Sunday, November 27, 2016

CD Review: Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra - Time/Life (Song for the Whales and Other Beings)

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Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra Time/Life (Song for the Whales and Other Beings) (Impulse/Verve) "The whales represen...
Tuesday, November 08, 2016

CD Review: Barry Guy - The Blue Shroud & Guy/Crispell/Lytton - Deep Memory

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Barry Guy The Blue Shroud Barry Guy/Marilyn Crispell/Paul Lytton Deep Memory (Intakt) www.intaktrec.ch Bassist Barry Guy...
Wednesday, November 02, 2016

CD Review: Don Friedman - Strength and Sanity

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Don Friedman Strength and Sanity (Newvelle) www.newvelle-records.com Last summer I found a used copy of Out Front by Booker Little. I...
Friday, October 28, 2016

CD Review: Hearts & Minds

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Hearts & Minds (Astral Spirits/Monofonus Press) www.monofonuspress.com Behind some basic packaging - two-sided, non-gatefold cover...
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

CD Review: Blue Mitchell & Sonny Red - Baltimore 1966

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Blue Mitchell & Sonny Red Baltimore 1966 (Uptown) www.uptownrecords.net The New Thing might have been happening all over New Yo...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

I Have the Best Idea for What Obama and Biden Should Do in January

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After watching a link to Hillary Clinton and that bum both cracking jokes yesterday at Al Smith Charity Dinner, I started riffing with a fri...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

CD Review: Kris Davis - Duopoly

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Kris Davis Duopoly (Pyroclastic) www.krisdavis.net For her newest album, pianist Kris Davis hit upon the idea of performing a series ...
Friday, October 14, 2016

CD Reviews: Four Albums on OutNow Recordings

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At the beginning of the year, this blog featured a review of Yoni Kretzmer's 2 Bass Quartet . A few months later, another package arriv...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Destroyer at Club Cafe - Dan Bejar, That Is

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There is something bizarrely fascinating about Dan Bejar's music that he's recorded under the name Destroyer. Sometimes his high ...
Sunday, October 09, 2016

Birthday Highlights

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Friday, October 7 was my birthday. Typical of most days, I had a full  list of things to do, leading up to a show at the end of the night. ...
Thursday, October 06, 2016

CD Review: Slavic Soul Party! - Plays Duke Ellington's Far East Suite

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Slavic Soul Party! Plays Duke Ellington's Far East Suite (ropeadope) www.ropeadope.com Sometimes, making a comparison between a t...
Tuesday, October 04, 2016

CD Review: Jason Roebke Octet - Cinema Spiral

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Jason Roebke Octet Cinema Spiral (No Business) nobusinessrecords.com/ Whereas Jason Roebke's last octet album, High/Red/Center  (...
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...