This episode of One Man’s Jazz is packed with exciting new releases, led by the duo of saxophonist James Brandon Lewis and drummer Chad Taylor. Their live set recorded at the Willisau Festival is definitely a must-have. Energy, passion and commitment! Loved it from the first note. Finnish trumpeter’s Verneri Pohjola’s “The Dead Don’t Dream” debuts as does another duo of highly skilled improvisers: cellist Tomeka Reid and pianist Alexander Hawkins. And yet another duo, this time trombonist Samuel Blaser and guitarist Marc Ducret, are in teasing mode, releasing only one track every couple of weeks. Pianists Andy Milne and Denman Maroney have new albums, as does a very interesting bassist from Germany, Reza Askari. Add in Irish drummer Steve Davis’ band, Filipino guitarist Karl Evangelista, and the Ombak Trio from Slovenia/Italy and what you get is a show that will make you hold on to your socks!
00:00 Lina Allemano & Ohrenschmaus * Rats And Mice – Lumo * Ostsee * Canada
06:46 Dinosaur * To The Earth – Edition * Mosking * England
14:15 Host speaks
16:23 Reza Askari * Magic Realism – QFTF * Korma Koma Karma * Germany
21:22 Chuffdrone * Chuffdrone – Kudos * Beyond M94 * Austria
31:03 Sabir Mateen, Patrick Holmes & Federico Ughi * Surival Situation – 577 Records * Layers Of Sound * USA
37:20 Host speaks
39:26 Denman Maroney * Martingale – Self-released * Off Centerpiece * USA
45:27 Brian Groder Trio * Luminous Arcs – Latham * Sundog * USA
49:26 Host speaks
50:44 Alexander Hawkins & Tomeka Reid * Shards And Constellations – Intakt * Peace On You * England & USA
1:00:13 Pauli Lyytinen’s Magnetia Orkestri * Hypnosis – Eclipse Music * Hypnosis * Finland
1:07:49 Host speaks
1:09:31 James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor * Live In Willisau – Intakt * Willisee * USA
1:15:52 James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor * Live In Willisau – Intakt * With Sorrow Lonnie * USA
1:22:23 Andy Milne & Unison * The Re-Mission – Sunnyside * The Call * Canada
1:27:18 Host speaks
1:28:38 Verneri Pohjola * The Dead Don’t Dream – Edition * Wilder Brother * Finland
1:34:10 Mako Sica & Hamid Drake * Balancing Tear – Astral Spirits * Trapeze * USA
1:41:45 Frank Kimbrough * Noumena – Soul Note * Nightscape * USA
1:48:50 Host speaks
1:50:49 Samuel Blaser & Marc Ducret * Audio Rebel – Self-released * Audio Rebel * Switzerland & France
1:59:46 Ombak Trio * Through Eons To Now – Setola Di Malale * Watching Under The Carpet * Italy
2:09:24 Host speaks
2:11:05 Karl Evangelista, Alexander Hawkins, Trevor Watts & Louis Moholo-Moholo * Apura! – Astral Spirits * State Of Emergency * USA & England
2:19:08 Nicolas Caloia’s Tilting * Holy Seven – Barnyard * Apart (for Conlon Nancarrow) * Canada
2:27:20 Luis Lopes & The Humanization Quartet * Believe. Believe. – Clean Feed * Engorged Mosquitoes * Portugal
2:34:35 Host speaks
2:36:19 Stephen Davis * Toy Army – Self-released * Resistance And The Art Of Bill * N. Ireland
2:42:26 Stephen Davis * Toy Army – Self-released * We Are Vapour * N. Ireland
2:46:45 Orchestra Nazionale Della Luna * There Is Still Life On Earth – BMC * Out Of Gravity * France/Belg/Finland
2:52:03 Host speaks
2:52:27 Verneri Pohjola * The Dead Don’t Dream – Edition * The Conversationalist * Finland