Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Playlist for Tom Ossana / Dane Brewer – The Thin Edge – May 4, 2016 MST 7:00 to 9:00p.m.


http://www.kzmu.org/listen.m3u ~ Use this link to access the show online.


Fred Astair introduced George and Ira Gershwin's "A Foggy Day (In London Town" in the 1937 film Damsel in Distress. Almost twenty years later Jackie McLean got together with trumpeter Donald Byrd (one of his few muted trumpet performances), pianist Elmo Hope to tackle Gershwin's idea of the pea-smog days common in the British capital in the 30s. Italian vibist Giovanni Perin liked Gershwin's melody so much he decided to take it one step further with his "A Sunny Day in Berlin" from his 2016 self-produced #pera. Andrea Molinari Quintet's L'Era Dell'Acquario (Picanto Records 2014) closes the half-hour with the Molinari penned "Vimana" featuring his guitar and Logan Richardson's alto sax. Vimāna is a mythological flying palace or chariot described in Hindu texts and Sanskrit epics. The Sanskrit word  literally means "measuring out, traversing" or "having been measured out".

Charlie Parker and Miles Davis from their 1946 Savoy 78rpm "Yardbird Suite", a contrafact based on Earl Hines "Rosetta" composed in 1939, begins the second half with solos from the leaders as well as Lucky Thompson's tenor, pianist Dodo Marmarosa (love that name), and Arvin Garrison's guitar. Let the jazz revolution begin! Bulgarian Stefan Goranov sixty years later revisits Bird's tune from his 2016 Birdwatch (Music of Charlie Parker). Italy's Tenor saxophonist Francesco Geminiani follows with a cover of Van Heusen and Burke's "It Could Happen to You" from his 2016 Colorsound backed by Mark Schilders' drums and Rick Rosato's bass. Spaniard Ignasi Terraza's Trio wraps up the second half with his "An Emotional Dance" from his 2016 Swit Records Live At The Living Room, Bangkok. 

Detroit's James Hughes (reeds) & Jimmy Smith (trumpet) Quintet's 2016 Ever Up & Onward kicks off the third half with Hughes' "Penguins and Bunny Rabbits" assisted by a trio led by pianist Phil Kelly. Juan Duran Uña, all the way from Spain, made us aware of Bill Evans' Some Other Time (1968/2016 Resonance), a recording kept in the vault forty-eight years, surprising since Bill was still at the height of his powers and it included Bill's unusual collaboration with percussionist Jack DeJohnette. We'll hear a performance of Bill's "Turn Out the Stars". J. D. Moffatt, one of SLC's veteran guitarists, asked that we include a performance by alto saxophonist David Schildkraut. Searching through our library we came up with an impressive solo in "Solar" from Miles Davis' 1954 Prestige recording Walkin'. The outing also features Horace Silver on piano. Argentinean pianist Ernesto Jodos' Relojeros (ya no quedan) [Blue Arts Records 2016] is next with a cover of Rodrigo Dominguez's "Ahora Después" (now after). Joining the pianist are Sergio Verdinelli - drums, Javier Moreno - Bass, Rodrigo Domínguez - Saxophone. The fabulous Gretchen Parlato brings this half to a close with a cover of Wayne Shorter's "Juju" from her 2011 ObliqSound The Lost and Found. The interplay between Gretchen and Dayna Stephens' sax and Taylor Eigsti's piano is spellbinding.

