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Jon Raskin: Brötz Now!
by Glenn Astarita
Three improvisers from opposite sides of the Atlantic meet on Brötz Now!, a live recording that captures what can happen when experienced players value conversation over conquest. There is no sense of anyone trying to 'win' the set. Instead, the music unfolds as a shared inquiry, shaped moment by moment. Jon Raskin longtime member of the Rova Saxophone Quartet, has spent four decades exploring the porous line between composition and improvisation. His playing here reflects that history. He ...
Continue ReadingWadada Leo Smith: Luminous Axis
by Farrell Lowe
Wadada Leo Smith has been a leading proponent of the creation of a new world music since the late '60s, in confluence with Chicago's AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians). Much like Don Cherry, Smith draws from a broad palate of world musics, and he's a musical pioneer of the highest order.Luminous Axis features music for trumpet with electronics, flugelhorn, computer-driven electronics, and percussion. The music presented here is spacious, thoughtful, and imbued with an overall ...
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