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Corey Mwamba presents new music that reclaims and reimagines experiences of despair and social injustice.

LA-based musicians Kozue Matsumoto, Patrick Shiroishi and Shoshi Watanabe collaborate on ‘Yellow’. They merge Japanese instruments and styles with avant-garde sensibilities to explore Japanese American identity, and to call attention to anti-Asian racism. The rich wash of the shakuhachi and saxophone, and the resonant textures of the koto, offer a portal to a world of reflection, liberation and solidarity.

London-based multi-instrumentalist Ashley Paul’s latest release glistens with soft vocals and the spacious patter of sparse percussion. Lucid woodwind instruments swirl around minimalist sounds that tease pleasure out of despair.

Elsewhere in the programme, South African saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane offers up a whirlwind of free jazz, as quick-footed piano and bass dance together around transcendent melodies.

Produced by Tej Adeleye
A Reduced Listening production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3