Tradition meets experimentation in this fascinating collection of new releases. Beginning with the eclectic endeavours of Brandon Seabrook, via a mix of latin jazz, European exploration , free improvisation from the UK, a musical statement about the climate crisis, and closing with Thelonious Monk in concert in 1965.
Brandon Seabrook “Name Dropping is the Lowest Form of Conversation (Waltz)” from Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic Records) 00:00 Mark Lockheart’s Shapeshifter “Come On Over” from Shapeshifter (Edition Records) 05:18 Yelena Eckemoff “Ruins of Älvsborg” from Rosendals Garden (L & H Production) 10:00James Fernando “Unlikely Animal Friendships” from Philly 3 (Spring Garden Records) 17:25Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project “Merengue x Fantasy” from The Longest Way Round (One Trick Dog Records) 24:12Evan Parker, Paul Rogers, Louis Moholo-Moholo “U-begot” from Tebugo (Jazz In Britain) 29:50Compro Oro & Bouton Kalanda “Kukieda” from Lamellomania (W.E.R.F. Records) 44:33Emilio Solla & La Inestable de Brooklyn “Miles Tango” from Handmade (Club del Disco) 48:04Gabriel Vicéns “Niebla” from Niebla (Clepsydra Records) 55:20Kris Davis and Lutosławski Quartet. “Degrees of Separation” from The Solastalgia Suite (Pyroclastic Records) 1:03:19 Kelsey Mines “Staying with the Trouble” from Everything Sacred, Nothing Serious (OA2 Records) 1:14:10Thelonious Monk “Just You, Just Me/I’m Getting Sentimental Over You/Criss Cross” from Bremen 1965 (Sunnyside Records) 1:22:25