Today’s episode of The Jazz Hole includes tracks from the brand new albums Kinship by John Pittman and Ask for Chaos by Gilad Hekselman. You also get to hear more music from Leni Stern’s 3 and from the Alex Lefaivre Quartet’s YUL, plus a track from the host of this show, Linus Wyrsch, from his own duo album with pianist Claude Diallo

Claude Diallo & Linus Wyrsch - Homage

Album: Live at Villa Irniger

Claude Diallo (p) and Linus Wyrsch (comp, cl)

Leni Stern (featuring Gil Goldstein, Muhammed and Princess Louise Faye)

Album: 3

Leni Stern (g, n'goni, voc), Mamadou Ba (b), Alioune Faye (sabar, djembe, calabas, voc), Gil Goldstein (acc), Muhammed and Princess Louise Faye (back voc)

John Pittman - “Ties That Bind” & “Homiostasis”

Album: Kinship

John Pittman (tp), Shirantha Beddage (bs), Jeff McLeod (p), Mike Downes (b) and Curtis Nowosad (d)

Gilad Hekselman - “VBlues” & “Tokyo Cookies”

Album: Ask for Chaos

ZUPEROCTAVE: Gilad Hekselman (g, b), Aaron Parks (syn, rhodes, p) and Kush Abadey (d, pads)

Alex Lefaivre Quartet - “The Righteous” & “Estelle”

Album: YUL

Alex Lefaivre (e-b), Erik Hove (as), Nicolas Ferron (g) and Mark Nelson (d)

John Pittman - Home

Album: Kinship

John Pittman (tp) and Jeff McLeod (p)

00:00 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

02:12 - Homage - Claude Diallo, Linus Wyrsch

06:40 - Crocodile - Leni Stern, Gil Goldstein, Muhammed Faye, Princess Louise

11:35 - Ties That Bind - John Pittman

15:55 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

18:39 - Homiostasis - John Pittman

23:36 - VBlues - Gilad Hekselman

30:20 - Tokyo Cookies - Gilad Hekselman

38:25 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

42:28 - The Righteous - Alex Lefaivre Quartet

49:27 - Estelle - Alex Lefaivre Quartet

55:48 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

56:34 - Home - John Pittman

59:43 - Finish