This week’s show features a pair of new albums from two Toronto avant garde stalwarts: bassist Rob Clutton with saxophonist Tony Malabyand drummer Mark Segger’s sextet (with Rob Clutton). The Toronto experimental scene is an active one, and both Clutton and Segger (now studying in Edmonton) are key musicians. Another bassist, from San Diego, is Kyle Motl and he teams up with Scottish violinist Go GoGwilt to form Treesearch. They’ve just released a very unique recording called “Know More Knowledge”. From Europe, you’ll hear Chuffdrone, an interesting quintet from Austria, and Dash!, a slammin’ trio from The Netherlands. There’s more from Gaucimusic’s Bushwick-centered recordings, and for a bit of a trip back, to the early ‘90s, there’s music from an all-star free jazz quartet featuring Norway’s Frode Gjerstad facing off with the great Bobby Bradford, backed by American ex-pat bassist, Kent Carter, and English drummer John Stevens. Lots more for you as well, as always.
00:00 Satoko Fujii & Tatsuya Yoshida * Baikamo – Libra * No Reflection * Japan
04:27 Ivo Perelman * Ineffable Joy – ESP * Bliss * USA
13:04 Aly Keita, Jan Galgen Bronnimann & Lucas Niggli * Kalan Teban – Intakt * Bafut * Switzerland
17:51 Kris Davis * Diatom Ribbons – Pyroclastic * Reflections * Canada
30:17 Host speaks
33:21 Rob Clutton * Offering – Snail Bong Bong * Crimes Of Tantalus * Canada
38:21 Treesearch * Know More Knowledge – 577 * Halberd Hands * USA
44:41 Drop Dogs * Drop Dogs Vol.2 – Self-released * Bienvenida * Mexico/Argentina
50:41 Host speaks
51:54 Jeff Davis * The Fastness – Fresh Sound New Talent * Wednesday Shirt * USA
59:11 Avram Fefer Quartet * Testament – Clean Feed * Magic Mountain * USA
1:10:02 George Graewe, Ernst Reijseger & Gerry Hemingway * Kammern I – IV – Auricle * Kammer V * Germany
1:15:37 Tower Jazz Composers Orchestra * Black Friday – Overstudio * High Tension Store * Italy
1:23:31 Zack Clarke * Vertical Shores – Clean Feed * Aggressive Deja Vu * USA
1:29:25 Host speaks
1:30:56 Mark Segger Sextet * Lift Off – Self-released * Bassline * Canada
1:35:57 Steve Swell * Brain In A Dish – NoBusiness * How Do You Like Yours? * USA
1:42:07 Chuffdrone * Chuffdrone – Self-released * Calling For Strength * Austria
1:50:58 Host speaks
1:52:16 Jim Black Trio * Reckon – Intakt * Astrono Said So * USA
1:57:55 Stephen Gauci, Ava Mendoza & Vijay Anderson * Studio Sessions Vol 4 – Gaucimusic * Improvisation #4 * USA
2:05:50 Kevin Sun * The Sustain of Memory – Endectomorph * The Middle Of Tensions II * USA
2:11:03 Gonçalo Almeida, Tobias Klein & Martin Van Duynhoven * Live At The Bimhuis – Clean Feed * Verdes Anos * Netherlands
2:17:24 Host speaks
2:18:48 Dash! * Boogie – Self-released * Boogie Tree * Netherlands
2:28:09 David S. Ware New Quartet * Théatre Garonne 2008 – AUM Fidelity * Crossing Samsara Part 2 * USA
2:39:27 Frode Gjerstad, Bobby Bradford, Kent Carter & John Stevens * Blue Cat – NoBusiness * Blue Cat Part II * Norway/USA/England
2:52:28 Host speaks
2:54:03 Rob Clutton * Offering – Snail Bong Bong * Latitude * Canada