Soolking on Ira

The last of six LPs by the Red Rodney-Ira Sullivan Quintet was also the band's finest. There are times in the music (which consists of three originals by pianist Garry Dial, Herbie Hancock's "Speak Like a Child" and "As Time Goes By") where the group sounds like the early Ornette Coleman Quartet. The setting and advanced repertoire clearly challenged Rodney (who mostly sticks here to flugelhorn) and inspired Sullivan (switching between alto, alto flute, soprano and flugelhorn). A post-bop gem, one of Rodney's finest recordings.

The mystical figure On Ka'a Davis returns for his second CD on Tzadik, and his first in twenty-five years - Blending the psychedelia of Sun Ra with Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, this is an epic, direct from the ever-growing counterculture of Downtown New York - Performing on guitar, synth keyboard, programmed sounds, and percussion On is joined here by Don McKenzie on drums and Ali Ali on trumpet. Years in the making the music is wild, varied, and intensely felt. A New York Underground classic!

A new collection from former progressive rock band Fish On Friday - featuring Alan Parsons, Nick Beggs (Mute Gods / Steven Wilson / Lifesigns / Steve Hackett). Esoteric antenna are pleased to announce the release of "An Initiation (2010 - 2017)", a new collection which highlights some of Fish On Friday 's strongest songwriting, taken from their four albums released between 2010 and 2017. Featuring bass virtuoso Nick Beggs, Californian guitarist Marty Townsend, Belgian keyboard player-guitarist-vocalist and producer Frank van Bogaert and drummer Marcus Weymaere; "An Initiation" showcases the ethos of the band - strong songwriting, great musicianship and well thought out arrangements and lyrics.