#4830, New Releases, Dec. 2023
Hear new music fresh from December 2023: Finnish electro-jazz by RinneRadio, trio music by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and pianist Vijay Iyer, and ambient work from Ghost Marrow.
Hear new cross-generational and cross-genre music with open spaces in mind from trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire from his trio record, featuring guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Herlin Riley, called Owl Song. There’s also new work, by pianist, composer, and educator Vijay Iyer with his trio featuring bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey — from the forthcoming Compassion.
Then, there’s ambient work from multi-instrumentalist Aurielle Zeitler, who has worked with prog-doom band Giant Squid, Emma Ruth Rundle, Chelsea Wolfe, and Suzanne Ciani. It’s from her recording moniker, Ghost Marrow. Also, listen to new work by Finnish electro-jazzers RinneRadio, a group formed in 1988 by saxophone player/reedman and composer Tapani Rinne. There's new music from the Moroccan-Hungarian desert trance band Chalaban founded in Budapest by the Moroccan musician Saïd Tichiti. Plus, listen to otherworldly experimental forms and textures in composed and improvised work by vocalist Theo Bleckmann and electronic musician and producer Joseph Branciforte. And more. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4830, New Releases, Dec. 2023 (First aired 01/02/2024)
ARTIST: Roger Eno
WORK: Above And Below (Crepuscular) [1:00]
RECORDING: the skies, they shift like chords
SOURCE: Deutsche Grammophon
INFO: https://dg.lnk.to/the-Skies
ARTIST: Chalaban
WORK: Jarama [3:00]
RECORDING: Jarama
SOURCE: The Sound Cafe
INFO: https://chalaban-band.com/en/
ARTIST: Ambrose Akinmusire
WORK:Weighted Corners [4:24]
RECORDING: Owl Song
SOURCE: Origami Harvest / Nonesuch Records
INFO: https://ambroseakinmusire.bandcamp.com/album/owl-song
ARTIST: Ghost Marrow
WORK: thirteen doubts [4:44]
RECORDING: earth + death
SOURCE/INFO: https://ghostmarrow.bandcamp.com/album/earth-death-2
ARTIST: RinneRadio
WORK: Photon [5:24]
RECORDING: Balladium
SOURCE: Zen Master Records
INFO: Available at AppleMusic, Spotify, Amazon.com, Youtube | https://rinneradio.com/discography/#balladium
ARTIST: Roger Eno
WORK: Above And Below (Crepuscular) [6:54]
RECORDING: the skies, they shift like chords
SOURCE: Deutsche Grammophon
INFO: https://dg.lnk.to/the-Skies
ARTIST: JJJJJerome Ellis
WORK: Movement I [3:52]
RECORDING: Compline in Nine Movements
SOURCE/INFO: https://jjjjjeromeellis.bandcamp.com/album/compline-in-nine-movements
ARTIST: Vijay Iyer Trio
WORK: Compassion [4:45]
RECORDING: Compassion
SOURCE: ECM Records, due out Feb. 2
INFO: https://ecm.lnk.to/Compassion
ARTIST: Theo Bleckmann and Joseph Branciforte
WORK: 9.23 [9:11]
RECORDING: LP2
SOURCE: Grey Fade
INFO: https://josephbrancifortetheobleckmann.bandcamp.com/album/lp2
