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The Lucien Dubuis Trio with Marc Ribot - Ultime Cosmos (2010)

Source: Something Else!
July 4, 2011

By Mark Saleski Sometimes, the music chooses me ... or at least falls into my lap at just the right time. Things are crazy. But in the middle of it all, I discover the Lucien Dubuis Trio and Marc Ribot. Yeah sure, you know that I will follow Marc Ribot anywhere. The man is fearless on the guitar, has huge ears, and is willing to hurl himself in just about any direction to complete an artistic statement. Geez, that sounds ...

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Guitarist T.C. Ortberg embodies free-form spirit of Minnesota music scene with eclectic jazz-fusion CD

Source: Lauren Rogers
July 4, 2011

Once upon a time Purple Rain drenched the Minnesota music scene. What many outsiders didn't realize was that during regional hero Prince's '80s heyday, Minneapolis cooked quite a diverse rhythmic stew. From the synth-popped R&B of Prince and his Paisley Park cohorts to the pioneering underground rock & ruckus of Hüsker Dü and the Replacements. It is in this wellspring of musical creativity that guitarist T.C. Ortberg recorded his latest album, Hot Jupiters, which spices jazz fusion with teaspoonfuls of ...

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Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble - Black Man's Blues/New York Collage (NoBusiness, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
July 4, 2011

Violinist Billy Bang had been through a lot by the time he was ready to record his first LP as a leader, included as part of this extraordinary two-disc collection of his early work. Bang had survived a harrowing tour of duty in Vietnam, an influx of competing musicians from the Midwest, and the economic hardships that creative musicians in New York City always face. The music itself however, is raw and fascinating. The lengthy liner essay by Ed Hazel ...

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Elton Dean's Ninesense Suite (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011) ****

Source: Free Jazz by Stef Gijssels
July 4, 2011

This is a little bit of a strange album, with two bands performing with a year difference, and each playing one long improvisation of respectively fourty and thirty minutes. This first track was recorded exactly twenty years ago in Germany, and features a British-German band consisting of Elton Dean on sax and saxello, Alan Skidmore on tenor, Mark Charig and Harry Becket on trumpet, Nick evans and Radu Malfatti on trombone, Keith Tippett on piano, Harry Miller on bass and ...

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Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II (2007)

Source: Something Else!
July 3, 2011

By Mark Saleski I love to read negative reviews of albums put out by aging rock stars. They're predictable in a comforting sort of way. A big chunk of them say that the artist hasn't been any good since the “blah blah" release. Of course, the time span between now and then can usually be measured in decades. Then there are the reviews that try to be efficient in their clever put-down of the musician, pointing out that the artist ...

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Aram Bajakian's Kef (Tzadik, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
July 2, 2011

By listening to this album, you can tell why rock 'n' roll legend Lou Reed would ask guitarist Aram Bajakian to play guitar on his summer tour. Bajakian can rip feedback laden Velvet Underground/Robert Quine style riffs at will, but can also play gentler music in acoustic and electric format. This album (which will be released on July 26) features Bajakian in the company of Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz on acoustic bass, electric bass, oud and gimbri and Tom Swafford on ...

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The Friday Morning Listen: John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh (1983)

Source: Something Else!
July 2, 2011

We had the “official" start of summer a little over a week ago, by I've always felt that the 4th of July weekend was when summer stepped into its full bloom. In what has become a tradition, the small farm house that I pass by on my way to work has begun to display its enormous American flag. It covers the entire gable end of their house and must be at least 25 feet high. The house, surrounded by Farmall ...

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Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)

Source: Something Else!
July 2, 2011

By Tom Johnson I wanted to love this. I originally heard the “pre-release" mp3s that slipped out, and I was enthused at what appeared to be a return to the “classic" Radiohead sound of OK Computer and The Bends. As much as I loved Kid A, I couldn't lie and say I wouldn't like to hear more of what they'd already done. They did it so well. I listened to only bits of the songs one time, less out of ...

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