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Album Reviews

02-Sep-2018

Evan Parker / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton

Music For David Mossman (Intakt Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 02-Sep-2018

26-Aug-2018

Samuel Blaser

Taktlos Zurich 2017 (Hatology)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 26-Aug-2018

24-Aug-2018

Frode Gjerstad Trio + Steve Swell

Bop Stop (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 24-Aug-2018

21-Aug-2018

Louis Moholo-Moholo's Five Blokes

Uplift The People (Ogun)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 21-Aug-2018

Joe McPhee / Pascal Niggenkemper / Ståle Liavik Solberg

Imaginary Numbers (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 21-Aug-2018

18-Aug-2018

Kang Tae Hwan

Live At Cafe Amores (NoBusiness Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 18-Aug-2018

04-Jul-2018

Larry Ochs Sax And Drumming Core

Wild Red Yellow (Rogue Art)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 04-Jul-2018

03-Jul-2018

Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity

Live In Europe (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 03-Jul-2018

29-May-2018

Barre Phillips / Motoharu Yoshizawa

Oh My, Those Boys! (NoBusiness Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 29-May-2018

26-May-2018

Matthew Shipp

Invisible Touch At Taktlos Zurich (Hatology)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 26-May-2018

16-May-2018

Aruán Ortiz Trio

Live in Zürich (Intakt Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 16-May-2018

10-May-2018

Roscoe Mitchell / Matthew Shipp

Accelerated Projection (Rogue Art)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 10-May-2018

09-May-2018

Stray

Into Darkness (Iluso Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 09-May-2018

07-May-2018

Jon Rune Strøm Quintet

Fragments (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 07-May-2018

04-May-2018

Alexander Hawkins / Elaine Mitchener Quartet

UpRoot (Intakt Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 04-May-2018

26-Apr-2018

Lisa Ullén

Piano Works (Disorder)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 26-Apr-2018

18-Apr-2018

Peter Kuhn Trio

Intention (FMR Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 18-Apr-2018

11-Apr-2018

Samuel Blaser / Gerry Hemingway

Oostum (NoBusiness Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 11-Apr-2018

01-Apr-2018

Bobby Zankel

Celebrating William Parker at 65 (Not Two Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 01-Apr-2018

25-Mar-2018

Martin Blume / Tobias Delius / Achim Kaufmann / Dieter Manderscheid

Frames & Terrains (NoBusiness Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 25-Mar-2018

05-Feb-2018

Liudas Mockūnas / Arnas Mikalkenas / Håkon Berre

Plunged (Barefoot Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 05-Feb-2018

30-Jan-2018

Mark Dresser

Modicana (NoBusiness Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 30-Jan-2018

29-Jan-2018

Christoph Erb / Jim Baker / Frank Rosaly

...don't buy him a parrot... (Hatology)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 29-Jan-2018

28-Jan-2018

Sylvie Courvoisier

D'Agala (Intakt Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 28-Jan-2018

23-Jan-2018

Barry Altschul

The 3Dom Factor: Live in Krakow (Not Two Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 23-Jan-2018

21-Jan-2018

Angles 9

Disappeared Behind the Sun (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Published: 21-Jan-2018

Showcase

Buy Now

Venetian Blinds by Mike Freeman
Buy Now

Songs on the eve of... by Chris Abelen

Point Blank
Tony Kofi
The Last Music Company, 2018
buy
Venetian Blinds
Mike Freeman
VOF Recordings, 2018
buy
Ascension
Roman Miroshnichenko
Self Produced, 2017
buy
Ninjazz
Tomasz Dabrowski
For Tune, 2018
buy
Songs on the eve of dismissal
Chris Abelen
Chris Abelen Music Productions, 2018
buy

Featured Event

A four-day festival in Philadelphia featuring John Zorn, Annette Peacock, Christian McBride, the music of Alice Coltrane, and much more. October 4-7, 2018

John McLaughlin and Jimmy Herring - Live in San Francisco
John McLaughlin
Abstract Logix, 2018
Strata
Skuli Sverrisson
Newvelle Records, 2018
Near East Quartet
Sungjae Son
ECM Records, 2018
Sonic Creed
Stefon Harris
Motéma Music, 2018
We Are All
Phronesis
Edition Records, 2018
In The Blue Light
Paul Simon
SMG, 2018
Emanon
Wayne Shorter
Blue Note Records, 2018

Story of the Day

I love jazz because of Miles Davis and Vitor Assis Brasil. I was first exposed to jazz seeing I Festival Internacional de Jazz de São Paulo in 1978. I met Ron Carter at Arpoador. The best show I ever attended was Miles Davis at Canecão in Rio de Janeiro. The first jazz record I bought was Memorial Clifford Brown. My advice to new listeners..
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I love jazz because of Miles Davis and Vitor Assis Brasil. I was first exposed to jazz seeing I Festival Internacional de Jazz de São Paulo in 1978. I met Ron Carter at Arpoador. The best show I ever attended was Miles Davis at Canecão in Rio de Janeiro. The first jazz record I bought was Memorial Clifford Brown. My advice to new listeners... Listen!
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By Hernani Heffner
Member since: 2018