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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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TIM BERNE'S SNAKEOIL (and related)
Marc Ducret - Sur l'Electricite (Tower vol. 2, Ayler CD)
Tim Berne's Snakeoil - Scanners (Snakeoil, ECM CD)
Tim Berne's Snakeoil - Spare Parts (Snakeoil, ECM CD)
Ches Smith & These Arches - Finally out of My Hands (Finally out of My Hands, Skirl CD)
Mary Halvorson - No. 28 (Bending Bridges, Firehouse 12 CD)
Julius Hemphill - Dogon A.D. (Dogon A.D., Mbari/International Phonograph CD)
Julius Hemphill & Peter Kowald - Duo I; Duo III (Live at Kassiopeia, No Business CD)
Marc Ducret - Sur l'Electricite (Tower vol. 2, Ayler CD)
Tim Berne's Snakeoil - Scanners (Snakeoil, ECM CD)
Tim Berne's Snakeoil - Spare Parts (Snakeoil, ECM CD)
Ches Smith & These Arches - Finally out of My Hands (Finally out of My Hands, Skirl CD)
Mary Halvorson - No. 28 (Bending Bridges, Firehouse 12 CD)
Julius Hemphill - Dogon A.D. (Dogon A.D., Mbari/International Phonograph CD)
Julius Hemphill & Peter Kowald - Duo I; Duo III (Live at Kassiopeia, No Business CD)
NEW ISSUES & ACQUISITIONS II
29th Street Saxophone Quartet - In Case You Missed It (Underground - Antilles)
Perry Robinson Trio - Unisphere/a.k.a. Snake (From A to Z - jazzwerkstaat)
Agusti Fernandez Trio - All of us (One Night at the Joan Miro Foundation - Synergy)
Michael Musillami - Piana dei Greci (Mettle - Playscape)
Ullmann/Swell 4 - More Hello/New York 5:50 (News? No News! - jazzwerkstatt)
Vinny Golia Trio - The New Tenor Tune (for flying) (Slice of Life - Nine Winds)
Tim Berne - Not Sure (Snake Oil - ECM)
Ernst Glerum - Terugweg (Movie Music - Favorite)
29th Street Saxophone Quartet - In Case You Missed It (Underground - Antilles)
Perry Robinson Trio - Unisphere/a.k.a. Snake (From A to Z - jazzwerkstaat)
Agusti Fernandez Trio - All of us (One Night at the Joan Miro Foundation - Synergy)
Michael Musillami - Piana dei Greci (Mettle - Playscape)
Ullmann/Swell 4 - More Hello/New York 5:50 (News? No News! - jazzwerkstatt)
Vinny Golia Trio - The New Tenor Tune (for flying) (Slice of Life - Nine Winds)
Tim Berne - Not Sure (Snake Oil - ECM)
Ernst Glerum - Terugweg (Movie Music - Favorite)
UK IMPROVISATION & COMPOSITION
Free Space - Intermediate (Life amid the Artefacts, Emanem CD)
Peter Lemer - Flowville (Local Colour, ESP LP)
Alexander Hawkins Ensemble - Owl (Friendly)/A Star Explodes 10,000 Years Ago... (All There, Ever Out, Babel CD)
Neil Metcalfe & Olie Brice - Ebb & Flow (Brackish, FMR CD)
Tony Levin Quartet - Dedicaton (Live in Viersen, Rare Music CD)
Trevor Watts & Veryan Weston - Exchanged Frequencies (5 More Dialogues, Emanem CD)
Tony Oxley - Oryane (Ichnos, RCA LP)
Pam Windo/Gary Windo/Frank Perry - Roarin' (Avant Gardeners, Reel Recordings CD)
Free Space - Intermediate (Life amid the Artefacts, Emanem CD)
Peter Lemer - Flowville (Local Colour, ESP LP)
Alexander Hawkins Ensemble - Owl (Friendly)/A Star Explodes 10,000 Years Ago... (All There, Ever Out, Babel CD)
Neil Metcalfe & Olie Brice - Ebb & Flow (Brackish, FMR CD)
Tony Levin Quartet - Dedicaton (Live in Viersen, Rare Music CD)
Trevor Watts & Veryan Weston - Exchanged Frequencies (5 More Dialogues, Emanem CD)
Tony Oxley - Oryane (Ichnos, RCA LP)
Pam Windo/Gary Windo/Frank Perry - Roarin' (Avant Gardeners, Reel Recordings CD)
JAZZ FROM THE WINDY CITY
Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Apocryphal Fire in the Warehouse (Apocryphal... - Harmonic Convergence)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Contention (Apocryphal... - Harmonic Convergence)
Jim Baker - Watching the Interstate (More Questions Than Answers - Delmark)
Jason Stein - Laced Case (The Story This Time - Delmark)
Jason Adasiewicz - Overtones of China (Sun Room - Delmark)
Triage (Rempis, Ajemian, Daisy) - Baltimore Song / Rust Belt (Staggger - Utech Records)
774th Street Quartet - They All Change (A Rare Thing - Bloody Murder)
Jason Stein - Badlands (The Story This Time - Delmark)
Wooley / Lonberg-Holm / Roebke - Southern Ends of the Earth (Throw Down Your Hammer & Sing - Porter)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Apocryphal Fire in the Warehouse (Apocryphal... - Harmonic Convergence)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Contention (Apocryphal... - Harmonic Convergence)
Jim Baker - Watching the Interstate (More Questions Than Answers - Delmark)
Jason Stein - Laced Case (The Story This Time - Delmark)
