Playlist - March 24th 2013

El Gallo Rojo: Toni Samba from El Dia de los Muertos (El Gallo Rojo)

Dave Douglas Quintet: Beware of Doug from Time Travel (Greenleaf Music)
Barry Altschul: Irina from The 3Dom Factor (TUM)
Reut Regev’s R*Time: Drama Maybe Drama from Exploring the Vibe (Enja)
Django Bates Beloved: We Are Not Lost, We Are Simply Finding Our Way from Confirmation (Lost Marble)
Django Bates Beloved: A House is Not a Home from Confirmation (Lost Marble)
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Lots of Interest from Gamak (ACT)
Wild Bread: Tibbar from Wild Bread (Punto Rojo)
Celine Bonacina Trio: Watch Your Step from Open Heart (ACT)
Mace Francis New York Nonet: Why A? from Land Speed Record (Listen / Hear Collective)
Andrzej Przybielski: Freebop Towarzyski from Sesja Open (mok.bydgoszcz.pl)
El Gallo Rojo: Piu Basso di Cosi Non Posso from El Dia de los Muertos (El Gallo Rojo)
Samuel Blaser Quartet: As the Sea, Part 2 from As the Sea (Hatology)
Slo Motive: Baby Steps from Slo Motive (EclipseMusic)
Rez Abassi Trio: iTexture from Continuous Beat (Enja)
Woody Black 4: Wayne from Woody Black 4 (CD Baby)
Barry Altschul: Just a Simple Song from The 3Dom Factor (TUM)

Jazz Today Playlist - 10th March 2013

Kerkko Koskinen Orchestra: Modern Single Man from Trains & Letters (Ricky-Tick)

Anat Cohen: All Brothers from Claroscuro (Anzic)
Enrico Pieranunzi: Unless They Love You from Live at the Village Vanguard (CAM Jazz)
Chimaira: The Stranger from Smoke & Mirrors (WideEarRecords)
FUSK: Led Right, Gleen Right from Super Kasper (WhyPlayJazz)
Tin Hat: A Cloud on a Leaf from The Rain is a Handsome Animal (New Amsterdam)
Tin Hat: The Rain is a Handsome Animal from The Rain is a Handsome Animal (New Amsterdam)
Mopo: Metsarukkanen from Jee! (Texicalli)
Ant Law: Entanglement I – Janus and Epimetheus from Entanglement (33jazz)
Marius Neset: Birds from Birds (Edition)
Martin, Haynes and Driver: Hay (The Kind for Horses) from Freedman at Western Front (Barnyard)
Empty Bottle Market: First Bottle from Empty Bottle Market (nBn)
Oguz Buyukberber Trio: Adsiz II from Gibi (Trytone)
Peter Vandenberghe & Bart Maris (Glits): Brescia (unreleased)
Mace Francis Orchestra: Chinese Whispers IV from Presents Chinese Whispers IV (Listen / Hear Collective)
Avishai Cohen: Nov. 30^th from Triveni II (Anzic)
Enrico Pieranunzi: La Dolce Vita from Live at the Village Vanguard (CAM Jazz)

Jazz Today Playlist - Sun 24th Feb 2013

David Pastor & Pere Foved: El del Llasn from Camins Dispars (Omix)

Omit Five: Oclupaca from Omit Five (Caligola)
Klang: It Felt as if Time had Stopped from Brooklyn Lines...Chicago Spaces (Allos Documents)
The Aruan Ortiz & Michael Janisch Quintet: Precisely Now from Banned in London (Whirlwind)
Jenny Scheinman: A Ride with Polly Jean from Mischief & Mayhem (self-released)
Eric Schaefer: Lohengrin I from Who is Afraid of Richard W.? (ACT)
Dieter Ilg: Parsifal from Parsifal (ACT)
Eric Schaefer: Nietzsche in Disguise from Who is Afraid of Richard W.? (ACT)
Mark Lockheart: Not in My Name from In Deep (Edition)
Sam Anning Quintet: Re-turning Point from Re-turning Point (Listen / Hear Collective)
Kevin Figes Quartet: Tables and Chairs from Tables and Chairs (Pig)
Dreilander Trio: Izpoved from Dreilander Trio (Palomar)
Jacob Garchik / Jacob Sacks / David Ambrosio / Vinnie Sperrazza: Plainchant from 40Twenty (Yeah-Yeah)
FUSK: Alles Klar, Herr Kommandant from Super Kasper (WhyPlayJazz)
Mazz Swift / Tomeka Reid / Silvia Bolognesi: Ponce from Hear in Now (Rudi)
Raffaele Bossard’s Junction Box: Crossfire from Adumbration (WideEarRecords)

El Intruso Critics Poll - 2012

It was nice to be invited to participate in the El Intruso Critics Poll for 2012. The full results can be found HERE!

