Welcome to the first show of a new year. Thanks so much for dropping by and checking out the music on One Man’s Jazz. I hope that 2023 proves to be a safe and exciting one for you. As is usually the case, this opening show features music from some of my favourite recordings released and played on the show in 2022. It was a hell of a fine year for new music, and a definite response to the pandemic-caused lull in the music biz. I don’t expect much difference in ‘23.
There are 19 of my favourites in this episode, and there’ll be more in the next couple of shows. Here’s the list with the playlist order following.
Andrew Cyrille, Enrico Rava & William Parker * Blues For Cecil (Tum Records) USA
Artur Malecki & Creature * Widoki (FSR Records) Poland
Dreamstruck (MarilynCrispell/Joe Fonda/HarveySorgen) * With Grace In Mind (FSR Records) USA
Heroes Are Gang Leaders * Le Auto Roi Ography (577 Records) USA
Ivo Perelman * Reed Rapture In Brooklyn (Mahakala Music) USA
Jakob Bro – Joe Lovano * Once Around The Room – Tribute To Paul Motian (ECM Records) Denmark/USA
James Brandon Lewis Quartet * MSM – Molecular Systematic Music Live (Intakt Records) USA
John Escreet Trio * Seismic Shift (Whirlwind) USA
Jon Irabagon Quartet * Rising Sun (Irabagast) USA
Lisa Hoppe’s Third Reality * Dinner With Abstract Poetry (Self-released) USA
Mali Obomsawin * Sweet Tooth (Out Of Your Head) USA
Roberto Ottaviano & Alexander Hawkins * Charlie’s Blue Skylight (Dodicilune) Italy/England
Samo Salamon/Arild Andersen/ Ra Kalam Bob Moses * Pure And Simple (Samo Records) Slovenia/Norway/USA
Santiago Leibson Sexteto * Aparecerese (Self-released) Argentina
Tarbaby * Dance Of The Evil Toys (Clean Feed) USA
The Gathering – Roots and Branches of Los Angeles Jazz * Healing Suite (The Village) USA
Vinny Golia, Bernard Santacruz & Cristiano Calcagnile * To Live And Breathe (Dark Tree) USA/France/Italy
Wadada Leo Smith * The Emerald Duets (Tum Records) USA
William Parker * Universal Tonality (AUM Fidelity/Centering) USA
Zoh Amba * Bhakti (Mahakala Music) USA
And a few more:
Albert Ayler * The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation (Elemental) USA
Angelica Sanchez Trio * Sparkle Beings (Sunnyside) USA
Dan Weiss Trio * Dedication (Cygnus) USA
Linda Sikhakhane * Isambulo (Ropeadope) South Africa
Matthew Shipp Trio * World Construct (ESP Disk) USA
Satoko Fujii * Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams (Libra) Japan
The Chicago Plan * For New Zealand (NotTwo) Germany/USA
The Attic * Love Ghosts (NoBusiness) Portugal
Thumbscrew * Multi-Colored Midnight (Cuneiform) USA
Yaroslav Likhachev Quartet * Occasional Sketches (Clean Feed) Germany
These were chosen from 1,228 tracks played in 52 shows by artists from 37 different countries. Most played artists were James Brandon Lewis, William Parker, Dennis Gonzalez and Zoh Amba. Once again Clean Feed from Portugal was the most-played label, followed by Intakt, ECM and Ears&Eyes.
PLAYLIST
00:00 Art Ensemble Of Chicago * Nice Guys – ECM * Ja * USA
08:33 Host speaks
10:40 Santiago Leibson Sexteto * Aperecersé – Self-released * Quote * Argentina
19:09 Vinny Golia ,Bernard Santacruz & Cristiano Calcagnile * To Live And Breathe – Dark Tree * Evanesce * USA France & Italy
25:54 John Escreet Trio * Seismic Shift – Whirlwind * RD * USA
31:16 Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano * Once Around The Room – Tribute to Paul Motian – ECM * Sound Creation * Denmark & USA
36:33 Host speaks
38:22 William Parker * Universal Tonality – Centering * Silver Sunshine * USA
48:33 Samo Salamon, Arild Andersen & Rakalam Bob Moses * Pure And Simple – Samo * You Take My Arm * Slovenia Norway & USA
56:06 Mali Obomsawin * Sweet Tooth – Out Of Your Head * Lineage * USA
1:03:51 Tarbaby * Dance Of The Evil Toys – Clean Feed * Paix * USA
1:09:06 Host speaks
1:11:15 Heroes Are Gang Leaders * Le Auto RoiOgraphy – 577 Records * Shrimpy Grits * USA
1:18:50 Dreamstruck * With Grace In Mind – FSR Records * Transits * USA
1:25:07 Lisa Hoppe’s Third Reality * Dinner With Abstract Poetry – Self-released * Imaginary Being No. 2 * Germany
1:30:26 James Brandon Lewis Quartet * MSM-Molecular Systematic Music Live – Intakt * A Lotus Speaks * USA
1:41:16 Host speaks
1:43:23 The Gathering: Roots & Branches of Los Angeles Jazz * Healing Suite – The Village * Freedom’s Sweet Part 1 * USA
1:51:58 Jon Irabagon Quartet * Rising Sun – Irabagast * Rising Sun * USA
2:01:56 Host speaks
2:03:16 Maximiliano Kirszner Quartet * Trama – Ears&Eyes * Se Esmerila * Argentina
2:11:56 Andrew Cyrille, William Parker & Enrico Rava * 2 Blues For Cecil – Tum Records * Improvisation No. 1 * USA/Italy
2:22:45 Artur Malecki & The Creature * Widoki – FSR Records * White Tiger * Poland
2:31:36 Host speaks
2:33:25 Zoh Amba * Bhakti – Mahakala Music * The Drop And The Sea * USA
2:43:33 Javier Moreno * Relojeros Ya No Quedan – Ears&Eyes * Fulgord * Argentina
2:50:41 Lisa Marie Simmons & Marco Cremaschini * Notespeak 12 – Ropeadope * Individually One * USA/Italy
2:52:43 Roberto Ottaviano & Alexander Hawkins * Charlie’s Blue Skylight – Dodiculune * Oh Lord Please Don’t Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me * Italy/ England
2:56:35 Host speaks
2:59:15 Wadada Leo Smith * The Emerald Duets – Paradise The Gardens & Fountains – Tum *The River Of Abundance * USA