Lao Dan

Lao Dan / Deng Boyu: TuTu Duo

by John Sharpe
January 11, 2022

The profile of jazz and improvisation from China rates roughly the same as the chances of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, or an anti-vaxxer's feel for community (if neither of those comparisons sits comfortably, just make up your own)—vanishingly small. So the release of TuTu Duo by reedman Lao Dan and percussionist Deng Boyu, ...

TuTu Duo

By Lao Dan

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Prophecy; Tournament Of Chopsticks; Waltzing On The Square; Supranatural Suite: 1st Movement: The Wordless Ocean; 2nd Movement: Grass Against Wind; 3rd Movement: Cloud Above My Head, Will You Float Me To Chicago?

New sounds from Postma, Gould and Shaw

by Bob Osborne
April 16, 2020

On this show new releases including: The seventh album from Dutch saxophonist Tineke Postma. Her first since 2014,? a come-back album as a leader. Together with trumpeter Ralph Alessi, bassist Matt Brewer, drummer Dan Weiss and featuring pianist Kris Davis she has delivered an excellent set. A remarkable live album from Bill ...