Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Jazz Euphorium, June 27, 2012

Montreal Jazz Fest 2012 Preview




Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Ugestu - Ugetsu (Cedar Walton @ Gesù, July 6, 10:30pm)

Tord Gustavson Trio - Being There - Blessed Feet (Tord Gustavson @ Gesù, July 4-7, 8pm)
* Sylvain Ransy Trio - l'Oeil de Cyclone (@ Scène Radio-Canada, July 2, 10pm)
* Parc-X Trio - Cent Questions Sans Réponse - P-mix (Opening for Meshell Ndegeocello @ Club Soda, July 1, 10pm
Neil Cowley Trio - Radio Silence - A French Lesson (@ l'Astral, July 6, 9pm)
* Rafael Zaldivar - Life Directions - Cimarrón (Fugitive Slave) Part One (with Greg Osby @l'Astral, June 28, 6pm)

Ambrose Akinmusire - When the Heart Emerges Glistening - Regret (No More) (Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet @ Gesù, July 4, 10:30pm)
* Brahja Waldman Quartet - Brahja Waldman Quartet - Sermon of the Inanimate (@ Scène Radio-Canada, June 29, 8pm)
* Orkestre des Pas Perdus - L'Âge du Cuivre - Morceaux de Robots (@ l'Astral, July 3, 6pm)
Hess is More - Hits - Glove is in the Air (@ Scène Bell, June 28, 10pm)

Curumin - Arrocha - Paris Vila Matilde (@ Scène Bell, June 29, 10pm)
CéU - Caravana Sereia Bloom - Asfalto E Sal (@ Club Soda, June 30, 10pm)
Orgone - It's What You Do (@ Scène TD, July 6, 9 and 11pm)

* J.A.S.S. feat. Andy Williams & DJ Luvs - Excerpt (Jazz Amnesty Sound System @ L'Astral, July 2-4, midnight)
Byard Lancaster - US
As One - Libran Legacy

* Vincent Gagnon - Himalaya - Himalaya (@ Scène Radio-Canada, June 29, 10pm)
Terje Rypdal - :rarum - Tough Enough (with Crime Scene @ Gesù, June 29, 10:30pm)
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2 - Clothed in the skin of the Dead (Solo @ Gesù, June 29, 10:30pm)
* Kalmunity Jazz Collective - Live @ Diese Onze - Improvisation 8 (@ Savoy, July 5-7, midnight)

Host: Parker Mah

Thursday, June 07, 2012

Jazz Euphorium Playlist - Wednesday June 6 2012

Preview of the 12th Annual Suoni per il Popolo Festival

Host:  Lawrence Joseph

1.  Don Cherry - North Brazilian Ceremonial Hymn (12:20; Organic Music
Society, Caprice)
2.  William Parker - Morning Mantra (15:08; Double Sunrise Over Neptune,
AUM)
3.  William Parker Quartet - Moon (5:11; O'Neil's Porch, AUM)
4.  Raining on the Moon - Doctor Yesterday (8:44; Corn Meal Dance, AUM)
5.  Eri Yamamoto Trio - Waver (5:40; The Next Page, AUM)
6.  Darius Jones Quartet - Winkie (4:22; Book of Mae'bul, AUM)
7.  Ellery Eskelin - Penalty Phase (5:28; Ramifications, Hatology)
8.  Trio 3 - Blues for Peter (9:57; Celebrating Mary Lou Williams, Intakt)
9.  Han Bennink / Derek Bailey - 5 (2:57; Ail Mail, Incus)
10.  Subtle Lip Can - Tid Lac Boam (6:04; Subtle Lip Can, Drip Audio)
11. Brahja Waldman's Quartet - The Quickness of the Spirit (7:36; Brahja
Waldman's Quartet, independent)
12.  Marc Ribot - Fat MAn Blues (4:49: Silent movies ; Pi Recordings)
13. Hexentrio - Flo Vi Ru (7:43; Hexentrio, Intakt)

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Playlist May 30, 2012

Host: David Ryshpan

Marty Ehrlich Rites Quartet - "Rites Rhythms" (Things Have Got To Change)
Jessica Lurie Ensemble - "Der Nister" (Megaphone Heart)
Kenny Garrett - "Wiggins" (Seeds from the Underground)
Steve Lehman - "Fumba Rebel" (Dialect Fluorescent)
*Joel Miller - "Teeter Totter" (Swim) [Miller/Hollins/Blade/Cowherd @ Upstairs June 28]
Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up - "For Ours" (The Air is Different)
Surface to Air - "Matanzas" (s/t)

William Parker: Raining On the Moon - "Gilmore's Hat" (Corn Meal Dance) [@ Sala Rossa June 9]
Ellery Eskelin - "Split the Difference" (Quiet Music) [Eskelin/Versace/Cleaver @ Sala Rossa June 17]
Darius Jones Quartet - "Be Patient With Me" (Book of Mae'Bul: Another Kind of Sunrise) [@ Casa del Popolo June 10; workshop June 9]
Trio 3 - "Hooray for Herbie" (Open Ideas) [@ Sala Rossa June 19]

