Recording News

Drummer/Composer Tim Kuhl releases new CD "Doomsayer" on eleven2eleven Records

Source: Michael Ricci
June 8, 2011

"Kuhl has himself up in the mix and is an ever-present force" —All About Jazz “Drummer-composer Tim Kuhl purveys a mix of earthy groove and spacious, subtly emotive melody." —Time Out NY “Kuhl shows that he is an avant-garde performer who goes where other composers fear to tread." —Jazz Review One of the most creative artists in the Brooklyn, New York music scene is drummer / composer Tim Kuhl. Doomsayer is Kuhl's third release as a leader. Featuring a host ...

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Erik Friedlander - Bonebridge (2011)

Source: Something Else!
June 8, 2011

Since Tom Cora's tragic passing in 1998, there might not have been a more adventurous cellist on this planet than Erik Friedlander. Friedlander, however, is no Cora, who was at his best at the most freakish sides of jazz and rock. Friedlander seems to follow his muse more often than not to just about everywhere else. We've steadily followed his output here since that turning-point album Block Ice and Propane (2007) and on through some very intriguing excursions through an ...

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Bernie Worrell: Jazz Standards Album out Now

Source: JamBase
June 8, 2011

WOO PUTS UNIQUE FUNKED-UP SPIN ON NEW ALBUM RELEASED TODAY JUNE 7 Legendary keyboardist and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bernie Worrell will release a remarkable new album of jazz standards on June 7, 2011 on Scufflin' Records. The album, titled Bernie Worrell: Standards, features Worrell alongside an all star line up of renowned musicians including Smokey Hormel on guitar, Melvin Gibbs on bass, JT Lewis on drums and Darryl Dixon on saxophone in addition to others. This is ...

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Jean Lapouge: New Releases

Source: Michael Ricci
June 8, 2011

In the time between Hauts Plateaux and his latest effort Temporare, Jean Lapouge, founder of NOETRA, played in a trio setting with Kent Carter (double bass) and Jeff Boudreaux (drums) for nearly a decade. The band went into the studio three times over this period. The musical context—resolutely jazz—allowed Jean to explore new directions in his compositions and guitar playing, the latter reveling in newfound freedom. The rythm section is, simply put, brilliant. Plaything, the CD album compiled from those ...

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"Road Shows, Vol. 2" Due Sept. 13 from Sonny Rollins on Doxy/Emarcy Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
June 7, 2011

Sonny Rollins's forthcoming album, Road Shows, vol. 2, is quite likely to revive the delirious excitement stirred up at the saxophonist's sold-out 80th-birthday concert held in New York nearly one year ago. Four tracks on the new CD, which will be released September 13 by Doxy/Emarcy Records, were recorded that night; one of them is the 20-minute “Sonnymoon for Two" on which Rollins and surprise guest Ornette Coleman performed together in public for the first time in their long acquaintance, ...

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James "Blood" Ulmer - Live at the Bayerischer Hof (In+out 1994, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
June 7, 2011

Guitarist James “Blood" Ulmer is one of the most iconoclastic musicians on the modern scene. Equally at home with free-jazz, blues and R&B, Ulmer is at his best when he combines all of the musical aspects of his personality as he does on this excellent live album.

Dubbing this band the “Blues Experience" you can tell which direction his is leaning in along with his band mates Amin Ali on electric bass, and Aubrey Dayle on drums and percussion. Beginning ...

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Avram Fefer's Trio Blows up a Storm on "Eliyahu"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
June 7, 2011

There's more than one way to structure a free date. Stick to a mode or tonality, of course, or have some changes involved that allow latitude, or build numbers around ostinatos, repeating riffs, and center the improvisations around that. There are lots of other ways too, but you get the idea. Avram Fefer's new trio recording Eliyahu (Not Two 854-2) uses foundational key center/scale-modalities and bass-centered ostinatos as organizing blocks for many of the numbers. First off, this comes out ...

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New Release: Fusk by Kasper Tom Christiansen, Andreas Lang, Philipp Gropper and Rudi Mahall

Source: Michael Ricci
June 7, 2011

FUSK—that is Kasper Tom Christiansen (Kran, QUARTz), Andreas Lang (QUARTz, a la Cour), Philipp Gropper (Hyperaktive Kid, Philm) and Rudi Mahall (Der Rote Bereich, Globe Unity Orchestra)—shine with their witty way of playing and their inventiveness. The quartet covers a broad spectrum, from catchy melodies to complex structures and the expressive deconstruction of patterns. One moment playful, soon showing its teeth, their music exhibits its diversity. From harmony to noise, all possibilities are explored. The compositions often feature rhythmic interlocking ...

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