Album della settimana > Ambrose Akinmusire: On the Tender Spot… (Blue Note)
Helen Merrill: Round Midnight (Owl) – Howlin’ Wolf: Back Door Man + Monin’ At Midnight + Evil + Smockstack Lightnin’ + Killing Floor (Chess) – Blind Willie Johnson: John The Revelator + Nobody’s Fault But Mine – Roots Magic: Dark Was The Night (Clean Feed) – Tom Waits: The Soul of a Man (Alligator) – J.Cannonball Adderley 5t: Back Home Blues (Reel To Real) – Art Pepper: Blues for Blanche (Artist House) – Earl Hines w.Jimmy Rushing: Exactly Like You (Vogue) – The Jazztet: Blue March (Argo) – Johnny Griffin: The Congregation (Blue Note) – Jamie Saft/ Dave Liebman/ Brad Jones/ Hamid Drake: Positive Way (RareNoise) – Jerry Granelli 3° w.J.Saft: Your Mind Is On Vacation (RareNoise) – Aruan Ortiz: Lucero Mundo (Intakt) – Lucian Ban, John Surman, Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Dance (Sunnyside) – Marcin Wasilewski Trio + Joe Lovano: Glimmer of Hope (ECM) – Esperanza Spalding & Fred Hersch: Dream of Monk (Live Village Vanguard) – Kris Davis: Certain Cells (Pyroclastic) – Ambrose Akinmusire: Yessss + Roy + Mr.Roscoe (Blue Note) – Steve Coleman 5 Elements: Change The Guard (Label Bleu) – Wolfgang Muthspiel: Descendants (ECM) – Mary Halvorson: In The Second Before (FireHouse 12) – Emanuele Parrini 5t feat.Taylor Ho Bynum: San Frediano (Felmay) – Arcadia Trio w.Robin Eubanks: Mediterranea (AlfaMusic) – Ferdinando Romano w.Ralph Alessi: Sea Crossing p.2 (Losen) – Angelo Olivieri : Other Colours (AUT) – Paolo Angeli: Bodas De Sangre (PaoloAngeliBandcamp)- Lorenzo Feliciati & Michele Rabbia: Parapegma (RareNoise) – Lee Konitz w.W.Marsh & Bill Evans: Just Friends (Verve)
TRACKLIST: Sun Ra Arkestra: Round Midnight + Enlightment + Watusa (Saturn) – Barrence Whitfield And The Savages: Nuclear War (Modern Harmonic) – Kirk Knuffke: Brightness (for Sun Ra) – Jamila Woods: Sun Ra (feat. the Mind & Jasminfire) (Jagjaguwar) – Jay Clayton & Jerry Granelli: Fast Speaking Woman (Sunnyside) – Heroes Are Gang Leaders: It’s the End of the Babysitting of Traumatized Grown Ass Men (Ropeadope) – Moor Mother: Black Flight (International Anthem) – Irreversible Entanglements: The Code Noir / Amina (International Anthem) – Damon Locks Black Monuments Ensemble: The Future? (International Anthem) – Matana Roberts: Fit To Be Tied (Constellation) – Kassa Overall: Show Me a Prison (feat. J.Hoard & Angela Davis) (Brownswood) – Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Jazz Is Dead (Jazz Is Dead) – Taxiwars: Drop Shot (Sdban Ultra) – Archie Shepp / Raw Poetic/ Damu The Fudgemunk: Professor Shepp’s Agenda 3 + Moving Maps (Redefinition) – Archie Shepp: Blues For Brother George Jackson (Impulse!) – Archie Shepp & Attica Blues Orchestra: Attica Blues (Archie Ball) – Material (feat.Withney Houston & Archie Shepp) (Celuloid) – Bill Laswell (feat.Pharoah Sanders & Herbie Hancock): Golden Spiral (M.O.D. Reloaded) – Pharoah Sanders: Love Is Here part.2 (Transversales Disques) – Todd Marcus: Something Suite (1st mov.) (Stricker Street) – Stan Getz: Airegin (Live 1961/ Verve) – Buddy Rich Orchestra: Wind Machine (Gearbox) – Nature Work (Greg Ward/ Jason Stein/ Eric Revis/ Jim Black): The Shiver (Sunnyside) – Jason Stein/ Threadbare: 70 degrees and Counting Down (NoBusiness) – Elephant 9: Farmer’s Secret (Rune Grammofon) – Fire Orchestra: At Last I’m Free (Rune Grammofon) – The Comet Is Coming: Lifeforce part II (Impulse!) – John Zorn/ Simulacrum: A Cruel Ectasy (Tzadik) – Avishai Cohen: Big Vicious: King Kutner (ECM) – Chris Lightcap SuperBigMouth: Through Birds, Through Fire (Pyroclastic)
