Saturday, February 15, 2020

Evan Parker Roundup, Part 1 of 2

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Evan Parker. Photo by Peter Gannushkin . By Nick Metzger Evan Parker had a very prolific year in terms of material releases and t...
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Friday, February 14, 2020

Earth Tongues - Atem (Neither Nor, 2019) ****½

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By Stef "Atem" means as much as "breath" in German. Oxygen. It is our life force. The essence of it. "Earth Ton...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

GPS Trio - Blast Beat Blues (Rataplan, 2019) ****

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By Paul Acquaro Fourteen minutes long and packed from start to its all-too-soon finish with energy, drummer Devin Gray’s GPS Trio is a ...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven - We’re New Again (a Reimagining by Makaya McCraven) (XL Recordings, 2020) ****

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By Martin Schray I’m New Here was Gil Scott-Heron’s final album before he passed away in 2011. It was an...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Susana Santos Silva, Zetterberg & Lindwall - Hi! Who Are You? (Matière Mémoire, 2019) ****½

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By Stef In 2015, Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva teamed up with Swedish musicians Torbjörn Zetterberg on bass and Hampus Lindwa...
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Monday, February 10, 2020

Sammy Stein - Women in Jazz: The Women, The Legends & Their Fight (8th House press, 2019) ****½

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By Paul Acquaro A couple of years ago I picked up a book edited by Renata Da Rin and William Parker called Giving Birth to Sound: ...
Sunday, February 9, 2020

Art Ensemble of Chicago - We are on the Edge (PI Recordings / Erased Tapes Records 2019)***(*)

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By Hinrich Julius Anniversaries deserve to be celebrated – and with this recording, two of the historic five members of the Art Ens...
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Saturday, February 8, 2020

Cornelius Cardew –Treatise- Gerauschhersteller (Noise Maker - NM1CD, 2018) *****

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By Guido Montegrandi Cornelius Cardew’s Treatise is a193 pages graphic score composed between 1963 and 1967, which appears as a flo...
Friday, February 7, 2020

Sunn Trio – Electric Esoterica (2182 Recording Company, 2020*) ****½

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By Phil Stringer The things we do for reviewing. I have just immersed myself in the Best of Duane Eddy and conducted a thought expe...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Lea Bertucci – Resonant Field (NNA, 2019) ****

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By Nick Ostrum Lea Bertucci, the young sound-sculptor and saxophonist based in New York, has seen her popularity explode over the years...