World of Jazz 774

Tradition meets experimentation in this fascinating collection of new releases. Beginning with the eclectic endeavours of Brandon Seabrook, via a mix of latin jazz, European exploration , free improvisation from the UK, a musical statement about the climate crisis, and closing with Thelonious Monk in concert in 1965.

PLAYLIST

• Brandon Seabrook “Name Dropping is the Lowest Form of Conversation (Waltz)” from Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic Records) 00:00 
• Mark Lockheart’s Shapeshifter  “Come On Over” from Shapeshifter (Edition Records) 05:18   
• Yelena Eckemoff “Ruins of Älvsborg” from Rosendals Garden (L & H Production) 10:00
• James Fernando “Unlikely Animal Friendships” from Philly 3 (Spring Garden Records) 17:25
• Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project “Merengue x Fantasy” from The Longest Way Round (One Trick Dog Records) 24:12
• Evan Parker, Paul Rogers, Louis Moholo-Moholo “U-begot” from Tebugo (Jazz In Britain) 29:50
• Compro Oro & Bouton Kalanda “Kukieda” from Lamellomania (W.E.R.F. Records) 44:33
• Emilio Solla & La Inestable de Brooklyn “Miles Tango” from Handmade (Club del Disco) 48:04
• Gabriel Vicéns “Niebla” from Niebla (Clepsydra Records) 55:20
• Kris Davis and Lutosławski Quartet. “Degrees of Separation” from The Solastalgia Suite (Pyroclastic Records) 1:03:19 
• Kelsey Mines  “Staying with the Trouble” from Everything Sacred, Nothing Serious (OA2 Records) 1:14:10
• Thelonious Monk “Just You, Just Me/I’m Getting Sentimental Over You/Criss Cross” from Bremen 1965 (Sunnyside Records) 1:22:25