Thursday, September 29, 2016

Rebecca Pronsky is Coming To Town Tomorrow

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Once in a blue moon, I'll post a preview to an upcoming show in Pittsburgh. This is one of those occasions. Friday, September 30, Reb...
Friday, September 23, 2016

World Saxophone Quartet & Sun Ra Arkestra - Two Nights, Two Concerts

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Playing right now: Chris Connor, Chris . Used copy of the Bethlehem LP, in large part because it has her version of "Lush Life," ...
Monday, August 29, 2016

CD Review: Rhys Chatham - Pythagorean Dream

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Rhys Chatham Pythagorean Dream (Foom) www.foommusic.com Technology sometimes makes the production of some forms of music either antiq...
Sunday, August 28, 2016

CD Review: Marc Ribot & the Young Philadelphians - Live In Tokyo

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Marc Ribot & The Young Philadelphias Live In Tokyo (enja/yellowbird) www.jazzrecords.com/enja Something's missing from "...
Sunday, August 21, 2016

CD Review: Tyshawn Sorey - The Inner Spectrum of Variables

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Tyshawn Sorey The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi) www.pirecordings.com Improvising musicians have been attempting for decades to inc...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

CD Review: Catherine Sikora & Sylvie Courvoisier/ Mark Feldman/ Ikue Mori/ Evan Parker

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Catherine Sikora Jersey (Relative Pitch) www.relativepitchrecords.com Another double review, connected by a common thread, which I...
Tuesday, August 02, 2016

Thoughts on RePunk 3 - Belated but true

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Playing right now: Tim Berne - Five Year Plan (which I won in an auction last week, for a decent price!) It's been over a week since R...
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Sunday, July 17, 2016

CD Review: Charlie Parker - Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes

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Charlie Parker Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes (Verve/UMe) www.VerveMusicGroup.com During his lifetime, Charlie Parker didn't re...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

CD Review: The Monkees - Good Times!

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The Monkees Good Times! (Rhino) www.rhino.com Side Two of More of the Monkees , the band's sophomore release, was dicey territory...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

CD Reviews: Jon Lundbom's Big Five Chord - Three EPs

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Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord Make The Magic Happen Bring Their 'A' Game Play All the Notes (Hot Cup) www.jonlundbom.com...
Monday, July 11, 2016

CD Reviews: Brooklyn Blowhards, Michael Bisio & Kirk Knuffke, Brian Groder Trio

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"So little music, never enough time," I told myself a few days ago, while rooting around in search of a particular CD and finding...

Deutschtown - Bar fights, tiny venues and Happy Ending featuring Weird Paul

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I started an entry reviewing three CDs, and went back to it about three times without finishing it. But before that actually gets completed,...
Sunday, July 03, 2016

CD Review: Jack DeJohnette/ Ravi Coltrane/ Matthew Garrison - In Movement

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Jack DeJohnette/ Ravi Coltrane/ Matthew Garrison In Movement (ECM) www.ecmrecords.com It might seem like some cross-generational meet...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Wadada Leo Smith is Deep

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This week, Pittsburgh City Paper is running my preview/interview with Wadada Leo Smith. He and I had a great conversation about a week ago, ...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Show Tonight: Ben Goldberg & Michael Coleman, Ben Opie

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Since the Thunderbird Cafe closed for renovations, I've really been missing Space Exchange, the Tuesday night series hosted by Ben Opie ...
Friday, June 17, 2016

CD Review: Lesley Flanigan-Hedera

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Lesley Flanagan Hedera (Physical Editions) www.physicaleditions.com Experimental vocal music can be a dicey medium, whether the perfo...
Wednesday, June 01, 2016

CD Review: Richard Poole/Marilyn Crispell/Gary Peacock - In Motion

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Richard Poole/Marilyn Crispell/Gary Peacock In Motion (Intakt) www.intaktrec.ch In Motion  undoubtedly describes this trio's perf...