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Henry Threadgill's Zooid, New No Business Releases & Christopher Parker

By Maurice Hogue | One Man's Jazz
October 20, 2021
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Two of the giants of the saxophone are featured in this episode of OMJ:

Henry Threadgill

woodwinds
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Henry Threadgill and his longest-running band Zooid (he plays more with this band than others) and the late, great

" data-original-title="" title="">Sam Rivers from his archive of unrecorded music released by NoBusiness Records. Rivers leads one of his not-too-common guitar quartets. Also from NoBusiness comes another historic release by Japan's

Itaru Oki

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Itaru Oki and new tunes from Serbian string player Szilard Mezi. He's fronting Tubass, four basses and a tuba. Little Rock keyboardist

Christopher Parker

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Christopher Parker hooked up with a wonderful band of New York heavies to make Soul Food, while two of the leading lights in today's jazz world,

Jane Ira Bloom

saxophone, soprano

" data-original-title="" title="">Jane Ira Bloom and

Allison Miller

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Allison Miller, hooked up via the internet over a series of Tuesdays and improvised their way to their new release called, yep, Tues Days . Enjoy these and much more.

Playlist

Sam Rivers Quartet "Tenor Sax Section II" from Archive Series Volume 5 Undulation (NoBusiness) 00:00
Host speaks 05:35
Sam Rivers Quartet "Tenor Sax Section I" from Archive Series Volume 5 Undulation (NoBusiness) 07:43
Sean Conly
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Sean Conly "Euterpe" from The Buzz (577 Records) 19:09
Il Sogno
" data-original-title="" title="">Il Sogno "Turiya & Ramakrishna" from Graduation (Auand) 23:20
Host speaks 30:13
Itaru Oki "Combo Session 1" from Live At Jazz Spot Combo 1975 (NoBusiness) 31:54
Federico Isasti
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Federico Isasti "Una Dia Volvimos" from Imago (Ears&Eyes) 45:51
Host speaks 52:58
Henry Threadgill's Zooid "Come And Go" from Poof (Pi Recordings) 54:47
The OGJB Quartet
" data-original-title="" title="">The OGJB Quartet "Bamako" from Bamako (Tum Records) 1:02:09
Host speaks 1:08:36
Christopher Parker & Band Of Guardian Angels "Over Your Own Two Feet" from Soul Food (Mahakala) 1:10:50
Ember"Peace Of Deoxygenated Sleep" from Ember (Sunnyside) 1:20:53
Nick Fraser
drums
b.1976
" data-original-title="" title="">Nick Fraser Quartet "Table 49 The Rex Hotel" from If There Were No Opposites (Hat Hut Ezzthetics) 1:26:46
Host speaks 1:36:05
Szilard Mezei Tubass Quintet "Simfle Sonk" from Rested Turquoise (NoBusiness) 1:38:08
The Claudia Quintet
" data-original-title="" title="">The Claudia Quintet "Entitlement" from Evidence-Based (Flexatonic) 1:46:02
Host speaks 1:55:31
Paula Shocron
piano
b.1980
" data-original-title="" title="">Paula Shocron "Vera" from Tensegridad (Hat Hut) 1:57:02
Air "B.K." from Air Mail (Black Saint) 2:03:38
Host speaks 2:12:32
Marc Johnson
bass
b.1953
" data-original-title="" title="">Marc Johnson "Samurai Fly" from Overpass (ECM) 2:13:30
Dave Douglas
trumpet
b.1963
" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Douglas "Cadillac" from Dizzy Atmosphere (Greenleaf) 2:17:40
Marcin Stefaniak Trio "Wheelers" from Unveiling (Alpaka) 2:23:40
Host speaks 2:29:48
Jane Ira Bloom &
Allison Miller
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Allison Miller "The Wild Frontier" from Tues Days (Outline) 2:31:20
Nathan Clevenger
" data-original-title="" title="">Nathan Clevenger Group "Things We Kept From The Fire" from Stateless (Slow & Steady) 2:39:47
Ben Goldberg
clarinet
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Goldberg "To-Ron-To" from Everything Happens To Be (B.A.G) 2:46:31
Host speaks 2:51:59
James Gilmore
guitar
" data-original-title="" title="">James Gilmore "Crazy" from Decorating Time (Ears&Eyes) 2:52:55

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