Many current jazz artists love to honour their predecessors. For saxophonists, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman are two revered figures. This show finds three different tips of the bell to Ornette by Miguel Zenon, Charles Lloyd and Fredrik Nordstrom. The Oles Brothers from Poland have long admired the work of Continue Reading
March 18, 2021 #1196
Guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Tomas Fujiwara formed Thumbscrew in 2014, and they have since become one of the most highly regarded avant trios in creative music. A new release is always met with great anticipation, and “Never Is Enough”, their latest, meets Thumbscrew’s high standard. Look Continue Reading
March 11, 2021 #1195
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 Continue Reading