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The Cutting Edge
with: Rick Kendrick and Clifford Allen
Sunday 19:00:00 - 20:30:00
This program presents adventurous jazz and improvised music featuring the musicians and innovations that have emerged (or are emerging) from the jazz tradition. It showcases work that recognizes these roots but looks forward. Not only can the great innovators and soloists of the present be heard, but also those who influenced them or have shown the promise to move beyond. Comments? Contact The Cutting Edge.
Rick has been listening to jazz for more than 35 years. His photographs of several jazz giants, taken in various Chicago locations in the late 1970s, can be seen in the online magazine monk mink pink punk. Rick also presents cutting-edge music that has arisen from the Classical "tradition" on Imaginary Landscapes, an Internet-only program.
Clifford has written about jazz since his college days and in addition to his blog Ni Kantu, writings have appeared in Signal To Noise, Paris Transatlantic, Tiny Mix Tapes, All About Jazz, The New York City Jazz Record, One Final Note, Line Magazine, The City Pages (Minneapolis), and the Austinist. He has also penned liner notes for ESP-Disk', FMP, Porter Records, No Business Records, Clean Feed and other labels.
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SMALL GROUP & SOLO PIANO MUSIC
7:00
Bernardo Sassetti Trio - Reflexos - (Nocturno, Clean Feed CD)
Bernardo Sassetti - Elegia - (Indigo/Livre, Clean Feed CD)
7:25
Alexander Hawkins Ensemble - Ologbo - (All There Ever Out, Babel CD)
Howard Riley Trio - Eclipse/Deeper - (The Day Will Come, CBS LP)
Howard Riley - There And Back - (Solo in Vilnius, No Business CD)
Michael Garrick Trio - Sketches of Israel - (Moonscape, Trunk LP)
8:02
Matthew Shipp Trio - Virgin Complex - (Art of the Improviser, Thirsty Ear CD)
Nobu Stowe - Blue In Green (Confusion Bleue, Soul Note CD)
RED Trio + Nate Wooley - Phase (Stem, Clean Feed CD)
Mal Waldron - Miles & Miles of Blues - (Play The Blues Live at the Domicile, Polydor LP)
7:00
Bernardo Sassetti Trio - Reflexos - (Nocturno, Clean Feed CD)
Bernardo Sassetti - Elegia - (Indigo/Livre, Clean Feed CD)
7:25
Alexander Hawkins Ensemble - Ologbo - (All There Ever Out, Babel CD)
Howard Riley Trio - Eclipse/Deeper - (The Day Will Come, CBS LP)
Howard Riley - There And Back - (Solo in Vilnius, No Business CD)
Michael Garrick Trio - Sketches of Israel - (Moonscape, Trunk LP)
8:02
Matthew Shipp Trio - Virgin Complex - (Art of the Improviser, Thirsty Ear CD)
Nobu Stowe - Blue In Green (Confusion Bleue, Soul Note CD)
RED Trio + Nate Wooley - Phase (Stem, Clean Feed CD)
Mal Waldron - Miles & Miles of Blues - (Play The Blues Live at the Domicile, Polydor LP)
SAX-UAL LIBERATION
World Saxophone Quartet - I Heard That (Revue - Black Saint)
World Saxophone Quartet - Touchic (Live in Zurich - Black Saint)
World Saxophone Quartet - Revue (Revue - Black Saint)
Woody Herman - Four Brothers (The Thundering Herds - Columbia)
ROVA Saxophone Quartet - Trobar Clus #1 (Cinema Rovate - Metalanguage)
ROVA Saxophone Quartet - Druids (The Removal of Secrecy - Metalanguage)
29th Street Saxophone Quartet - The Curious Child (Pointillistic Groove - Osmosis)
29th Street Saxophone Quartet - Watch Your Step (Watch Your Step - New Note)
Kolner Saxophon Mafia - Alkuin (Live - Jazz Haus Musik)
Kolner Saxophon Mafia - Tribop (Die Saxuelle Befreiung - Jazz Haus Musik)
Das Saxophonorchester Frankfurt (Alfred Harth) - Sofa/110 Volt/Ending (Live - SAJ)
Urban Sax (Gilbert Artman) - excerpt from untitled piece (Urban Sax - Cobra)
