Coming Up on The New Edge

The New Edge features a cross-genre mix of creative instrumental music that does not always fit neatly into genre boxes.

For Show #906, airing on May 7, 2024, we will listen to music from the Akropolis Reed Quintet, playing compositions by pianist/composer Pascal Le Boeuf, who also performs on the recording. The release is “Are We Dreaming the Same Dream?” a worthwhile question to ponder! From Australia, an interesting track from pianist/percussionist Alister Spence and drummer Tony Buck’s album “Mythographer.” New York guitarist Benji Kaplan weighs in with “Oblivionism,” from his self-release “Untold Stories.” We close the first set and open the second set with some beautiful cinematic music from Canadian sax player Brent Lee. That album is titled “Homstal.” It’s on the CMC (Canadian Music Center) label.

Some very interesting work from drummer and composer Dan Weiss follows, from “Even Odds.” Dan’s trio included the great award-winning saxophonist Miguel Zenón as well as pianist Matt Mitchell. Check out Weiss’s delicate composition “Fathers and Daughters,” and then a piece called “Nusrat,” inspired by the amazing late Pakistani musician and bandleader Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; if you’re not familiar with Nusrat’s music, you might enjoy a deep dive into it! The second set concludes with surprising music from UK tubist Daniel Herskedal from his Edition Records release “A Single Sunbeam.”

We start the third set with more from Daniel Herskedal, followed by three tracks from pianist/composer Daniel Janke’s WInter Trio, taken from the Chronograph release “Available Light.” Bridging the third and fourth sets is music from the inventive trumpeter Dave Douglas, with three tracks from “Gifts.” We’ll conclude the program this week with Italian-born, New York-based saxophonist Nicola Caminiti. It’s a self-released album with the evocative title “Vivid Tales of a Blurry Self-Portrait.”

Hope you enjoy the show, and look forward to your ears next week!! The show will be available on the WMBR.org archive page through May 20.