2019 new releasesFebruary 10, 2019 Allison Miller, Quinsin Nachoff’s Flux, Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord, Christoph Irniger, and Miho Hazama Allison Miller – Glitter Wolf (Royal Potato Family) Accomplished drummer/composer Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom project returns with the follow up to 2016’s first-rate Otis Was A Polar Bear withContinue readingAllison Miller, Quinsin Nachoff’s Flux, Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord, Christoph Irniger, and Miho Hazama
2019 new releasesFebruary 3, 2019February 3, 2019 Hifiklub, Alister Spence and Satoko Fujii’s Orchestra Kobe, Lansing McLoskey and The Crossing, Yonathan Avishai, and Gerald Cleaver, Nels Cline, and Larry Ochs Hifiklub – E Lisboa (Shhpuma Records) Having already shown proficiency in collaboration with high profile acts likes Lee Ranaldo, Christian Fennesz, and Mike Watt, French ensemble Hifiklub turn their sightsContinue readingHifiklub, Alister Spence and Satoko Fujii’s Orchestra Kobe, Lansing McLoskey and The Crossing, Yonathan Avishai, and Gerald Cleaver, Nels Cline, and Larry Ochs
2019 new releasesJanuary 27, 2019January 28, 2019 Human Feel, Eric Dolphy, Layale Chaker & Sarafand, Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, & Bobby Previte, and Greg Ward Human Feel – Gold (Intakt Records) When you perform with a group of musicians for three decades certain modes of non-verbal communication tend to develop so that picking things upContinue readingHuman Feel, Eric Dolphy, Layale Chaker & Sarafand, Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, & Bobby Previte, and Greg Ward
2019 new releasesJanuary 21, 2019 Fredrik Nordström, Caspar Brötzmann Massaker, Mick Rossi’s Anti-Matter, Rudy Royston, and Christopher Trapani Fredrik Nordström – Needs (Clean Feed Records) Although Swedish saxophonist Fredrik Nordström has gathered a “double quartet” in the Coleman sense of instrumentation (two times sax, trumpet/trombone, bass, and drums,Continue readingFredrik Nordström, Caspar Brötzmann Massaker, Mick Rossi’s Anti-Matter, Rudy Royston, and Christopher Trapani
2019 new releasesJanuary 6, 2019January 6, 2019 Drone Trio, Du Yun & International Contemporary Ensemble, Timespine, Flavio Zanuttini Opacipapa, and Claudio Scolari, Daniele Cavalca, and Simone Scolari Drone Trio – Lantskap Logic (Clean Feed Records) When one considers a trio of pipe organ, electric guitar, and saxophone, the initial expectation is not likely, “a minimal, dark-ambient masterpiece!”Continue readingDrone Trio, Du Yun & International Contemporary Ensemble, Timespine, Flavio Zanuttini Opacipapa, and Claudio Scolari, Daniele Cavalca, and Simone Scolari
2018 releasesJanuary 5, 2019 The 2018 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll Happy new year and best wishes to everyone for a brilliant 2019! Before I break the slumber and write some new reviews, I’d like to look back at the bestContinue readingThe 2018 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll
2018 releasesDecember 9, 2018December 10, 2018 Zack Clarke, Eraldo Bernocchi, Andrew Cyrille, Friends & Neighbors, and Ant Law Zack Clarke – Mesophase (Clean Feed Records) The best thing about listening to new music is hearing something that outright confounds. Mesophase is a scientific term used to describe aContinue readingZack Clarke, Eraldo Bernocchi, Andrew Cyrille, Friends & Neighbors, and Ant Law
2018 releasesDecember 2, 2018December 2, 2018 Ingrid Laubrock, David Virelles, Anguish, Marcus Strickland, and Patrick Shiroishi Ingrid Laubrock – Contemporary Chaos Practices: Two Works for Orchestra (Intakt Records) Ingrid Laubrock’s Contemporary Chaos Practices: Two Works for Orchestra has to be one of the most ambitious recordingContinue readingIngrid Laubrock, David Virelles, Anguish, Marcus Strickland, and Patrick Shiroishi
2018 releasesNovember 25, 2018 Música de Selvagem, Trio Heinz Herbert, Florian Weber, John Coltrane, and François Houle, Alexander Hawkins, & Harris Eisenstadt Música de Selvagem – Volume Único (ShhPuma / Selo Risco) While living in France, São Paulo-born bassist Arthur Decloedt was faced with the insult música de selvagem, meaning “music ofContinue readingMúsica de Selvagem, Trio Heinz Herbert, Florian Weber, John Coltrane, and François Houle, Alexander Hawkins, & Harris Eisenstadt
2018 releasesNovember 19, 2018November 19, 2018 Poline Renou, Mattieu Donarier, and Sylvain Lemêtre, Ingrid Jensen and Steve Treseler, Matthew Golombisky’s Cuentos, Wolfgang Muthspiel, and PJ5 Poline Renou, Mattieu Donarier, and Sylvain Lemêtre – Adieu Mes Très Belles (Yolk Records) Following an impeccably recorded and drop-dead gorgeous solo vocal intro by Polline Renou, just as SylvainContinue readingPoline Renou, Mattieu Donarier, and Sylvain Lemêtre, Ingrid Jensen and Steve Treseler, Matthew Golombisky’s Cuentos, Wolfgang Muthspiel, and PJ5