This episode features music from another independent record label in Europe, this time from the Krakow, Poland-based Audio Cave Records. The company has been in business since 2012, releasing jazz, electronic and alternative music. They spend a lot of attention into ensuring the sound of their products, whether cds, 180-gram vinyl or digital, is first class. Audio Cave releases music by up-and-coming as well as established artists.
In this show, you’ll hear tracks from established Polish bands like the Oles Brothers, Tadeusz Sudnik, and Silberman, along with Dutch flautist Mark Alban Lotz who recorded a live set in Wroclaw. One of those new artists for Audio Cave is saxophonist Wojciech Lichtanski, who is undoubtedly on his way to big things.
There’s also some new music from Harris Eisenstadt’s Old Growth Forest, Evan Parker with Jacob Anderskov’s Kinetic, Andrew Munsey, and Aussie veteran trumpeter Warwick Alder. It’s a good show. Enjoy!
00:00 Weather Report * Tale Spinnin’ – Columbia * Badia * USA
05:06 Host speaks
07:26 Tadeusz Sudnik * His Friends In Art – Audio Cave * Euforila * Poland
13:25 Dan Phillips Trio * Sound Energy In Space – Lizard Breath * Uranus Pass * USA
23:10 Tim Berne & Michael Formanek * Ornery People – Little Brother * Emerger * USA
32:59 Host speaks
34:45 Harris Eisenstadt * Old Growth Forest II – Astral Spirits * Needles/Singling * Canada
44:08 Andrew Munsey * High Tide – Birdwatcher * Schema * USA
50:11 Host speaks
51:16 Michael Vlatkovich 5 Winds * Five Of Us – pfMentum * For The Protection Of Yourself and Others You’ll Need To Wear Your Space Suit * USA
59:26 Mark Alban Lotz Trio * The Wroclaw Sessions – Audio Cave * Raaste Men * Netherlands
1:06:09 Host speaks
1:07:48 Wojciech Lichtański Questions * Iga – Audio Cave * On Green Dolphin Street * Poland
1:22:15 Eric Hofbauer’s Five Agents * Book Of Water – Creative Nation * Well Used Adjourning Joy * USA
1:31:56 Host speaks
1:33:04 Silberman Quartet * Asanisimasa – Audio Cave * Horyzunt Zdareń * Poland
1:39:56 Echo Chamber * Anti-nodal – Aut Records * Treppenwitz * Germany
1:46:12 Terkel Nørgaard * Terkel Nørgaard With Ralph Alessi – We Jazz * Ten * Finland
1:53:06 Host speaks
1:53:48 Samuel Ber * Maps and Synecdoches – Self-released * Flash Back * Belgium
1:58:27 Harris Eisenstadt * Old Growth Forest II – Astral Spirits * Nurse Logs * Canada
2:07:44 Host speaks
2:08:50 Evan Parker & Kinetic * Chiasm – Clean Feed * Copenhagen Part 1 * England/Denmark
2:13:18 Evan Parker & Kinetic * Chiasm – Clean Feed * Copenhagen Part II1 * England/Denmark
2:21:02 Albert Beger Quartet * The Gate – NoBusiness * The Gate * Israel
2:25:52 Host speaks
2:26:55 Warwick Alder * Duo Trio Quartet – Self-released * Inner Resource * Australia
2:35:33 Christoph Irniger Pilgrim * Crosswinds – Intakt * Big Wheel * Switzerland
2:44:15 Oles Brothers & Christopher Dell * Gorecki Ahead – Audio Cave * For You Anne Lill * Poland
2:48:32 Host speaks
2:50:50 Silberman Quartet * Asanisimasa – Audio Cave * Untitled 3 * Poland
July 18 #1110
Chicago’s amazing percussionist, Kahil El’Zabar, has been at the helm of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble since 1976. El’Zabar and saxophonist Edward Wilkerson Jr. began as a duo, but the Ensemble size swelled from time to time with the addition of various AACM musicians. For the most part it’s been a trio as it is today with baritone saxophonist Alex Harding and trumpeter Corey Wilkes joining El’Zabar, and the mission remains the same: pulse!, combining jazz with traditional African instrumentation and rhythm. A new album by the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is always a reason to celebrate and this episode debuts “Be Known: Ancient/Future/ Music”.
Another artist who’s been wending his way through the world of improvised music even longer than El’Zabar is Oregon-based saxophonist Rich Halley. He’s almost on a new release per year schedule. Of late, those albums have included players from Halley’s part of the country, but for the new “Terra Incognita” he draws upon the talents of familiar New Yorkers, bassist Michael Bisio, pianist Matthew Shipp and drummer Newman Taylor Baker.
Other new releases this time around come from Satoko Fujii with drummer Ramon Lopez, Polish duo the Oles Brothers, Swiss trumpeter Christof Mahnig & Die Abmahnung, Germany’s Zwitschermaschine, and Native Speaker from The Netherlands. As always, there’s much more to listen to.