Jazz Today ONLINE - Winter 2013

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Yaron Herman: Mojo from Alter Ego (ACT). Emile Parisien, soprano saxophone; Yaron Herman, piano; Stephane Kerecki, bass; Ziv Ravitz, drums.

Daniel Humair: 7A3 from Sweet & Sour (Laborie). Emile Parisien, soprano saxophone; Vincent Peirani, accordion; Jerome Regard, bass; Daniel Humair, drums.

Marc Hannaford: Jack Hammerford from Sarcophile (Marchon). Marc Hannaford, piano; Sam Pankhurst, bass; James McLean, drums.

Paolo Botti Quartet: In Terra from Slight Imperfection (Caligola). Dimitri Grechi Espinoza, alto saxophone; Paolo Botti, viola; Tito Mangialajo Rantzer, bass; Filippo Monico, drums.

Lorenz Raab: Strudl Doag from Expanded (Unit). Eirik Hegdal, C melody saxophone; Lorenz Raab, trumpet; Michel Godard, tuba; Lucas Niggli, drums.

Ibrahim Maalouf: Doubts from Wind (Mi’ster). Mark Turner, tenor saxophone; Ibrahim Maalouf, trumpet; Frank Woeste, piano; Larry Grenadier, bass; Clarence Penn, drums.

Pixel: Call Me from Reminder (Cuneiform). Harald Lassen, soprano saxophone; Jonas Kilmork Vemoy, trumpet; Ellen Andrea Wang, bass and vocals; Jon Audun Baar, drums.

Raffaele Bossard’s Junction Box: Shapeshifter from Adumbration (WideEarRecords). Rafael Schilt and Tobias Meier, reeds; Raffaele Bossard, bass; Alex Huber, drums.

Ant Law: Kanda Jhati from Entanglement (33 Records). Michael Chillingworth, alto saxophone; Ant Law, guitar; Tom Farmer, bass; James Maddren, drums.

Jazz Today Playlist - Feb 10th 2013

Marty Ehrlich’s Rites Quartet: The Gravedigger’s Respite from Frog Leg Logic (Clean Feed)

Flat Earth Society: Meet Luke Devereaux from 13 (Igloo)
Jasper Van’t Hof: Nebula from Oeuvre (Q-rious)
Carlo Nardozza Quintet: Emmelia from Winterslag (CNm / Prova)
Liba Villavecchia: Spirits 3 from Saxophone Spirits (Agharta Music)
Libas Traum: Bianya from Libas Traum (Agharta Music)
Michel Reis: Street of Memories from Point of No Return (Armored)
The Cloudmakers Trio with Ralph Alessi: Morbid Curiosity from Live at the Pizza Express (Whirlwind)
Ben Goldberg: Satisfied Mind from Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues (BAG Productions)
Ben Goldberg: Who Died and Where I Moved To from Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues (BAG Productions)
Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone & the London Vocal Project: Black March from Mirrors (Edition)
Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone & the London Vocal Project: Through the Looking Glass from Mirrors (Edition)
No Reduce: The Mouse from Jaywalkin’ (NWOG)
Raffaele Bossard’s Junction Box: Shapeshifter from Adumbration (WideEarRecords)
Yaron Herman: Your Eyes from Alter Ego (ACT)
Ben Goldberg: Breathing Room from Unfold Ordinary Mind (BAG Productions)

Jazz Today Playlist - Jan 27th 2013

Lovedale: Abdullah I from Coziness Kills (ILK)

Lorenz Raab: Strudl Doag from Expanded (Unit)
Paolo Botti Quartet: In Terra from Slight Imperfection (Caligola)
Paolo Botti Quartet: Makeba from Slight Imperfection (Caligola)
Ochion Jewell: A Snakeride through the Fog from First Suite for Quartet (Mythology)
Tous Dehors: Carolina Shout from Happy Birthday (self-released)
Ibrahim Maalouf: Doubts from Wind (Mi’ster)
Ant Law: Kanda Jhati from Entanglement (33 Records)
Trichotomy: Chase from The Gentle War (Naim)
Le Gle: Variations sur un Tableau from Suite Erratiques (Linoleum)
Emanuele Maniscalco: Dance from From Time to Time (El Gallo Rojo)
Omit Five: ZTL from Omit Five (Caligola)
Bill Carrothers: News from Home from Family Life (Pirouet)
Machaut: Kyrie 1 (Tricollectif - unreleased)
L14,16: Last Train from Schneidemuhl from Elder (Double Moon)
Tom Varner: Big George Blues from The Swiss Duos (Unit)
Paolo Botti Quartet: Ain’t Misbehavin’ from Slight Imperfection (Caligola)
Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Sayre from Slippery Rock (Hot Cup)