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Leiteres Leite, Hedvig Mollstead, Chad Taylor, JD Allen & More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
An intriguing set of music featuring Americana in its Unitedstatesean and British declinations, three variations on the concept of jazz for large ensembles, John Zorn's take on existentialism, psychoanalysis, and the uncertainty principle, Chad Taylor's interpretation of Andrew Hill's music, and Nelide Bandello's nod to the world of Tim Berne.Happy listening!Playlist Ben ...
Simona Premazzi: Wave In Gravity
by Dan McClenaghan
What do we listen for in a solo piano project? Technical proficiency. Heart. Body. Soul. A vulnerability versus strength dynamic. The ability to surrender to the sounds, to take them where they want to go. In other words, we look for how well the artist articulates their humanity. Simona Premazzi displays all these attributes ...
Leonard E. Jones: Taking Control Of Destiny
by Barbara Ina Frenz
Bassist and photographer Leonard E. Jones laid the foundation of his musical and artistic ideas as an original member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. The AACM ranks as the most well-known and influential organization of the 1960s under African American leadership that created American experimental music through challenging “racialized limitations on venues ...
Out and Out Jazz
Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Cram ‘N Exam, White Caps, Fast Forward, Still Life, Airegin, Windsong, Pulp, Shadows
and Light, James Eagle Eye, High Tea for Stephany, Encounter
Point of Departure to Compulsion!!!!! Revisited
By Andrew Hill
Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2022
Track listing: Refuge; New Monastery; Spectrum; Flight 19; Dedication; Compulsion; Legacy; Premonition; Limbo.
Tyshawn Sorey Trio +1 (with Greg Osby): The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism
by Troy Dostert
Even for a musician who thrives on unsettling expectations, Tyshawn Sorey's Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music, 2022) caught a lot of listeners by surprise. The inimitable drummer's recordings have long occupied that amorphous space between avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical music, and “accessibility" has rarely been the term of choice for his creative output. But utilizing a trio ...
Ain’t But a Few of Us
by AAJ Staff
The following is an excerpt from the section “Magazine Freelancers" taken from Ain't But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story edited by Willard Jenkins (Duke University Press, 2022). Magazine Freelancers by John Murph John Murph has successfully channeled his voracious appetite for modern music into a keenly social outlook that takes ...
Hot vs. Cool: A Battle of Jazz + New Releases
by David Brown
A battle of bands this week, as we spin Leonard Feather's 1952 recording Hot vs. Cool: A Battle of Jazz. This double 7" EP featuring a bop group led by Dizzy Gillespie and a trad jazz band led by Jimmy McPartland facing off on the stage of Birdland. Then, new releases from Eve Risser, Marta Warelis, ...
Roberto Magris: Duo & Trio
by Jack Bowers
Italian-born pianist Roberto Magris is a musician to whom the phrase “he could play the phone book and make it sound interesting" definitely applies--as it does to the late great Chicago-based saxophone maestro Mark Colby who met Magris in 2016, formed an instant bond and recorded one-half of this superlative album three years later, one year ...
Mike Holober, Todd Marcus, Alex Hamburger and Others
by Jerome Wilson
This show features recent releases by Todd Marcus, Mike Holober, and Alex Hamburger among others as well as older music from Andrew Hill, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Jimmy Giuffre. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Quentin ...
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