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Whit Dickey, Sara Serpa & Stanley J. Zappa

By Maurice Hogue | One Man's Jazz
July 29, 2020
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This first July show features the debut of a new record label with a focus on improvisation: Tau Forms. The artistic director is drummer

Whit Dickey

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Whit Dickey, and it happens that his new Expanded Light is one of first two releases by the label; the other comes from pianist

Matthew Shipp

piano
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Matthew Shipp. Good luck to Tao Forms! I thought I'd throw in a little Zappa for you this episode, but it's not Frank, it's his saxophone-playing nephew,

Stanley Jason Zappa

multi-instrumentalist

" data-original-title="" title="">Stanley Jason Zappa who teamed up with the great Finnish drummer

" data-original-title="" title="">Simo Laihonen for WeJazz Records and the new Muster Point. Another saxophonist also traveled for his latest: Canada's Fran?ois Carrier documented his trip to Japan to freely improvise with some excellent Japanese players.

Sara Serpa

vocals
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Sara Serpa's new Recognition: Music for a Silent Film is an important release and that gets sampled too. And there's more, so don't touch that mouse!

Playlist

Eivind Opsvik
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Eivind Opsvik "Punchball" from Overseas 2002 -2012 (Loyal Label) 00:00
Dustin Laurenzi
saxophone, tenor
b.1989
" data-original-title="" title="">Dustin Laurenzi & Snakepoint "Behold" from Behold (Astral Spirits) 11:43
Host speaks 17:04
Whit Dickey Trio "Plateau" from Expanding Light (Tao Forms) 19:47
Stephen Davis
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Stephen Davis "Mr. Happy" from Toy Army (Self-released) 29:13
Logan Kane
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Logan Kane Nonet "Golf" from Nope, Science (Orenda) 34:46
Adam Caine
guitar, electric
" data-original-title="" title="">Adam Caine Quartet "Cloud Over" from Transmissions (NoBusiness) 39:16
Host speaks 46:53
Vincent Chancey
french horn
" data-original-title="" title="">Vincent Chancey "The Spell" from The Spell (NoBusiness) 48:56
Kris Davis
piano
b.1980
" data-original-title="" title="">Kris Davis "Golgi Complex (The Sequel)" from Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic) 59:52
Host speaks 1:07:28
Kris Davis,
Ingrid Laubrock
saxophone
b.1970
" data-original-title="" title="">Ingrid Laubrock "Golgi Complex" from Blood Moon (Intakt) 1:08:04
Kamau Daaood
poet / spoken word
" data-original-title="" title="">Kamau Daaood "Tears" from Leimert Park (MAMA) 1:16:16
Reza Askari
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Reza Askari "Bottrop Bebop" from Magic Realism (QFTF) 1:21:57
Host speaks 1:26:09
Fran?ois Carrier "Ogose" from Japan Suite (NoBusiness) 1:27:57
Rob Clutton
bass, acoustic
b.1966
" data-original-title="" title="">Rob Clutton Trio "Shelter" from Counsel Of Primaries (Snailbongbong) 1:36:23
Gordon Grdina
oud
b.1977
" data-original-title="" title="">Gordon Grdina's The Marrow "Mini-Con" from Safer-E-Daroon (Songlines) 1:41:15
Host speaks 1:48:34
Sara Serpa "Queen Nzinga" from Recognition: Music For A Silent Film (Biophilia) 1:51:36
Sara Serpa "The Multi-Racialism Myth" from Recognition: Music For A Silent Film (Biophilia) 1:56:00
Whit Dickey Trio "Mobius" from Expanded Light (Tao Forms) 2:00:00
Host speaks 2:07:36
Matthew Shipp "Void Equation" from The Piano Equation (Tao Forms) 2:07:59
Tim Stine
guitar, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Tim Stine Trio " VVVValley" from Fresh Demons (Astral Spirits) 2:13:55
Abbey Rader
drums
b.1943
" data-original-title="" title="">Abbey Rader "Cycles Of Ash" from To Ignite The Fire (Abray) 2:19:47
Host speaks 2:28:29
Stanley Zappa " Muster Point II" from Muster Point (WeJazz) 2:31:27
Stanley Zappa " 538 E14th, City Of Piss, USA" from Muster Point (WeJazz) 2:32:03
Stanley Zappa "South Okanagan" from Muster Point (WeJazz) 2:37:45
Vanessa Perica
composer / conductor
b.1982
" data-original-title="" title="">Vanessa Perica Orchestra "Rebrahminization" from Love Is a Temporary Madness (Self-released) 2:43:59
Host speaks 2:51:49
Octocrazy "Star Spangled Raga" from Escape from Brooklyn (Self-released) 2:53:16

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