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Article: Album Review

Steve Lehman Trio and Mark Turner: The Music of Anthony Braxton

Read "The Music of Anthony Braxton" reviewed by Troy Dostert


Anthony Braxton has long had a reputation as being one of the most abstruse and forbidding musicians of the jazz avant-garde. Whether it is his impossibly esoteric notation systems, or the bizarre instrumentation he sometimes features on his recordings--his Composition No. 19 (For 100 Tubas) being just one example--one must tread carefully when engaging this unique ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music from Azmeh, Imboden, Lehman & More

Read "New Music from Azmeh, Imboden, Lehman & More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


This edition of the show features twelve brand new album releases with a broad variety of jazz, varied line-ups and disparate subject matter. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Kinan Azmeh And City Band “Dance" from Live In Berlin (Dreyer Gaido) 00:28 Sean Imboden Large Ensemble “Someone To Watch Over Us" from Communal Heart (Self Released) ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Steve Lehman, Nels Cline, Satoko Fujii & Hobbs/Shanko

Read "Steve Lehman, Nels Cline, Satoko Fujii & Hobbs/Shanko" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


It's not easy to find a more accomplished figure in creative music than Anthony Braxton. Alto saxophonist Steve Lehman knows that, and he honours his one-time mentor with a bristling new live album, The Music Of Anthony Braxton, destined for 2025 best-of lists. This recording is a reminder of Lehman's fearlessness. There are other excellent new ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Muriel Grossman, Yazz Ahmed, Kaisa Mäensivu

Read "Muriel Grossman, Yazz Ahmed, Kaisa Mäensivu" reviewed by David Brown


Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective. This week, we'll explore new and recent releases from Europe, including the spiritual jazz grooves of Muriel Grossmann, the psychedelic Arabic jazz of Yazz Ahmed, the ...

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Article: Book Review

Song For Someone The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler

Read "Song For Someone The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler" reviewed by Jack Kenny


Song For Someone The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler Brian Shaw and Nick Smart (Foreword by Dave Holland ) 509 Pages ISBN: # ISBN-13- 978-178179 Equinox Publishing Prising apart the complex nature of Kenny Wheeler is a worthwhile task. Wheeler lacked swagger, a swashbuckling attitude and arrogance. He said, “I ...

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Article: Album Review

Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson: Bone Bells

Read "Bone Bells" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson are the boldest of musical artists. Bold and uncompromising, each with distinctive voices coming from different places. For Courvoisier, it is the classical music world and European chamber music that she mixes with the sounds of avant-garde jazz. Halvorson started out early with the violin, until the sound of ...

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Article: Album Review

Barry Deister Quintet: An African Suite

Read "An African Suite" reviewed by Scott Lichtman


It is not uncommon for jazz artists to borrow from world music to enliven their pieces--adding a dash of spice as it were. It is even rarer (with Latin jazz being an exception) for musicians to dive deeply into indigenous music forms and deliver an authentic, integrated sonic concept. Most unique are album-length projects that successfully ...

Article: Album Review

Matthew Muñeses, Riza Printup: Pag-Ibig Ko Vol. 1

Read "Pag-Ibig Ko Vol. 1" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Un latino e una filippina, peraltro entrambi nati e cresciuti negli Stati Uniti, confezionano questo singolare album che affianca due strumenti ben di rado abbinati, specie in una musica di ispirazione jazzistica (ma ovunque, diremmo: di primo acchito ci viene in mente solo un duo di Anthony Braxton con Jacqueline Kerrod di non molti anni or ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Steve Lehman Attraverso lo Specchio di Braxton

Read "Steve Lehman Attraverso lo Specchio di Braxton" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner The Music of Anthony Braxton Pi Recordings 2025 L'apertura di pensiero e l'impulso esplorativo di Anthony Braxton hanno stimolato non solo la folta schiera dei musicisti da lui direttamente coinvolti, come nel caso di Steve Lehman. Tra i grandi artisti che per propria iniziativa ...

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Article: Interview

Stephen Davis: Leaving It All Out There

Read "Stephen Davis: Leaving It All Out There" reviewed by Ian Patterson


"How come I haven't heard of you before?" a surprised Anthony Braxton asked Northern Irish drummer/percussionist Stephen Davis. The venerable American saxophonist and composer was bowled over after playing with Davis for the first time. Most musicians are. It is no secret in Ireland, or indeed Europe at large, that Belfast-born Davis is ...


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