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Article: In Pictures

Sound & Gravity: Chicago's New Home For Poignant Creative Music

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by Hrayr Attarian

The inaugural 2025 edition of the ambitious Sound & Gravity Festival took place from September 10th through September 14th at seven different venues on Chicago's Northwest Side. Over 50 musicians, from several countries, performed works spanning genres from contemporary Western classical to jazz, experimental music, and indie rock. The not-for-profit Constellation Performing Arts, which drummer Mike ...

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Article: Album Review

Adam O'Farrill: For These Streets

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by John Sharpe

With For These Streets, trumpeter and composer Adam O'Farrill presents a sharply contoured, richly imagined statement for mid-sized band--his most complete vision to date. Drawing on an eclectic range of influences, from 1930s-era music, literature and film to the rhythms of contemporary urban life, O'Farrill leads a wily crew of his peers through a program that ...

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Article: Album Review

Adam O'Farrill: For These Streets

Read "For These Streets" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Trumpeter and composer Adam O'Farrill distills a heady mix of inspirations into For These Streets, the debut release from his new octet. Drawing on music, literature and the ambiance of the 1930s, the album reflects his immersion in the era--Henry Miller's prose, Charlie Chaplin's City Lights, and the sonic worlds of Stravinsky, Ravel, Carlos Chávez and ...

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Article: Live Review

Anna Webber's Simple Trio at the King Center

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by Geoff Anderson

Anna Webber's Simple Trio King Center Denver, CO January 24, 2025 The state of Nebraska had an unusual slogan for its tourism campaign: “Nebraska, honestly, it's not for everyone." Indeed, with no obvious crowd-pleasers like sunny beaches or majestic mountains, Nebraska must rely on more subtle attractions. Having spent ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ben Goldberg, Anna Webber, and Sarah Hanahan

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by Jerome Wilson

This show features 2024 music from Ben Goldberg, Anna Webber, and Sarah Hanahan as well as older music from Helen Merrill and Lee Morgan. 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 Charles Tolliver Music Inc. “Impact" ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Music from Favourite Recordings played on One Man’s Jazz in 2024

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by Maurice Hogue

Adding to the countless lists of “best-of"s for 2024, here are almost three hours of music from my favourite recordings of 2024. (See the One Man's Jazz web site for the full list.) The only album not among the favourites is the very recently received Landloper by famed bassist Arild Andersen; it's solo deliciousness.

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Article: Album Review

Anna Webber: simpletrio2000

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by John Sharpe

Although the name of saxophonist and flautist Anna Webber's trio with pianist Matt Mitchell and drummer John Hollenbeck might suggest something easy to understand, there is nothing straightforward about their output. Notwithstanding the title, Simpletrio2000 constitutes the band's third release (or fourth if you include the first installment of the double discIdiom (Pi, 2021)), that arrives ...

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Article: Year in Review

Libero Farnè's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

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by Libero Farnè

The list I have compiled does not follow any order of preference. The albums are organized alphabetically by artist. In my opinion, every album on this list is of great interest. I decided to include a few U.S. albums, though I had to leave out many other deserving ones, as well as three Italian albums that ...

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Ascending Primes

By Joshua Modney

Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Ascender; Lynx; Everything Around It Moves; Fragmentation and the Single Form 1. Source; Fragmentation and the Single Form 2. Vox; Fragmentation and the Single Form 3. Song; Fragmentation and the Single Form 4. Call; Event Horizon 1. Serrated Scream; Event Horizon 2. Passacaglias; Event Horizon 3. Ascenders.

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Colossal Abundance

By Geof Bradfield

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Mahororo; Lonnie's Lament; Adelaide Bailey; Tuku; Kaleidoscope; Requiem; Mrs. Parker of K.C.; United; Gandanga Blues; Bermuda Blues.


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