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Brittany Davis, Joe Lovano, Steve Hirsh & Jakob Bro

By Maurice Hogue | One Man's Jazz
April 28, 2025
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If you haven't heard of singer/pianist

Brittany Davis

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Brittany Davis, find her new album Black Thunder now! Ms Davis, who hails from Seattle and is blind, has released a very exciting recording that evokes echoes of

Nina Simone

piano and vocals
1933 - 2003

" data-original-title="" title="">Nina Simone,

Betty Carter

vocals
1929 - 1998

" data-original-title="" title="">Betty Carter,

" data-original-title="" title="">Fay Victor and other great female singers. The fact that she and her trio, despite not being all that familiar with one another, cranked out this fully improvised album in two days, makes Black Thunder even more impressive. There's plenty of other great music in this episode, including new releases by

Joe Lovano

drums
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Lovano with the

Marcin Wasilewski

piano
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Marcin Wasilewski Trio from Poland,

Charles Mingus

bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus' Quintet live in Buenos Aires, drummer

Steve Hirsh

drums
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Hirsh's trio, the

Dave Rempis

saxophone
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Rempis-fueled Archer, and new European albums from Polish saxophonist

Marek Pospieszalski

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Marek Pospieszalski's Octet with

Zoh Amba

woodwinds
b.2000

" data-original-title="" title="">Zoh Amba guesting, the

Mathias Landaeus

piano
b.1969

" data-original-title="" title="">Mathias Landaeus Trio from Sweden, Spindrift from Germany, French bassist

Hélène Labarrière

" data-original-title="" title="">Hélène Labarrière, and guitarist

Jakob Bro

guitar
b.1978

" data-original-title="" title="">Jakob Bro's Large Ensemble.

Playlist

Hélene Labarriere "Babayagas" from Puzzle (Jazzdor) 00:00
Host speaks 09:00
Joe Lovano "Homage" from Homage (ECM) 11:45
?kse} "Fragrance" from ?kse (Backwoodz) 19:34
Jakob Bro "Tutti" from New Morning (Loveland Music) 25:58
Host speaks 32:03
Charles Mingus Quintet "Three Or Four Shades Of Blue" from In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (Resonance) 34:38
Alister Spence
piano
b.1955
" data-original-title="" title="">Alister Spence Trio "Crossed Over" from Gather (Spence Music) 44:33
Bag Of Bones}} "Chinny Reckon" from No One Gets Saved (577 Records) 52:33
Host speaks 57:15
Spindrift "III" from Trio Studies (Jazzhausmusik) 58:39
Kannaste4 "New Life" from Out Of Self And Into Others (We Jazz) 1:08:37
Federico Calcagno
clarinet
b.1995
" data-original-title="" title="">Federico Calcagno Octet "The Other Side Of Silence" fromMundus Inversus (KaE/Habitable Records) 1:14:15
Host speaks 1:24:15
Steve Hirsh Trio "Gamuts" from Root Causes (Mahakala Music) 1:26:00
William Parker
bass
b.1952
" data-original-title="" title="">William Parker "Codex" from Long Hidden: The Olmec Series/em> (AUM Fidelity) 1:35:12

Bristle "Lines Of Work" from Archimera (Queen Bee) 1:42:12

Host speaks 1:50:23

Marek Pospieszalski Octet & Zoh Amba "Now!" from Now! (Instant Classic) 1:53:06

Mathias Landaeus Trio "Resilience" from ResilienceSelf-released) 2:07:25

Host speaks 2:12:39

Archer "Half Stack" from Sudden Dusk (Aerophonic) 2:14:48

Brittany Davis "Sarah's Song" from Black Thunder (Loosegroove) 2:22:25

Host speaks 2:27:57

Brittany Davis "Black Thunder" from Black Thunder (Loosegroove) 2:29:51

Brittany Davis "Mirrors" from Black Thunder (Loosegroove) 2:36:55

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Radio & Podcasts Brittany Davis Maurice Hogue Nina Simone Betty Carter Fay Victor joe lovano Marcin Wasilewski Charles Mingus Steve Hirsh Dave Rempis Archer Marek Pospieszalski Zoh Amba Mathias Landaeus Spindrift Hélène Labarrière Jakob Bro ?KSE Alister Spence Bag of Bones Kannaste4 Federico Calcagno William Parker

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