Finding out that there’s a new Steve Coleman recording is an occasion to be excited, and when it’s with the always funky and rhythmic Five Elements band, that excitement ratches way up the scale. The new release is Coleman’s second live set recorded at the Village Vanguard in NYC. Other new releases debuting on the show include an Enrico Rava album on ECM – recorded live at a festival in Europe — drummer Dan Weiss and guitarist Miles Okazaki’s new “Music For Drums and Guitar”, solo baritone sax from Josh Sinton, drummer Mike Pride’s punk band reminiscence, and a fabulous trio called Artifacts (flautist Nicole Mitchell, cellist Tomeka Reid & drummer Mike Reid). This is a mighty fine show.
00:00 Gordon Grdina’s Square Peg * Klotski – Attaboygirl * Impending Discomfort * Canada
07:36 Host speaks
09:45 Steve Coleman & Five Elements * Live At The Village Vanguard Vol. 2 – Pi Recordings * Mdw Ntr * USA
18:24 Paula Shocron, William Parker & Pablo Diaz * Emptying The Self – Nendo Dango * The Eye * Argentina
23:38 Josh Sinton * b – Form Is Possibility * b1 part 4 * USA
28:21 Host speaks
29:48 Dan Weiss & Miles Okazaki * Music For Drums And Guitar – Cygnus * The Memory Palace Part 2 * USA
35:28 Dan Weiss & Miles Okazaki * Music For Drums And Guitar – Cygnus * The Memory Palace Part 4 * USA
42:37 Samuel Blaser * The Don Drummond Tribute – Blaser Music * The Great Tommy McCook * Germany
48:03 Host speaks
50:17 Wadada Leo Smith * A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday – Tum Records * Deep Time #1 * USA
59:29 Jungle Debris * Jungle Debris – Ma Records * Last Yew * Czech Rep.
1:08:01 Host speaks
1:10:05 Enrico Rava * Edizione Special – ECM * Infant * Italy
1:23:00 Joerg Schippa UnbedingT * Zirkus Bizarre – Self-released * Zirkus Bizarre * Germany
1:28:18 Whit Dickey, William Parker & Matthew Shipp * Village Mothership – Tao Forms * Whirling In The Void * USA
1:37:51 Host speaks
1:39:26 Byron Asher & Brad Webb * Little Bigby – Ears&Eyes * Narrows * USA
1:45:36 Anna Webber * Clockwise – Pi Recordings * Clockwise * Canada
1:52:26 Host speaks
1:54:35 Mike Pride * I Hate Work – Rare Noise * Business On Parade * USA
2:01:22 Billy Mohler * Black Friday Trio – Self-released * Evolution * USA
2:05:47 Host speaks
2:07:30 Artifacts * …and Then There’s This – Astral Spirits * Reflections * USA
2:11:42 Artifacts * …and Then There’s This – Astral Spirits * Song For Joseph Jarman * USA
2:18:54 Dave Sewelson * Smooth Free Jazz – Mahakala * The Moment * USA
2:27:21 Host speaks
2:28:48 HatNoHatHat * Jazz From The Underground Nightclubs of Aotearoa Vol. 3 – Kiwi Jahzz * Friday The 13th * New Zealand
2:38:58 Jason Robinson * The Two Faces Of Janus – Cuneiform * The Elders * USA
2:45:03 Host speaks
2:46:04 Steve Coleman & Five Elements * Live At The Village Vanguard Vol. 2 – Pi Recordings * Pad Thai/Mdw Ntr * USA