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“I found this disc to be rather disturbing, noisy, brutal, intense, and even scary at times. Better than some of the No Wave live sets that I caught in the late 1970s. SoSaLa recently played at the Cutting Room in NYC, more than 40 years after these sessions were recorded. He is still at it and still doing his own musical activism for just causes. He is still true to his original vision of poking fun at the powers that hold us down. He remains a brave soul.” – Bruce Lee Gallanter (DMG Newsletter), 11/7/2025

Read the review here: https://downtownmusicgallery.com/search.php?id=2025_11_06_09_13_47pm

“This album of free jazz/ noise/ NO WAVE rock has a heavy, punky sound that seems to express the energy and anger of especially the young in 1983 and is still felt today. One wonders if such music will ever stop feeling relevant.” Fiona McTaggart (Scottish Jazz Space), 10/23/2025

Read the review here: https://www.scottishjazzspace.co.uk/album-review-sosala-1983-live-at-the-montreux-jazz-festival-and-rathausplatz-bern/

“In addition to the superb music it contains, 1983 – Live at Montreux Jazz Festival and Rathausplatz Bern is an intriguing historical document. It highlights the extemporized experimentations in which artists like the SADATO GROUP were engaged. Hopefully, more will be available from SoSaLa’s “vault” for modern listeners to enjoy.” – By Hrayr Attarian (FREE JAZZ COLLECTIVE, October 14th, 2025).

Read the review here: https://www.freejazzblog.org/2025/10/sosala-1983-live-at-montreux-jazz.html

“Those of you who follow SoSaLa‘s musical career will know that in recent years, he has released, or re-released, retrospective recordings. These were from the 80s and 90s. These were particularly productive years for SoSaLa, who went by the name Sadato.
This collection was recorded live on two dates: July 18, 1983, at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and July 14, 1983, at the Rathausplatz in Bern, during the band’s tour of Switzerland. Claude Nobs, the founder and music director of the Montreaux Jazz Festival, personally invited SADATO GROUP to perform.

On these dates, SADATO GROUP featured Sadato on saxophone, Rhodes, and harmonica, Mutsuhiko Izumi on electric guitar and electric bass, and drummer-pianist Hitoshi Usami; the group he’d formed two years earlier in Osaka.” – Dawoud Kringle (DBDBD NY, July 23, 2025).

Read the review here: https://doobeedoobeedoo.info/cd-review-sosala-1983-live-at-the-montreux-jazz-festival-and-the-rathausplatz-bern/

Radio-Podcast Interviews

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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