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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 23h

WITHIN EARSHOT

The Charlie Rouse Band
“Cinnamon Flower”
resonancerecords.org

The archival release of tenor man Rouse’s '77 Brazilian album comparatively may sound showy to his work with Monk, but his congenial delivery and the collective talent overrides that notion.

Rec: Clove and Cinnamon

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 1d

Your RWD has been posted - multi-instrumentalist and composer Nicholas Payton, drummer Phil Haynes and his quartet Free Country, bassist and composer Anne Mette Iversen and Ternion Q Expanded, and pianist Chris Rottmayer.

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 6d

WITHIN EARSHOT

Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura
“Ki”
librarecords.com

I, too, listened with “quiet fascination”. Its stark, emotive delivery fits with a 1960’s suspense thriller (“Wait Until Dark”) or could drape a reading by Kerouac.

Rec: Keyaki, Kusunoki

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 6d

"The Jazz Disturbance" is up and runnin'! Picks from new releases by pianist Simon Chivallon, the Shout Section Big Band, saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist Gwilyn Simcock, and bassist Rich Brown.

www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 8d

Awakening to another Monday and your RWD of new music - the quartet Earscratcher's "Otoliths"; pianist and composer Kate Wyatt's "Murmurations"; and bassist Nick Joz’s"Hieroglyph & Stuttering".

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 13d

WITHIN EARSHOT

Brittany Davis
“Black Thunder”
loosegroove.indiemerch.com

Each piece holds personal, pinching truths, expressing her wants and longings, so aligned with ours. The pathos of “Black Thunder” will break you and then build you back up.

Rec: Amid the Blackout of the Night, Mirrors

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 14d

If you don't know who pianist and composer Carole Nelson is, well, why don't you tune into this week's "Situation Fluxus" get to know her and "Through the Storm". Also, pianist Eva Novoa and saxophonist Ron Blake...and prepare yourself for a little Latin tinge...

www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 15d

Welcome to this week's RWD of new music - drummer Mike Clark, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, vocalist and story-teller Allen Austin-Bishop, and composer and conductor Rin Seo’s Collective.

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 20d

Greetings - coast-to-coast, across the pond - here's this week's "The Jazz Disturbance" - vocalist Stella Cole, keyboardist Joe Alterman and DJ, bassist and producer Mocean Worker, guitarist Heather McKay, and the group OKAN.

www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 21d

WITHIN EARSHOT

Gary Bartz
“Damage Control"
facebook.com/garybartzofficial

Bartz conjures the soul spirits of six-plus decades for a relaxing drive. He made this recording for himself but let me in as a passenger.

Rec: In Search of My Heart/ Love Surrounds Us Everywhere

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 22d

Welcome to the Fall Equinox 2025 and to this week's RWD - pianist David Kikoski, keyboardist Joe Alterman and DJ, bassist and producer Mocean Worker, and NEA Jazz Master saxophonist Gary Bartz and his group NTU.

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 28d

During this week's "Situation Fluxus", I spoke with Rob Adams, UK journalist and operator of his own Rob Adams Music Touring. Also, for your listening pleasure, selections from vocalists Allen Austin-Bishop and Nicole Zuraitis.

Voila! www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · 29d

Dig into this week's RWD with pianist-composer Satoko Fujii and trumpeter-composer Natsuki Tamura, pianist and composer Federico Bonifazi, and drummer Johnathan Blake.

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · Sep 10

This week's "The Jazz Disturbance" - with vocalist Shiri Zorn, saxophonist Timo Vollbrecht, violinist Jason Kao Hwang, vocalist Samara Joy, and other suspects - is right here -

www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · Sep 9

WITHIN EARSHOT

Ledisi
“For Dinah”
candidrecords.shop.musictoday.com

Ledisi brings forth the spirit of The Queen of the Blues with class, sensitivity and the Dionysiac power that Black women possess.

Rec: What a Difference a Day Makes, Let’s Do It

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · Sep 9

Your RWD of new music served up now - pianists Paul Harrison and Billy Lester and vocalists Jamile and Peter Campbell.

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yes, it's the official unofficial start to fall - cooler temps and plenty of Jazz and improvised music! Tune in to this week's "Situation Fluxus" with my guest bassist, composer, and founder of Out of Your Head Records Adam Hopkins.

www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · Aug 27

The last "The Jazz Disturbance" for August 2025 -

www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes

Episodes — Jazz/Fluxus

www.jazzfluxus.com

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · Aug 25

Your RWD of new music - "Vanguardia Subterránea"/saxophonist Miguel Zenón; "Chapter One/pianist Caelan Cardello; "Triune"/multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton; "Exotica Reborn: In Studio and Live at House Without A Key"/"The Waitiki 7.

On the homepage of www.jazzfluxus.com

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · Aug 20

Here's my conversation with trombonist, keyboardist, and composer William Carn - www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes - and music from the duo Bitter:Sweet and composer Terry Riley.

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · Aug 19

WITHIN EARSHOT

Lauren Henderson
“Sonidos”
laurenhendersonmusic.com

“Sonidos” steps apart in its ebullience, elevated by the auxiliary of Ross-Fortner-Douglas-Dyson. Through the eyelet of the African Diaspora and Latin experiencia, love, faith, broken-ness.

Rec: Flight, Ola

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · Aug 18

This week's RWD of new music includes new releases by trumpeter and composer Jason Charos, saxophonists Eric Alexander and Vincent Herring, and bassist Pino Palladino and guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, producer and Blake Mills.

www.jazzfluxus.com

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · Aug 13

Make it through the dog days of August with "The Jazz Disturbance". This week, new and upcoming releases from bassist Pino Palladino and guitarist Blake Mills, saxophonist Ivo Perelman, and Ancient Future.

www.jazzfluxus.com

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · Aug 12

WITHIN EARSHOT

Lingyuan Yang
“Cursed Month”
chaospace.org

Unrelated, the recording’s turbulence for me dramatizes the world’s outrage over tyranny and indifference; yet is discretionarily confined within the trio's taut playing.

God save Washington, DC.

Rec: Moondial, Send Off the Ghosts

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Cheryl K. @ckdisturbance.bsky.social · Aug 11

More of what you love - RWD picks include guitarist Lingyuan Yang and vocalists Dara Starr Tucker and Allen Austin-Bishop!

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

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