Tuesday, October 25, 2022

CD Reviews: Max Johnson - Hermit Music / Max Johnson Trio - Orbit of Sound

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Max Johnson Hermit Music (Unbroken Sounds) maxjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/hermit-music Max Johnson Trio Orbit of Sound (Unbroken Sounds) maxj...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

The Age of Tapes or What Do Barnacle Choir, Christmas and Pond Hockey Have In Common?

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I'll fully admit that when I've heard about bands releasing recordings on cassettes over the last ten years or so, I've rolled m...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

CD Review: Ches Smith - Interpret It Well

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Ches Smith Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic) pyroclasticrecords.com  or chessmithpyroclastic.bandcamp.com/album/interpret-it-well Ches Smith e...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Remembering Anton Fier & Pharoah Sanders, plus other things from this month

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What a month it's been - good and bad. First the good. After 11 months in the making, my album is finally all recorded and mixed. When I...
Thursday, September 08, 2022

CD Review: Ethan Philion - Meditations on Mingus / Harry Skoler - Living in Sound: The Music of Charles Mingus

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Ethan Philion Meditations on Mingus (Sunnyside) sunnysiderecords.bandcamp.com/album/meditations-on-mingus-2 Harry Skoler Living in Sound: Th...
Thursday, September 01, 2022

CD Reviews: Kirk Knuffke Trio - Gravity Without Airs / Whit Dickey Quartet - Astral Long Forms: Staircase In Space

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Kirk Knuffke Trio Gravity Without Airs (TAO Forms)  taoforms.com  or listen and purchase here Gravity Without Airs  can't be described a...
Monday, August 29, 2022

Catching Shows by James Hart Band, the Beagle Brothers & Action Camp

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I've struck up conversations with my friend James Hart the few times that he's come into my workplace (and his former workplace). He...
Saturday, August 27, 2022

LP Review: Raymond Byron - Bond Wire Cur

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Raymond Byron Bond Wire Cur (ESP) www.espdisk.com or  raymondbyronesp.bandcamp.com/album/bond-wire-cur As usual, the introduction for this ...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Remembering jaimie branch

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August 23, 2022 was a dark day for jazz music. Deaths usually come in threes, but Fate decided to go one step further. The word came down th...
Thursday, August 11, 2022

CD Review: Secret People

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Secret People Secret People  (Out of Your Head) outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/secret-people Dustin Carlson (guitar), Kate Gentile ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2022

CD Review: Tyshawn Sorey Trio- Mesmerism

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Tyshawn Sorey Trio Mesmerism (Yeros7) tyshawn-sorey.bandcamp.com/album/mesmerism   The releases of John Coltrane's Ballads  album and Th...
Monday, July 11, 2022

CD Reviews: Lisbeth Quartett - Release / Punkt.Vrt.Plastik- Zurich Concert

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Lisbeth Quartett Release (Intakt) www.intaktrec.ch or  intaktrec.bandcamp.com/album/release-2 Alto saxophonist Charlotte Greve has been inv...