“The Beat of a Different Drum: Jimmy Cobb” + “Jazz Must Be a Woman”
TRACKLIST >>> Sarah Vaughan: Round Midnight (Mainstream) – Miles Davis 5t: So What (Columbia) – Wes Montgomery w.W.Kelly 3°: Four on Six (Verve) – Joe Henderson: Limehouse Blues (Verve) – Cannonball Adderley: Grand Central + Jeannie (Emarcy) – Art Pepper: Diane (Contemporary) – Earl Bostic: Sleep (Official) – Bobby Timmons: This Here (Riverside) – Shirley Scott: Days of Wine and Roses (Impulse!) – Dinah Washington: Easy To Love (Mercury) – Jon Hendricks/ Al Jarreau/ Bobby McFerrin/ George Benson: Freddie Freeloader (Denon) – Frank Minion: Flamenco Sketches (Bethlem) – John Coltrane: Like Sonny (Atlantic) – Chet Baker: Tommyhawk (Nederland JazzArchief) – Federico Marchesano w.Louis Sclavis: Atalante (Felmay) – Ferdinando Romano w.Ralph Alessi: Sea Crossing p.1 (Losen) – Michelangelo Scandroglio w.Logan Richardson: In the Eyes of the Whale (Auand) – Luca Dalpozzo: Enter Ukiyo-e (nusica.org) – Zeno De Rossi Shtik: Unused Theme from “C’era una Volta in America” (Auand) – Z.De Rossi 3°: Cathy Cline (Skirl) – Hobby Horse: In The Valley (Jazz Engine) – Stefano Tamborrino Don Karate: YSC (Original Cultures) – Cristiano Calcagnile Multikulti Ensemble: Brown Rice (Caligola) – Claudio Vignali feat.Rob Mazurek: Alien Floating Brain (Auand) – Chicago Underground Quartet: Westview (Astral Spirits) – James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor: Come Sunday (Intakt) – Esperanza Spalding & Fred Hersh: Dream of Monk (Live Village Vanguard) – Ted Joans: Jazz Must Be A Woman – Carla Bley: Life Goes On – III.And On (ECM) – Kris Davis: The Very Thing (Pyroclasic) – Terri Lyne Carrington: Purple Mountains (Motema) – Lakecia Benjamin: Liberia (Ropeadope) – Jane Ira Bloom: Other Eyes (Outline) – Cecile McLorin Salvant: One Step (Mack Avenue) – Nicole Mitchell: Forestwall Timewalk (EPE) – Tomeika Reid & Alexander Hawkins: Albert Ayler (His Life Was Too Short) (Intakt) – Linda May Han Oh: Firedancer (Biophilia) – Brandee Younger: Soulris (self released) – Miles Davis: Someday My Prince Will Come (Columbia)
HAL WILLNER, Monk, Rota, Mingus, Weil e altre storie
? TRACKLIST >>> Brian Landrus: Round Midnight (BlueLand) – Brotherhood Of Breath Orchestra: Andromeda (Ogun) – Dudu Pukwana & Spear: Kuthwai Hlobo (Quality) – Louis Moholo Octet: Time of Sorrow (Ogun) – Gil Evans Orchestra: Las Vegas Tango (Verve) + Sunken Treasure (Impulse!) – Fela Kuti (w.T.Allen & Lester Bowie): No Agreement – Tony Allen: Night In Tunisia (Blue Note) – Brian Landrus 5t: The Signs (BlueLand) – James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor: Come Sunday (Intakt) – Rob Mazurek/ Chicago Underground Quartet: Orgasm (Astral Spirits) – Chad Taylor Trio: Prism (Cuneiform) – Danilo Gallo / Dark Dry Tears: Demolition (Parco della Musica) – Ferdinando Romano feat.Ralph Alessi: The Gecko (Losen) – Federico Marchesano feat. Louis Sclavis: Germinale (Felmay) – Ayler’s Mood (Pasquale Innarella / D.Gallo/ Ermanno Baron): Part I (Aut) – Peter Brotzmann: I Surrender Dear (Trost) – Aruan Ortiz w.A.Cyrille and Mauricio Herrera: Lucero Mundo (Intakt) – Franco D’Andrea Trio: A4 (Parco della Musica) – Francesco Cusa Trio feat.G.Benvenuti: Cospirology (Improvvisatore Involontario) – Kenny Barron & Dave Holland: Pass It On (Dare2) – Alexander Hawkins & Tomeka Reid: Dance Together (Intakt) – Sun Ra: Love in Outher Space (live 1980) – Jacky Byard: Amarcord + Carla Bley Band: 8!