May 2015

Navigation (2013)

Firehouse 12 (LP/CD) Recorded live by Nick Lloyd at Firehouse 12, New Haven, CT, December 7, 2012; mixed & mastered by Nick Lloyd; produced by Nick Lloyd & Taylor Ho Bynum. Personnel: Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet) Jim Hobbs (alto saxophone) Bill Lowe (bass trombone, tuba) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Ken Filiano (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) Track

Invisible Trio (2014)

Fresh Sound (CD) Recorded at Acoustic Recording, May 29, 2013. Personnel: Max Johnson (bass, compositions) Kirk Knuffke (cornet) Ziv Ravitz (drums) Track Listing: The Pretzel (3:47) Bizza (7:55) Held for Questioning (4:15) Don Wrinkles (4:58) The Invisible Trio (4:13) Moving Vehicle (4:02) A Pair of Glasses (6:52) The Golem (4:28) External Reviews: Improvised, by Craig

Through Foundation (2014)

Self-Released (LP) Recorded in Taylor Ho Bynum’s basement, April 4-6, 2012; mixed & mastered by Nick Lloyd. Personnel: Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) Track Listing: Reunion (for Alan Dawson) (5:35) Black Cherry Basement (5:24) Backyard Wind (3:11) LoJo (for Bill Lowe and Joseph Daley) (1:47) Prime 3 (5:24) Lemuel Birks (5:03) Micro (for

Palace of Wind (2014)

NNA Tapes (LP) / New Amsterdam Records (CD) Recorded by Michael Marciano at Systems Two Studios in Brooklyn, NY, June 17, 2013; mixed by Ryan Power & Travis Laplante; mastered by Aaron Sanchez. Personnel: Travis Laplante (tenor saxophone) Patrick Breiner (tenor saxophone) Matt Nelson (tenor saxophone) Jeremy Viner (tenor saxophone) Track Listing: Palace of Wind

Mileage (2014)

Sulde (CD) Recorded by Jimmy Katz at Steve Maxwell’s, July 28, 2013; mixed & mastered by Katsuhiko Naito at Avatar Studios; photography by Patrick Breiner Personnel: Patrick Breiner (tenor saxophone) Adam Hopkins (bass) Will McEvoy (bass) Flin van Hemmen (drums) Track Listing: Isn’t It Obvious? (4:42) Flood Fathers (7:53) Outside Noise (3:25) Mourner (6:18) Rhino

Playlist for the Week of May 4, 2015

Devin Gray – Relative Resonance (Skirl, 2015) Baikida Carroll – Shadows and Reflections (Soul Note, 1982) Tim Berne’s Bloodcount – Poisoned Minds – The Paris Concert II (Polydor, 1995) Rashied Ali Quartet – New Directions in Modern Music (KLIMT, 1971) Rema Hasumi – Utazata (self-released, 2015) The Uppercut: Matthew Shipp-Mat Walerian Duo – Live at

Reverse Blue (2014)

Relative Pitch (CD/DL) Recorded by Aaron Nevezie at the Bunker, December 6, 2013. Mixed by Eivind Opsvik at Greenwood Underground. Mastered by Nate Wood at Kerseboom Mastering. Executive production by Mike Panico and Kevin Reilly. Personnel: Mary Halvorson (guitar) Chris Speed (tenor saxophone, clarinet) Eivind Opsvik (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) Track Listing: Torturer’s Reverse Delight

New This Week on Jazz Right Now / May 6, 2015

Interviews Tomas Fujiwara: part 3 and part 4 Review Secret Keeper and Tomas Fujiwara & the Hook Up at Cornelia Street Cafe, April 17-18, 2015 Videos Nate Wooley Live at the Knockdown Center Keir Neuringer, Brandon Lopez, and Gerald Cleaver Live at Ibeam Tom Rainey Trio Live at Clemente Soto Velez (Arts for Art) Nate