This episode celebrates International Women’s Day with a full program of great music by some of the finest women improvisers playing today, highlighted by music from a new album by guitarist Mary Halvorson & pianist Sylvie Courvoisier. Other recent arrivals come from Belgian bassist Yannick Peeters, drummer Sun Mi Hong from Amsterdam, Italian bassist Sylvie Bolognesi and her ensemble exploring Duke Ellington’s music, and the fiery trio from Germany led by saxophonist Silke Eberhard.
00:00 Nicole Mitchell & Haki Madhubuti * Liberation Narratives – Black Earth Music * Gwendolyn Brooks * USA
06:46 Host speaks
09:05 Myra Melford * Myra Melford Splash – Intakt * Streaming * USA
18:17 Fay Victor * Barn Songs – Northern Spy * Stealaway * USA
22:22 Steph Richards * Supersense – Northern Spy * Supersense * Canada
29:52 Host speaks
31:24 Yannick Peeters * Gingerblackginger – W.E.R.F. * GBG2 * Belgium
37:55 Satoko Fujii & Joe Fonda * Thread Of Light – FSR Records * Fallen Leaves Dance * Japan/USA
42:00 Angelika Niescier, Tomeka Reid & Savannah Harris * Beyond Dragons – Intakt * A Dance To Never End * Germany/USA
51:04 Host speaks
53:39 Mary Halvorson & Sylvie Courvoiser * Bone Bells – Pyroclastic * Esmerelda * USA
59:10 Caroline Davis * Heart Tonic – Sunnyside * Ocean Motion * USA
1:06:56 Sun Mi-Hong * Fourth Page: Meaning Of A Nest – Edition * Meaning Of A Nest 1. Finding * So. Korea
1:12:24 Host speaks
1:13:56 Silke Eberhard Trio * Being A Ning – Intakt * Rubber Boots * Germany
1:19:15 Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sol * Canto – Relative Pitch * Canto 1 – Donde Estan?USA/Chile
1:26:05 Corey Wright’s Green Mitchell Trio * Nature Channel – Queen Bee * Languorie * USA
1:31:18 Host speaks
1:34:20 Sylvia Bolognesi * Jungle Duke – Caligola * Half The Fun * Italy
1:39:23 Sandy Evans * When The Sky Cries Rainbows – ABC * Violet * Australia
1:47:25 Marilyn Crispell & Harvey Sorgen * Forest – FSR Records * Wolf Moon * USA
1:56:09 Host speaks
1:58:27 Anke Helfrich * We’ll Rise – Enja * We’ll Rise * Germany