Mark Murphy, who sadly left us last October, gets Romance going with a cover of Rodgers and Hart's "It Never Entered My Mind" from his 2005 Verve Once to Every Heart, featuring the trumpet of Till Bronner. Catalonian pianist Lluis Capdevila's 2016 Diaspora follows with a piano trio treatment of "My Romance", a Rodgers and Hart tune written for Billy Rose's musical, Jumbo (1935). ECM alumni Brit Norma Winstone is next with a cover of Kurt Weill's "It Never Was You" from her 1998 Enodoc Manhattan in the Rain. Jamie Cullum follows with his "Sad, Sad World" featuring Laura Mvula from his 2013 Island Records Momentum. The unusual combination of one of the leading figures of West Coast Jazz, Shorty Rogers, and the era's premiere songbird, June Christy, is next with George Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva's "Do It Again" from Shorty's fifties West Coast Sound, featuring The Giants. On a less optimistic note we'll conclude this love-fest with a 1949 Capitol recording by Nat Cole of Tilzer and Brown's "I Used to Love You". The outing shows us Nat during the short period in which he embraced bop, getting help from guitarist Irving Ashby, bassist Joe Comfort and Jack Costanzo's bongos.

Let's have some fun!



A special thanks to KZMU's Music Director, Serah Mead and the troops @ RoJ for their help putting the show together: Agenor (BRA), Chris do Brasil (BRA), Domi & Victor (SPA), GAB (BEL), JR (SPA), Javi (SPA), Jazzzz61 (SPA), Lira (BRA), Luisa, Menos Que un Perro (ARG), Marcos (BRA), Melokan (VEN), Raz (ISR) and Sonia (SPA). Also friend, Raul Boeira, the Brazilian based in Passo Fundo and Spain's Javier Carrete.

Organic 3 - Kirken den er et gammelt hus (2016) GATEWAY MUSIC



Kombinationen af at være kirkeorganist og jazzorganist kan kombineres på mange måder. Man kan vælge at holde delene skarpt adskilt. Man kunne spille sumpet soul-jazz om natten og salmer i kirken om søndagen. Den nordjyske organist Niels Ole Sørensen blander det hele sammen og springer ud som fuldblods jazzet kirkeorganist. Han spiller kirkens salmer i et klassisk Hammondjazz set up, med guitar og trommer. Det modige, spændende og interessante ved denne plade er, at Niels Ole Sørensen ikke har været forfalden til at søge i en retning, hvor det er gospel og souljazz der tager over. Han bibeholder en stor del af salmernes væsen i udtrykket. Han er en dansk jazzmusiker der spiller danske salmer.

Det er ikke blues-Uffe Steen eller jazz-Uffe Steen der hersker under salmerne. Det er den blide, afstemte og følsomme Uffe, der tager kontakt med stemningen i nummeret. Når han spiller guitar på Nu falmer skoven trindt om land, kan man se bladene falde af træerne. Endnu en gang er det en fornøjelse at lytte til Uffe Steen. Trommeslageren Esben Bach er tro mod medspillerne og kan til tider blive lidt anonym.

Niels Ole Sørensen har tydeligvis arbejdet indgående med materialet inden han har besluttet sig for hvilken retning nummeret skal tage. Hil dig, Frelser og forsoner er gået i en fløjtevenlig happy-go-lucky stemning. Mens titelnummeret Kirken den er et gammelt hus er jazz, så selv husarerne er fornøjede. Sikre søndagshits som Du som har tændt millioner af stjerner og Vor Gud han er så fast en borg er også at finde på pladen. Organic 3 er jazz til kirken. Ind med Niels Oles Hammond-orgel i kirken. Så er der dømt swing, salmer og jazz.


Niels Ole Sørensen (organ)
Uffe Steen (guitar)
Esben Bach (drums)

01. O kom, o kom, Immanuel 3:21
02. Hil dig, Frelser og Forsoner 4:20
03. Gud, Du, Som Lyset Og Dagen Oplod 4:18
04. Lovsynger Herren, min mund og mit indre 4:03
05. Du, Som Har Tændt Millioner Af Stjerner 6:01
06. Op dog, Zion! ser du ej 3:56
07. Sov Sødt, Barnlille 4:25
08. Vor Gud han er så fast en borg 4:03
09. Nu Falmer Skoven Trindt Om Land 4:30
10. Kirken Den Er Et Gammelt Hus 6:24
11. Tænk, At Livet Koster Livet 2:42

