Thursday, June 23, 2011

Babel Babble, 21 June 2011

A double length show focussing mainly on Poland, with Stephen Graham of Jazzwise.

Aga Zaryan, Like a He-Bear and a She-Bear/Falling Asleep/Sleepy Eyelashes (Blue Note, 2011)
Komeda Trio, Moja Ballada (Polskie Nagrania 1961)
Atom String Quartet live at Katowice
Zbigniew Namyslowski, Kujaviak Goes Funky from Polskie Radio 1975
New Trio, India Groove from Simultaneous Abstractions (Tokarnia 2010)
Tomasz Stanko, Sleep Safe and Warm (Litania, ECM, 1997)
Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Woke Up in the Desert from Faithful (ECM 2011)
Michal Urbaniak Group, Nanava, (Motown, 1980)
Milosc, Panska Brodka Mnie Dnerwuje (Gowi 1994)
MItch and Mitch, A Little Scratch from XX11 Century Sound Pioneers (Lado ABC 2010)
Tomasz Stanko, A Farewell To Maria from Leosia (ECM, 1997)
Pink Freud, Polanski from Monster of Jazz (Universal 2010)
Urszula Dudziak and Bobby McFerrin, Tico Tico (Polskie Radio, 1985)
Sing Sing Penelope + DJ Strangefruit, Electrogride Part 5 (extract) (Stow Art 2010)
Adam Makowicz Trio, Naughty Baby, (RCA, 1987)
Leszek Mozdzer, Ballad For Bernt (ACT, 2011)
Sam Leak, Strangers from Aquarium (Babel, 2011)
Bechet-Spanier Big Four, Squeeze Me from Sidney Bechet The Essential Collection (Avid)

The shows that I attended were at the Warsaw Uprising Museum http://www.1944.pl/en/




Friday, June 17, 2011

Playlist for Babel Babble, 15 June 2011

Marc Ducret, Interlude (Extract) from TowerVol.1 (Ayler)
Fanfare Ciocarlia, Mariana from Baro Biao (Piranha)
Bach, Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 5 (Andre Navarra)
Sam Crockatt, The Prophet from Flood Tide (Babel)
Christine Tobin, Stone Cold from You Draw The Line (Babel)
Julian Arguelles, Third Escapade from Home Truths (Babel)
Sam Leak, Shy from Aquarium (Babel)
Randy Newman, Louisiana 1927 from Songbook
Jason Yarde, Where Will It Take You from Now's The Time Vol. 2 (Babel-Vortex)
Hermetologists, Xibaba (Live recording 2003 from Vortex)
John Zorn, Battle Of Algiers from The Big Gundown
Bill Frisell, from The Intercontinentals

John Zorn is playing at Jazz Middelheim with his Book of Angels http://www.jazzmiddelheim.be 13 August

For me the highlights at Moers were Chris Dave


and Stian Westerhus playing with Nils Petter Molvaer

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Playlist for Babel Babble, 8 June 2011

ONJ, Racing Heart, Heart Racing (from Shut Up and Dance)
Das Kapital, Ohne Kapitalisten geht es besser (from Ballads and Barricades)
Fraud, Wrong Brain (from Fraud, Babel)
Lenny Popkin, These Foolish Things (from Live at Inntoene Festival, PAO)
Michel Reis, Purple Rain (from A Young Mind, WPR)
Billy Jenkins, I Like Rain (from When The Crowds Have Gone, Babel)
Q, No Coffee No Speak, part 1 (from Q, Rude Awakening)
Robert Morgenthaler/Urs Roellin, Im Zug (from Off Road, UNIT)
Iner Demirer, Chesney (from You, Me and Char, Pozitif)

Check out this great video of Claude Tchamitchian, whom I heard solo in Berlin. Taken from ZJFT 2010 in Groningen.


Inntoene takes place in Diersbach Austria this weekend. http://www.inntoene.com/inntoene-jazzfestival/programm/
Moers festival takes place in Germany this weekend. http://www.moers-festival.de/home.html?no_cache=1&L=1
Zomerjazzfietstour is in Groningen in August. Get on yer bike. http://www.zjft.nl/

Playlist for Babel Babble, 17 may

ONJ, Racing Heart, Heart Racing (from Shut Up and Dance)
Das Kapital, Ohne Kapitalisten geht es besser (from Ballads and Barricades)
Fraud, Wrong Brain (from Fraud, Babel)
Lenny Popkin, These Foolish Things (from Live at Inntoene Festival, PAO)
Michel Reis, Purple Rain (from A Young Mind, WPR)
Billy Jenkins, I Like Rain (from When The Crowds Have Gone, Babel)
Q, No Coffee No Speak, part 1 (from Q, Rude Awakening)
Robert Morgenthaler/Urs Roellin, Im Zug (from Off Road, UNIT)
Iner Demirer, Chesney (from You, Me and Char, Pozitif)

Check out this great video of Claude Tchamitchian, whom I heard solo in Berlin. Taken from ZJFT 2010 in Groningen.


Inntoene takes place in Diersbach Austria this weekend. http://www.inntoene.com/inntoene-jazzfestival/programm/
Moers festival takes place in Germany this weekend. http://www.moers-festival.de/home.html?no_cache=1&L=1
Zomerjazzfietstour is in Groningen in August. Get on yer bike. http://www.zjft.nl/