The Mystery Lesson part 328 16th August 2021

1. Roy Brooks / Zoltan / Reel to Real

2. William Parker / Groove 77 / AUM Fidelity

3. Revival Room / Slippy / Efpi

4. Xhosa Cole / Blues Connotation / Stoney Lane

5. Anthony Braxton / Impressions / Tri-Centric Foundation

6. Harry Beckett / Third Road  / Decca

7. The Cookers / Somalia / Gearbox

8. Mofaya! / Wake Up! / Trost

9. Paul Dunmall & Mark Sanders / There’s The Distance / 577

10. Sun Ra / Spontaneous Simplicity / Art Yard

11. Eric Malmberg / Milda döden hämtar oss alla till slut / We Jazz

12. Lee Morgan / Absolutions / Blue Note

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The Mystery Lesson part 327 3rd May 2021

 1. Koma Saxo / Fanfarum Komarum III / We Jazz

2. Irene Schweizer & Hamid Drake / Blues for Crelier / Intakt

3. Joe Chambers / Circles / Blue Note

4. East Axis / I’m Cool With That / ESP-Disk

5. Treppenwitz / Brimful / Discus

6. Punkt.Vrt.Plastik / Somit  / Intakt

7. Thumbscrew / Through An Open Window / Cuneiform

8. The Locals / Composition 115 / Discus

9. Gerry Weil / Little Man / Olindo

10. Ray Russell Sextet feat. Harry Beckett / Forget to Remember / Jazz In Britain

11. Matthew Halpin / The Beach / Frutex

12. Flow Trio / Incandescence / ESP-Disk

13. The Missing Ones / Not For Nothing / label unknown

14. Tom Rainey Obbligato / Stella By Starlight / Intakt

15. Red Lily Quintet / Jesup Wagon / Tao Forms

16. Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints / Midnight March / Greenleaf

17. Carlos Niño & Friends / Salon Winds / International Anthem

18. Natural Information Society with Evan Parker / Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) Part 1 / Eremite

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The Mystery Lesson part 326 8th February 2021

 1. George Otsuka / Miles Mode / We Want Sounds

2. Elephant9 / Rites of Accession / Rune Grammofon

3. Binker Golding/John Edwards/Steve Noble / One Giant Step Part III (Laika Short Orbit Edit) / Byrd Out

4. Nacho Szulga 5 / Uno 7 / ears&eyes

5. See Through 4 / Quietly Fading Fast / All-Set! Editions

6. Fire! / Each Millimeter of the Toad Part 2  / Rune Grammofon

7. Timo Lassy & Teppo Makynen / Hypno / We Jazz

8. Black Top Presents: Hamid Drake/Elaine Mitchener/William Parker/Orphy Robinson/Pat Thomas / Put The Brakes On / Otoroku

9. Sun Ra / Somewhere In Space / Art Yard

10. Rob Frye / Sunrise on Pruhira / Astral Spirits

11. Nat Birchall Sextet / Humility / Parafono

12. Vijay Anderson Trio / #5 / Gauci Music

13. Stephen Gauci/Adam Lane/Kevin Shea / #6 / Gauci Music

14. Alexander Hawkins / Leaving the Classroom of a Beloved Teacher / Intakt

15. Ivo Perelman Trio / Tourmaline / Tao Forms

16. Francisco Mela / Baldor / 577

17. Ballister / Old Worms / Aerophonic

18. Group Sounds Four / Celebrity Stomp / Jazz In Britain

19. Ahmed / Nights On Saturn (Communication) / Astral Spirits

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The Mystery Lesson part 325 7th December 2020

 1. Moor Mother / Act 3: Time Of No Time / Don Giovanni

2. Sun Ra Arkestra / Angels and Demons At Play / Strut

3. Sun Ra / Friendly Galaxy #2 / Strut

4. Bob James / Lateef Minor 7 / Resonance

5. Sylvie Courvoisier / Free Hoops / Intakt

6. Omri Ziegele Tomorrow Trio / Line For a Friend of Mine / Intakt

7. Telepathic Band / While You Snap / 577

8. Dave Rempis/Jeff Parker/Ingebrigt Haker Flaten/Jeremy Cunningham / Caviste / Aerophonic

9. Adam Caine Quartet / Cloud Cover / NoBusiness

10. Susan Alcorn Quintet / Pedernal / Relative Pitch

11. Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl / Bigger Flames / Firehouse 12