Jason Adasiewicz - Overtones of China (Sun Room - Delmark)
Triage (Rempis, Ajemian, Daisy) - Baltimore Song / Rust Belt (Staggger - Utech Records)
774th Street Quartet - They All Change (A Rare Thing - Bloody Murder)
Jason Stein - Badlands (The Story This Time - Delmark)
Wooley / Lonberg-Holm / Roebke - Southern Ends of the Earth (Throw Down Your Hammer & Sing - Porter)
DRUMS NOT REQUIRED
Clifford Thornton - Speak with your Echo (Ketchaoua, BYG LP)
Joe McPhee - Angels & Other Aliens (Angels, Devils & Haints, CjR CD)
Kidd Jordan - We Are All Indebted To Each Other (On Fire, Engine CD)
Bobby Naughton - Slant (The Haunt, Otic LP)
Henry Threadgill - Fee Fi Fo Fum (The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill, Mosaic CD)
Dom Minasi String Quartet - Green! Green! They're Green! (Dissonance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, Konnex CD)
Clifford Thornton - Speak with your Echo (Ketchaoua, BYG LP)
Joe McPhee - Angels & Other Aliens (Angels, Devils & Haints, CjR CD)
Kidd Jordan - We Are All Indebted To Each Other (On Fire, Engine CD)
Bobby Naughton - Slant (The Haunt, Otic LP)
Henry Threadgill - Fee Fi Fo Fum (The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill, Mosaic CD)
Dom Minasi String Quartet - Green! Green! They're Green! (Dissonance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, Konnex CD)
INDO-JAZZ FUSIONS
Joe Harriott/John Mayer - Partita (Indo-Jazz Fusions, Atlantic LP)
Indo-British Ensemble - Looking Eastward to the Blues (Curried Jazz, MFP LP)
Amancio D'Silva - Jaipur (Integration, Columbia CD)
Dewan Motihar/Mani Neumeier - Sun Love (Jazz Meets India, MPS LP)
Reform Art Unit - Darjeeling Part 1 (Darjeeling, WM Produktion LP)
Burton Greene/Daoud Amin - Woodstock Vibrations (excerpt) (Trees, Button Nose LP)
Joe Harriott/John Mayer - Partita (Indo-Jazz Fusions, Atlantic LP)
Indo-British Ensemble - Looking Eastward to the Blues (Curried Jazz, MFP LP)
Amancio D'Silva - Jaipur (Integration, Columbia CD)
Dewan Motihar/Mani Neumeier - Sun Love (Jazz Meets India, MPS LP)
Reform Art Unit - Darjeeling Part 1 (Darjeeling, WM Produktion LP)
Burton Greene/Daoud Amin - Woodstock Vibrations (excerpt) (Trees, Button Nose LP)
NEW ISSUES & ACQUISITIONS
Paul Flaherty/Laila Salins/Bill Nace - Axis Shift (Broken Staircase - Wet Paint)
Mark Alban Lotz - RRK Rahasaan/Dr. No./Soroaster (Istanbul Improv Sessions May 5th - rekonstruKt)
Tim Perkis - Abandoned Dacha/Hooflike Shoes (Five Solo Violin Improvisations - Lucky Garage)
Amalgam (Trevor Watts/John Stevens/Jeff Clyne) - Higgins (Play Blackwell & Higgins - FMR)
Matt Maneri w/ Joe McPhee - Nerve (Sustain - Thirsty Ear)
Daniel Erdmann & Samuel Rohrer Quartet - How to Catch a Cloud (How to Catch a Cloud - Intakt)
Remi Alvarez & Pere Soto - R/S2 (Remisotopos - Discos Intolerancia)
Paul Flaherty/Laila Salins/Bill Nace - Axis Shift (Broken Staircase - Wet Paint)
Mark Alban Lotz - RRK Rahasaan/Dr. No./Soroaster (Istanbul Improv Sessions May 5th - rekonstruKt)
Tim Perkis - Abandoned Dacha/Hooflike Shoes (Five Solo Violin Improvisations - Lucky Garage)
Amalgam (Trevor Watts/John Stevens/Jeff Clyne) - Higgins (Play Blackwell & Higgins - FMR)
Matt Maneri w/ Joe McPhee - Nerve (Sustain - Thirsty Ear)
Daniel Erdmann & Samuel Rohrer Quartet - How to Catch a Cloud (How to Catch a Cloud - Intakt)
Remi Alvarez & Pere Soto - R/S2 (Remisotopos - Discos Intolerancia)
IN MEMORIAM SAM RIVERS
Sam Rivers - Bursts (Crystals - Impulse)
Miles Davis - So What (Miles in Tokyo - CBS Sony)
Sam Rivers - Fuchsia Swing Song (Fuchsia Swing Song - Blue Note)
Sam Rivers - The Point of No Return (Contours - Blue Note)
Dave Holland - Four Winds (Conference of the Birds - ECM)
Sam Rivers - Ivory Black/Violet (Hues - Impulse)
Sam Rivers - Streams (A Side) (Streams - Impulse)
Sam Rivers - Exultation (Crystals - Impulse)
Sam Rivers, who passed away last Monday, was a major figure on the adventurous jazz scene for several decades. He not only played tenor saxophone, but also flute, piano and soprano, and was highly respected as a composer. Just as significantly, he was a major organizer and promoter of creative music, presenting numerous concerts at his NYC loft, Studio Rivbea. Many recordings were made at these gigs, including those issued on the 5-LP Wildflowers series. Rivers recorded as both a leader and sideman for Blue Note, and played in the regular groups of musicians as diverse as Miles Davis and Cecil Taylor. Tonight's program was focused on the first decade of Rivers' recordings; more will follow.
