“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
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November 27, 2024 #1387
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
November 20, 2024 #1386
This show kicks off with some blues for a change, and it comes from a legend: B.B. King, recorded in concert in France at the 1977 Nancy Pulsations Festival. B.B. is in full glory with a jazz-inflected back up band. There’s no one like B.B. King. Trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and Continue Reading