00:00 Tori Freestone Trio * El Mar De Nubes – Whirlwind * Los Indianos * Grt Britain
07:57 Host speaks
11:28 Rich Halley * Terra Incognita – Pine Eagle * Forager * USA
22:45 Here’s To Us * Animals Wide And Tame – Hoob * Metaller Och Stenar * Sweden
29:49 Jason Stein Greg Ward Eric Revis & Jim Black * Nature Work – Sunnyside * Tah Dazzle * USA
37:24 Host speaks
39:19 Satoko Fujii * Confluence – Libra * Road Salt * Japan
47:44 Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen * Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen – We Jazz * Aero * Finland
50:51 Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen * Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen – We Jazz * Resolution Blue * Finland
53:58 Host speaks
55:19 Marcin & Bartlomiej Oleś Duo * Spirit Of Nadir – Audio Cave * Nadir * Poland
59:55 Jonathan Crompton * Intuit – New Lab * Suite In A Major * USA
1:10:42 Host speaks
1:12:27 Ethnic Heritage Ensemble * Be Known: Ancient/Future/ Music – Spiritmuse * Black Is Back * USA
1:22:24 The Pen Club * Data Retrieval – Eupaccia * Agitated * Australia
1:31:35 Peter Epstein & Idée Fixe * Abstract Realism – Origin * Creamy Center * USA
1:38:10 Host speaks
1:39:26 Christof Mahnig & Die Abmahnung * Red Carpet – Leo * Eric’s Breakfast * Switzerland
1:46:42 Rich Halley * Terra Incognita – Pine Eagle * Terra Incognita * USA
1:53:58 Host speaks
1:54:37 Daniel Carter Stelios Mihas & Federico Ughi * Radical Invisibility – 577 * Mrs. Myth * USA
1:59:04 Andrew Munsey * High Tide – Birdwatcher * High Tide * USA
2:04:39 Host speaks
2:06:12 Native Speaker * Native Speaker Album – Self-released * Frases Sueltas * Netherlands
2:18:16 Georg Ruby Trio * Village Zone – Jazzhausmusik * Violett * Germany
2:22:25 Zwitschermaschine * System For Us – WhyPlayJazz * Kein Unisono * Germany
2:30:37 Host speaks
2:31:39 Per Texas Johansson/Torbjorn Zetterberg/Konrad Agnas * Orakel – Moserobie * Oraklet På Ringvägen * Sweden
2:38:28 Joao Lencastre * Parallel Realities -FMR * Turbulent Journey * Portugal
2:47:37 Host speaks
2:48:22 Jakob Bro Trio * Streams – ECM * PM Dreams * Denmarkhttp://www.577records.com/5806
July 11 #1109
The artist-friendly Aut Records sent along some interesting albums, and the first section of this show features some of that music – different formats, different styles, all quality. After that, artists looking for a label (the trio of pianist Marilyn Lerner, bassist Ken Filiano and drummer Lou Grassi). You’ll hear music from two different albums from Slovenian saxophonist Cene Resnik, tracks from Portuguese trumpeter Gonçalo Marques and Austrian saxophonist Fabian Rucker, and much, much more.
00:00 Hot Heros * Days After The Rodeo – Eclipse Music * Devotion & Other Things * Finland
09:22 Host speaks
11:28 Echo Chamber * Antinodal – Aut Records * Jabazzu’s Dream * Germany
20:38 Echo Chamber * Antinodal – Aut Records * Passo Navene * Germany
28:08 Hanam Quintet * Live At Nicodemus Church – Aut Records * Free Transition #2 * Germany
35:25 Host speaks
36:34 Brotherhood * Oak – Aut Records * If In Doubt Ask * Italy
43:01 Emile Parisien Quartet * Spezial Snack – Act * Francois * France
49:32 Yusef Komunyakaa Mike Brown & David Cieri * Dark Furniture – Ropeadope * Rock Me * USA
52:20 Host speaks
53:42 Roger Rota * Octo – Aut Records * Gidambaa * Italy
59:50 Milton Man Gogh * XXXX Bitter Irony – Self-released * Cradle Failure * Australia
1:08:41 Host speaks
1:09:47 Marilyn Lerner, Ken Filiano & Lou Grassi * Untitled – Self-released * Mix #6 * Canada/USA
1:20:47 Caroline Davis * Alula – New Amsterdam * Vortex Generator * USA
1:25:38 Terkel Nørgaard * Terkel Nørgaard With Ralph Alessi – We Jazz * Twenty-one * Finland
1:32:05 Host speaks
1:33:05 Matt Mitchell * Phalanx Ambassadors – Pi * Phasic Haze Ramps * USA
1:47:57 Tony Malaby * Sabino – Arabesque * Mia * USA
1:57:39 Host speaks
1:58:17 Gentiane MG * Wonderland – Effendi * Wonderland Pt 1 Comeback * Canada
2:02:45 Gentiane MG * Wonderland – Effendi * Wonderland Pt 2 Shadows * Canada
