May 28, 2020 #1154

I love this new recording from South African drummer and composer, Asher Gamedze! It’s pushing an envelope I haven’t heard from jazz in that part of the world for some time. Gamedze has produced an exceptional album. You’ll hear the entire “State Of Emergence Suite”. Back again after a highly Continue Reading

May 21, 2020 #1153

This episodes features tributes to two noted free jazz musicians with similar stories of early success then disappearance then rediscovery: Giuseppi Logan and Henry Grimes, both of whom passed away recently. New music comes from trombonist Jeff Albert, guitarist Tim Stine, Aussie trumpeter Paul Williamson, and the Chad Taylor Trio. Continue Reading

May 14, 2020 #1152

We’re going all in this week with a complete concert, recorded live in March at The Vortex Club in London. Originally scheduled for the master drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo’s Four Blokes, the gig became Five Blokes when Mark Sanders had to sub for Moholo-Moholo who was ill at his home in Continue Reading