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Article: Multiple Reviews

Paul Rutherford: Neuph & Iskra3

by A. Henkin
October 12, 2005

With the passing of Albert Mangelsdorff, the mantle of elder improvising trombonist has passed to Paul Rutherford. Though relative contemporaries and peers, their approach to the trombone, particularly in a solo context, came from distinct directions, if ultimately sharing certain techniques. Mangelsdorff was always concerned with form and melody; Rutherford is more interested in sound. Two ...

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Article: Profile

Noah Howard

by A. Henkin
October 11, 2005

A move to Europe can often take a successful musician out of the tight focus of American listeners. Though the cross-pollination of Europe and America is now well established, ex-pat Americans often give up their native renown for the increased work and appreciation to be found across the pond. Though Noah Howard, once ...

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Article: Film Review

Faust: A Silent Movie (1926)

by A. Henkin
October 10, 2005

F.W. Murnau Music by Willem Breuker Faust (1926) BVHaast 2005 F.W Murnau was one of the giants of the Silent Film Era. His most famous work is 1922's Nosferatu but his interpretation of the Faust legend was his most expansive work, also his last ...

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Article: Book Review

Jazz Journeys to Japan: The Heart Within

by A. Henkin
September 30, 2005

William MinorJazz Journeys to Japan: The Heart Within University of Michigan Press 2004 The history of travel literature is a long one, appearing shortly after Europeans started making trips across the continent and across the world. The form is a combination of diary writing, traveloguery, journalism and ...

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Article: Album Review

The Vandermark 5: Alchemia

by A. Henkin
September 23, 2005

People always asked why Grateful Dead fans used to tour with the band; the answer was that they never played the same show twice. This box-set recording of the Vandermark 5's five-night stand at the Alchemia Club in Krakow, Poland last March does not quite live up to that high standard, but it does offer a ...

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Article: Album Review

Don Friedman: Live at JazzBaltica

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by A. Henkin
September 19, 2005

This group featured on this album, yet another in the happy slew of recordings coming out from Don Friedman in the last few years, is billed as the Salzau Trio. What this means is that on the occasion of Friedman's invitation to the 14th Annual JazzBaltica Festival in Salzau, Germany, he convened a trio with regular ...

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Article: Album Review

Erik Hinds: Reign in Blood

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by A. Henkin
September 18, 2005

It would seem on the surface that the visceral, hyper-masculine ambience of death metal would be at odds with the intellectual musings of free improvisation. However, since much of what Peter Brötzmann ever did is as violent as any metal, and many of today's free improvisors are young and grew up listening to the stuff, the ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

The Thing: Live At Blå / Mats Gustafsson: Catapult

by A. Henkin
September 16, 2005

Last summer, this reviewer was first exposed to the Scandinavian group The Thing in the best possible way; he was run over by them. The trio, Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love (both Norwegian), played a brutal set at the Oslo club Blå as part of that city's Jazz Festival. ...

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Article: Album Review

Albert Mangelsdorff/Arild Andersen/Pierre Favre: Triplicity

by A. Henkin
September 14, 2005

A musical innovator's sound is unmistakable. For example, listen to any thick slap by Mingus and you know it's him. From the opening moments of Triplicity, there is no question that the trombone is Albert Mangelsdorff's. Mangelsdorff, Germany's most famous musician, participated in many performances under the auspices of the NordDeutscher Rundfunk (German Radio) ...

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Article: Album Review

Wayne Shorter: Beyond the Sound Barrier

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by A. Henkin
September 12, 2005

During the '60s, Wayne Shorter--as a leader, a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers or Miles Davis' quintet, or a sideman with musicians like Lee Morgan and Grachan Moncur III, was involved with many absolutely perfect studio recordings. It seems very natural, thereforre, that with his current quartet he would be interested in documenting the live ...