大象传媒

Corey Mwamba celebrates the best in free jazz and new improvised music, with selections that make the spaces between the notes dance.

New York violinist Sana Nagano provided the impetus for the forming of a new improvising trio, featuring her musical mentors, the drummer Billy Martin and pianist and vibes player Karl Berger. Nagano speaks of the latter’s awareness of “that space between the sounds, before he plays and right after he plays each note,” and the group’s recently-released set of instant compositions is a masterclass in listening, relating and emoting.

Tenor saxophonist Rodrigo Amado, meanwhile, duets with the acoustic of the Church of The Holy Ghost in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, making the air particles audible in an intrepid solo exploration of sound and space. And longtime collaborators Enrico Fazio and Giancarlo nino Locatelli sit at either side of a room and meet in the middle in playful musical dialogue that gambols and skips.

Produced by Silvia Malnati
A Reduced Listening production for 大象传媒 Radio 3