/2 + Deborah Harry: Valzer (Parlami di Me) (Hannibal) – Bonnie Raitt & Was Not Was: Baby Mine + Sun Ra Arkestra: Pink Elephants On Parade (A&M) – Todd Rundgren & Gary Windo: Four in One + Steve Lacy & Charlie Rouse: Ask Me Now + John Zorn: Shuffle Boil (A&M) – Milla Jovovich & Million Dollar Hotel Band: Satellite of Love (Island) – Lou Reed: September Song + Henry Threadgill: The Great Hall + Dagmar Krause: Surabaya Johnny (A&M) – Lou Reed w.Ornette Coleman: Guilty (RCA) – Chuck D: Guslinging Bird (Columbia) – Lee Konitz: I Remember You (Verve) – James Taylor: The Second StarTo The Right (A&M)
ROUND MIDNIGHT 11-03-2020
Album della settimana >> Charles Lloyd: “8:Kindred Spirits” (Blue Note) + McCoy Tyner & Leroy Jenkins speciale
TRACKLIST >>> Woody Shaw: Round Midnight (Elemental) – Stanley Turrentine: Wave (Blue Note) – Archie Shepp: Attica Blues (Impulse!) – McCoy Tyner: Rebirth (Milestone) – Joe Henderson: Inner Urge (Blue Note) – Wayne Shorter: Ju Ju (Blue Note) – Art Blakey 4t: Summertime (Impulse!) – Elvin Jones/ McCoy Tyner 5t w.Pharoah Sanders: For Tomorrow (Konnex) – John Coltrane: Village Blues (take 2) + India + Impressions (Impulse!) – Saxophone Summitt (J.Lovano/ D.Liebman/ R.Coltrane): Cosmos (Telarc) – Joe Lovano 3°: Lonnie’s Lament (Tutu) – James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor: With Sorrow Lonnie (Off) – José James: Resolution (Brownswood) – Gary Bartz feat.Andy Bey: Dear Lord (OYO Recordings) – Franco D’Andrea: Giant Steps (El Gallo Rojo) – McCoy Tyner: A Prayer for my Family (Milestone) – McCoy Tyner & Sonny Rollins: In A Sentimental Mood (Milestone) – McCoy Tyner & George Adams: My One and Only Love (Blue Note) – McCoy Tyner: Man from Tanganyika (Blue Note) + The Greeting (Milestone) + Inception (Impulse!) – Revolutionary Ensemble: Chicago (Inner City) – Leroy Jenkins & Rashied Ali: The Past (Survival) – L.Jenkins: Through The Ages Jehovah (Tomato) – Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid & Mike Reed: The Clowns (482 Music) – L.Jenkins & Muhal Richard Abrams: The Father, The Son, The Holy Ghost (Black Saint) – L.Jenkins: Albert Ayler (His Life Was Too Short) (Black Saint) – FCT Francesco Cusa Trio feat.Giovanni Benvenuti: Anthropophagy (Improvvisatore Involontario) – Aparticle: Seedsman (UR) – Josh Deutsch, Nico Soffiato: 44.2 (nusica.org) – Ted Poor: Push Pull (Impulse!) – Charles Lloyd: La Llorona (Blue Note)
ROUND MIDNIGHT 04-03-2020
Album della settimana > Jason Palmer: “The Concert: 12 Musing for Isabella (Giant Step Arts) FRANCE. Midi-Pyrnes region. Gers department. Village of Marciac. 1995. 18th “Jazz in Marciac” Festival. Barney WILEN (saxophones) – FRA, with his wife Marie M R (painter) – FRA