12. Ashley Paul / Light Inside My Skin / Slip

13. Tamil Rogeon / Banished / Soul Bank

14. Toivo Quintet / Shipyard / Losen

15. The Jerry Granelli Trio / Your Mind is on Vacation / Rare Noise

16. James Brandon Lewis Quartet / Helix / Intakt

17. Colin Webster & Andrew Lisle / Knill / New Wave of Jazz

18. Eric Revis / Vimen / Pyroclastic

19. Sam Rivers Trio feat. Dave Holland & Barry Altschul / Ricochet / NoBusiness

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The Mystery Lesson part 324 21st September 2020

1. Cosmic Vibrations feat. Dwight Trible / OLBAP / Spiritmuse

2. Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra / Parable 3000 (We All Come From Somewhere Else) / International Anthem

3. Tani Tabal Trio / Khusenaton / Tao Forms

4. Berke Can Özcan / The Shepherd / Bohemian Drips

5. Landon Caldwell & Mark Tester / House of Phase / Astral Spirits

6. Luke Stewart Exposure Quintet / Awakening the Masters / Astral Spirits

7. Colin Fisher / Involution / Tombed Visions

8. BCFW / Reflect on what you feel. Oh baby, what do you feel about your reflection / Radical Documents

9. Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes / Plantains / International Anthem

10. Rachel Musson / Matched Up / 577

11. Rob Clutton / Counsel of Primaries / SnailBongBong

12. Joe Harriott / Shadows / Jazz In Britain

13. Laurence Pike / Ember / Leaf

14. Ways + Sion Toldham / Money II / Lorna

15. Alan Wakeman / Manhattan Variation / Gearbox

16. Stirrup+6 / Little Spots / Cuneiform

17. Okuden Quartet / Magic World Part 3 / ESP-Disk

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The Mystery Lesson part 323 13th July 2020

1. Anna Högberg Attack / Dansa Margit / Omlott

2. Kaji El Zabar’s Spirit Groove / Trane In Mind / Jus Like

3. Oaagaada / Zaa / We Jazz

4. Jorma Tapio & Kaski / Lasten Juhlat / 577

5. Alan Braufman / No Floor No Ceiling / Valley Of Search

6. Jeff Cosgrove/John Medeski/Jeff Lederer / Wood Flute Song / Grizzley

7. Nat Birchall / Space-Time Vortex / Mysticism of Sound

8. In Threads / Pain Break / Eyeless

9. Hupata! / Urban Heat Island / Astral Spirits

10. Karl Evangelista/Alexander Hawkins/Louis Moholo-Moholo/Trevor Watts / Heto Buhay Pa / Asral Spirits

11. Thumbscrew / Composition No. 52 / Cuneiform

12. Quin Kirchner / King Korn / Astral Spirits

13. James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor / Twenty Four / Intakt

14. Anteloper / Bubble Under / International Atherm

15. @xcrswx / Hard Out / Feedback Moves

16. Taupe / Baron Praxis / Scant

17. Krononaut / Mob Kindu / taktil

18. Paul Flaherty/Randall Colbourne/James Chumley Hunt/Mike Roberson / An Old Man Gone / 577

19. Luis Vicente/Olie Brice/Mark Sanders / Coa / Multikulti

20. Johnny Hunter Quartet / Study 1 / Efpi

21. Luis Lopes Humanization 4tet / Brainlust Distraction / Clean Feed

22. Charles Tolliver / Copsetic / Gearbox

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The Mystery Lesson part 322 4th May 2020