Harris Eisenstadt - "Nosey Parker" (Canada Day III)
Claudia Quintet +1 - "What is the Beautiful?" (What is the Beautiful?)
Joel Harrison/Lorenzo Feliciati - "Small Table Rules" (Holy Abyss)
Slow Poke - "Rockin' in Rhythm" (At Home)
New Zion Trio - "Niceness" (Fight Against Babylon)

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

May 23rd, 2012

Koji Goto - Live at the Munetsugu (improvisation)

*Marianne Trudel Septet - Rires sur la grève (@ Dièse Onze, May 25)
*Eval Manigat - Cocktail Musical
*Honeycomb - Joel Miller
*The October Trio - 1983

Robert Glasper feat. Erykah Badu - Afro Blue
Colman Brothers - The Chief
Hackney Colliery Band - Pygmy Goats

Alfredo Rodriguez - Sounds of Space
*Rafael Zaldivar - Changing Rooms
Gepel - La Torcida
*Roberto Lopez Project - Descarga en Montreal

SUONI PER IL POPOLO Mini-Preview

Marc Ribot - Mood Indigo (@ Sala Rossa, June 23)
NoZen - El Loco (@ Sala Rossa, June 6)
Tim Berne - Now Then (@ Casa Del Popolo, June 1)
Benoit Delbecq - Barragán

Andrew Cyrille - Route de Frères, part 2: Memories of Port-au-prince Afternoons
William Parker & Raining on the Moon - Hunk Pappa Blues (@ Sala Rossa, June 9)

*John Stetch Trio - Norbu 7.7
*L'orkestre des Pas Perdus - Maux Croisés
*Christopher Cargnello - Leftism

Host: Parker Mah

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Jazz Euphorium - Wednesday May 16, 2012

Jazz Euphorium - Wednesday May 16, 2012
Henry Grimes and FIMAV previews


Host:  Lawrence Joseph

1.  Henry Grimes - Fish Story (ESP; 4:30)
2.  Marzette Watts - Backdrop for Urban Revolution (ESP; 19:19)
3.  John Zorn - KD's Motion (Hatology; 3:40)
4.  Mary Halvorson - Hemorrhaging Smiles (Firehouse 12; 7:59)
5.  Joe Morris - Silver Sun (ESP; 13:42)
6.  Miles Perkin Quartet - Street Escape (6:14, Miles Perkin)
7.  Wadada Leo Smith - Reflectivity (4:41; Tzadik)
8. Matana Roberts - Rise (Constelleation; 7:27) (84)
9. Roscoe Mitchell - Hop Hip Bip Bir Rip (ECM; 6:02)
10. George Lewis - Lush Life (5:59, Sackville)
 

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Playlist May 9, 2012

Host: Nimalan Yoganathan

Special tribute to Adam Yauch (aka MCA)  1964-2012

1.       Beastie Boys – Check Your Head – The Biz-vs-The Nuge
2.       Beastie Boys – Pass The Mic (Pt. 2, Skills To Pay The Bills)
3.       Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique – Ask For Janice
4.       Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique – Egg Man
5.       Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique – What Comes Around
6.       Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique – Stop That Train
7.       Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique – 59 Chrystie Street
8.       Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique – To All The girls
9.       Beastie Boys – Check Your Head – Groove Holmes (w/ Biz Markie)
10.   Beastie Boys - Ill Communication – Get It Together (w/ Q-Tip)
11.   Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty – Sneakin’ Out The Hospital
12.   Beastie Boys – Check Your Head - So What’cha Want (Soul Assassins remix)
13.   Beastie Boys – Ill Communication - B-Boys Makin' With The Freak Freak
14.   Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 – Tadlock’s Glasses
15.   Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique – 3-Minute Rule
16.   Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique – The Sounds of Science
17.   Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty – 3 MC’s and One DJ
18.   Darondo – Let My People Go – Didn’t I
19.   The Meters – Funkify Your Life – Stormy
20.   Sir Victor Uwaifo - Guitar Boy Superstar 1970-76 – Iye Iye Oh
21.   Hugh Masekela – Lasting Impressions of Ooga Booga – Dzinorabiro
22.   Unknown - Zimbabwe The African Mbira: Music Of The Shona People – Misorodzi
23.   Gato Barbieri & Dollar Brand – Freedom, Rhythm & Sound – Eighty First Street
24.   Mulatu Astatqe – The Very Best of Ethiopiques – Tezeta
25.   Beyene Habte  -  The Very Best of Ethiopiques – Embi Ila
26.   Cedric IM Brooks – Light of Saba – Rasta Lead on Version
27.   Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias – New Orleans Funk – Handa Wanda
28.   Dr. John – Babylon – Glowin’
29.   Gary Bartz Ntu Troop – Freedom, Rhythm & Sound – Drinking Song
30.   Sonny Sharrock – Black Woman – Portrait of Linda in Three Colors

