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Avant-Retro or Retro-Avant? Part II

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
March 3, 2020
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Anthony Braxton

woodwinds
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Anthony Braxton playing standards?

Don Byron

clarinet
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Don Byron and

" data-original-title="" title="">Phillip Johnston playing the music of Raymond Scott? Nothing to be suprised about... as musicians have a more open mind than critics like to recognize. So here's the second part of this week's show focusing on retro-sounding jazz performed by forward-leaning musicians -a bit like the jazz equivalent of Blade Runner.

For the first part of this episode Happy listening!

Ben Allison
bass, acoustic
b.1966
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
Vangelis
" data-original-title="" title="">Vangelis "One More Kiss, Dear" Blade Runner (WEA) 0:16
Host talks 4:15
Ballin' the Jack
" data-original-title="" title="">Ballin' the Jack "Tapped Out" The Big Head (Knitting Factory) 5:50
Enrico Terragnoli
guitar
" data-original-title="" title="">Enrico Terragnoli's Orchestra Vertical "Valentine" L'Anniversaire (El Gallo Rojo) 13:15
Mauro Ottolini
sousaphone
b.1972
" data-original-title="" title="">Mauro Ottolini "Deep Henderson" Buster Kluster (Buster Keaton Film Project) (Azzurra) 18:55
Host talks 23:03
Francesco Bearzatti
saxophone, tenor
" data-original-title="" title="">Francesco Bearzatti "Hobo Rag" This Machine Kills Fascists (Cam Jazz) 25:10
Phillip Johnston "Powerhouse" Phillip Johnston's Big Trouble (Black Saint) 29:37
Don Byron "Tobacco Auctioneer" Bug Music (Nonesuch) 32:43
Farmers Market
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Farmers Market "Some Fag Rag" Farmers Market (Winter and Winter) 35:14
Host talks 38:45
Anthony Braxton "Joy Spring" Seven Standards 1985, Volume 1 (Magenta) 42:14
The Four Bags
" data-original-title="" title="">The Four Bags "Beach" Offshore (NCM East) 49:45
Mostly Other People Do the Killing
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Mostly Other People Do the Killing "Five (Corners, Points, Forks)" Loafer's Hollow (Hot Cup) 54:21
Host talks 59:29
Moppa Elliott
bass
b.1978
" data-original-title="" title="">Moppa Elliott "Slab" Jazz Band / Rock Band / Dance Band (Hot Cup) 1:02:44

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