Monday, January 25, 2021

Bergisch-Brandenburgisches Quartett - Free Postmodernism, BBQ with Fred Frith - USA 1982 (SÅJ, 2020) *****

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By Nick Metzger I just about fell out of my chair when I saw this recording pop up in my Bandcamp feed this Fall, what an un...
Sunday, January 24, 2021

Aki Takase - Aki Takase Plays Fats Waller at Babylon Berlin 2009 (Jazzwerkstatt, 2020) ***(*)

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  By Stephen Griffith It seems like fate dictated that this digital only release be made. While her husband, Alexander von ...
Saturday, January 23, 2021

Two From Sarah Hennies

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By Keith Prosk Composer and percussionist Sarah Hennies builds steam with each passing year. I cover three commissioned work...
Friday, January 22, 2021

Catalytic Sound Stream: Q&A with Ken Vandermark and Sam Clapp

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https://stream.catalyticsound.com/ By Paul Acquaro During our conversation this summer, player, composer, organizer, and Catalytic Sound co...
Thursday, January 21, 2021

Piano sax duo

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 By Stef Gijssels The sheer volume of music released last year forces us to write combined reviews, now on the topic of sax and piano duos. ...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

The Underflow - Instant Opaque Evening (Blue Chopsticks, 2021) ****½

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By Eyal Haeruveni The sophomore album of the über-trio The Underflow - Swedish sax titan Mats Gusataffson and American guitarist ...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

John Russell (1954 - 2021)

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John Russell (photo by Peter Gannushkin ) By Martin Schray It was German saxophonist Stefan Keun...
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Monday, January 18, 2021

Keith Tippett - The Monk Watches the Eagle (Discus Music, 2020) ****

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  By Gary Chapin The choral cantata tradition is one of my favorite things, especially baroque cantatas. There was a time when I serio...
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Sunday, January 17, 2021

Sergio Merce - en lugar de pensar (Edition Wandelweiser, 2020) ****

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By Keith Prosk In circles, cycles, and sines, microtonal saxophonist Sergio Merce examines the intuitive unconscious in musicmakin...
Saturday, January 16, 2021

String duets

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 By Stef Gijssels Sometimes I wonder how far we can go in reviewing avant-garde music. When does it transgress the "jazz" position...
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