heavy rotation week 4-9

An Pierlé Quartet, Wiga Waga (W.E.R.F. Records)
Robert Ashley, Perfect Lives (Lovely Music)
Atomic, Pet Variations (odinrecords.com)
Joachim Badenhorst & Peter Holvoet-Hanssen, De Wolkendragers (klein 10)
Han Bennink & Jaak Sooäär, Beach Party (Barefoot Records)
Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Two Places (BJO)
Het Collectief/Reinbert de Leeuw, Das Lied von der Erde (Alpha-Classics/Outhere Music)
Czajka & Puchacz, Bivališča (Klopotec)
Giovanni Di Domenico, Downtown Ethnic Music (Die Schachtel)
Morton Feldman, Two pianos and other pieces 1953-1969 (www.anothertimbre.com)
Graindelavoix, Tenebrae (Glossa Platinum)
Grand Picture Palace, Grand Picture Palace (W.E.R.F. Records)
Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Meltframe Music)
Kaja Draksler Octet, Gledalec (Clean Feed/Trem Azul)
Kaja Draksler Octet, Out for Stars (Clean Feed/Trem Azul)
Kuzu, Purple Dark Opal (Aerophonic)
Large Unit/Fendika, Ethiobraz (PNL Records)
Las Lloronas, Soaked (Muziekpublique)
Oorbeek, Music for loss (eigen beheer)
Paal-Nilssen Love, New Brazilian Funk (PNL Records)
Evan Parker, John Edwards, Steve Noble, PEN (Dropa Disc)
Evan Parker, Peter Jacquemyn, Live Jazz Brugge 2012 (el Negocito Records)
Paul van Gysegem Quartet, Square Talks (el Negocito Records)
Saragon, Esmeralda (www.peter-verhelst.com)
Toine Thys Overseas, Tamam morning (igloorecords.be)
Robin Verheyen, The Bach Riddles (W.E.R.F. Records)
Nate Wooley, Seven Storey Mountain VI (Pyroclastic Records)
Aliona Yurtsevich, Between two waves of the sea (eigen beheer)

A time of great rediscovery (Robert Ashley, Morton Feldman and Aliona Yurtsevich provide the ultimate soundtrack for these surreal times) and discovery (I keep on playing the wonderful albums by Grand Picture Palace, Kaja Draksler, Mary Halvorson and Nate Wooley).

Two podcasts for jazz and global sounds I like: Aïsha’s JazzNotJazz and Charlie’s Radio Wira Wiri.