Catch Up

Wood Brass & Steel – Always There {Wood Brass & Steel}
Nicholas Payton, Butcher Brown – Resolution {A Supreme Blue}
Charles Lloyd – Bharati’s Dance, Tempo Divine {Sangam & Friends}
LOX – Healing feat. Summer Pearl {The Eight Gates}
Dr Lonnie Smith Octet – Call Of The Wild {In The Beginning}
Àbáse – Salasiano {Laroyê}
Ryan Keberle’s Collectiv do Brasil – Celestial Showers {Here is Donato!}
Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua – Su Beding Wedding Ya {Inner Outer Alignment}
Dave Holland Freedom Call Quintet – Pathways {Synergism}
Luke Bainbridge – Spillage in the Village {PETSTEP}
Mark Turner, Jason Palmer, Joe Martin & Jonathan Pinson – Nigeria II {Return from the Stars}
Linda Sikhakhane – Days Begin To Sing {Linda}
Norma Winstone – Azimuth {Gilles Peterson presents Norma Winstone live at Maida Vale}
Kotoa – Butterfly House {Out of the Dark EP}
Branford Marsalis Quartet & Dianne Reeves – They Say It’s Wonderful {Dedicated To You}
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman – They Say It’s Wonderful {John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman}
Richard Spaven – Bunny Bread {Light Of Day}
Nat Birchall Quartet – Kalaparusha Arha Difda {Live At Low Four}

Eric Dolphy – Naima {The Complete Last Recordings In Hilversum And Paris 1964}
Anthony Braxton – A Night In Tunisia {Charlie Parker Project}
Randy Weston – Blue Moses {Zep Tepi}
Billy Bang – Mysteries of the Mekong {Vietnam: The Aftermath}
8 Bold Souls – Pachinko8 {Last Option}
Donald Byrd – Fufu {Kofi}
Ray Russell – Dragon Hill {Dragon Hill}
Vyshniauskas-Baumann-Siron – Zurich! {Nuit Balte}
Jeff Chan – Bells/Falling {In Chicago}
Tim Berne’s Miniature – Weasels in the Bush {I Can’t Put My Finger On It}
Ron Carter with Eric Dolphy & Mal Waldron – Softly As In A Morning Sunrise {Where?}
Billy Harper – Trying to Make Heaven My Home {Trying to Make Heaven My Home}
Dennis Gonzalez New Dallasangeles – Hymn For Julius Hemphill {The Desert Wind}
A Path Through Haze – A Path Through Haze {Attilla Zoller & Masahiko Sato}
Joe Morris & His Orchestra – Blue Spots There {Many Rings}
Whit Dickey William Parker Matthew Shipp – Village Mothership {Village Mothership}

Kenny Burrell – Wavy Gravy
George Braith – Boop Bop Bing Bash
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Ping Pong
Horace Silver Quintet – Come On Home
Lou Donaldson – Blues Walk
Freddie Hubbard – Crisis
Kenny Dorham – Sao Paulo
Grant Green – Ain’t It Funky Now

Tomoki Sanders – The Third Eye {single}
Okvsho – Pluto feat. Azekial {Frozen Flashes}
Ayanna Witter Johnson – Pioneers {New Roots}
Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halverson – Soundcheck {Slo-Mo Luminate Hoverings}
Joyce & Tutty Moreno – Janiero {Joyce e Tutty Moreno}
Curió Curió – Menina Passarinho {Curió Curió}
Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua – Su Bending Wedding Ya {Inner Outer Alignment}
Charles Lloyd – Jai Ganga {Sangam & Friends}
Buraka Som Sistema – Kalemba {Wegue Wegue}
Fathers – Pearl {Fathers}
Soul Sugar meets Dub Shepherds – Super Freak {single}
Donald Byrd – Street Lady {Street Lady}

Duke Pearson – The Golden Striker
Wayne Shorter – Infant Eyes
Walter Davis Jr. – ‘Smake It
Stanley Turrentine – One O’Clock Jump
Bobby Hutcherson – Little B’s Poem
The New Elvin Jones Trio – Keiko’s Birthday March
The Three Sounds – Love For Sale
John Coltrane – Blue Train
Paul Chambers Sextet – Just for the Love

Fruko y Sus Tesos, Wilson Manyoma – Lontananza {Fruko el Barbaro}
Setenta – Tambu {Apollo Solar Drive}
Oscar Pitin Sanchez – Roberto Revolver {Roberto Revolver}
Salsa Peanuts – Hits Medley {Sergio George Presents Salsa Peanuts}
El Timba – Por Culpa De Ella {Descargando}
Los Kenton – Triunfare {Los Kenton Con La Mayor Elegancia}
Cache – With You {Blended}
Orchestra Mambo International – Olufina {Olufina}
Ernest Alvarez – Val’ Carretero {Soneros de Cuba y New York}
Rubén Blades – Manuela {A Man and His Music: Poeta del Pueblo}
Rubén Blades, Willie Colón – Dime {Siembra}
Rubén Blades – Pedro Navaja {Siembra}

Lucy Yeghiazaryan – Lover Man {Hey Love!}
Christie Dashiell – Invitation {Journey In Black}
Somi – We’re All Falling {Single}
Rich Spaven – Bunny Bread {Light Of Day}
The James Taylor Trio – The Truth {the Jazz Seesions Vol 3 – The Truth}
The Matt Berry Trio – Everything’s Peachy Pt. 8 {the Jazz Seesions Vol 2 – Everything’s Peachy}
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express – Maiden Voyage (Live) {Live Oblivion Vol. 2}
Moacir Santos – Early Morning Love {Saudade}
Eileen Howard – Open Your Eyes You Can Fly {DJ Perry Louis (JazzCotech) Shiftless Shuffle Compilation}
Chick Corea – Windows {Inner Space}
Asta Hiroki – Close {Close EP}

Okvsho – Where Moment Wait
Alex Jelen, Abhin Lype – Stardust Surfer
Creature. – Memphis Grit
Creature. – Mind Running
.Multibeat – Use Your Noggin
Moses Yoofee Trio – Kraut
Ellie Harris – Hello Hi
Leon Phal – UK Rain
Horatio Luna – Malakies
Moyses Dos Santos – Encontrei Amor
Yuji Ohno 7 Lupintic Five with Friends – Theme From Lupin the Third (Seven Days Rhapsody)
Knats – Bowling Ball
David Kayode – Astrobeat
Joshua Moshe – Fig Leaves

Jimetta Rose – Somebody Else’s Idea {Day Dreamer}
James Blood Ulmer – Family Affair {CBS}
Ahmed Sirour – Brooklyn Bossa {Jazz Room}
Brian Jackson Featuring Rahsaan Patterson – Lady Day & John Coltrane {BBE}
Nils Petter Molvaer – London-Finsbury Park (John Paul Jones) {Edition}
Audrey Powne – Swollen {BBE}
Kinga Glyk – Not Real {Warner Music}
Orchestra Mambo International – Olufina {Loft Recordings}
Mazacote – A.C. Especial {Deep South}
Elsa Nilsson’s Band of Pulses – Not Said, Not Heard {Adhyâropa}

In this episode of the ECM Podcast, trumpeter Ralph Alessi talks about his quartet recording “It’s Always Now”, on which he is joined by pianist Florian Weber, bassist Bänz Oester and Gerry Hemingway on drums. The album was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Ralph gets into the differences of being a musician in the US and Europe, talks about education in music and about the art of naming songs.