Catch Up

In this episode Caro is joined by guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel to talk about the release of “Tokyo”, his 2025 trio album with Scott Colley on double bass and Brian Blade on drums.

Wolfgang talks about telepathy, how to write a song, music, life education, and so much more.

Michael Paulo – Mr Spock’s Revenge {‘Tats’ in the Rainbow}
Masahiko Togashi – Let’s Sing, Let’s Dance {The Face of Percussion}
Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden – 1865 Richmond, VA {Franz Kafka’s Amerika}
Masabumi Kikuchi – Dancing Mist (Live) {In Concert}
Billy Harper – Love on the Sudan {Love on the Sudan}
Yoshimi Ueno – Sea Sound {Sea Sound}
Shigeharu Mukai – Toppu {For My Little Bird}
Mamoru Yamaguchi – Beagle {After the Rain}
Minoru Muraoka – Take Five {Osorezan}

De La Soul – Stakes Is High {Stakes Is High}
Ahmad Jamal – Swahili Land {Ahmad Plays Ahmad}
Lord Finesse – Gameplan {The Awakening}
Deodato – San Juan Sunset {Love Island}
Papa Chuk – Runaway {The Badlands}
Freddie Hubbard – Red Clay {Red Clay}
Organized Konfusion – Let’s Organize {Stress: The Extinction Agenda}
Patrice Rushen – Kickin’ Back {Before The Dawn}
Nas – The World Is Yours {Illmatic}
Ahmad Jamal – I Love Music {The Awakening}
Digable Planets – Escapism {Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space)}
Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man {The Headhunters}
Mobb Deep – Shook Ones Pt. II {The Infamous}
Patrice Rushen – Before The Dawn {Before The Dawn}

Gil Scott-Heron – Is That Jazz?
Fania All Stars – Vente Domingo
Ramsey Lewis – Hot Chilli Cold Tamale
Jeff Lorber Fusion – Black Ice
Clare Fischer – Descarga Yema Ya
Terumasa Hino – Samba De La Cruz
Gene Ammons – Jungle Strut
Frodes Thingneas Quintet – Around Once More
Kellis Hethridge – Quickie Nirvana
Dexter Wansel – You Can Be What You Wanna Be
Roland Vasquez – Only What You Feel
Ray Barretto – Pastime Paradise
Seawind – He Loves You
Ahmed Jamal – Misdemeanor
Hugo Hernandez – El Beto
Lonnie Smith – Straight To The Point
Tarika Blue – Revelation
Shunzo Ohno – Anteres
Larry Young – H+J=B
Rufus feat. Chaka Khan – Destiny
Herbie Hancock – Chameleon

Lee Konitz with Lennie Tristano – Subconscious-Lee {Subconscious-Lee}
Seiichi Nakamura Quintet – Judy’s Samba {J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1970-1988 Volume 5}
Carlos Garnett – Bed-Stuy Blues {Cosmos Nucleus}
Masahiko Satoh’s Garandoh – History of Jazz {J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz Form Japan Volume 5}
Joe Harriott / Amancio D’Silva Quartet – Jaipur {Hum-Dono}
Joe Lovano & Greg Osby – Idris {Friendly Fire}
Mats Gustafsson/Ken Vandermark/Tomeka Reid/Chad Taylor – I am aware. Standing in Snow. {Pivot}
Septet Matchi-Oul – Parisonophobie {Terremoto}
Mile and Half – Mile and Half {J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1970-1988 Volume 5}
Nate Wooley Sextet – A Million Million BTUs {(Sit In) The Throne Of Frienship}
Jackie McLean – Vertigo {Vertigo}
Peggy Lee Band – Preparations {New Code}
Lori Freedman & Scott Thomson – Out Of {Plumb}
Roy Brooks – The Free Slave {The Free Slave}
Henry Cow – Untitled Piece (Track #4) {Volume 14 Cow Box Redux}
Joey Sellers’ Jazz Aggregation – American Standard {Something For Nothing}
Mats Gustafsson / Joe McPhee / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love – To Bring You My Love {The Thing She Knows…}
Chad Taylor Trio featuring Brian Settles and Neil Podgurski – Between Sound and Silence {The Daily Biological}
Alberto Pinton’s Relentless – The Present Moment {Allt Större Klarhet}

Excerpts from Liturgical Jazz: A Musical Setting For An Order Of Morning Prayer by Edgar Summerlin

Blessing
Service of Offering
Prelude
Love Divine

Will Pethick and Quartet: “The Sound“ with soloists and congregational singing (unreleased field recording, June 2025).

Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist
Spiritual Blessing
Because You Live, I live
The Kingdom is at Hand

Norma Winstone – Edge of Time
Nicholas Payton – So What
Joshua Pattison – Bad Nature
Ramsey Lewis – Summer Breeze
Oscar Brown Jr – Time
Solomon Gundy Band – Hancestry
Wonky Logic – Underneath The Same Sky (feat. Vanessa Rani)
Somi – So You Want To Be A Woman (feat. Lakecia Benjamin)
Kalapana – Mana
Flea – Wichita Lineman (feat. Nick Cave)
Scrimshire – Bring Our Light To Every Corner
Ancient Infinity Orchestra – Illuminations
Bodega Band – Synopsis
Billy Hare – Too Much
Hill Collective – Keep Breathing
Kevin Haynes Grupo Eleggua – Su Beddin Weddin Ya
Liv Tor & Four Jets – Bim Bom
Arild Andersen Quartet – Radka’s Samba
E’Olen – E’Olen
Ronnie Foster – Argentina
Omega Sunrise – Renewal
Eddie Palmieri – Spirit of Love
Onward International – Samba Doo Bonnay

Donald Byrd – Fancy Free
Grant Green – Dracula
Clifford Brown – Minor Mood
Joe Henderson – Recorda Me
Dizzy Reece – Eboo
Johnny Griffin – Nice And Easy
Thad Jones – April In Paris
Lee Morgan – The Beehive

Honey Ride Me A Goat – Spacedocker {Horns & Hooves}
Corto.alto – IJustIDon’tKnow {Some Small Fortune}
Lucia Cadotsch, Otis Sansjo, Petter Eldh, Kit Downes, Lucy Railton – Ballad of the Drowned Girl {Speak Low II}
Tamar Osborn – Berlin {Varier: Berlin}
Sun Ra – Sunology {Super-Sonic Jazz}
Tim Garcia, Manu Delago, A Green Meadow – The Hang Track, pt. II A Green Meadow (remixes)
Bonobo / Joy Crookes – Always on Your Side {Distance in Static}
Mark Guiliana – P.LAY {Beat Music 2.0}
Fergus McCreadie – Windshelter (Alternate Take) {The Shieling (Companion Pieces)}
Matthias Eick – Begging {When We Leave}
Isaiah Collins – Landscapes of a Dream {Joy}
Ayo Adunni, Henri Schappert, Afrojazz – Oba {Oba}