#4825, Chamber Jazz

Hear chamber-jazz in work by the Leeds,UK-based 14-member jazz ensemble, Ancient Infinity Orchestra; bassist Todd Sickafoose’s octet, Canadian band, Cordame, the Serbian band EYOT, and more.

Listen to new music by the Ancient Infinity Orchestra, a 14-member jazz ensemble led by double-bassist and composer Ozzy Moysey, based in Leeds. Their rotating line-up includes drums, two bassists, keyboards, harp, violin, cello, two tenors, alto, oboe, flute and percussion, combined with a similar sized choir of friends from Brighton joining us. The music “drinks deep from the well of spiritual jazz, and is especially inspired by the soulful sounds of Pharoah Sanders, Alice and John Coltrane, (Bandcamp liner notes).

The Maria Schneider Orchestra was once called Maria Schneider JAZZ Orchestra. But she changed it so that people wouldn’t come to the music with expectations of a certain style. Listen to some of Schneider’s work from her her Grammy-winning 2020 double album, Data Lords. There’s work by drummer/composer/bandleader Allison Miller inspired by five major rivers of the Northeast United States, and the River Keepers who work on their maintenance. One of her tunes evokes a train ride up the Hudson River, and features violinist Jenny Scheinman. Then, hear music for octet from bassist/composer Todd Sickafoose, from his latest release, Bear Proof, which features many of the same players as in Miller’s chamber jazz record.

Plus, music by the double bassist-led chamber jazz group, Cordâme from Canada; and work by Serbian quartet EYOT, who deal in a swirling mix of traditional Balkan folk music, jazz, and art-rock. That, and more. - Caryn Havlik

Program #4825, Chamber Jazz (First aired 12/11/2023)

ARTIST: Todd Sickafoose
WORK: The Gold Gate [1:00]
RECORDING: Bear Proof
SOURCE: Secret Hatch Records
INFO: toddsickafoose.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Allison Miller
WORK: Hudson [5:03]
RECORDING: Rivers In Our Veins
SOURCE: Royal Potato Family
INFO: allisonmiller.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Paul Winter Consort
WORK: Icarus [3:04]
RECORDING: Icarus
SOURCE: Epic Records/ Living Music
INFO: paulwinter.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Todd Sickafoose
WORK: The Gold Gate [5:18]
RECORDING: Bear Proof
SOURCE: Secret Hatch Records
INFO: toddsickafoose.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: EYOT
WORK: Drifters [8:42]
RECORDING: quindecennial
SOURCE: Neuklang | due out Feb. 2024
INFO: eyotmusic.net

ARTIST: Ancient Infinity Orchestra
WORK: Rejoicing [6:29]
RECORDING:  River of Light
SOURCE: Gondwana Records
INFO: gondwanarecords.com

ARTIST: Maria Schneider Orchestra
WORK: A World Lost, excerpt [2:37]
RECORDING: Data Lords - 2 record set
SOURCE: ArtistShare
INFO: mariaschneider.com/home/albuminfo?id=1083

ARTIST: Cordâme
WORK: Migration [6:31]
RECORDING: Migration
SOURCE: DAME
INFO: cordame.bandcamp.com