new releases this episode include the sublime and meditative “Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens” by trumpet master Wadada Leo Smith and his long-time friend and fellow AACM member, pianist Amina Claudine Myers, 577 Records’ partners Daniel Carter, Matthew Putman & Federico Ughi recording as a trio for the first time, the return of Minneapolis’ Happy Apple with drummer Dave King, duo albums from drummer Francisco Mela with pianist Shinya Lin & clarinetist Francois Houle with pianist Benoit Delbecq, the Portuguese trio Linae, and a pair of excellent releases from NoBusiness Records – “Cosmic Waves” by Israeli saxophonist Albert Beger and his quartet, and the never-heard-before “Good News Blues” by bassoonist Karen Borca.
00:00 David Sanborn * Upfront – Elektra * Ramblin’ * USA
08:00 Host speaks
09:57 Karen Borca * Good News Blues – No Business * Something * USA
19:12 Elias Stemeseder & Christian Lillinger Quartet * Umbra II – Intakt * Dog * Switzerland/Germany
24:44 Janel Leppin Ensemble Volcano Ash * To March Is To Love – Cuneiform * Union Art * USA
30:51 Host speaks
33:55 Francois Houle & Benoit Delbecq * Poise – Afterday Audio * Bowen Island * Canada/France
40:14 Peter Van Huffel’s Callisto * Meandering Demons – Clean Feed * Glass Sanctuary * Canada
47:29 Francisco Mela & Shinya Lin * Motion Volume II – 577 Records * Part IV * USA
34:45 Host speaks
56:26 Happy Apple * New York CD – Sunnyside * Antonym Requiem (For GM) * USA
1:03:18 Daniel Carter, Matthew Putman & Federico Ughi * Stream Of A Dream – 577 Records * Fashion Stripes * USA
1:10:49 Host speaks
1:12:36 Linae * Continuum: Live A SMUP – Phonogram Unit * Part I * Portugal
1:23:55 Tahmela Six * Mount – Mustik Motel Music * Funus Parit * Finland
1:36:03 William Parker & Ellen Christi * Cereal Music – AUM Fidelity * Into My Heart * USA
1:40:30 Host speaks
1:42:38 Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers * Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir Lake Paths and GardensRed Hook * Albert Ayler: A Meditation In Light * USA
1:48:59 Juanma Trujillo * Howl – Endectomorph * Transient * USA
1:53:39 Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp * Magic Incantation – Soul City Sounds * Prayer * USA
1:58:31 Host speaks
2:00:39 Albert Beger Quartet * Cosmic Waves – NoBusiness * Into The Horizon * Israel