Sam Rivers - Bursts (Crystals - Impulse)
Miles Davis - So What (Miles in Tokyo - CBS Sony)
Sam Rivers - Fuchsia Swing Song (Fuchsia Swing Song - Blue Note)
Sam Rivers - The Point of No Return (Contours - Blue Note)
Dave Holland - Four Winds (Conference of the Birds - ECM)
Sam Rivers - Ivory Black/Violet (Hues - Impulse)
Sam Rivers - Streams (A Side) (Streams - Impulse)
Sam Rivers - Exultation (Crystals - Impulse)
Sam Rivers, who passed away last Monday, was a major figure on the adventurous jazz scene for several decades. He not only played tenor saxophone, but also flute, piano and soprano, and was highly respected as a composer. Just as significantly, he was a major organizer and promoter of creative music, presenting numerous concerts at his NYC loft, Studio Rivbea. Many recordings were made at these gigs, including those issued on the 5-LP Wildflowers series. Rivers recorded as both a leader and sideman for Blue Note, and played in the regular groups of musicians as diverse as Miles Davis and Cecil Taylor. Tonight's program was focused on the first decade of Rivers' recordings; more will follow.
A MONK'S DREAM?
Steve Lacy & Roswell Rudd - Monk's Dream (Monk's Dream - Verve)
Hamiet Bluiett - For Macho (The Clarinet Family - Black Saint)
Giorgio Gaslini Quartet - Africa! (Africa! - OFF)
Thelonious Monk (w/ Steve Lacy) - Evidence (School Days - Emanem CD)
Thelonious Monk (w/ Steve Lacy) - Straight No Chaser (School Days - Emanem CD)
William Parker - Testimony of The Stir Pot (In Order to Survive - Black Saint)
Steve Lacy & Roswell Rudd - Monk's Dream (Monk's Dream - Verve)
Hamiet Bluiett - For Macho (The Clarinet Family - Black Saint)
Giorgio Gaslini Quartet - Africa! (Africa! - OFF)
Thelonious Monk (w/ Steve Lacy) - Evidence (School Days - Emanem CD)
Thelonious Monk (w/ Steve Lacy) - Straight No Chaser (School Days - Emanem CD)
William Parker - Testimony of The Stir Pot (In Order to Survive - Black Saint)
THE FROLICS OF LOL COXHILL
Lol Coxhill & Steve Miller - Portland Bill (Coxhill/Miller. Miller/Coxhill. - Caroline)
Lol Coxhill (solo) - Diver (Diverse - Ogun)
Lol Coxhill - The Wakefield Capers (The Joy of Paranoia - Ogun)
Johnny Rondo Duo (Coxhill & Holland) - Floz Variation V (Plus Mike Cooper - FMP)
Lol Coxhill & Veryan Weston - "26.5.78" (Digswell Duets - Random Radar)
Lol Coxhill & The Hot Love Band - West Lawn Dirge/Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Couscous - nato)
British soprano saxophonist Coxhill (b. 1932) decided to take up the saxophone after hearing a record by Charlie Parker. He played all styles of jazz, backed American Blues and Soul artists, and even dabbled in progressive rock until deciding to focus on creative improvised music. An original member of Derek Bailey's Company, Coxhill is still active in the U.K. and Europe.
Lol Coxhill & Steve Miller - Portland Bill (Coxhill/Miller. Miller/Coxhill. - Caroline)
Lol Coxhill (solo) - Diver (Diverse - Ogun)
Lol Coxhill - The Wakefield Capers (The Joy of Paranoia - Ogun)
Johnny Rondo Duo (Coxhill & Holland) - Floz Variation V (Plus Mike Cooper - FMP)
Lol Coxhill & Veryan Weston - "26.5.78" (Digswell Duets - Random Radar)
Lol Coxhill & The Hot Love Band - West Lawn Dirge/Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Couscous - nato)
British soprano saxophonist Coxhill (b. 1932) decided to take up the saxophone after hearing a record by Charlie Parker. He played all styles of jazz, backed American Blues and Soul artists, and even dabbled in progressive rock until deciding to focus on creative improvised music. An original member of Derek Bailey's Company, Coxhill is still active in the U.K. and Europe.
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