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WKCR 89.9 FM  “Jazz Alternatives” Interview

WKCR FM interview 9-4-2025

On September 4th, 2025, from 7 pm to 8 pm, SoSaLa and Roger Blanc (musician and MFM Board member) were invited by WKCR 89.9 FM  “Jazz Alternatives” host Sharif Abdus Salaam to a live interview to speak about the MFM 10th Anniversary event at the CUTTING ROOM on Friday, September 5th, 2025.
SoSaLa, the producer of this event, and Roger Blanc, the music director, will discuss the MFM history, mission, and the musicians performing, including SoSaLa and Grammy Award winners Arturo O’Farrill and Joe Lovano. Sharif played tracks by SoSaLa, Arturo O’Farrill, and Joe Lovano.

“MFM Speaks Out” Podcast EP 52: SoSaLa and Dawoud Celebrating MFM’s 10th Anniversary

In this episode of MFM Speaks Out, Dawoud Kringle and SoSaLa discuss the birth, history, mission, and future of Musicians For Musicians. Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi’s inspiration for founding MFM, the problems in putting the organization together, including how to define its objectives and methods, MFM’s relationship with other musician organizations (such as the Musicians Union), how to attract and grow our membership, the economics of the music business and the importance of musicians getting paid fairly for their work, the state of mind many musicians are in where they do not understand how to turn their music into a profession, Sohrab’s experience with Justice for Jazz Artists, MFM’s accomplishments, MFM’s services and value to our members, MFM’s activism, the need for organization between musicians, the DYI method and operating as an independent musician, the future of the music business, the empowerment of musicians, and the future of MFM.

SoSaLa featured on Sound Forms (Kingston Radio 107.9FM): Ep 181 Easter and Beyond on April 31st, 2024

Kingston FM interview

Peter Wetzler, radio host of Sound Forms, invited SoSaLa and MFM Chapter leader Stephen Johnson to a short interview at the end of his episode.

Listen here (from 1:07:52 till the end of the show): https://radiokingston.org/en/broadcast/sound-forms-classical-music-and-beyond/episodes/sound-forms-ep-181-easter-and-mfm-guests

SADATO GROUP “Let’s Have A Good Time” on Air!

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UK jazz podcaster Bob Osborne‘s Different Noises/World Of Jazz #757 played the track “Let’s Have A Good Time” from my recent release, CD SoSaLa “1983 – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival and Rathausplatz Bern on Sunday, September 14th, 2025.

The selection of tracks is a comprehensive mix of forthcoming and recent releases, featuring a wide variety of differing jazz elements./World of Jazz #

About SoSaLa

SoSaLa – has released another retrospective recording from 1983, when “music was made at a special time and with exceptional musicians”. The music on this album comes from the Japanese free jazz-punk noise scene. On this album, SoSaLa seamlessly blends Harmolodic Free-Jazz and No-Wave rock to enhance every element the music draws on. The succinct song structures provide a perfect foil for his low-fi improvisations on the soprano and tenor saxophone (not to mention his work on the Rhodes piano and harmonica). The contributions by the other musicians on the sessions bring unique dimensions and startling voices to enhance an already compelling and potent mix. The music sits well with rock and jazz, yet transcends both genres at the same time. In 1981, when SoSaLa lived in Osaka and was known as Sadato, he formed his first official indie noise rock band, SADATO GROUP, with members Mutsuhiko Izumi on electric guitar and electric bass and drummer-pianist Hitoshi Usami. He met them for the first time in 1981 at their ree jazz noisy duo at his favorite jazz coffeeshop, Cole, in Osaka-Ibaragi City. He liked what he heard and invited them to a rehearsal. After rehearsing several times, they formed a band with Sadato as the leader and composer, and named it after him. They played mainly in Osaka, but later, to reach a bigger audience, they decided to play in Tokyo every three months. The Sadato Group became known for blending elements of alternative rock, free jazz, noise, and occasionally experimental sounds into their music. Their style combines energetic riffs, introspective lyrics, and unique arrangements, setting them apart in the Japanese indie rock and jazz music scenes.