FREE THE JAZZ

For one hour each week, ma1co1m traverses the realms of jazz with this eclectic blend, embracing tunes both old and new with a mix guaranteed to break you out of the square cage of everyday existence and transport you, the finger-snapping, reefer-smoking bohemian listener, to a crazy world of rhythm beyond your wildest imaginings. Free The Jazz and your mind will follow…

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Free The Jazz #105 [for Joe Bussard]

11.04.2020

1 - Irreversible Entanglements - No Más (from “Who Sent You?”, 2020 International Anthem)

2 - Last Dream Of The Morning - Free Of Ghosts (from “Crucial Anatomy”, 2020 Trost)

3 - Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra - The Satellites Are Spinning (from “The Solar-Myth Approach Vol. 1” 1972 BYG)

4 - McCoy Tyner - Passion Dance (from “The Real McCoy”, 1967 Blue Note)

5 - Chicago Underground Quartet - All The Bells (edit) (from “Good Days”, 2020 Astral Spirits)

6 - Brötzmann / Leigh - This Word Love (from “Sparrow Nights”, 2018 Trost)

7 - Gard Nilssen´s Supersonic Orchestra - Premium Processing Fee (from “If You Listen Carefully The Music Is Yours”, 2020 Odin)

8 - Rashied Ali / Frank Lowe - Exchange pt.1 (from “Duo Exchange”, 1973 Survival)

As always, hear it first on 8K. And remember, play it freakin’ loud!

Free The Jazz #104 [for Alan Bishop]

21.12.2019

Welcome back to FTJ [phase 2?]. It’s been a while.

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1 - Jaimie Branch - Prayer For Amerikkka Pt. 1 & 2 (from “Fly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise”, 2019 International Anthem)

2 - Kjetil Møster / Jeff Parker / Joshua Abrams / John Herndon - Anicca (edit) (from “Ran Do”, 2017 Clean Feed)

3 - Irreversible Entanglements - Homeless​/​Global (edit) (from “Homeless​/​Global”, 2019 International Anthem)

4 - ‎أحمد [Amed] - Farah ‘Alaiyna (Joy Upon Us) (edit) (from “Super Majnoon (East Meets West)”, 2019 Otoroku)

5 - Kuzu - Spilled Out (edit) (from “Lift To Drag”, 2019 Medium Sound)

As previously, new mixes debut over at 8K, before finding their way to the FTJ page at mixcloud, or simply click play down below. And as always, play it freakin’ loud!

Free The Jazz #103 [for Paul Watson]

06.07.2019

*** It’s been fun putting together these mixes over the last three years, hopefully finding some appreciative ears occasionally. But I’ve decided it’s time to move on. This will be the final regularly scheduled Free The Jazz mix. Thanks for listening folks! ***

1 - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia (from “A Night In Tunisia”, 1961 Blue Note)

2 - Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Black Is Back (from “Be Known: Ancient / Future / Music”, 2019 Spiritmuse)

3 - Trespass Trio - Sounds & Ruins (Take 3) (from “The Spirit Of Pitești”, 2017 Clean Feed)

4 - The Joachim Kühn Group - Message From Upstairs (from “Bold Music”, 1969 MPS)

5 - Joe Henderson / Alice Coltrane - Earth (from “The Elements”, 1974 Milestone)

6 - Baczkowski / Lopez / Corsano - Steel Wind (edit) (from “Old Smoke”, 2019 Relative Pitch)

7 - Torbjörn Zetterberg / Per ‘Texas’ Johansson / Konrad Agnas - Oraklet I Finnåker (from “Orakel”, 2019 Moserobie)

8 - DKV Trio & Joe McPhee - IMPRESSIONS OF KNOX: Variations On A Theme By Joe McPhee (from “The Fire Each Time”, 2019 Not Two)