A Jazz Thread

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‘Manta Ray’ from Eivind Aarset’s 2021 album ‘Phantasmagoria, Or A Different Kind Of Journey’, with Aarset on guitars/electronics, Arve Henriksen trumpet, Audun Erlien bass, Erland Dahlen drums/percussion/vibraphone, Wetle Holt drums/percussion/metallophone, Jan Bang samples and John Derek Bishop field recordings and treatments.

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‘Ethiopian Sunshower’ from Volume 8 of Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammed’s excellent ‘Jazz Is Dead’ series, this one from 2021 features flautist Brian Jackson, best known as Gil Scott-Heron's long-term musical collaborator.

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‘Listening Glasses’ from the 2020 album ‘Grown’ by Waaju – Sam Rapley tenor saxophone, Tal Janes guitar, Sam Downard bass, Ben Brown drums/percussion and Ernesto Marichales percussion.

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The title track from the 2022 album ‘Round the Corner’ by Kerbside Collection – Andrew Fincher keyboards, Lachlan Symons bass and Jason Bell drums/percussion.

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‘Waynes’ from bassist Orlando Le Fleming’s 2020 album ‘Romantic Funk: The Unfamiliar’, with Will Vinson alto saxophone, Philip Dizack trumpet, Sean Wayland keyboards and Kush Abeday drums.

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'Route 68’ from the 2021 album ‘Elephant’s Head’ by the Alan Evans Trio – Evans on drums, Danny Mayer guitar and Kris Yunker organ.

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A quick couple of tracks this morning from 'Outlines', the excellent ANMA Records compilation from last year. This is 'Astral Sorcery' by by Future Jazz Ensemble and XL Regular.

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'Sweat' by Contours and Werkha.

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I’ve yet to feature the wonderfully inventive, Berlin-based Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra on the thread, so here are three tracks to remedy that, beginning with ‘Milky Way Fables’ from their 2009 debut album ‘Take Off!’, featuring composer, arranger and band-leader Daniel Glatzel on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Johannes Schliermacher baritone/tenor saxophones, Aki Sebastian Ruhl trumpet, Gerhard Gschlossi trombone, Sebastian Hagele bassoon, Oliver Roth flute, Laure Mourot flute, Karl Refseth vibraphone, Anna Viechtl harp, Andi Waelti bass, Andi Haberi drums, Josa Gerhard, Matthew Lonson and Mokkapan Phongphit violins, Johannes Pennetdorfer and Martin Stupka violas, and Charlotte Jacks and Isabelle Klemt cellos.

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‘Le Petre Vire’ from 2014’s ‘Live On Planet Earth’, with Daniel Glatzel on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Johannes Schliermacher baritone saxophone/flute, Richard Koch trumpet, Sebastian Hagele bassoon, Oliver Roth flute, Laure Mourot flute, Jorg Hochapfel synthesizer, Els Vandeweyer vibraphone, Kalle Zeier guitar, Anna Viechtl harp, Andreas Lang bass, Andi Haberi drums, Gregoire Simon and Biliana Voutchkova violins, Johannes Pennetdorfer and Martin Stupka violas and Isabelle Klemt cello.

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Lakta Mata Ha from their most recent album ‘Vula’ (2017), with Daniel Glatzel on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Johannes Schliermacher baritone saxophone, Richard Koch and Magnus Schrieff trumpets, Sebastian Hagele bassoon, Oliver Roth flute, Laure Mourot flute, Jorg Hochapfel synthesizer, Kalle Zeier guitar, Anna Viechtl harp, Matthias Pichler bass, Andi Haberi drums, Gregoire Simon and Matthew Lonson violins, Johannes Pennetzdorfer and Martin Stupka violas and Isabelle Klemt cello.

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Straddling the border between prog and jazz, this is ‘Chasing The Hidden’ from the 2021 album ‘Arrival Of The New Elders’ by Norwegian trio Elephant9 – Stale Storlokken keyboards, Nikolai Haengsle bass/guitar and Torstein Lofthus drums/percussion.

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Another Scandinavian trio, and this one is something of a supergroup – Rymden featuring Norwegian keyboard-player and nu-jazz pioneer Bugge Wesseltoft with Swedish pair, bassist Dan Berglund and drummer Magnus Ostrom, from the ill-fated Esbjorn Svensson Trio (EST). This is ‘Pitter Patter’ from their 2018 debut album ‘Reflections And Odysseys’.

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‘Ode To Futility’ from the 2016 album ‘Bits And Pieces’, a collaboration between Norwegian band Mopti and fellow countryman Bendik Baksaas, featuring Kristoffer Eikrem trumpet/effects, Harald Lassen saxophones/effects, Aleksander Sjolie guitar/synthesizer, Christian Svendsen bass, Andreas Willdhagen drums and Bendik Baksaas synthesizer, electronics and turntables.

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Tomorrow Never Knows and Eight Miles High - Steve Marcus (1968)

And the track from the same album on which Marcus's bandmate Gary Burton played the riff that seems to have been lifted for Baker Street:

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‘September 12th: The Coping Song’ from the 2013 album ‘September’ by The Claudia Quintet – Red Wierenga accordion, Chris Speed clarinet and tenor saxophone, Matt Moran vibraphone, Drew Gress bass and John Hollenbeck drums/percussion.

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‘Years Ahead’ from the 2007 album ‘Mare Nostrum’ by Paolo Fresu (trumpet), Richard Galliano (accordion/bandoneon) and Jan Lundgren (piano).

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‘Shadow Valley’ from Brazilian guitarist Sergio Benchimol’s 2009 album ‘Ciclos Imaginarios’, with David Ganc tenor/soprano saxophones, Jesse Sadoc trumpet, Jairo Diniz trumpet, Eduardo Morelenbaum clarinet, Denner Campolina bass, Rafael Barata drums, Edu Szajnbrun percussion, Nicolas Krassik violin, Ricardo Amado violin and Ricardo Santoro cello.

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‘To Henry A Son’ from pianist Michael Garrick’s 1974 album ‘Troppo’, with Henry Lowther trumpet/flugelhorn, Art Themen soprano/tenor saxophones, Don Rendell tenor saxophone, Norma Winstone vocals, Dave Green bass and Trevor Tomkins drums.

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‘F.I.V.A’ by Gordon Beck’s Gyroscope, taken from a June 1974 recording session for BBC Radio 2 ‘Sounds Of Jazz’, featuring Beck on electric piano, Stan Sulzmann soprano saxophone, Frank Ricotti vibraphone/percussion, Ron Mathewson bass and Tony Levin drums.

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‘Old San Juan’ from the Alan Skidmore Quintet’s 1970 album ‘Once Upon A Time’, with Skidmore on tenor saxophone, Kenny Wheeler flugelhorn, John Taylor piano, Harry Miller bass and Tony Oxley drums.

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The title track from Joe Farrell’s 1973 album ‘Moon Germs’, with Farrell on soprano saxophone, Herbie Hancock piano, Stan Clarke bass and Jack DeJohnette drums.

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‘Windows’ from the 1973 album ‘Sweet Rain’ by alto saxophonist Stan Getz, with Chick Corea piano, Ron Carter bass and Grady Tate drums.

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‘Fufu’ from trumpeter Donald Byrd’s album ‘Kofi’, taken from sessions recorded in 1969/70 but not officially released until 1995. Featuring Lew Tabackin flute and tenor saxophone, Frank Foster tenor saxophone, William Campbell trombone, Duke Pearson electric piano, Bob Cranshaw bass and Airto Moreira drums/percussion.