Saxophonist and flautist Zoh Amba learned to play in the hills of Tennessee before heading to studies in San Francisco and Boston. She’s made quite an impression on the avant garde world since, with an individual style that reflects on the folk music of her home state. You’ll hear cuts from two recordings by Zoh Amba: “Oh Sun!” her debut and the other a new duet with drummer Francisco Mela. Also new this week, Polish trumpeter Lukasz Korybalski, Miguel Zenon * quartet, cellist Janel Leppin, saxophonist Chet Doxas reflecting on some well-known Canadian painters, some South African flavour courtesy of trumpeter Ellwood Epps and his Montreal ensemble, Togetherness!, the Chicago trio of Dave Rempis, Tomeka Reid and Josh Abrams, and some sublime Mingus from Italian saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano with English pianist Alexander Hawkins. So much great music, have to play it!
00:00 Heroes Are Gang Leaders * LeAutoRoiOrgraphy – 577 Records * Sad Dictator (I Wanna Make Freedom) * USA
13:32 Host speaks
15:48 Lukasz Korybalski Trio * Don’t Try – For Tune * Don’t * Poland
23:02 Fred Moten, Brandon Lopez & Gerald Cleaver * Moten/Lopez/Cleaver – Reading Group * The Fairie Ornithologie * USA
31:50 Jim Baker, Brandon Lopez & Bill Harris * Dura – Amalgam * Anthropophagi * USA
37:44 Host speaks
38:57 Dave Rempis, Tomeka Reid & Josh Abrams * Allium – Aerophonic * Butomissa * USA
46:71 Lisa Ullén Trio * Space – Relative Pitch * Come Together * Sweden
52:22 Host speaks
53:22 Zoh Amba & Francisco Mela * Causa Y Effecto – 577 Records * Maria * USA
1:01:23 Miguel Zenon Quartet * Musica De Las Americas – Miel * Tainos Y Caribes * USA
1:08:38 Host speaks
1:10:10 Miguel Zenon Quartet * Musica De Las Americas – Miel * Opresion Y Revolucion * USA
1:18:52 Angelica Sanchez Trio * Sparkle Beings – Sunnyside * Before Sleep/The Sleeping Lady And The Giant That Watches Over Her * USA
1:30:53 Rick Countryman & Christian Bucher * Once – FMR * Bye Bye Butterfly * Philippines/Switzerland
1:35:29 Host speaks
1:37:10 Janel Leppin * Ensemble Volcanic Ash – Cuneiform * Woven Forest * USA
1:46:03 I Am * Beyond – Division 81 * Confessions Of The Heart * USA
1:53:44 Host speaks
1:55:14 Elwood Epps & Togetherness! * Live At Resonance – Mr. E. Records * The Homecoming Song * Canada
2:05:39 Kirk Knuffke Trio * Gravity Without Airs – Tao Forms * Time Is Another River * USA
2:11:42 Host speaks
2:13:57 Roberto Ottaviano & Alexander Hawkins * Charlie’s Blue Skylight – Dodicilune * Smooth AKA Weird Nightmare * Italy & England
2:21:44 Dan Clucas, Kyle Motl & Nathan Hubbard * Daydream And Halting – Self-released * Driftscape Reversal * USA
2:26:28 Yaroslav Likhachev Quartet * Occasional Sketches – Clean Feed * Occasional Sketch #1 * Germany
2:31:30 Host speaks
2:33:34 Zoh Amba * Oh Sun! – Tzadik * Northern Path * USA
2:39:46 Vinny Golia, Bernard Santacruz & Cristiano Calcagnile * To Live And Die – Dark Tree * Evanesce * USA/France/Italy
2:46:29 Yells At Eels & Rodrigo Amado * The Great Bydgoszcz Concert – Ayler Records * Elegy For A Slaughtered Democracy * USA
2:55:14 Host speaks
2:57:40 Chet Doxas * Rich In Symbols II – Just In Time * North Shore Lake Superior * Canada