Playlist for Week of March 21, 2016

Aaron Lumley – Wilderness (Ontario Arts Council, 2012) [vinyl] Nels Cline, Andrea Parkins, Tom Rainey – Downpour (Victo, 2007) Matthew Shipp String Trio – By the Law of Music (Hat Hut, 2002) Sunny Murray – We Are Not at the Opera (Eremite, 1999) Leila Bordreuil & Michael Foster – The Caustic Ballads (Relative Pitch, 2016)

The Caustic Ballads (2016)

Relative Pitch Records (CD) Released February 19, 2016. Recorded by Atticus Pomerantz. Mixed and Mastered by Jim Clouse. Photography by Bayley Sweitzer. Executive production by Kevin Reilly & Mike Panico. Personnel: Leila Bordreuil (cello) Michael Foster (saxophones) Track List: Born of Its Own Asphyxiation Pleasure and Cruelty Intimate Shrinkage of My Body and the Castration

Leila Bordreuil-Michael Foster Duo

Leader: collaborative Personnel: Leila Bordreuil (cello) Michael Foster (saxophones) Albums: The Caustic Ballads (Relative Pitch, 2016)

Playlist for the Week of March 14, 2016

Jemeel Moondoc & William Parker – New World Pygmies (Eremite, 1999) William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra – Spontaneous (SPLASC(H) Records, 2003) Leila Bordreuil & Michael Foster – The Caustic Ballads (Relative Pitch, 2016) Ches Smith-Craig Taborn-Mat Maneri – The Bell (ECM, 2016) Thomas Borgmann Trio – One for Cisco (No Business,

Playlist for Week of March 7, 2016

John Coltrane – Ascension (Impulse, 1965) [Vinyl] Nate Wooley – Seven Storey Mountain III and IV (Pleasure of the Text, 2013) William Hooker – Light: The Early Years 1975-1989 (No Business, 2016) [Disc 1] Commitment – Live in Germany, 1983 (No Business, 2010) [Double LP] David S. Ware Quartet – Live in Vilnius (No Business,

March Artist Feature: James Brandon Lewis

James Brandon Lewis is a very versatile tenor saxophone player. Having studied at Howard University and later at CalArts, he has spent the past five years establishing a reputation for himself in New York. A fiery, yet soulful player, Lewis is involved in a number of cutting edge projects including his 2015 release, Days of

New This Week on Jazz Right Now / Feb 29, 2016

Interview Interview with Drummer Tom Rainey New Videos James Brandon Lewis, Luke Stewart, and Warren “Trae” Crudup Live at Arts for Art (Not a Police State) Mazz Swift and Tomeka Reid Live at Arts for Art (Not a Police State) Yoni Kretzmer 2-Bass Quartet Live at Arts for Art (Not a Police State) In Praise