Monday, March 30, 2009

Ellery Eskelin & Sylvie Courvoisier - Every So Often (Prime Source, 2008) ****½

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Saxophonist Ellery Eskelin and pianist Sylvie Courvoisier are both wonderful stylists, who master jazz and modern music perfectly, in all th...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Aänet - Aquarian forest (Emouvance, 2008) ****

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This French trio, with Rémi Charmasson on guitar , Stephan Oliva on piano, and Claude Tchamitchian on bass, is further completed by Finnish...
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Friday, March 27, 2009

EA Silence - Cono Di OMbra E Luce (Amirani, 2009) *****

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Electroacousticsilence, or EA Silence for short, is a trio with an unusual line-up: Luca Cartolari plays live electronics and electric bass ...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Paul Dunmall's Sun Quartet - Ancient And Future Airs (Clean Feed, 2009) ****½

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Usually I read the liner notes only after listening to the music, just to avoid influence. The imagery that came to mind when listening to t...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The Nu Band - Lower East Side blues (Porter, 2009) ****½

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One of the best free bop bands of the moment is without a doubt The Nu Band, with four seasoned musicians who are as comfortable in the most...
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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Henry Grimes & Rashied Ali - Going To The Ritual (Porter, 2009) ***½

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Rescued from oblivion, and given a second jazz life by William Parker, Henry Grimes is one of the icons of jazz bass in the sixties, having ...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

Sophia Domancich - Washed Away (Marge, 2009) ***½

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French pianist Sophia Domancich loves Ornette Coleman's " Lonely Woman ", just like me, and despite her limited output as a le...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Yves Robert - Inspirine (Chief Inspector, 2008) ****

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French trombonist Yves Robert delivers a wonderfully creative and rhythmic piece of music with "Inspirine", in the not so common f...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Nate Wooley, Jason Roebke, Fred Lonberg-Holm - Thrown Down Your Hammer (Porter Records, 2009)

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Two observations : 1. In his book, " This Is Your Brain On Music ", psychologist Daniel Levitin writes that sufficient exposure to...
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Monday, March 16, 2009

Matthew Shipp & Mark O'Leary - Labyrinth (FMR, 2009) ****½

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Without making too many concessions to their own personal styles, pianist Matthew Shipp and electric guitarist Mark O'Leary find each ot...
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