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Interesting new albums to explore this episode. Bassist Joe Fonda’s “Eyes On The Horizon” is an album I’m touting as one of the best recordings of 2024, and another new Fonda release “Joe Fonda & Bass Of Operations” is not that far behind. It’s a totally different approach than the Continue Reading

“Lights On A Satellite” is a new album celebrating not only the birthday of the100-year-old marvel that is saxophonist Marshall Allen, the gatekeeper of Sun Ra’s music and the leader of the Sun Ra Arkestra but also the Arkestra itself. Space is the place remains the motto. Bassist Christopher Damman‘s Continue Reading

Noted German pianist Joachim Kuhn, an important figure in the European free jazz scene, moved to Paris at a time when that scene was booming; he linked up with bassist Jean Francois Jenny-Clark and drummer Daniel Humair. Kuhn called that trio the band of his life. Well, now at 80, Continue Reading