Olga Amelchenko

Howling Silence

By Olga Amelchenko

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Howling Silence; Irreversible; Midnight Dances; April; May Have Forgotten Its Way; When It��s Time To Say Goodbye; Reset; Walking Shadows.

Olga Amelchenko: Howling Silence

by Andrew Hunter
August 26, 2025

Olga Amelchenko, the Russian born, Paris based saxophonist and composer, is joined here on her fourth recording as leader by a strong ensemble with members old and new. Jesus Vega has been playing drums with Amelchenko for a long while. Canadian guitarist Matthew Stevens, who did such great work with Walter Smith iii, is a new ...

Olga Amelchenko: Walking Shadows

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 24, 2025

Howling Silence is Olga Amelchenko's new album, a project that explores the tension between the urge to speak out and the weight of silence... “howling silence" indeed. That may be the reason why even though her saxophone shimmers throughout the album, it a shimmering that comes with gravitas, as you can hear here in the compelling ...

Fabia Mantwill Orchestra, Vincent Meissner Trio, Joe Farnsworth & more

by Marek J. ?mieta��ski
August 23, 2025

The 114th episode focuses on July's new releases. It features several international bands, three albums from Poland, a solid dose of American jazz, and a touch of jazz from Germany and Norway. Notably, there is no shortage of exciting debuts. Musically, it is mainly contemporary jazz and post-bop, but with plenty of variety. Podcast in Polish ...

Olga Amelchenko, Sultan Stevenson, Tom Teasley, Kandace Springs & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 23, 2025

Two gems courtesy of Edition Records, two from Tom Teasley, a heartfelt tribute to Billie Holiday, and the ambitious Pianoworks of Kris Defoort--all you need for another beautiful sonic ride.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Sultan Stevenson “El Roi" El Roi (Edition) 0:16 Host ...

John O��Gallagher, Ivo Perelman, Jon Irabagon & Tomas Fujiwara

by Maurice Hogue
August 18, 2025

Three of today's premier saxophonists share this edition's spotlight, as all have new releases--John O'Gallagher, Ivo Perelman & Jon Irabagon. O'Gallagher, now living in Portugal, reunites with guitarist Ben Monder on his new Ancestral and pulls off a first for master drummers Billy Hart and {{m: Andrew Cyrille who had never played together. Perelman, on the ...

New Music from Ambrose Akinmusire, Emma-Jean Thackray, Isaiah J. Thompson and Olga Amelchenko

by Hobart Taylor
May 29, 2025

This week we dive deeper into Amina Claudine Myers' newest release “Solace of the Mind," explore the latest from Ivo Perelman and the Matthew Shipp String Trio, “Armageddon Flower," delight in Pianist Julian Shore's Trio work, “Sub Rosa," and remember Thelonious Monk via a newly remastered selection from the classic, “Monk Himself."Playlist Host Speaks ...

Mary Halvorson, plus new music from Tarun Balani, Brandee Younger and Eduardo Elia

by Hobart Taylor
April 30, 2025

A preview of Mary Halvorson's latest, plus new music from Tarun Balani, Brandee Younger and Eduardo Elia and an interview with saxophonist Kevin Sun. Playlist Olga Amelchenko “Howling Silence" from Howling Silence (Edition) 0:00 Miles Davis “I See Your Face Before Me" from The Musings of Miles (Remastered) (Craft) 5:07 Changamire" It's April" from ...

2019: Striking A Balance In Review, Part 1

by Henning Bolte
February 8, 2020

Part 1 | Part 2 Every year the 'Best-of' game is underway again. But, “best of what?" is the immediate question. It's almost impossible for fishes of prey to hunt in a huge herring swarm, or for birds of prey to hunt in those huge budgerigar swarms. 'The best' is a choice from the ...