1. Muriel Grossmann / Okan Ti Aye / Dreamland

2. Vibration Black Finger / Can You See What I'm Trying To Say? / Jazzman

3. Jeff Parker & The New Breed / Gnarciss / International Anthem

4. Irreversible Entanglements / Code Noir/Anima/ International Anthem

5. Whit Dickey Trio / Mobius / Tao Forms

6. Daniel Carter/Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Gerald Cleaver / Scintillate / 577

7. JZ Replacement / Displacement / Rainy Days

8. Jim Black Trio / Tighter Whined / Intakt

9. Peter Lemer Quintet / Ictus/ ESP-Disk

10. Ron Caines/Martin Archer AXIS / Marcel / Discus

11. Mako Sica/Hamid Drake / Enchanted City / Astral Spirits

12. The Geordie Approach / South / Discus

13. Master Ogway / Other Worlds / Rune Grammofon

14. Arto Lindsay/Ken Vandermark/Joe McPhee/Phil Sudderberg / The Push And Pull Beneath The Surface / Corbett Vs. Dempsey

15. Frank Gratkowski/Simon Nabatov/Dominik Mahnig / Pocket Found / Leo

16. Evan Parker & Paul Lytton / A Little Perplexing / Intakt

17. Charles Rumback / Huh? / Astral Spirits

18. Chicago Underground Quartet / Unique Spiral / Thrill Jockey

19. Peter Green / Burnt Foot / Esoteric

20. Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra / Jack / Odin

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The Mystery Lesson part 321 16th December 2019

1. Karoline Leblanc/Yedo Gibson/Luis Vicente/Miguel Mira/Paulo J Ferreira Lopes / Jaggy Glide / Atrito-afeito

2. Kodian Trio / I / Trost

3. Joao Lencastre’s Communion 3 / Baby Pine Tree / Clean Feed

4. Somersaults / Turdidae / West Hill

5. Avram Fever Quartet / African Interlude / Clean Feed

6. Dave Douglas / Faith Alliance / Green Leaf

7. Bill Evans / So What / Resonance

8. Tribe / Conjure Man / Strut/Art Yard

9. Saxophone Summit / A Portrait / Enja

10. Junius Paul / You Are Free To Choose / International Anthem

11. Anthropology Band / Why So? / Discus

12. Land Of Kush / Ssssss / Constellation

13. Phil Minton/John Butcher/Gino Robair / Minced And Gilded Oaths / Rastascan

14. Cassini Flyby / Enceladusian Birds / Off

15. Rodrigo Amado & Chris Corsano / Announcement / Astral Spirits

16. Jeff Platz/Stephen Haynes/Matt Crane/Damon Smith / This All Is Everything / Umland

17. Peter Brotzmann/Alex Von Schlippenbach/Han Bennink / Street Jive / Trost

18. Brian Groder Trio / Bonds Of Now / Latham

19. Julie Sasson & Willi Kellers / The Unfortunate Miss Jones / Jazzwerkstatt

20. Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Bobby Kapp / Jubilation / ESP-Disk

21. David S. Ware New Quartet / Crossing Samsara Part 2 / Aum Fidelity

The Mystery Lesson part 320 2nd September 2019

1. Sloth Racket / Proximity Warning / Luminous

2. GO: Organic Orchestra & Brooklyn Raga Massive / Mousa Azure / Meta

3. Konstrukt & Ken Vandermark / East Of West, West Of East / Karl

4. Elephant9 / Farmer’s Secret / Rune Grammofon

5. Bushman’s Revenge / Happy Hour For Mr Sanders / Hubro

6. Corey Mwamba / Sub(taste) / Discus

7. Mette Rasmussen & Chris Corsano / Well Now, There, Then / Clean Feed

8. Joao Lencastre / High Speed Chase / FMR

9. Sarah Gail Brand/Steve Beresford/John Edwards/Mark Sanders / Let’s Go / Regardless

 

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The Mystery Lesson part 319 25th July 2019

 

1. Whit Dickey Tao Quartet / Blossom Time / AUM Fidelity

2. Paul Dunmall/Percy Pursglove/Steve Tromans/Dave Kane/Hamid Drake / It Dawned On Me / FMR

3. Torque / Mesa / www.geoffhearn.com

4. Ken Vandermark & Terrie Ex / Another Good Idea / Terp

5. Red Kite / Flew A Little Bullfinch Through The Window / Rare Noise

6. Keith Tippett / Dear Ireland / Discus

7. Fred Frith & Laurie Anderson / Finest Silver / Intakt

8. Burton Greene/Damon Smith/Ra Kalam Bob Moses / Anything That Ain’t Yes, Get Rid Of It / Astral Spirits

9. Gasser 3 / Talking / Leo

10.  Hildegard Kleeb/Roland Dahinden/Alexandre Babel / Squares And Birds / Ezzthetics

11. Cooper Moore & Stephen Gauci / Untitled / Gaucimusic

12. Trevor Watts & Stephen Grew / Let It Be / Sluchaj

13. Kuzu / Gash / Aerophonic

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