JAZZ AMUCK playlist: march 13, '26

 << • jazz amuck - ckut 90.3 fm - montreal • >>

friday, march 13, 2026

war - asher gamedze - a semblance: of return - northern spy (5:11)
>
eternity perspective - belbird - the call - constellation © (7:55)
landings - ingrid jensen - landings - newvelle © (5:22)
resist - lina allemano 4 - the diptychs - lumo © (7:23)
sketch 57 - nick fraser - areas - elastic © (10:49)
for my consideration - michael formanek - new digs - intakt (6:49)
awakening - john o’gallagher - ancestral - whirlwind (6:38)
the night before - fieldwork - thereupon - pi recordings (8:26)
>
patterns from nature iii: cracks - quinsin nachoff - patterns from nature - whirlwind © (10:15)
après tu mange - hugo blouin - le buffet - ambiances magnétiques © (6:13)
life of venus - kris davis and the lutosławski quartet - the solastalgia suite - pyroclastic © (4:51)
name dropping is the lowest form of conversation, waltz - brandon seabrook - hellbent day dream - pyroclastic (5:22)
every circle a moon - ishmael ali - burn the plastic, sell the copper - amalgam (7:33)
inside sounds - booker stardrum - close-up on the outside - we jazz (3:25)
focus out - jon irabagon - focus out - irabbagast (9:15)
>
•••••••••••••
produced + presented by john b
jazzamuck@ckut.ca
© indicates canadian creation

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: march 6, '26

<< • jazz amuck - ckut 90.3 fm - montreal • >>

friday, march 6, 2026

ii - myra melford’s fire and water quintet - for the love of fire and water - rogueart (2:14) 2022
>
folded secret - sylvie courvoisier / mary halvorson - bone bells - pyroclastic (5:08) 2025
two times water - wendy eisenberg - viewfinder - american dreams (7:19) 2024
palo de oros (suit if coins) - patricia brennan - breaking stretch - pyroclastic (9:40) 2024
bounce - john hollenbeck ‘george’ - looking for consonance - out of your head © (10:03)
microchimera - webber/morris big band - unseparate - out of your head © (10:38) 2025
fluxed - angelika niescier - chicago tapes - intakt (7:58)
it’s a furious place - lesley mok - the living collection - american dreams (6:25) 2023
>
the call - bellbird - the call - constellation © (6:38)
hammer - abdou / gouband / warelis - hammer, roll and leaf - relative pitch (3:50) 2024
driving through flood water - camila nebbia, marilyn crispell, lesley mok - a reflection distorts over water - relative pitch (10:29)
go get ‘er - queen mab - barbie’s other shoe - 9winds © (3:07) 1997
tiger trio #6 - tiger trio - lifetime rebel - rogueart (7:52) 2024
archean - zeena parkins / chris brown / deb davis / william winant - scree - relative pitch (7:02) 2024
>
tears for johannesburg (edit) - terri lyne carrington - we insist 2025! - candid 2025
•••••••••••••
produced + presented by john b
jazzamuck@ckut.ca
© indicates canadian creation

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: february 27, '26

 << • jazz amuck - ckut 90.3 fm - montreal • >>

friday, february 27, 2026

single petal of a rose - jason moran  - …plays duke ellington - yes (5:50)
>
black and tan fantasy - jason moran  - …plays duke ellington - yes (13:14)
the healers - randy weston - the spirits of our ancestors - antilles/verve (10:48) 1991
song for mother e - amina claudine myers - solace of the mind - red hook (6:10)
the freedom suite, pt 2 - david s. ware 4tet - the freedom suite - aum fidelity (11:37) 2002
fleurette africaine - duke ellington / max roach / charles mingus - money jungle - united artists (3:36) 1963
ptah, the el daoud - jemeel moondoc - the zookeeper’s house - relative pitch (10:48) 2014
>
energy fields - dave douglas - transcend - greenleaf (7:55)
snake - WRENS - half of what you see - out of your head (5:23)
a(ways) for CC and CeCe - the tomeka reid 4tet - dance! skip! hop! - out of your head (8:30)
back to you - marshall allen’s ghost horizons - live in philadelphia - ars nova workshop/otherly love (9:55)
universal security - james brandon lewis & the messthetics - deface the  currency - impulse! (4:23)
<
without love everything else will fail - william parker - the blinking of the ear - centering/aum fidelity (10:41) 2018
•••••••••••••
produced + presented by john b
jazzamuck@ckut.ca
© indicates canadian creation

