Playlist - January 28th 2018

Ryan Keberle & Frank Woeste: Ostinato (Prelude) from Reverso – Suite Ravel (self-released)

Allison Philips Trio: Triad Tune from Allison Philips Trio (Flea Boy)
Rudy Smith Quartet: One for Bent from Glass World (Stunt)
Diab Quintet: Oeil de Lynx from Seagull Tango (Home)
NSI Quartet: Rybobon from The Look of Cobra (AudioCave)
Leila Martial: Smile from Baabel (Laborie Jazz)
Elliot Galvin: Red and Yellow from The Influencing Machine (Edition)
Andrea Keller Quartet: Under the Birch Tree from Greatest Hits (self-released)
Andre Canniere: Sunflower (for Emilie) from The Darkening Blue (Whirlwind)
Marc Sarrazy & Laurent Rochelle: Paysage Avant Pendaison from Chansons Pour L’Oreille Gauche (Linoleum)
Flat Earth Society: Ahmad & Juan from Terms of Embarassment (Igloo)
Too Noisy Fish: Slow B from Fight Eat Sleep (Rare and Treacherous)
Nick Fraser: Skeleton from Is Life Long? (CleanFeed)
Frode Kjekstad: Invitation from A Piece of the Apple (Losen)
20^th Century Dog: Vibrant from Bone (Earshift Music)

Playlist - January 14th 2018

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Yellow House from Paint (Hot Cup)

Mopo: Ruusu from Mopocalypse (We Jazz)
Mopo: Mustafa from Mopocalypse (We Jazz)
Gabor Gado & Laurent Blondiau: Kenpo from Veil and Quintessence (BMC)
Aki Rissanen: Blind Desert from Another North (Edition)
Thomas Champagne Random House: Waiting from Sweet Day (Challenge / Igloo)
The Mulligan-Baker Project: Freeway from Mixing Memory and Desire (WLJWC)
Charlie Hunter: (Looks Like) Someone Got Ahead of Schedule on their Medication from Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth (Ground Up)
Andre Canniere: Lament from The Darkening Blue (Whirlwind)
Pigfoot: Basin Street Blues from 21^st Century Acid Trad (Village Life)
Oleg Kireyev & Keith Javors: The Meeting from The Meeting (Inarhyme)
Andrea Keller: Listen from Still Night: Music in Poetry (Jazzhead)
Andrea Keller: Where My Books Go from Still Night: Music in Poetry (Jazzhead)
Andrea Keller Quartet: Soup Tin Baby from Greatest Hits (self-released)
Elodie Pasquier: The Little Ducks of the Night from Mona (Laborie Jazz)
Huw Warren: EE from Nocturnes and Visions (self-released)
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition: Rasikapriya from Agrima (self-released)
Arne Huber Quartet: Im Echten Leben from Im Echten Leben (Meta)

(Intro / Outro – Stephane Huchard: Jakawa Jungle Spoon from Toutakoosticks (Blue Note Fr))

2017 El Intruso International Critics Poll

As always, it was an honour to be asked to contribute to the El Intruso International Critics Poll. Full results to be found HERE.