Seven is as Seven Does
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This episode is a seventh anniversary celebration featuring—you guessed it—septets. Also featuring copper, sheep, speculation about the role a great title has in creating a jazz classic, and all sorts of other goodies. Unwrap, enjoy, and stay tuned for pop matters where Mike strays productively off-course to give an in-depth review of an eye-opening David Binney concert.
Playlist
- Discussion of The Fat Babies' album 18th and Racine (Delmark) 5:20
- Discussion of Mulgrew Miller's album Hand in Hand (Novus) 17:00
- Discussion of Pierre Dorge & New Jungle Orchestra's album Live in Chicago (Olufsen) 29:15
- Discussion of Ben Allison's album Riding the Nuclear Tiger (Palmetto) 42:30
- Discussion of Oliver Nelson's album Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse!) 55:00
- Pop Matters 1:10:57
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Rhythm Abstraction: Azure is the first volume of new compositions created as a follow up to 2018’s release Rhythm Kaleidoscope. As with that release, Brock Avery improvised drum and percussion solos. Frank Macchia then composed music for woodwinds and orchestra to Brock’s creations. Azure is the first of three extended play albums of 6-7 compositions which will be released starting in January and followed up in April and July. In Azure we have a created a group of pieces that continue our quest for honoring the art of improvisation with a “stream-of-consciousness” sense of composition,...
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