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Past, Present, And, Future Sounds

By Bob Osborne | World of Jazz
May 15, 2025
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The most fascinating and enduring aspect of jazz, and other improvised music, is its' capacity to surprise the listener. This week a diverse collection of pieces that deliver different and ground breaking new sounds. At the centre Ingrid Laubrock's unique new album which is meets this specification and more. And to close a classic album from Pharoah Sanders from the recent re-release of the Strata East back catalogue.

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Susan Hinkson

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Susan Hinkson "My Funny Valentine" from Just In Time (Windfall Creations LLC) 00:00

Ray Suhy

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Ray Suhy,

Lewis Porter

piano
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Lewis Porter Quartet "Saturn" from What Happens Next (Sunnyside Records) 05:29

Brittany Davis

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Brittany Davis "Amid the Blackout of the Night" from Black Thunder (Loosegroove Records) 12:12

Esinam

flute

" data-original-title="" title="">Esinam &

Sibusile Xaba

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Sibusile Xaba "Flowing Keep Flowing" from Healing Voices (W.E.R.F. Records) 21:52

Jason Miles

keyboards

" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Miles "Poetry" from Cosmopolitan—2025 Remaster(Self Released) 24:55

Phil Haynes,

Steve Salerno

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Salerno &

Drew Gress

bass
b.1959

" data-original-title="" title="">Drew Gress "Cycle" from Return To Electric (Corner Store Jazz) 29:54

Phil Haynes &

Ben Monder

guitar
b.1962

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Monder "Beyond" from Transition(s) (Corner Store Jazz) 34:51

Benoit LeBlanc

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Benoit LeBlanc "Un n��t kankan" from M? kouzin, m? kouzinn (Amerix Artists) 39:35

The Esthesis Quartet

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">The Esthesis Quartet "Ace Of Pentacles" from Sound & Fury (Sunnyside Records) 44:47

Sean Nelson

trombone
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Sean Nelson New London Big Band "Letter From Home" from Don't Stop Now (All In Records) 49:04

Gerald Clayton

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Gerald Clayton "Just Above" from Ones And Twos (Blue Note) 53:49

Paul Hecht

" data-original-title="" title="">Paul Hecht "Dasha" from Pyrography (ears&eyes) 59:02

Zhengtao Pan

composer / conductor
b.2003

" data-original-title="" title="">Zhengtao Pan Jazz Orchestra "Mirror, Floating On The Water" from Scenery In My Story (Outside In Music) 1:04:34

Ingrid Laubrock

saxophone
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Ingrid Laubrock "Koan 38 :

Fay Victor

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Fay Victor—

Mariel Roberts

cello

" data-original-title="" title="">Mariel Roberts" from Purposing the Air (Pyroclastic) 1:14:34

Ingrid Laubrock "Koan 31

Sara Serpa

vocals
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Sara Serpa—

Matt Mitchell

piano
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Matt Mitchell" from Purposing the Air (Pyroclastic) 1:17:57

Ingrid Laubrock "Koan 40

Theo Bleckmann

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Theo Bleckmann—Ben Monder" from Purposing the Air (Pyroclastic) 1:20:59

Ingrid Laubrock "Koan 41

Rachel Calloway

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Rachel Calloway—

Ari Streisfield

violin

" data-original-title="" title="">Ari Streisfield (Duo Cortona)" from Purposing the Air (Pyroclastic) 1:24:57

Will Holshouser

accordion

" data-original-title="" title="">Will Holshouser "Shouting Song" from The Lone Wild Bird (Adhy?ropa Records) 1:28:22

Samir Boehringer Sazzerac "We Will See" from Olympia (577 Records) 1:32:57

Ryan Truesdell

composer / conductor

" data-original-title="" title="">Ryan Truesdell "Buster's Last Stand" from Shades Of Sound :
Gil Evans
composer / conductor
1912 - 1988
" data-original-title="" title="">Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2 (Outside In Music) 1:39:09

Steve Holt

piano
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Holt's Jazz Impact Quintet "The Lion's Eyes" from Impact (Inner Music) 1:42:17

Pharoah Sanders

saxophone, tenor
1940 - 2022

" data-original-title="" title="">Pharoah Sanders "Balance" from Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (Strata-East/Mack Avenue Music Group) 1:50:29

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