2:05:59 Gentiane MG * Wonderland – Effendi * Wonderland Pt 3 Unbearable * Canada
2:10:55 Cene Resnik Jaz Drevo * Cycles And Lullabies – Palomar * Strange Lullaby * Slovenia
2:19:10 Host speaks
2:20:59 Cene Resnik Free Stellar Trio * Age of Chaos – Clean Feed * Age of Chaos (excerpt) * Slovenia
2:34:17 Satoko Fujii * Stone – Libra * Basalt * Japan
2:37:32 Satoko Fujii * Stone – Libra * Icy Wood * Japan
2:40:58 Fabian Rucker * Hypocritical Mass – BMC * Mantra * Austria
2:48:54 Host speaks
2:50:33 Gonçalo Marques * Linhas – Porta-Jazz * 1.5 * Portugal
July 4 #1108
Music tells story as much as a storyteller, dance, theatre, etc. This episode features some definite stories wrapped in improvisation. Vancouver guitarist Tony Wilson has already written a fictional novella about an addicted busker surviving on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Tony lived on that street, and his story came out in a recording called “A Day’s Life.” Now he’s back with another revelatory piece of work: “This Way Through The Forest”, music (part of a multi-media presentation) that shares his story as a teenager living at St. Joseph’s Training School in Ontario, a place that was fraught with physical and sexual abuse of the boys who were sent there. This album debuts on this episode of One Man’s Jazz.
Twenty-year-old saxophonist Isaiah Collier is writing his own story every time he steps on the stage. Steeped in the traditions of Chicago and the AACM, Collier has been drawing the attention of the jazz world. His new recording “The Unapologetic Negro” displays some of that fire and power. You’ll want to listen to his music.
New recordings also appearing on the show come from Japanese reed man Akihiro Yoshimoto, the German powerhouse ensemble Zwitschermaschine, guitarist Dan Phillips, Aussie saxophonist Jon Crompton and Portuguese drummer Joao Lencastre and a new quartet. In fact there’s a good sampling of the Portuguese scene in the persons of André Carvalho, Gabriel Ferrandini, and The Attic. I hope you like the music. It’s hard as nails.
00:00 André Carvalho * The Garden Of Earthly Delights – Outside In * The Forlorn Mill * Portugal
05:57 Anti-Rubber Brain Factory * Ensueños Burlescos Peligrosos y Misticos de Tierras Mexicanas – Le Fondeur de Son * Danza De La Culebra * France
10:24 Host speaks
12:45 Isaiah Collier * The Unapologetic Negro – self-released * Closed Doors * USA
25:09 Angles 9 * Beyond Us – Clean Feed * Against The Permanent Revolution * Sweden
33:36 Volpe * Volpe – self-released * Tokkel * Belgium
38:24 Host speaks
39:40 Akihiro Yoshimoto * Nostalgic Farm – self-released * Enpitsu Hiko * Japan
42:37 Le Rex * Escape Of The Fire Ants – Cuneiform * Strong Woods * Switzerland
47:40 Host speaks
48:56 Zwitschermaschine * System For Us – WhyPlayJazz * Unisono I II III * Germany
59:12 Eric Hofbauer’s Five Agents * Book Of Water – Creative Nations * Water Understands Civilization Well * USA
1:09:04 Host speaks
1:11:14 Tony Wilson * This Way Through The Forest – Self-released * Sash’s Dream * Canada
1:22:43 Gabriel Ferrandini * Volupias – Clean Feed * Rua Academia Das Ciences * Portugal
1:29:01 Dan Phillips Trio * Sound Energy In Space – Lizard Breath * Emphatic Resonance * USA
1:36:05 Host speaks
1:38:00 Jon Crompton * Intuit – New Lab * Intuit * USA
1:48:47 Kenneth Jimenez Trio * Sublunary Minds – Self-released * What’s The Frequency? * USA
1:52:03 Host speaks
1:53:10 Casino Di Terra * Cosa Potrebbe Accadere – Aut * Orlando * Italy
1:58:04 Albert Beger Quartet * The Gate – NoBusiness * This Is It! * Israel
2:08:04 Whit Dickey & Kirk Knuffke * Drone Dream – NoBusiness * Oblique Blessing * USA
2:15:05 Host speaks
2:15:51 The Attic * Summer Bummer – NoBusiness * Walking Metamorphosis * Portugal
2:31:31 Samuel Ber * Maps And Synecdoches – Self-released * Beyond The Fourth Wall * Belgium
2:38:11 Nick Mazzarella Trio * Counterbalance – Astral Spirits * The Puzzle * USA
2:44:36 Host speaks
2:46:27 Joao Lencastre’s Parallel Realities * Parallel Realities – Self-released * Departure * Portugal
