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Two years ago, the quartet of Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp, William Parker and Gérald Cleaver recorded Welcome To Adventure for 577 Records in NYC. It became the best selling album in the history of 577. With four masters of improvisation like that, you’d expect they would have had much to Continue Reading

This week’s show features a continued look at the work of the late trumpet player, Dennis Gonzalez, focused on Yells At Eels, the trio with his sons. Each recording features a special guest. New releases from Europe are also on the bill: Bliss Quintet from Norway, Mazam from Portugal, Swedish Continue Reading

A look at some new Clean Feed releases, music from baritone saxophonist Anders Svanoe, Italian drummer Francesco Cusa (his trio and another led by pianist Tonino Miani), avant garde saxophonist Zoh Amba attracting all kinds of buzz these days, brilliant music from Chicago’s Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake, and a Continue Reading