Saturday, November 24, 2018

Upcoming in PIttsburgh

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Earlier this week I appeared on 91.3 WYEP-FM, talking about upcoming shows in Pittsburgh. It's a regular thing I'm doing every other...
Friday, November 23, 2018

CD Review: Wendy Einsenberg - Its Shape is in Your Touch; The Machinic Unconscious

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Wendy Eisenberg Its Shape Is In Your Touch (VDSQ) www.vdsqrecords.com Wendy Eisenberg The Machinic Unconscious (Tzadik) www.tza...
Saturday, November 10, 2018

CD Review: Four from Out Now Recordings

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Yoni Kretzmer's New Dilemma Months, Weeks and Days Thomas Heberer/Yoni Kretzmer/Christian Weber BIG Shay Hazan Quintet Domestic P...
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Wednesday, November 07, 2018

CD Review: Aram Shelton & Håkon Berre - Dormancy/ Aram Shelton & Ole Mofjell - Uncovered

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Aram Shelton & Håkon Berre Dormancy (Self-released) aramshelton.bandcamp.com/album/dormancy Aram Shelton & Ole Mofjell Un...
Sunday, November 04, 2018

Thoughts About Pittsburgh

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I try to avoid starting a post with "It's been awhile since I've written." In the early days of the blog I did that a lot...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

CD Review: Cuong Vu 4tet - Change In the Air

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Cuong Vu 4tet Change in the Air (RareNoise) www.rarenoiserecords.com While listening to Change in the Air  through earbuds recently,...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

CD Review -Tyshawn Sorey - Pillars

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Tyshawn Sorey Pillars (Firehouse 12) www.firehouse12records.com For someone who is both prolific as a composer and in-demand as a s...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Guitars of All Sorts Invade Pittsburgh

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Lately, the writing assignments for Pittsburgh Current  have been coming at such a rate, it almost feels like an actual full-time job. Th...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

CD Review: Geof Bradfield- Yes, and... Music for Nine Improvisers

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Geof Bradfield Yes, and... Music for Nine Improvisers (Delmark) www.delmark.com Considering this album comes from Delmark, which fo...
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Monday, October 01, 2018

John Vanderslice Returned to Pittsburgh!

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As a scrawny kid growing up in the part of Squirrel Hill, a Pittsburgh neighborhood, that bordered the Greenfield neighborhood, there ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

CD Review: Steve Coleman & Five Elements- Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (The Embedded Sets)

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Steve Coleman and Five Elements Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (The Embedded Sets) (Pi Recordings) www.pirecordings.com A few w...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

LP Review: Matthew Lux's Communication Arts Quartet

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Matthew Lux's Communication Arts Quartet Contra/Fact (Astral Spirits/Mofonus) monofonuspress.com/store/matthew-luxs-communication-...
Friday, September 14, 2018

CD Reviews on Intakt: Angelika Niescier, Joey Baron/Robyn Schulkowsky, Vandermark/Wooley/Courvoisier/Rainey

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Keeping up with Intakt Records feels like an insurmountable effort. While U.S. labels wring their hands and wonder how to sustain themselve...
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Friday, August 31, 2018

Remembering Pitch-A-Tent Records - Ten Foot Faces, Spot 1019, Wrestling Worms

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This has been the year for me to reconnect with music from my past. At the start of the year, I fell into a Charlie Parker kick, which incl...
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Monday, August 13, 2018

CD Review: Rodrigo Amado - A History of Nothing/ The Thing - Again. Trost Records

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Rodrigo Amado A History of Nothing (Trost) www.trost.at Lisbon tenor saxophonist Rodrigo Amado continues to release a steady stream ...