Bassist Moppa Elliot is clearly fond of Ornette Coleman's music, and this second quartet date with his unctuously titled band Most Other People Do the Killing, or MOPDTK for short, expands on that influence. Free swing and funk with a piquant edge, a taste for harmelodics, ragged rhythm, and approximate note phrases identify their sound. Trumpeter Peter Evans and alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon, two notable rising star jazz improvisers, create the tension-and-release elements that spark this music, backed by Elliott's playful and bold basslines and the loose, craggy drumming of Kevin Shea.
On the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, SBS ONE will premiere this documentary special about the events in the lead up to this historical moment. While many saw the fall of the Berlin Wall, few were present at its birth in August 1961. But one westerner was: Reuters' journalist Adam Kellet-Long, having received a tip off that evening, discovers thousands of men working to seal off West Berlin by dawn. The film follows the events of the night the communists played one of the biggest bluffs of the 20th Century.