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: february 20, '26

 << • jazz amuck - ckut 90.3 fm - montreal • >>

friday, february 20, 2026

roll the hammer - abdou - gouband - warelis  - hammer, roll and leaf - relative pitch (4:57) 2025
> -
no more my lord - darius jones trio - legend of e’boi (the hypervigilant eye) - aum fidelity (9:33) 2024
all is written - matanna roberts - coin coin 3: river run thee - constellation (10:05) 2015
sippi strut - john carter - shadow on a wall - gramavison (12:49) 1989
harlem dances - fay victor  / william parker / hamid drake - the migration of silence into and out of the tone world: vol. 5, harlem speaks - aum fidelity / centering 2021 (11:37)
air - asher gamedze - a semblance: of return - northern spy (6:33)
>
fluxus v5t 1s1 - darius jones - fluxkit van - (its suite but sacred) - northern spy / we jazz (10:34) 2024
journey - john carter - dance of the love ghosts - gramavison (10:14)1987
take the a train / ebony interlude - william parker orchestra - essence of ellington: live in milano - aum fidelity 2012 (16:34)
freedom - ellen christi / william parker - the migration of silence into and out of the tone world: vol. 3, the majesty of jah - aum fidelity / centering (8:56) 2021
>
morning star (edit) - jon irabagon - focus out  - irabbagast
•••••••••••••
produced + presented by john b
jazzamuck@ckut.ca
© indicates canadian creation

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: february 13, '26

 << • jazz amuck - ckut 90.3 fm - montreal • >>

friday, february 13, 2026

doname - nicole mitchell / ballaké sissoko - bamako*chicago sound system - fpe (4:44)
>
black suite pt 1 - jaques coursil - black suite - byg 1969 (17:54)
angels and devils - sunny murray - sunny murray - esp-disk’ 1966 (11:20)
an evening and a night at the annex bar (pt. 2) - jaques coursil with alan silva - freejazzart - sessions for bill dixon - rogueart 2014 (3:51)
motorcycle ’66 reflections & ruminations - bill dixon - tapestry for small ork. - firehouse 2009 (13:34)
>
SAMO (bsqt) - angelika niescier - chicago tapes - intakt (11:11)
egoes war - nicole mitchell black earth ensemble - mandorla awakening ii: emerging worlds  - fpe 2017 (7:36)
indigo stains - jon irabagon - focus out  - irabbagast (9:21)
when you rise - harriet tubman & georgia anne muldrow - electric field of love - pi recordings (4:41)
crayolla - WRENS - half of what you see - out of your heads (6:24)
hikmah - pat thomas - hikmah - tao forms (4:24)
>
yes & know (edit) - nicole mitchell & lisa e. harris - earthseed - fpe 2020
•••••••••••••
produced + presented by john b
jazzamuck@ckut.ca
© indicates canadian creation

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: february 6, '26

 << • jazz amuck - ckut 90.3 fm - montreal • >>

friday, february 6, 2026

unfiltered dreams: compute the dolphin - julius hemphill w/ k. curtis lyle - the boyé multi-national crusade for harmony - new world (5:00) rec’d 1982
>
circle the heart - marty ehrlich / julius hemphill - circle the heart - relative pitch (10:21) rec’d 1982
#4 - julius hemphill (the janus company) - the boyé multi-national crusade for harmony - new world (10:28) rec’d 1977
little samba - world saxophone quartet - revue - black saint (5:29) 1982
mingus gold : better get hit in your soul - the hemphill stringtet - …plays the music of julius hemphill - out of your head (7:31)
amazin’ disgrace - world saxophone quartet - political blues - justin time (5:55) 2006
>
the water is rising / as we surpass the firing squad . . . (with aja monet) - saul williams, carlos niño & friends - saul williams meets carlos niño & friends at treepeople - international anthem (13:31)  
right here right now - cosmic ear - traces - we jazz (10:57)
dumuzi’s dream - amir elsaffar two rivers ensemble - inana - pi recordings (9:41) 2011
one for don cherry - fab trio - history of jazz in reverse - tum (6:06) 2011
we are on the edge / i greet you with open arms - art ensemble of chicago - we are on the edge: 50th anniversary celebration - pi recordings (14:39) 2019
dignity - amir elsaffar - new quartet live at pierre boulez saal - maqam  (3:19)
>
oo long! (edit) - tomeka reid 4tet - dance! skip! hop! - out of your head
•••••••••••••
produced + presented by john b
jazzamuck@ckut.ca
© indicates canadian creation

