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Matthew Shipp - 4D (2010)

Source: Something Else!
April 29, 2011

By Mark Saleski Over the years I have spent many pen scrawls, pencil swipes, and keystrokes trying to describe what it is about 'out' music that moves me so much. Sometimes it's pretty easy, especially if you take the case of somebody like saxophone terrorist Peter Brotzmann. The man plays with so much force that it's downright frightening. I have to listen to my Brotzmann records all by my lonesome because most people who know me are offended at the ...

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Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls vs. the Forces of Evil **** (Naim, 2011)

Source: Free Jazz by Stef Gijssels
April 29, 2011

By Paul Acquaro I hadn't heard Ted Sirotas work before digging into “Vs. the Forces of Evil," but just a glance through the personnel indicated I was in good company and the Latin groove of the opener “Grendel"—reminiscent of Return to Forever ala Light as a Feather—that came on when I clicked play on the iPod, confirmed that I was in for a treat. 'Vs. the Forces of Evil' is a recording dating back to 2000, it appeared as a ...

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Gonzalo Rubalcaba Releases CD On His New 5 Passion Label

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 28, 2011

FÉ ... Faith, the premiere release from Gonzalo Rubalcaba on his newly founded independent 5Passion label, marks an important milestone in the career of one of contemporary music's most compelling artists. Boasting an imposing discography of more than 25 critically acclaimed albums as a leader (including a dozen choice dates for Blue Note) featuring the virtuoso pianist in the company of some of modern music's best players, it is Rubalcaba's distinctive keyboard work that is the consistent hallmark of his ...

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Labor Records reissues Heiner Stadler's pioneering album

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 28, 2011

Featuring a stellar group of NY musicians, this critically acclaimed tribute, long unavailable, continues to sound as fresh and daring as it did when originally released. Remixed for the first time to digital from original sources by noted engineer Malcolm Addey A truly groundbreaking landmark recording, Tribute To Bird and Monk, was widely lauded when it was first released in 1978—credited as one of the best and most unusual albums of that year by Neil Tesser in a Jazz Magazine ...

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Guitarist Julian Lage Paints Picture Of Imaginary Town On New Album - "Gladwell" - Released On Emarcy Records

Source: DL Media
April 28, 2011

Following his Grammy-nominated 2009 debut Sounding Point, virtuoso guitarist Julian Lage returns with the evocative and finely wrought Gladwell—the second effort by his offbeat, eclectic group with cellist Aristides Rivas, percussionist Tupac Mantilla, bassist Jorge Roeder and saxophonist Dan Blake. The album unfolds according to a fanciful and story-driven plan, as Lage explains: “We began playing with the idea of creating a story we could use as a guiding light in our writing process.... The result was the development of ...

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David Bromberg's 'Use Me' Taps Friends Dr. John, Levon Helm, Linda Ronstadt, John Hiatt, Los Lobos and More

Source: conqueroo
April 28, 2011

The masterful solo artist, bandleader, and former session man assembles dream team of Americana artists to “use him" as frontman on new and handpicked songs. Album due on Appleseed Records on July 12 LOS ANGELES, Calif.—When David Bromberg, one of America's finest roots musicians, emerged from a recording hiatus of 17 years with the solo, acoustic, traditional folk-blues album Try Me One More Time (Appleseed, 2007), fans and critics were thrilled, and the CD was rewarded with a Grammy nomination. ...

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Nordic Connect Weigh in with the Tuneful "Spirals"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
April 28, 2011

Nordic Connect? Yes. We have the band's Spirals, their second CD (Artist Share 0097), a jazz-rock present day program with some tuneful originals penned by the various band members. Ingrid Jensen appears to be the bandleader and she turns in some very nice trumpet, fluegel and songs; her sister Christine has definite prowess and imagination on alto and soprano; Maggie Olin gives a good showing on piano and Rhodes; then there's a capable rhythm section of Mattias Welin on contrabass ...

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James Farm - James Farm (Nonesuch, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
April 28, 2011

James Farm is a modern jazz collective consisting of Joshua Redman on saxophones, Aaron Parks on piano, Matt Penman on bass and Eric Harland on drums. They play a nicely atmospheric brand of modern jazz that is influenced by many different genres and experiences. It's a true cooperative, with egos pushed to the side and everyone concentrating on the music. The music tends to build slowly and develop and morph as the improvising begins in full. The opening track “Coax" ...

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