Articles by Jon Greenbaum
Stop, Reset and Consider: Listening to Women Jazz Artists
by Jon Greenbaum
It's Women's History Month and we are focusing on women jazz artists. We're playing albums where women are leading the date or are featured prominently.Playlist Emily Rach Beisel “Her Still Singing Limbs" from Sumptuous Branching (Amalgam) 00:00 Satoko Fujii Quartet “Mountain Gnome" from Burning Wick (Libra Records) 07:05 Susie Ibarra “Human Beginnings" from Flower After Flower (Tzadik) 17:34 Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart “laundry / blood" from Body Sound (International Anthem) 30:55 Silvia Bolognesi Almond Tree “Mandoria ...
Continue ReadingNew & Older Post Bop, Free Jazz and Avant Garde from Europe, NYC, and Montreal
by Jon Greenbaum
Lots of new and some older music from Italy, Germany, Finland, Montreal, NYC, England, Estonia, and Sweden.Playlist Kaja Draksler Octet “Skylark" from Bare, Unfolding (Clean Feed Records) 00:00 Joe Morris “Slipshod" from Racket Club (About Time Records) 07:05 Federico Calcagno & The Dolphians “Children of Gaza" from Face The Music (Da Vinci Jazz Records) 16:58 Koro Almost Brass “Kabarett" from Plays Kurt (Caligola Records) 21:54 Cecil Taylor “Track 2" from 3 Phasis (New World Records) 28:04 Ivano Nardi ...
Continue ReadingMusic from Charles Tyler, The Webber Morris Big Band, and Italy and Scandinavia
by Jon Greenbaum
Music from Charles Tyler, The Webber Morris Big Band, as well as releases from Scandinavia, Italy and elsewhere around Europe. Playlist Anna Webber/Angela Morris Big Band “Both Are True" from Both Are True (Greenleaf Music) 00:00 Brandon Seabrook “Hellbent Daydream" from Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic Records) 09:39 Craig Taborn, Tomeka Reid, Ches Smith “When Kabuya Dances" from Dream Archives (ECM Records) 14:40 Komo Saxo with Sofia Jernberg"Lo Ve Ko Ma (featuring Kit Downes)" from Koma West (We Jazz Records) ...
Continue ReadingMusic from Camila Nebbia, Anais Drago, Ayumi Ishito, Tomeka Reid, Maria Faust & Luise Volkmann
by Jon Greenbaum
More explorations of the boundaries of improvisation and composition from artists around the globe.Playlist Anais Drago “Out Of The Cage" from Relevé (Habitable Records) 00:00 Adam O'Farrill “Sea Triptych, Pt. 2--The Three of Us, Floating" from ELEPHANT (Out Of Our Heads Records) 03:35 Gianluigi Trovesi “C'era una volta un ballo" from Cinque Piccole Storie (Dischi Della Quercia) 08:25 Alan Niblock, John Butcher, Mark Sanders “Faultline" from Tectonic Plates (577 Records) 19:19 Joseph Jarman & Don Moye “Mama Marimba" ...
Continue ReadingNew (ish) Releases from Chicago Underground Duo, Potsa Lotsa XL, Angelika Niescier, & Darrifourcq/Hermia/Ceccaldi PLUS older gems
by Jon Greenbaum
From the West Coast to Montreal to Japan to Bologna and Spain. Playlist Chicago Underground Duo “Hyperglyph" from Hyperglyph (International Anthem) 00:00 Amina Claudine Myers “Cecil B" from Jumpin in the Sugar Bowl (Minor Music) 04:52 Gabriel Vicens “Stray Dogs" from Niebla (Clepsydra Records) 16:12 Christopher Hoffman “Resting Place" from REX (Out Of Your Head Records) 23:40 Sara Serpa & Matt Mitchell"Trouvaille" from End of Something (Obliquity Records) 26:09 Charles Mingus “Peggy's Blue Skylight" from Mingus At Carnegie ...
Continue Reading2025 Releases from Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Frank Gratkwski, Chad Taylor and more!
by Jon Greenbaum
Host Jon Greenbaum focuses on new and recent releases in this survey of artists exploring the boundaries of improvisation and composition.PlaylistFrank Gratkowski “Wie Lieblich Schallt" from Frank Gratkowski's In Cahoots (Klanggalerie) 00:00:00 André Carvalho “Dente de Leite" from Of Fragility and Impermanence (Robalo Music) 00:08:02 Wadada Leo Smith Marcus Gilmore and Jakob Bro “Sonic Mountains" from Murasaki (Loveland Music) 00:16:05 Brad Henkel Quartet “Overstory" from Overstory (Trouble in the East) 00:22:17 Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Exit Knarr “Kanón (for ...
Continue ReadingMichal Urbaniak, Mingus, Rova, Randy Weston, Satoko Fujii and more!
by Jon Greenbaum
Host Rick Petrie selects a wonderfully diverse assortment of jazz compositions and free improv drawn from the last few decades. Playlist Charles Mingus “Pithecanthropus Erectus" from Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic Records) 00:00 Michal Urbaniak Group “Sound Pieces" from The Beginning (Catalyst Records) 12:39 David Sanford Big Band “Full Immersion" from A Prayer For Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music) 28:38 Soft Machine “At Sixes" from Live In France (Cuneiform Records / One Way Records) 42:13 Randy Weston And His African Rhythms ...
Continue ReadingCharles Tolliver's Music Inc., Late 60's/mid 70's J-Jazz, Roy Brooks Live and More!
by Jon Greenbaum
A generous sampling of J-Jazz from the late '60s through mid-'70s (on the more adventurous end of the continuum) along with some classic cuts from Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, a live loft scene release from Michael Gregory Jackson, something from a Steve Lacy Hat Hut trio date and a few recent releases. Playlist Charles Tolliver Big Band “On the Nile" from Live at the Blue Note (Strata East Records) 00:00 Hiroshi Suzuki / Masahiko TogashiQuintet “Passion" from Variation (Columbia ...
Continue ReadingYou Know Arthur Blythe and Oliver Lake, What About Hadley Caliman and Krysztof Zgraja?
by Jon Greenbaum
In this edition of North Star Sounds Rick Petrie plays a variety of free and avant-garde jazz from the last 50 years. Included as well are some cuts hewing closer to the tradition from Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Longineau Parsons, Masayuki Takayanagi, Arthur Blythe and a nice dose of soul jazz from Hadley Caliman. Playlist Hannibal Lokumbe “The 23rd Psalm" from Hannibal In Berlin (MPS) 00:00 Hadley Caliman “Watercress from Iapetus (Mainstream Records) 9:07:30 Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Mingus-Griff Song" ...
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