World Saxophone Quartet - I Heard That (Revue - Black Saint)
World Saxophone Quartet - Touchic (Live in Zurich - Black Saint)
World Saxophone Quartet - Revue (Revue - Black Saint)
Woody Herman - Four Brothers (The Thundering Herds - Columbia)
ROVA Saxophone Quartet - Trobar Clus #1 (Cinema Rovate - Metalanguage)
ROVA Saxophone Quartet - Druids (The Removal of Secrecy - Metalanguage)
29th Street Saxophone Quartet - The Curious Child (Pointillistic Groove - Osmosis)
29th Street Saxophone Quartet - Watch Your Step (Watch Your Step - New Note)
Kolner Saxophon Mafia - Alkuin (Live - Jazz Haus Musik)
Kolner Saxophon Mafia - Tribop (Die Saxuelle Befreiung - Jazz Haus Musik)
Das Saxophonorchester Frankfurt (Alfred Harth) - Sofa/110 Volt/Ending (Live - SAJ)
Urban Sax (Gilbert Artman) - excerpt from untitled piece (Urban Sax - Cobra)
STRANGE SYMMETRIES
Creative Construction Company - Muhal, Part 1 (Creative Construction Company - Muse)
M.L.A. BLEK (Charig, Rutherford, Malfatti, van Hove) - BLEK 10 (M.L.A. BLEK - SAJ)
Good Old Circus - Znameni Dechu (Good Old Circus - SAJ)
The Wuppertal Workshop Ensemble - Improvisation II ("The Family" - FMP)
Roscoe Mitchell / Jerome Cooper / Don Moye - Chant (Wildflowers, Vol. 5 - Douglas)
Creative Construction Company - Muhal, Part 1 (Creative Construction Company - Muse)
M.L.A. BLEK (Charig, Rutherford, Malfatti, van Hove) - BLEK 10 (M.L.A. BLEK - SAJ)
Good Old Circus - Znameni Dechu (Good Old Circus - SAJ)
The Wuppertal Workshop Ensemble - Improvisation II ("The Family" - FMP)
Roscoe Mitchell / Jerome Cooper / Don Moye - Chant (Wildflowers, Vol. 5 - Douglas)
PETER KOWALD
7:00 PM
Spontaneous Music Ensemble w/ Peter Kowald - First Cousins [Summer 1967, Emanem CD]
Marion Brown - Qbic [SWF broadcast 1967, w/ Kowald & Johansson]
Jazzrealities - Doctor [live in Paris 1966, w/ Brotzmann & Kowald]
7:35 PM
Peter Kowald Quintet - Pavement Bolognaise [Peter Kowald Quintet, FMP LP]
Pierre Favre Trio - Waiting for Paul [Santana, FMP LP]
8:05 PM
Brotzmann/Aaltonen/Kowald/Vesala - Kippis [Hot Lotta, Blue Master LP]
TTT w/ Frank Wright & Peter Kowald - Do You Like It? [Run with the Cowboys, Penck LP]
Peter Kowald & Barry Guy - La Robe de l'Avonture [Paintings, FMP LP]
7:00 PM
Spontaneous Music Ensemble w/ Peter Kowald - First Cousins [Summer 1967, Emanem CD]
Marion Brown - Qbic [SWF broadcast 1967, w/ Kowald & Johansson]
Jazzrealities - Doctor [live in Paris 1966, w/ Brotzmann & Kowald]
7:35 PM
Peter Kowald Quintet - Pavement Bolognaise [Peter Kowald Quintet, FMP LP]
Pierre Favre Trio - Waiting for Paul [Santana, FMP LP]
8:05 PM
Brotzmann/Aaltonen/Kowald/Vesala - Kippis [Hot Lotta, Blue Master LP]
TTT w/ Frank Wright & Peter Kowald - Do You Like It? [Run with the Cowboys, Penck LP]
Peter Kowald & Barry Guy - La Robe de l'Avonture [Paintings, FMP LP]
RECENT ACQUISITIONS
George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet - Message Urgent (Decisions - Timeless)
Barry Altschul Quartet - Blues Interrogation (That's Nice - Soul Note)
Jimmy Lyons Quintet - Wee Sneezawee (Wee Sneezawee - Black Saint)
Glenn Spearman Double Trio - Melts (The Fields - Black Saint)
Trinity (Joe McPhee, Mike Kull, Harold E. Smith) - Delta (Trinity - Atavistic)
Ergo - The Widening Gyre (If Not Inertia - Cuneiform)
Dead Cat Bounce - Tourvan Confessin' (Chance Episodes - Cuneiform)
Michael McNeil - Nobody's Waltz (Passageways - artist release)
October Trio - Do Your Thing (New Dream - Songlines)
George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet - Message Urgent (Decisions - Timeless)
Barry Altschul Quartet - Blues Interrogation (That's Nice - Soul Note)