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: january 30, '26

 << • jazz amuck - ckut 90.3 fm - montreal • >>

friday, january 30, 2026

lucia (feat. alabaster deplume) - gregory uhlmann - extra stars - international anthem (3:20)
>
degrees of separation - kris davis and the lutosławski quartet - the solastalgia suite - pyroclastic © (10:59)
lbs #3 - joëlle léandre  / evan parker - long bright summer - rogueart (8:16)
panic ballad - remedy (herberer / fonda / hertenstein) + aki takase - remedy + aki takase - fundacja słuchaj (7:20) ’25
voices - amina claudine myers - solace of the mind - red hook (6:00)
le marteau de la maîtresse (alt. take) - amir elsaffar - new quartet at pierre boulez saal - maqam (8:04)
luqman the wise - pat thomas - hikmah - tao forms (3:59)
catalogue (part 2) - alexander hawkins / taylor ho bynum - a near permanent state of wonder - rogueart (4:51)
the night before - fieldwork - thereupon - pi recordings (8:26)
>
eternity perspective - bellbird - the call - constellation ©
fluxed - angelika niescier - chicago tapes - intakt (7:58)
arid - nebbia / banner / andrzejewski - presencia - ears & eyes (6:27)  ’25
dragons - griot galaxy - live on WUOM 1979 - two rooms (8:02)
a tin teardrop - led bib - hotel pupik - cuneiform (7:24)
>
deface the  currency (edit) - james brandon lewis & the messthetics - deface the  currency - impulse!
•••••••••••••
produced + presented by john b
jazzamuck@ckut.ca
© indicates canadian creation

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: january 23, '26

 << • jazz amuck - ckut 90.3 fm - montreal • >>

friday, january 23, 2026

jill of all - aretha tillotson - kinda out west - bent river © (4:31)
>
blue transient pt. 7 - robertson / dell / ramond / kugel - blue transient - nemu (13:50)
substance p - peter evans and mike pride - a window basically - relative pitch (5:14)
holotype - dan weiss - unclassified affections - pi recordings (7:28)
antila - patricia brennan - of the near and far - pyroclastic (7:31)
assembly of all beings - thomas morgan / ambrose akinmusire - around you is a forest - loveland (9:08)
spindrift - christopher hoffman - rex - out of your head (4:17)
oo long! - tomeka reid 4tet - dance! skip! hop! - out of your head (6:40)
>
enchant - craig taborn / tomeka reid / ches smith - dream archives - ecm (11:46)
gamuts - steve hirsh - root causes (feat. eri yamamoto & wlliam parker)  - mahakala (9:14)
folding - iva bittová / marilyn crispell /benedicte maurseth / david rothenberg - four fold - terra nova music (7:48)
mirror foil - john butcher - away, i was - relative pitch (2:39)
driving through flood water - nebbia / crispell / mok - a reflection distorts over water - relative pitch (10:29)
who are you telling, gus - alabaster deplume - a blade because a blade is whole - international anthem (3:58)
>
list of demands - damon locks - list of demands - international anthem (2:56)
the signal is hot - damon locks - list of demands - international anthem (1:44)
•••••••••••••
produced + presented by john b
jazzamuck@ckut.ca
© indicates canadian creation

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: january 16, '26

 << • jazz amuck - ckut 90.3 fm - montreal • >>

friday, january 16, 2026
  -
glorious mahalia: iv sometime I feel like a motherless child  - kronos 4tet - glorious mahalia - smithsonian folkways
>
blowing on embers - bellbird - the call - constellation © (6:57)
tell them it’s the sound of freedom - martin küchen angels 11 - tell them it’s the sound of freedom - fsr (11:34)
gnistran / hematopoesi / emlodi - anna högberg attack - ensamseglaren - fönstret (15:51)
free angela ! - hélène labarrière - puzzle - jazzdor series (12:32)
un art du temp - hugo blouin - le buffet - ambiances magnétiques © (3:55)
>
night - taylor ho bynum - life (live at firehouse 12) - sg3 (6:11)
coalesce - lina allemano 4 - the diptychs - lumo © (5:32)
landing - tom varner - a new planet - tom varner music (3:38)
sea triptych pts. 1,2,3 - adam o’farrill - elephant - out of your head (10:45)
rain in the wee small hours - satoko fujii 4tet - burning wick - libra (9:03)
sunrise - jakob bro, wadada leo smith, marilyn crispell & andrew cyrille - the montclair session - loveland (11:30)
>
light a thing dub (edit) - h ii regions - h ii regions - self release ©
•••••••••••••
produced + presented by john b
jazzamuck@ckut.ca
© indicates canadian creation

