There is some exceptional music crammed into this 162.5 minutes, highlighted by saxophonist Steve Coleman and Five Elements, tearing it up at concerts and France that include the debut of the much-praised Canadian Rich Brown on electric bass. The late Arthur Blythe is a link in the chain of important alto players, like Coleman; you’ll hear a tune from Blythe’s only Loft Scene recording. Two of the most important players in creative music – Tim Berne and Michael Formanek – are heard on “Parlour Games”, their very first duo album. Korean pianist Hayoung Lyou makes her OMJ debut on the label run by saxophonist Kevin Sun who also contributes a tune from his latest “Quartets”. There is music from new releases by Netherlands-based ensembles, and two of Sweden’s most important artists – pianist Mathias Landaeus and saxophonist Martin Kuchen – combined their skills and experimentations (cookie tins, vintage Korgs and old synths) to release the very different “MUÆM”. As is usually the case, One Man’s Jazz presents unique music for YOU!
00:00 Thumbscrew * Wingbeats – Cuneiform * How May I Inconvenience You Today * USA
07:14 Host speaks
10:08 Steve Coleman & Five Elements * Poly Tropos/Of Many Turns – Pi Recordings * Wheel of Nature/Fire Revisited * USA
23:00 Steph Richards * Supersense – Northern Spy * Supersense * Canada
30:31 Caleb Wheeler Curtis * The True Story Of Bears And The Invention Of The Battery – Imani * Bears & The Invention Of The Battery * USA
36:39 Host speaks
38:41 Peter Van Huffel, Meinrad Kneer & Yorgos Dimitriadis * Synomolies – Evil Rabbit * Beasts & Creatures * Canada/Germany
45:52 Guilermo Celano Trio * Labyrinth – TryTone * The Forest * Netherlands
51:50 Friso Van Wijck’s Candy Counter * Friso Van Wijck’s Candy Counter – TryTone * Zombie Horses From Outer Space * Netherlands
58:49 Host speaks
1:00:12 Tim Berne & Michael Formanek * Parlour Games – Relative Pitch * Ho! Time * USA
1:06:41 Various Artists * Albert Ayler Reawakened – Eclipse Music * Spirits Rejoice * Finland
1:14:22 Nataniel Edelman Trio * En Vivo En Lisbon – Robalo Music * Liviano * Argentina
1:23:46 Host speaks
1:25:28 Mathias Landaeus & Martin Kuchen * MUÆM – SFar * MÆÜM * Sweden
1:33:15 Yaroslav Likhachev * Chromatic Times – Self-released * Chromatic Times * Germany
1:39:53 John Hollenbeck * Colouring Hockets – Flexatonic * Pure Poem * USA
1:43:22 Host speaks
1:45:40 Arthur Blythe Quartet * Rivbea Live! Series Volume 2 – NoBusiness * Lower Nile * USA
1:51:03 Francesco D’Auria * Spiritus Spiritus – Caligola * What Will We Do After Sunday * Italy
1:58:14 Ben Monder * Dust – ArabesqueThe Third Eyebrow * USA
2:06:25 Steve Coleman & Five Elements * Poly Tropos/Of Many Turns – Pi Recording * ‘Round Midnight * USA
2:14:35 Host speaks
2:17:00 Hayoung Lyou * The Myth Of Katabasis – Endectomorph * Ombre * South Korea
2:23:31 Kevin Sun * Quartets – Endectomorph * Far East Western & Prelude * USA
2:32:11 Host speaks
2:33:16 Darius Jones Trio * Legends of E Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) – AUM Fidelity * No More My Lord * USA