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Album Reviews

17-Sep-2018

Winged Serpents

Six Encomiums for Cecil Taylor (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 17-Sep-2018

16-Sep-2018

Lars Danielsson/Paolo Fresu

Summerwind (ACT Music)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 16-Sep-2018

14-Sep-2018

Thelonious Monk

Mønk (Gearbox Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 14-Sep-2018

12-Sep-2018

John Bailey

Oneiric Sounds (Outhøuse Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 12-Sep-2018

10-Sep-2018

Skydive Trio

Sun Sparkle (Hubro Music)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 10-Sep-2018

09-Sep-2018

Tom Abbs & Frequency Response

Hawthorne (Northern Spy Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 09-Sep-2018

07-Sep-2018

Giuseppe Doronzo

Goya (Tora Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 07-Sep-2018

06-Sep-2018

Leap of Faith Orchestra

Cosmological Horizons (Evil Clown)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 06-Sep-2018

05-Sep-2018

Skuli Sverrisson with Bill Frisell

Strata (Newvelle Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 05-Sep-2018

04-Sep-2018

Marcin Wasilewski Trio

Live (ECM Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 04-Sep-2018

29-Aug-2018

Ken Vandermark / Marker

Roadwork 1/Roadwork2/Homework1 (Box Set) (Audiographic Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 29-Aug-2018

27-Aug-2018

Dissection Room: Albert Cirera / Abdul Moimême / Alvaro Rosso

Dissection Room (Creative Sources Recordings)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 27-Aug-2018

26-Aug-2018

Satoko Fujii

Live at Big Apple in Kobe (Libra Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 26-Aug-2018

06-Aug-2018

Steve Coleman

Live at Village Vanguard Vol. 1 (The Embedded Sets) (Pi Recordings)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 06-Aug-2018

03-Aug-2018

Rich Halley 3

The Literature (Pine Eagle Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 03-Aug-2018

01-Aug-2018

Lionel Loueke

Close Your Eyes (Newvelle Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 01-Aug-2018

29-Jul-2018

Satoko Fujii / Joe Fonda

Mizu (Long Song Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 29-Jul-2018

16-Jul-2018

Hubert Dupont

Smart Grid (Ultrabolic)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 16-Jul-2018

15-Jul-2018

Àine O'Dwyer

Gegenschein (MIE Music)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 15-Jul-2018

14-Jul-2018

Christian Windfeld/Julius Schwing

Rhubarb (Isthmus Music)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 14-Jul-2018

04-Jul-2018

Adam Berenson/Daoud Shaw

Fatidic Dreams (Self Produced)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 04-Jul-2018

01-Jul-2018

John Coltrane

Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 01-Jul-2018

28-Jun-2018

Rob Mazurek

Marfa Loops Shouts and Hollers (Harmonipan)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 28-Jun-2018

25-Jun-2018

Thumbscrew

Theirs (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 25-Jun-2018

19-Jun-2018

This Is It!

1538 (Libra Records)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 19-Jun-2018

17-Jun-2018

Yokada

Stillness & Sirens (Disorder)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Published: 17-Jun-2018

Showcase

Buy Now

Songs on the eve of... by Chris Abelen
Buy Now

Venetian Blinds by Mike Freeman

Ascension
Roman Miroshnichenko
Self Produced, 2017
buy
Venetian Blinds
Mike Freeman
VOF Recordings, 2018
buy
Songs on the eve of dismissal
Chris Abelen
Chris Abelen Music Productions, 2018
buy
Ninjazz
Tomasz Dabrowski
For Tune, 2018
buy
Point Blank
Tony Kofi
The Last Music Company, 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
Near East Quartet
Sungjae Son
ECM Records, 2018
Emanon
Wayne Shorter
Blue Note Records, 2018
#awesome
Alex Machacek
Self Produced, 2018
Ruby
Macy Gray
Artistry Music, 2018
We Are All
Phronesis
Edition Records, 2018
Presence
John Petrucelli
Self Produced, 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