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: january 9, '26

 << • jazz amuck - ckut 90.3 fm - montreal • >>

friday, january 9, 2026

gestations - the messthetics / james brandon lewis - deface the currency - impulse! (5:13)
>
left alone - james brandon lewis 4tet - abstraction is deliverance - intakt (9:24)
diadromous - otherlands trio (stephan crump / darius jones / eric mcpherson) - star mountain - intakt (7:30)
unknown suite # 1, #4 - luke stewart / chad taylor / aymeric avice - deep in the earth high in the sky - rogueart (14:44)
river road - luke stewart / silt remembrance ensemble - the order - cuneiform (6:56)
best believe - history dog - root systems - otherly love (3:40)
space ghost - marshall allen’s ghost horizons - live in philadelphia - otherly love (7:43)
>
rejoice, disrupt, resist - angelika niesicer - chicago tapes - intakt (8:20)
double consciousness - yuhan su - over the moons - endectomorph (7:53)
mist/missed - webber morris big band - unseparate - out of your head © (7:35)
existential banger infinite ceiling - brandon seabrook - hellbent daydream - pyroclastic (7:00)
autumn comes - amir elsaffar - new quartet live at pierre boulez saal - maqim (8:53)
aquila - patricia brennan - of the near and far - pyroclastic (7:13)
>
prince eugene (edit) - james brandon lewis - apple cores - anti-
•••••••••••••
produced + presented by john b
jazzamuck@ckut.ca
© indicates canadian creation

JAZZ AMUCK: 25 notable releases of ’25 + 5

 << • jazz amuck • >>

25 notable releases of ’25 + 5

ambrose akinmusire - honey from a winter stone - nonesuch
cosmic ear - traces - we jazz
fieldwork - thereupon - pi recordings
gustafsson / vandermark / reid / taylor - pivot - silkheart
webber morris big band - unseparate - out of your head ©
perelman / wooley / moran / helias / rainy - a modicum of blues - fundacja słuchaj
dan weiss - unclassified affections - pi recordings
jon irabagon - server farm - irabbagast
marshall allen’s ghost horizons - live in philadelphia - ars nova workshop/otherly love
jacob garchick - ye olde 2: at the end of time - yestereve
tim berne - yikes too - out of your head
james brandon lewis trio - apple cores - anti-
amina claudine myers - solace of the mind - red hook
mary halvorson 4tet - the bagatelles vol. one - tzadik
camila nebbia / kit downes / andrew lisle - exhaust - relative pitch
steve lehman trio + mark turner - the music of anthony braxton - pi recordings
patricia brennan - of the near and far - pyroclastic
sylvie courvoisier & mary halvorson - bone bells - pyroclastic
camilla nebbia / marilyn crispell / lesley mok - a reflection distorts over water - relative pitch
myra melford splash trio - splash - intakt
ches smith - clone row - otherly love records
heat on - heat on - cuneiform
lina allemano 4 - the diptychs - lumo ©
michael bisio - NuMBq - mahakala
amir elsaffar - new quartet live at pierre boulez saal - maqam


+5 archival gems

the vandermark 5 - four sides to the story - catalytic sound
irène schweizer / rüdiger carl / johnny dyani / han bennink - irène’s hot four - intakt
anthony braxton - quartet (england) 1985 - burning ambulance
snakeoil - ok - screwgun
horace tapscott & pan afrikan peoples arkestra - live at widney high, …1971 -  the village
•••••••••••••
jazzamuck@ckut.ca
© indicates canadian creation

JAZZ AMUCK playlist: january 2, '26

 << • jazz amuck - ckut 90.3 fm - montreal • >>    

friday, january 2, 2026

david ryshpan fills-in

Miles Davis - Capricorn - Water Babies - Columbia Records - 1976
John Coltrane - Satellite - Coltrane's Sound - Atlantic Records - 1961
Max Roach - Ezz-Thetic - Max Roach Plus Four - EmArcy - 1956
Herbie Nichols Trio - Wildflower - The Complete Blue Note Recordings - Blue Note - 1956
Horace Silver - Virgo - Six Pieces of Silver - Blue Note - 1956
Bobby Hutcherson - Little B's Poem - Components - Blue Note - 1966
Sambrasa Trio - Sambrasa - Em Som Maior - Som Maior - 1966
Roscoe Mitchell - Ornette - Sound - Delmark - 1966
McCoy Tyner/Joe Henderson - The Believer - Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' - Blue Note - 2024
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil - Speak No Evil - Blue Note - 1966
Air - Midnight Sun - Air Raid - Why Not - 1976
Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life - Bright Size Life - ECM - 1976
Kenny Wheeler - Gnu Suite - Gnu High - ECM - 1976
Bill Frisell - Tales from the Far Side - Quartet - Nonesuch - 1996
Jason Moran - Artists Ought To Be Writing - Artist In Residence - Blue Note - 2006
Nels Cline - Yokada Yokada/The Rumproller - New Monastery - 2006
•••••••••••••
produced + presented by david ryshpan
jazzamuck@ckut.ca
© indicates canadian creation