RIP Ahmad Jamal (1930 – 2023)

By some miracle I was able to squeak out a show this week in spite of the fact that I am travelling. Call it my unwavering dedication to the undoubtedly devoted yet ever so quiet listenership of this unique program. Yeah – that’s the ticket! Anyhoo here’s the playlist for this week. Don’t forget that…

Lots – well maybe not “lots” – of new music and re-releases this week. Anthony Braxton had a remastering of his 1969 album B-X0 N0-47A (and he also celebrated his 80th birthday on June 4th). We have new music from Joy Guidry, the James Brandon Lewis Quartet, and SUMAC and Moor Mother. And then we…

I was planning to do another themed show this week, but considering some of the technical issues we have experienced the last few weeks, I decided to do a more general show and save the themed show for another time. The station was kind enough to reach out to me and let me know that…

So this week, a new show with music by Fred Anderson, Paul Jeffrey, Rudolph Johnson, and Roy Haynes. We have some new releases from Florian and Michael Arbenz who work with Ron Carter as well as Sabu Toyozumi collaborating with Misha Mengelberg. And a happy birthday to Ahmed Abdullah with a track performed live at…

This week we feature a few artists that we’ve never heard from before and yet have some great offerings. We start off with an album by Marc Edwards and then a track by a frequent collaborator of Marc Edwards, bassist Hilliard Greene. We also hear a track by the influential pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali. After…

A short, in terms of content not length, playlist this week – but still some good stuff and most of it from live performances. Matana Roberts with a cover a song by Frankie Sparo, Leroy Jenkins with a tribute to Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker, and Eddie Palmieri. More music from the Midwest with a song…