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Club d'Elf: New Albums & Tour

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
March 16, 2011

Deep Trancing: The Hypnotic Grooves, Camel-Skin Bass, and Unifying Spirit of Club d'Elf

The music of Club d'Elf flies through North African trance, glitchy turntablism, improvisation, and rock psychedelia, but it's playfully altered states of musical consciousness that truly guide the band. Witness founder Mike Rivard's first night in Morocco, the country that had fired his musical imagination for more than a decade: In a strikingly vivid dream, he felt himself swimming upwards in the air as fantastic landscapes, mountains, ...

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Saxophonist Daniel Bennett releases "Peace and Stability Among Bears" on April 16, 2011

Source: Daniel Bennett
March 16, 2011

Critically acclaimed New York saxophonist Daniel Bennett is releasing the third installment of his Bear Thompson trilogy on Saturday, Apri 16, 2011. The Boston Globe calls Bennett's music, “a mix of jazz, folk, and trance." The new album is entitled, “Peace and Stability Among Bears." The disc features Bennett on alto saxophone and flute, Chris Hersch on guitar, Jason Davis on bass, and poly-meter guru Rick Landwehr on drums. Landwehr is the author of “Drummer's Guide to Odd Time Signatures" ...

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Tom Van Der Geld and Children at Play: Patience (ECM 1113)

Source: Between Sound and Space - An ECM Records Resource
March 16, 2011

Tom van der Geld and Children at Play Patience

Tom van der Geld vibraharp, percussion Roger Jannotta soprano and baritone saxophones, flutes, oboe, bass clarinet Kent Carter bass Billy Elgart drums, percussion Recorded May 1977 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg Engineer: Martin Wieland Produced by Manfred Eicher

As yet to provide choice “vibes" for Kenny Wheeler's around 6, in addition to his elusive but well-worth-owning Path, mallet ...

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Barre Phillips: Three Day Moon (ECM 1123)

Source: Between Sound and Space - An ECM Records Resource
March 16, 2011

Barre Phillips Three Day Moon

Barre Phillips bass Terje Rypdal guitar, guitar synthesizer, organ Dieter Feichtner synthesizer Trilok Gurtu tabla, percussion Recorded March 1978 at Talent Studio, Oslo Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug Produced by Manfred Eicher

I have said it before and I will say it again: Barre Phillips is one of ECM's most underrecognized treasures. A maverick of the upright bass, his is a mind ...

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Szilard Mezei and His Szabad Quartet, "Februari Fadontes"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
March 16, 2011

Szilard Mezei, Hungarian violist-composer-bandleader has been as prolific as he has been interestingly progressive. A look on his website reveals quite a few albums released under his leadership. I've only heard and reviewed a few for Cadence, but what I heard on those convinced me he was someone to watch. The new one, a limited-edition LP release, features his Szabad Quartet and is titled Februari Fadontes (No Business NBLP 28). The several previous albums I have reviewed tended to have ...

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Brian Landrus - Traverse (Blue Land Records, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
March 16, 2011

I grew up listening to baritone saxophone hero Nick Brignola play all around the Capital District, so it's nice to hear a younger musician pick up the big horn and continue the tradition of swinging mainstream jazz. On this album, Brian Landrus plays baritone saxophone and bass clarinet, along with Michael Cain on piano, Lonnie Plaxico on bass and Billy Hart on drums. Opening with the title composition “Traverse," the music is a mellow quartet improvisation, swinging, with nicely controlled ...

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They Might Be Giants: Join Us

Source: JamBase
March 16, 2011

ITUNES PREMIERES ADVANCE TRACKS DROPPING APRIL 26 They Might Be Giants new album, Join Us, is the recording that their fans have been waiting 20 years for. As the band turns away from the family oriented projects that dominated their output in recent years (and garnered them two Grammy nominations and a win) on Join Us we find the band has returned to their singular sensibility that made them an instant phenomenon in the world of alternative rock. The album ...

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Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records to Release so Far the Debut Recording from Guitarist/Composer Nadav Remez

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 16, 2011

SO FAR features: Nadav Remez (guitar, compositions) Shai Maestro (piano, Fender Rhodes, organ) J ames Wylie (alto sax, clarinet) Steve Brickman (tenor saxophone) Avri Borochov (bass) Ziv Ravitz (drums) and special guest Itamar Borochov (trumpet)

CD Release Concerts in Celebration of So Far

4/12 @ Chris' Jazz Café (Philadelphia, PA) 4/13 @ Twins Jazz (Washington, D.C.) 4/21 @ Goethe Institut (Boston, MA) 4/24 @ Smalls (NYC)

Guitarist/composer Nadav Remez—originally from Israel, now living in Brooklyn, NY, is “one of the ...

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