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Playlist May 2, 2012

Host: David Ryshpan

Happy 113th birthday, Duke! (April 29, 1899)
Duke Ellington - "Sonnet for Caesar" (Such Sweet Thunder)
Vijay Iyer - "The Village of the Virgins" (Accelerando)
Don Byron - "A Mural From Two Perspectives" (Romance with the Unseen)

Fred Frith Guitar Quartet - "Motormouth" (Fred Frith Guitar Quartet) [Frith/Derome/Chan @ Casa del Popolo May 2]
Claudia Quintet +1 - "Mates for Life" (What is the Beautiful?)
Steve Lehman Trio - "Jeannine" (Dialect Fluorescent)
*Alexandre Côté - "Jackie's Elements" (Transitions)
Brad Mehldau Trio  - "Bee Blues" (Ode)
Joe Lovano Us Five - "Passport" (Bird Songs)

Montreal Jazz Festival mini-preview
Wayne Shorter Quartet - "As Far as the Eye Can See" (Beyond the Sound Barrier) [Shorter @ Théâtre Maisonneuve June 29; Brian Blade w/ Cowherd/Hollins/Miller @ Upstairs June 28]
Greg Osby - "Mob Job" (Channel Three) [w/ Rafael Zaldivar @ L'Astral June 28]
*Parc-X Trio - "Lalala" (Parc-X Trio) [@ Club Soda July 1]
Tom Harrell - "Design" (Live at the Village Vanguard) [@ Upstairs July 6-7]

Trio M - "The Guest House" (The Guest House)
*October Trio - "1983" (New Dream)
Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra - "You Can Make It If You Try" (MTO Plays Sly)


Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Jazz Euphorium Playlist for April 25, 2012

Host: Sven von Fellenberg

1. Herbie Hancock & Headhunters - Vein Melter
2. Herbie Hancock & Headhunters - Butterfly / Chameleon - live in Japan 1975
3. Cortijo y su Maquina del Tiempo - Gumbo
4. Miles Davis - Maiysha live
5. Tony Williams - Neptune: Ouverture / Fear Not / Creatures of Conscience
6. Weather Report - The Juggler / Havona
7. Dorian Concept - I am a basketball mom / Row out / Slyme End
8. MaloonTheBoom - It could happen to you
9. Cut Hands - ++++ / Backlash
10. Squarepusher - Planet Gear
11. Free the Robots - Global Warning

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Jazz Euphorium Playlist for April 18 2012

Celebrating Han Bennink's Birthday and Henry Grimes soon coming to town!
Host:  Lawrence Joseph

1.  Han Bennink/Derek Bailey - Air Mail 10 (Air Mail, 5:51, Incus)
2.  Han Bennink/Peter Brotzmann - No 1 (Schwarzwaldfahrt [Black Forest Trip], 5:55, FMP)
3.  Peter Brotzmann Sextet - Nipples (Nipples, 17:54, Atavistic)
4.  ICP Orchestra - Jubilee Varia (JubileeVaria, 8:06, Hatology)
5.  ICP Orchestra - 52+ (52nd Street Theme) (ICP Performs Monk and Nichols, 6:52, ICP)

6.  Henry Grimes Trio - Saturday Night What Th' (The Call, 3:32, ESP)
7.  Albert Ayler - Spitirs Rejoice (Live in Greenwich Village, 16:22, Impulse)

8.  Steve Lehman - Pure Imagination (Dialect Flourescent, 6:06, Pi Recordings)
9.  Denman Maroney Quintet - Udentity I (Udentity, 13:16, Clean Feed)
10. Mary Halvorson Quintet - Hemorrhaging Smiles (Bending Bridges, 7:59, Firehouse 12)
11. Two Words - Rainey/Halvorson/Laubrock (Camino Cielo Echo, 4:22, Intakt)
12. Winkie - Darius Jones Quartet (Book of Maebul, 4:22, AUM Fidelity)
13. Han Bennink/Derek Bailey - Air Mail 9 (Air Mail, 5:51, Incus)

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Playlist April 11, 2012

Host: David Ryshpan

*Alexandre Cote - "Blues pour Ornette" (Transitions)
Devin Gray - "Katahdin" (Dirigo Rataplan)
Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green - "Summit" (Apex)
Christian McBride & Inside Straight - "Theme For Kareem" (Kind of Brown)
Vijay Iyer - "Little Pocket Sized Demons" (Accelerando)
Eric Harland - "Treachery" (Voyager)
Brad Mehldau - "M.B." (Ode)
Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms - "Run Fly" (Spacer)
*Joel Miller - "Anonymity" (Tantramar) [CD release @ Upstairs April 21]
Kneebody - "Teddy Ruxpin" (You Can Have Your Moment) [residency @ Littlefield, NYC April 11-14]
Theo Bleckmann - "All The Love" (Hello Earth)
Eivind Opsvik - "Nineteen to the Dozen" (Overseas IV)
Steven Lugerner - "At Your Feet, Frankincense" (Narratives)
*Jacques Kuba Seguin - "Transit" (Deux Tiers)
Donny McCaslin - "The Champion (O Campeao)" (Recommended Tools)
Andrew Cyrille's Haitian Fascination - "Spirit Music" (Route de Freres)