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Tim Berne, Jim Black, Nels Cline - The Veil (2011)

Source: Something Else!
June 7, 2011

Three of the larger figures in the downtown New York avant jazz scene, Jim Black, Nels Cline and Tim Berne, joined forces a couple of years ago to form a trio that find the intersection where the three thrive in. That area of overlap falls in the hinterland where jazz dares not tread because it's too brutal, and rock won't go there either because it's too unpredictable and tortuous. This is one of those aberrant trios where the odd combination ...

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Dave Douglas - Moonshine (2007)

Source: Something Else!
June 7, 2011

By Tom Johnson I really admire trumpeter Dave Douglas. Not only is he world-renowned as one of jazz's best, he has taken the high and difficult road by setting out to create his own little sanctuary for musicians, a label in Greenleaf Music where they get treated fairly and where listeners can feel the same. My dealings with them have always been nothing less than wonderful—great products and quick shipping, what more can you ask for ... other than “more?" ...

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Jon Anderson - Survival and Other Stories (2011)

Source: Something Else!
June 7, 2011

Too often, it was like Jon Anderson didn't want to make a solo record that sounded too much like Yes. As interesting as these sideroads no doubt were, they gave few clues to how his own voice fit into the wider topography of the band. And they often were so idiosyncratic that only the deepest, more committed fans had the will to follow along. That is, until his forthcoming solo release Survival and Other Stories, a rousing return to form ...

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Peter Tchaikovsky/Victor Kissine "Piano Trio"

Source: ECM Records
June 7, 2011

Gidon Kremer: violin Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė: violoncello Khatia Buniatishvili: piano Two compositions bracketing the history of Russian chamber music. A revelatory account of Tchaikovsky's piano trio op.50, juxtaposed with Victor Kissine's “Zerkalo" of 2009, a work dedicated to performers Kremer, Dirvanauskaite and Buniatshvikli, and inspired by two lines from Anna Akhmatova: “The mirror dreams only of the mirror / Silence watches over silence." Issued on the eve of a major tour with dates in both Europe and ...

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Tommy Keene's "Behind the Parade" Coming On August 30

Source: conqueroo
June 7, 2011

August 30 release on Second Motion on CD, mp3 and 180-gram vinyl to be followed by September U.S. tour CARRBORO, N.C.—When you've been pursuing your craft for the better part of 30 years and approximately a dozen albums without the benefit of universal adulation, you're either wholly obsessed or doggedly determined. In Tommy Keene's case, it's likely a mixture of both. Hailed by some as power pop's most fervent champion, he has been obsessed with making music for nearly three ...

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New CD "Conversations with Erik & I" on the TrineArc Music label to be released in June 2011

Source: Rick Britto
June 7, 2011

Avant-garde jazz saxophone duo Rick Britto (tenor) and Erik Van Dam (alto/tenor) release Conversations with Erik & I (TrineArc Music). Liner Notes by Rick Britto When Erik and I decided to do this recording we were searching to communicate musically in a whole new way. We wanted our performance to be just like a conversation between two old friends! I sat down and thought of all the ways people converse with each other so we could incorporate all the ...

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New CD "Bridges" from Kris Tiner & Mike Baggetta

Source: Michael Ricci
June 10, 2011

"Radiant... there's an open, intensely emotional quality to the duo's playing... spare, haunting, with hints of modernist avant-garde gestures." —Andy Hamilton, The Wire (UK) “Excellent... trumpeter Kris Tiner and guitarist Mike Baggetta explore abstract yet jazz-derived realms of expansive lyricism and liquid melody." —Time Out New York TIN/BAG, the duo of Trumpeter Kris Tiner and Guitarist Mike Baggetta, is excited to let you know about our new CD 'Bridges' on the MabnotesMusic label. This album has been a while in ...

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Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord - Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! (Hot Cup, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
June 6, 2011

Hot Cup Records can always be counted on to build a refreshingly post-modern view of jazz, whether it is the ironic beauty of Mostly Other People Do the Killing to the country/jazz experiment Pretend It's the End of the World. Irony and irreverence are the key to their aesthetic, but never at the expense of the music. Jon Lundbom's Quavers mixes a fascinating Sharrock/Sanders aesthetic to elements of funk and post-modern fusion. Joining Lundbom on guitar are some of the ...

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