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Miles Okazaki, Fred Moten, Billy Mohler & We Free Strings

By Maurice Hogue | One Man's Jazz
June 8, 2022
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New releases sampled come from guitarist

Miles Okazaki

guitar
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Miles Okazaki & Trickster with the final piece of a trilogy, the unique ensemble We Free Strings, a powerful big band from Austria led by Barbara Bruckmüller, pianist

Elias Stemeseder

synthesizer
b.1990

" data-original-title="" title="">Elias Stemeseder, bassist

Billy Mohler

bass
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Mohler's quartet, Swiss saxophonist Fabian Willmann, and poetry and free jazz from the trio of

Fred Moten

poet / spoken word

" data-original-title="" title="">Fred Moten,

Brandon Lopez

bass
b.1988

" data-original-title="" title="">Brandon Lopez &

Gerald Cleaver

drums
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Gerald Cleaver. There's more poetry/music from

Heroes Are Gang Leaders

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Heroes Are Gang Leaders, plus a continued look at

Albert Ayler

saxophone, tenor
1936 - 1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Albert Ayler's Revelations: The Complete 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings. Enjoy!

Playlist

Santiago Lacabe "Mallets" from Justici Adivina (Ears&Eyes) 00:00
Host speaks 05:01
Barbara Bruckmüller Big Band "Silence Is Not An Option/Hymn To Freedom" from Live at Porgy & Bess Sept. 5, 2020 (Self) 06:41
Matthew Shipp
piano
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Matthew Shipp Trio "Stop The World" from World Construct (ESP-Disk) 15:32
WeFreeStrings "Love in the Form of Sacred Outrage (For Fannie Lou Hamer)" from Love in the Form of Sacred Outrage (ESP-Disk) 20:16
Host speaks 24:23
Elias Stemeseder "Foeggslia'l" from Piano Solo (Intakt) 25:52
Tonino Miani "Human Pieces" from Human Pieces (Leo) 32:43
Reut Regev
trombone
" data-original-title="" title="">Reut Regev & R'Time "New Beginning" from Exploring The Vibe (Enja) 40:23
Host speaks 49:16
Miles Okazak} "And Wait For You" from Thisness (Pi Records) 50:57
Fred Anderson
saxophone
1929 - 2010
" data-original-title="" title="">Fred Anderson &
Hamid Drake
drums
b.1955
" data-original-title="" title="">Hamid Drake "For Brother Thompson" from From The River To The Ocean (Thrill Jockey) 1:00:20
Host speaks 1:07:52
Ornette Coleman
saxophone, alto
1930 - 2015
" data-original-title="" title="">Ornette Coleman "Chippin'" from Genesis of Genius The Contemporary Recordings (Craft/Contemporary) 1:08:42
Mazam "Vento" from Land (Self-released) 1:14:18
Piotr Damasiewicz
trumpet
b.1980
" data-original-title="" title="">Piotr Damasiewicz & Viennese Connection "Suite IV" from Vienna Suite (L.A.S.) 1:21:24
STL Free Collective "Tobacco Haze" from Live At Holmes Lounge (Self-released) 1:29:50
Anaphora "Where Do Adults Come From" from Lexicon-I (Auand) 1:38:34
Rex Shepherd
guitar, electric
" data-original-title="" title="">Rex Shepherd's Tremid Spark "One For Billie" from I See You, and You See Us (Self-released) 1:46:05
Host speaks 1:52:31
Albert Ayler "Spiritual Reunion" from Revelations: The Complete 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental) 1:53:53
Albert Ayler "Curtain Call" from Revelations: The Complete 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental) 2:01:12
Peter Ehwald
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Ehwald "Elfen" from Seven White (Jazzwerkstatt) 2:02:15
Host speaks 2:08:24
Heroes Are Gang Leaders "Amina (The Dutchmans' Three-Buttoned Suit et al)" from Le Auto Roi Orography (577 Records) 2:09:42
Heroes Are Gang Leaders "Shrimpy Grits" from Le Auto Roi Orography (577 Records) 2:21:23
Billy Mohler Quartet "Fight Song" from Anatomy (Contagious) 2:29:00
Host speaks 2:32:49
Fred Moten, Brandon Lopez & Gerald Cleaver "The Abolition Of Art, The Abolition of Freedom, The Abolition Of You And Me" from Fred Moten, Brandon Lopez & Gerald Cleaver (Reading Group) 2:34:52
Hugo Carvalhais
bass, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Hugo Carvalhais "Organum" from Ascetica (Clean Feed) 2:43:23
The OGJB Quartet
" data-original-title="" title="">The OGJB Quartet "Apaxionado" from Ode To O (Tum Records) 2:49:17
Host speaks 2:54:20
Fabian Willmann Trio "Last Song" from Balance (Clap Your Hands) 2:55:32

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