This is a pretty interesting show filled with lots of newer recordings: trumpeter Kirk Knuffke presents his trio in a live setting, the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, while Manila-based saxophonist Rick Countryman and Japanese drummer Sabu Toyozumi tear up the landscape also in a live setting; guitarist Joel Harrison turns his attention to the warring-prone United States; Quebec pianist Emie R Roussel makes her OMJ debut, and blistering alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin pays homage to the music of John and Alice Coltrane. A couple of independent jazz record labels drop some new releases for sampling: Driff Records from Boston and Shoebill Music from Berlin. Lots of wonderful newer things too from saxophonists Oded Tzur and Ohad Talmor (this one is exciting!), and an out-there trio from Portugal in the persons of Sergio Tavares, Nuno Trocado & Tom Ward too. Enjoy!
00:00 Kirk Knuffke Trio * Brightness – Live In Amsterdam – Royal Potato Family * The Mob The Crowd The Mass * USA
07:34 Host speaks
08:37 Kirk Knuffke Trio * Brightness – Live In Amsterdam – Royal Potato Family * That’s A Shame * USA
14:09 Oded Tzur * Here Be Dragons – ECM * The Dream * Israel
19:26 Lisa Mezzacappa Six * Cosmicomics – Queen Bee * The Soft Moon * USA
25:48 Host speaks
28:28 Joel Harrison + 18 * America At War – Sunnyside * March On Washington * USA
38:17 FIDOqrtet * FIDOqrtet – Enna * World Without End * USA
43:10 Emie R Roussel Trio * Rhythm de Passage – Self-released * Agent Orange * Canada
47:35 Host speaks
49:19 Ellery Eskelin * Trio New York II – Self-released * Improvisation/Monk * USA
58:28 Cutout * Cutout – Driff * Cutout * USA
1:09:10 Host speaks
1:10:43 Pandelis Karayorgis & Double Trio * Cliffpools – Driff * Formed Shed * USA
1:18:35 Fredrik Lundin * 5 Go Adventuring Again – Stunt * Borderland * Sweden
1:26:19 Host speaks
1:27:40 Rick Countryman & Sabu Toyozumi * Blue Incarnation – Self-released * Blue Incarnation 1st Movement * Philippines
1:30:02 Rick Countryman & Sabu Toyozumi * Blue Incarnation – Self-released * Blue Incarnation 2nd Movement * Philippines
1:39:01 Antti Lötjönen * Quintet East – We Jazz * Oblique * Finland
1:45:31 Host speaks
1:47:17 Sergio Tavares, Nuno Trocado & Tom Ward * Vestiges – Self-released * Stories Old And New * Portugal
1:58:29 Francesco Cusa & The Assassins * The Uncle (Gianno Bifronte) – Improvisattore Involuntario * Rheumatology * Italy
2:02:46 Host speaks
2:03:53 Damir Out Loud * Earworm – Shoebill Music * Destination Deportation * Germany
2:10:23 Johannes Haage & Drift * Darwin’s Blues – Shoebill Music * Love In The Crazy * Germany
2:16:35 Ronny Graupe’s Spoom * Bridge Ices Before Road – Shoebill Music * Bridge Ices Before Road * Germany
2:21:38 Host speaks
2:24:02 Ohad Talmor’s Newsreel Sextet * Long Forms – Intakt * Laya’s Lines * USA
2:32:14 Jeff Davis * The Fastness – Fresh Sound New Talent * Two Ones * USA
2:36:10 Cale Brandley & Triptych Myth * Finding Fire – Birdwatcher * Sunset Park After The Sun Sets * USA
2:44:22 Host speaks
2:47:15 Lakecia Benjamin * Pursuance: The Coltranes – Ropeadope * Alabama * USA
2:50:06 Lakecia Benjamin * Pursuance: The Coltranes – Ropeadope * Turiya and Ramakrishna * USA