TRACKLIST >>> Helen Merrill: Round Midnight (Owl) – Gil Scott Heron: Is That Jazz (Arista) – G.S.Heron/ Makaya McCraven: Me and the Devil (XL) – Sunny Murray & The Untouchable Factor: Over The Rainbow (Douglas) – Coleman Hawkins & Eddie Lockjaw Davis: Night Hawk (Swingville) – E.L.Davis & Johnny Griffin 5t: C Jam Blues (JazzLine) – Dexter Gordon: Jelly, Jelly, Jelly (Elemental) – Pasquale Innarella/ Go Dex: Soy Califa (Aut) – Gato Barbieri & Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim): Eghty First Street (Freedom) – Daniele Sepe: Song for Che (Daniele Sepe) – Jan Garbarek: Hasta Siempre (ECM) – Barney Wilen: L’Ame des Poetes (IDA) – Jason Palmer: A Lady and Gentleman in Black + An Ancient Chinese Gnu (Giant Step Arts) – Ghost Horse: Dancing Rabbit (Auand) – Stefano Tamborrino / Don Karate: Planeta ((Original Cultures) – Simone Graziano/ Frontal: Unsleepers (Auand) – Simone Alessandrini / Storytellers: Sor Vince’ ! (Parco della Musica) – Zeno De Rossi / Francesco Bigoni / Giorgio Pacorig: Cathy Cline (Skirl) – Antonello Salis / Cadmo w. Massimo Urbani: Giuggiole (Edizioni dell’Isola) – Dolphiana (Achille Succi/ Francesco Bearzatti/ Piero Bittolo Bon/ Giorgio Pacorig/ Danilo Gallo/ Enzo Carpentieri + John Tchicai: Gazzelloni (danilogallo.bandcamp.org) – Michelangelo Scandroglio: Noah (Auand) – Peter Eldh & Koma Saxo: Ostron Koma (We Jazz) – Jonas Kulhammar/ Basament Tapes Vol.3: Master of What (Clean Feed) – Serena Spedicato & Nicola Andrioli: Forbidden Colours (DodiciLune) – Paolo Angeli: Burn The Witch (ReR) – Enrico Merlin & Valerio Scrignoli: L’Elefante Bianco (Musicamorfosi) – B.Wilen+Mal Waldron Trio: Generique (Timeless) – Miles Davis: Nuit Sur Les Champs Élysées (Fontana) – Thelonious Monk w.B.Wilen: Rhythm-a-Ning (SAM) – Jan Garbarek: Singsong (ECM) + Nefertite (Flying Dutchman) – J.Garbarek/ N.Vasconcellos/ E.Gismonti: Two Folk Songs (ECM) – B.Wilen: Round Midnight (Fresh Sound)
Helen Merrill: Round Midnight (Owl) – Howlin’ Wolf: Back Door Man + Monin’ At Midnight + Evil + Smockstack Lightnin’ + Killing Floor (Chess) – Blind Willie Johnson: John The Revelator + Nobody’s Fault But Mine – Roots Magic: Dark Was The Night (Clean Feed) – Tom Waits: The Soul of a Man (Alligator) – J.Cannonball Adderley 5t: Back Home Blues (Reel To Real) – Art Pepper: Blues for Blanche (Artist House) – Earl Hines w.Jimmy Rushing: Exactly Like You (Vogue) – The Jazztet: Blue March (Argo) – Johnny Griffin: The Congregation (Blue Note) – Jamie Saft/ Dave Liebman/ Brad Jones/ Hamid Drake: Positive Way (RareNoise) – Jerry Granelli 3° w.J.Saft: Your Mind Is On Vacation (RareNoise) – Aruan Ortiz: Lucero Mundo (Intakt) – Lucian Ban, John Surman, Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Dance (Sunnyside) – Marcin Wasilewski Trio + Joe Lovano: Glimmer of Hope (ECM) – Esperanza Spalding & Fred Hersch: Dream of Monk (Live Village Vanguard) – Kris Davis: Certain Cells (Pyroclastic) – Ambrose Akinmusire: Yessss + Roy + Mr.Roscoe (Blue Note) – Steve Coleman 5 Elements: Change The Guard (Label Bleu) – Wolfgang Muthspiel: Descendants (ECM) – Mary Halvorson: In The Second Before (FireHouse 12) – Emanuele Parrini 5t feat.Taylor Ho Bynum: San Frediano (Felmay) – Arcadia Trio w.Robin Eubanks: Mediterranea (AlfaMusic) – Ferdinando Romano w.Ralph Alessi: Sea Crossing p.2 (Losen) – Angelo Olivieri : Other Colours (AUT) – Paolo Angeli: Bodas De Sangre (PaoloAngeliBandcamp)- Lorenzo Feliciati & Michele Rabbia: Parapegma (RareNoise) – Lee Konitz w.W.Marsh & Bill Evans: Just Friends (Verve) 