Jimmy Lyons Quintet - Wee Sneezawee (Wee Sneezawee - Black Saint)
Glenn Spearman Double Trio - Melts (The Fields - Black Saint)
Trinity (Joe McPhee, Mike Kull, Harold E. Smith) - Delta (Trinity - Atavistic)
Ergo - The Widening Gyre (If Not Inertia - Cuneiform)
Dead Cat Bounce - Tourvan Confessin' (Chance Episodes - Cuneiform)
Michael McNeil - Nobody's Waltz (Passageways - artist release)
October Trio - Do Your Thing (New Dream - Songlines)
THE COVERS SHOW
07:00 PM
Darren Johnston - Love Call (O. Coleman) - The Big Lift (PFR)
Sunny Murray Quartet - Lonely Woman (O. Coleman) - Perles Noires vol. 1 (Eremite)
Marzette Watts w/ Patty Waters - Lonely Woman (O. Coleman) - Marzette Watts Ensemble (Savoy)
07:35 PM
Whit Dickey - Calls (C. Bley) - In a Heartbeat (Clean Feed CD)
Steve Lacy - Louise (C. Taylor) - The Straight Horn of... (Candid LP)
Ideal Bread - Quirks (S. Lacy) - The Ideal Bread (KMB CD)
08:00 PM
Mike Reed's People, Places & Things - Old (R. Mitchell) - Clean on the Corner (482 Music CD)
Emergency - People in Sorrow (R. Mitchell) - Homage to Peace (America LP)
Otomo Yoshihide w/ Mats Gustafsson - Song For Che (C. Haden)/Reducing Agent - Live in Lisbon (Clean Feed CD)
07:00 PM
Darren Johnston - Love Call (O. Coleman) - The Big Lift (PFR)
Sunny Murray Quartet - Lonely Woman (O. Coleman) - Perles Noires vol. 1 (Eremite)
Marzette Watts w/ Patty Waters - Lonely Woman (O. Coleman) - Marzette Watts Ensemble (Savoy)
07:35 PM
Whit Dickey - Calls (C. Bley) - In a Heartbeat (Clean Feed CD)
Steve Lacy - Louise (C. Taylor) - The Straight Horn of... (Candid LP)
Ideal Bread - Quirks (S. Lacy) - The Ideal Bread (KMB CD)
08:00 PM
Mike Reed's People, Places & Things - Old (R. Mitchell) - Clean on the Corner (482 Music CD)
Emergency - People in Sorrow (R. Mitchell) - Homage to Peace (America LP)
Otomo Yoshihide w/ Mats Gustafsson - Song For Che (C. Haden)/Reducing Agent - Live in Lisbon (Clean Feed CD)
ARCHIE SHEPP, Part 2
Archie Shepp - One for the Trane (excerpt) (Live at the Donaueschingen Music Festival - MPS)
Archie Shepp - Sophisticated Lady (Blase - BYG Actuel)
Archie Shepp - Blues for Donald Duck (Montreux Two - Arista/Freedom)
Archie Shepp - Touareg (Blase - BYG Actuel)
Archie Shepp - Lybia (sic) (Jazz a Confronto #27 - Horo)
Archie Shepp - Mariamar (Mariamar - Horo)
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Go Down Moses (Goin' Home - Steeplechase)
Archie Shepp - One for the Trane (excerpt) (Live at the Donaueschingen Music Festival - MPS)
Archie Shepp - Sophisticated Lady (Blase - BYG Actuel)
Archie Shepp - Blues for Donald Duck (Montreux Two - Arista/Freedom)
Archie Shepp - Touareg (Blase - BYG Actuel)
Archie Shepp - Lybia (sic) (Jazz a Confronto #27 - Horo)
Archie Shepp - Mariamar (Mariamar - Horo)
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Go Down Moses (Goin' Home - Steeplechase)
ARCHIE SHEPP, Part 1
Archie Shepp - Syeeda's Song Flute (Four for Trane - Impulse)
Archie Shepp - Hambone / Los Olvidados (Fire Music - Impulse)
Archie Shepp - Le Matin des Noires (New Thing at Newport - Impulse)
Archie Shepp - Three for a Quarter (Three for a Quarter & One for a Dime - Impulse)
Archie Shepp - In a Sentimental Mood (Live in San Francisco - Impulse)
Archie Shepp - Mama Too Tight (Mama Too Tight - Impulse)
Archie Shepp - Body and Soul (Yasmina, A Black Woman - BYG Actuel)
Archie Shepp - Syeeda's Song Flute (Four for Trane - Impulse)
Archie Shepp - Hambone / Los Olvidados (Fire Music - Impulse)
Archie Shepp - Le Matin des Noires (New Thing at Newport - Impulse)
