Different World
An eclectic mix of music today’s episode of The Jazz Hole, including tracks from the brand new album Different Roots by Rodrigo Faina and Change Ensemble and from the futuristic album Arcade by the Toronto-based Griffith Hiltz Trio. Also from Toronto is vibraphonist Dan McCarthy, who recorded his brand new album “A Place Where We Once Lived” in Brooklyn, NY the day before permanently returning to Toronto. Buenos Aires composer and saxophonist Camila Nebbia’s new EP In another Night, In Another World with pianist, vocalist and composer Maya Keren and bassist Akiva Jacobs. Plus music from a project that was created in two different cities during the pandemic, laptop and electronics artist Ikue Mori in New York along with pianist Satoko Fujii & trumpeter Natsuki Tamura in Kobe, Japan.
Rodrigo Faina and Change Ensemble – “Opening”, “Deep, Dark and Blue” & “An Installment Of Time”
Album: Different Roots
Rodrigo Faina (cond, e-g), Fanny Alofs (voc), Marieke Franssen (fl), Ilse Eijsink, Lars Wouters (cl, b-cl), Paul van der Feen (ss, as), Kees Krabben (as), Iman Spaargaren (ts), Nils van Haften (ss, ts, bs), Stefan Liedtke (bassoon), Marc Kaptijn, Erwin ter Bogt (tp, flh), Gerard Kleijn (flh), Victor Belmonte (tb, b-tb), Daniel Quiles Cascant (tb), Dave Kutz (tuba), Guillermo Celano (e-g), Folkert Oosterbeek (p, rhodes), Clemens van der Feen (b), Marcos Baggiani (d, perc), Jasper Le Clercq (violin) and Nina Hitz (cello)
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Griffith Hiltz Trio – “WCW” & “Thunder Ninja”
Album: Arcade
Johnny Griffith (as, ts, syn), Nathan Hiltz (g, b pedals) and Neil MacIntosh (d)
Dan McCarthy – “Sonder” & “Trail Marker”
Album: A Place Where We Once Lived
Dan McCarthy (vib), Thomas Morgan (b) and Rudy Royston (d)
Camila Nebbia, Maya Keren, Akiva Jacobs – “The Night” & “Alas Rotas”
Album: In Another Night, In Another World
Camila Nebbia (ts, composer “Alas Rotas”), Maya Keren (p, voc, composer “The Night”) and Akiva Jacobs (b)
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Ikue Mori, Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura – Prickly Pear Cactus
Album: Prickly Pear Cactus
Ikue Mori (electronics), Satoko Fujii (p) and Natsuki Tamura (tp)
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