This show is a trip around jazz’s outer edges—where tradition collides with invention. From Michael Mayo’s vocal acrobatics on Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” to the explosive real-time conduction of Hill Collective, this selection of new releases spans chamber, ensemble, and solo work.
PLAYLIST
Michael Mayo “Giant Steps” from Fly - Deluxe Edition (Mack Avenue/Artistry Music) 00:00
Pino Palladino and Blake Mills “Heat Sink” from That Wasn’t A Dream (New Deal/Impulse Records!) 03:21
Webber Morris Big Band “Mist/Missed” from Unseperate (Out Of Your Head Records) 16:58
Chris Ryan Williams “Visage (feat. Kalia Vandever)” from Odu: Vibration II (AKP Recordings) 24:29
Johanna Linnea Jakobsson “Better Off” from Don't Overthink It (Zack’s Music) 29:57
Roberto Magris “Laverne” from Lovely Day(s) (JMOOD Records) 33:44
David Occhipinti “Seurat cha-cha” from Camera Lucida (Elastic Recordings) 41:19
Kat Ellis “Take A Giant Step” from Talking To Myself (Self Released) 47:49
Fieldwork “The Night Before” from Thereupon (Pi Recordings) 51:42
Marshall Herridge “Midsummer Lullaby” from Midsummer Lullaby (Self Released) 59:58
Ben Stapp “Freya” from Uzmic Ro’Samg (Live Solo Tuba) (577 Records) 1:05:18
Harold Lopez-Nussa “Alma y Fuego” from Nueva Timba (Blue Note Records) 1:13:54
UNLV Jazz Ensemble 1 “Vital Frequencies” from Double Or Nothing (Vegas Records) 1:20:43
Nils Petter Molvaer “Tløn” from Khmer Live in Bergen (Edition Records) 1:28:23
Francesca Remigi “Blueberry Picking” from Witchess (Hora Records) 1:40:57
Donny McCaslin “Lullaby For The Lost” from Lullaby For The Lost (Edition Records) 1:45:23
Ches Smith “Clone Row” from Clone Row (Otherly Love Records) 1:51:33
Hill Collective “BLOW IT UP WITH DYNAMITE!” from BLOW IT UP WITH DYNAMITE! (Self Released) 1:58:28