This episode presents several new releases from quartets (Toronto’s See Through 4, Germany’s Joerg Schippa, Alister Spence with Ed Kuepper, and France’s Shijin), some large ensembles (Alban Darche’s Les Gros Cube & UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra), free improvisation by Nate Wooley’s Mutual Aid Music, a couple of duos, some oldies but goodies, and a tribute to the much revered Chick Corea.
00:00 Chick Corea * Tones For Joan’s Bones – Atlantic * Straight Up And Down * USA
12:26 Host speaks
13:59 See Through 4 * Permanent Moving Parts – All Set Editions * Weathering Teenage Hopes * Canada
19:49 Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra * If You Listen Closely The Music Is Yours – Odin * Bytta Bort Kua Fikk Fela Igjen * Norway
33:29 Host speaks
35:38 Alban Darche * Le Gros Cube #2 – Yolk * A La Bougie * France
42:14 Kaja Draksler, Peter Eldh & Christian Lillinger * Sommit – Intakt * Enbert Amok * Germany/Sweden/Slovenia
46:02 Dan Blake * Da Fé – Sunnyside * Da Fé * USA
52:29 Host speaks
53:46 Joerg Schippa * Unbeding T – Self-released * Funky H * Germany
59:25 Nate Wooley * Mutual Aid Music – Pleasure of the Text * III-I * USA
1:06:13 Host speaks
1:07:45 Nate Wooley * Mutual Aid Music – Pleasure of the Text * I-I * USA
1:16:05 Ananasnna * Veloci Come In 500 – Auand * Scatta Il Rosso * Italy
1:22:01 JNK Trio * First Meeting – Self-released * Looking For… * Belgium
1:29:23 Host speaks
1:31:41 Alister Spence Trio with Ed Kuepper * Asteroid Ekosystem – Alister Spence Music * Nature * Australia
1:35:38 Steve Coleman & Metrics * The Way Of The Cipher – BMG * Black Genghis * USA
1:43:58 Stephen Gauci & Mara Rosenbloom * Pandemic Duets – Gauci Music * #9 * USA
1:49:44 Host speaks
1:51:52 Shijin * Theory Of Everything – Alter-Nativ * Golden Age * France/USA
1:59:57 Alister Spence Trio with Ed Kuepper * Asteroid Ekosystem – Alister Spence Music * Face Of The Atom * Australia
2:06:35 Host speaks
2:08:10 UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra * Music of Haarla Heinilä Kasurinen & Rönkä – Eclipse Music * On The Edge Of A World * Finland
2:14:04 Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood Of Breath * Traveling Somewhere – Cuneiform * Traveling Somewhere * South Africa
2:21:21 Joerg Schippa * Unbeding T – Self-released * Das Laecheln Neukoellns * Germany
2:29:14 Host speaks
2:31:23 Chick Corea * Now He Sings Now He Sobs – Blue Note * Now He Sings Now He Sobs * USA
2:38:27 Return to Forever * Light As A Feather – GRP * Spain * USA
2:48:15 Chick Corea & Christian McBride & Brian Blade * Trilogy 2 Live – Universal * 500 Miles High * USA