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Defibrillator & Peter Bröztmann - Conversations About Not Eating Meat (2016) BORDER OF SILENCE PRODUCTION



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"Conversations About Not Eating Meat"


SEBASTIAN SMOLYN
1. Anthropozoophilia 05:12
2. Good Intentions 08:02
3. The Man With One Ball 07:01
4. Fuckir 08:10
5. Uterine Prolapse 06:52
6. Cellulite Guru 10:38

Sebastian Smolyn: e-trombone 
Artur Smolyn: electronics 
Oliver Steidle: drums 

In collaboration with Peter Brötzmann: reeds

Releases June 1, 2016




DEFIBRILLATOR

ON TOUR 2016

04.5 Showroom Festival, Zagreb

14.5. CCL, Lille

19.5. Olympic Café, Paris

20.5. Squat Valenciennes, Paris

21.5. l'Abatoir, Chalon sur Saonne

22.5. Deep Inside Club, Dijon

25.9. Schienen Festival Stuttgart

19.11. Audio Art Fest. Cracow

Jason Rebello - Held (2016) EDITION RECORDS




JASON REBELLO 'Held'

Jason Rebello's 'Held' is out now!

JASON REBELLO solo piano

"...an album of delightful and mesmerising contrasts." ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Includes 10 originals and imaginative solo piano version of The Beatle’s ‘Blackbird’.



‘Throughout my career I’ve had the opportunity to play in wide-ranging and diverse scenarios, but never had an opportunity to immerse myself fully in the piano. I’ve reached a point now where I feel there is something to say with just a piano and I’m relishing this opportunity to consolidate all my musical experiences on this record’. JASON REBELLO

British pianist Jason Rebello is regarded as one of the most talented, inventive and intuitive pianists to emerge in the UK since he burst onto the scene in the early 90’s with a string of critically acclaimed albums for the BMG label. 

Marked with an emotional depth unusual in one so young, these albums elevated Jason to the peak of jazz celebrity at a time when the music was undergoing an unheralded period of popularity. 

It came as no surprise that Jason caught the attention of Weather Report’s Wayne Shorter (Herbie Hancock, also from Miles Davis’ famous 1960s quintet was a personal hero) and he toured internationally with his band before replacing another hero, Kenny Kirkland, in Sting’s band. 

Jason had primarily worked with electronic keyboards in his own groups (as well as with Sting and Jeff Beck); but now he has decided it’s time to say something on the instrument he loves. In early 2016 Jason will release his debut solo piano album, featuring mostly original compositions inspired by the people and places that have been important in his career. 

In this solo format the intensely lyrical quality always evident in Jason’s music comes to the fore and, allied to his formidable technique and maturity as an artist and musician, ensures that on Held, he is creating some of the most compelling and beautiful music of his career. 

As Jason explains: ‘throughout my career I’ve had the opportunity to play in wide-ranging and diverse scenarios, but never had an opportunity to immerse myself fully in the piano. I’ve reached a point now where I feel there is something to say with just a piano and I’m relishing this opportunity to consolidate all my musical experiences on this record’.

Jason Rebello solo piano

01. Pearl 
02. Salad Days 
03. Tokyo Dream 
04. Held 
05. Blackbird 
06. As the Dust Settles 
07. Thanks John 
08. Happy But For How Long 
09. Polzeath 
10. Purple Sunflower 
11. Dissolve 

All music by Jason Rebello except ‘Blackbird’ by Lennon / McCartney

Released April 29, 2016 

Produced by Dave Stapleton & Jason Rebello 

Recorded in August 2015 and January 2016 by Andy Allan at Michael Tippett Centre, Bath Spa University. 

Mixed and mastered by August Wanngren in Copenhagen



Dave Hosley - Love For Sale (2016) KARI-ON PRODUCTIONS


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Artist: Dave Hosley
CD Title: Love For Sale
Label: Diamond Dave Records
Add Date: April 18, 2016
Street Date: April 15, 2016
Artist Website



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