Archie Shepp - Three for a Quarter (Three for a Quarter & One for a Dime - Impulse)
Archie Shepp - In a Sentimental Mood (Live in San Francisco - Impulse)
Archie Shepp - Mama Too Tight (Mama Too Tight - Impulse)
Archie Shepp - Body and Soul (Yasmina, A Black Woman - BYG Actuel)
NEW HAVEN CREATIVE MUSIC
Marion Brown & Leo Smith - Centering/Njung: Lumumba Malcolm (Creative Improv Ensemble, Freedom/Trio LP)
Nature's Consort - Snow (Nature's Consort, Otic LP)
Bobby Naughton - Austin Who (Understanding, Otic LP)
Creative Improvisers' Orchestra - Picric Wobble (comp. Naughton) (The Sky Cries The Blues, CMIF LP)
Allan Jaffe/Ray Anderson - Soundscape #1 (Soundscapes, Kromel LP)
Joe Fonda - Lungs (Looking for the Lake, Alacra LP)
Mario Pavone - Mops (Shodo, Alacra LP)
Phil Buettner Quintet - Oribi (Live at Dwight Chapel 1980, no label CD-R)
Michael Gregory Jackson - Ab Bb 1-7 3 Degrees (Clarity, Bija LP)
Marion Brown & Leo Smith - Centering/Njung: Lumumba Malcolm (Creative Improv Ensemble, Freedom/Trio LP)
Nature's Consort - Snow (Nature's Consort, Otic LP)
Bobby Naughton - Austin Who (Understanding, Otic LP)
Creative Improvisers' Orchestra - Picric Wobble (comp. Naughton) (The Sky Cries The Blues, CMIF LP)
Allan Jaffe/Ray Anderson - Soundscape #1 (Soundscapes, Kromel LP)
Joe Fonda - Lungs (Looking for the Lake, Alacra LP)
Mario Pavone - Mops (Shodo, Alacra LP)
Phil Buettner Quintet - Oribi (Live at Dwight Chapel 1980, no label CD-R)
Michael Gregory Jackson - Ab Bb 1-7 3 Degrees (Clarity, Bija LP)
BOOKER ERVIN
Booker Ervin - Mojo (That's It! - Candid)
Booker Ervin - Mooche Mooche (Exultation! - Prestige)
Booker Ervin - A Lunar Tune (The Freedom Book - Prestige)
Booker Ervin - A Day to Mourn (The Freedom Book - Prestige)
Booker Ervin - The Second #2 (Groovin' High - Prestige)
Booker Ervin - Bass-ix (Groovin' High - Prestige)
Booker Ervin - The Trance (The Trance - Prestige)
Booker Ervin - No Land's Man (Prestige 45 rpm)
Booker Ervin was one of the great tenor saxophonists of the 1960s, but is little remembered today. Born in Denison, Texas, in 1930, he switched from trombone to tenor while in the USAF in the early 1950s. He performed and recorded frequently (at least 8 LPs) with Charles Mingus during the late '50s and early '60s, and led his own groups throughout the latter decade. He also recorded with Horace Parlan, Mal Waldron, Andrew Hill, and Dexter Gordon (a major influence). Ervin left the USA in late 1964 for Europe, but continued to visit the States and record. He died of kidney disease in 1970 at the age of 39.
Booker Ervin - Mojo (That's It! - Candid)
Booker Ervin - Mooche Mooche (Exultation! - Prestige)
Booker Ervin - A Lunar Tune (The Freedom Book - Prestige)
Booker Ervin - A Day to Mourn (The Freedom Book - Prestige)
Booker Ervin - The Second #2 (Groovin' High - Prestige)
Booker Ervin - Bass-ix (Groovin' High - Prestige)
Booker Ervin - The Trance (The Trance - Prestige)
Booker Ervin - No Land's Man (Prestige 45 rpm)
Booker Ervin was one of the great tenor saxophonists of the 1960s, but is little remembered today. Born in Denison, Texas, in 1930, he switched from trombone to tenor while in the USAF in the early 1950s. He performed and recorded frequently (at least 8 LPs) with Charles Mingus during the late '50s and early '60s, and led his own groups throughout the latter decade. He also recorded with Horace Parlan, Mal Waldron, Andrew Hill, and Dexter Gordon (a major influence). Ervin left the USA in late 1964 for Europe, but continued to visit the States and record. He died of kidney disease in 1970 at the age of 39.
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