This selection of music drifts across borders and decades, tracing a path from Dara Starr Tucker’s ethereal lullaby to Charles Tolliver’s fiery live invocation. It’s a voyage through jazz’s many dialects—big band warmth, avant-garde abstraction, global fusion, and spiritual depth. Each track marks a waypoint: Bonnie Jensen’s breezy swing, Henry Threadgill’s cryptic miniatures, Samara Joy’s playful reinvention, and The Secret Trio’s Anatolian pulse. From self-released gems to Strata-East classics, these selections speak in rhythm, resistance, and reverence.
PLAYLIST
Dara Starr Tucker “Twilight And Mist” from Time Couldn’t Wait (Green Hill Music) 00:00
Bonnie Jensen “Jive” from Rise (MGM Metropolitan Groove Merchants) 03:07
Martin Nodeland “Straight Out The Gate” from Tributaries (Smeik Records) 06:33
Steve Allee Big Band “Brothers” from Full Circle (Jazzville Records) 13:06
Joe Bowden “Way Out” from Music Is Life (Self Released) 18:09
Henry Threadgill “A” from Listen Ship (Pi Recordings) 21:17
Henry Threadgill “B” from Listen Ship (Pi Recordings) 22:22
Michael Ragonese “Occupying Space” from Chasing Calm (Self Released) 24:40
Samara Joy “Flor de Lis (Upside Down)” from Flor de Lis (Upside Down) (Verve) 28:17
The Secret Trio “Dik Halay - Diyarbekir” from Old Friends (Anderson Audio New York) 33:51
David Bode “Syeeda’s Song Flute” from Good Hang (1718 Records) 37:13
Bob Schlesinger A Child Is Born” from Falling From Earth (Self Released) 42:24
Jorge Garcia “Still Crossing” from Still Crossing (SDG Company) 48:36
Camilo Angeles “Para Kunu” from Los Mandotos del Aire (TVL rec) 53:03
Jussi Reijonen “salt - sarvi” from (unmusic) 58:09
Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring “Pharoah’s Dance” from Split Decision (Smoke Sessions) 1:03:57
Believe “Believer” from Spirits Of The Dead Are Watching (Ramble Records) 1:12:17
Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell “On The Nile” from Music Inc (Strata-East) 1:22:02
The Piano Choir “Sanctum Sanctorum” from Handscapes (Strata-East) 1:31:44
Charles Tolliver “Our Second Father” from Live at Loodcrecht Festival (Strata-East) 1:44:58
