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Album Review

Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band: What Is?

Read "What Is?" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Although the music of New York-based bandleader and arranger Russ Anixter may leave the average listener bemused and scratching his or her head, even the more perplexed among them would have to concede that Anixter has his personal North Star, and that he and the eleven-member Hippie Big Band follow it to the letter. Having grown up in San Francisco in the 1960s, Anixter was irresistibly drawn to bands such as The Grateful Dead, Santana and others who made improvisation ...

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The Michael Aarons Group: Not By Coincidence

Read "Not By Coincidence" reviewed by David Adler


Guitarist Michael Aarons has emerged as a busy jazz and session player since completing his term at the Manhattan School of Music in the late 90s. On this spirited live outing, he enlists pianist Sebastian Weiss, bassist Ranaan Meyer, and drummer Dan Weiss for a set of varied and advanced original music. Displaying a knack for quartal harmony and angular, intervallic improvisation, Aarons and friends burn confidently through the up-tempo numbers “Not By Coincidence," “The Wizard of Odd," and “My ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

What Is?

Self Produced
2025

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Lagos Pepper Soup

Self Produced
2020

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Not By Coincidence

Unknown label
2002

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