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Article: Interview

Ross Hammond: Holding onto the Wave

Read "Ross Hammond: Holding onto the Wave" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Sacramento-based guitarist Ross Hammond has been steadily gaining attention, courtesy of a tireless performing schedule reinforced and documented by a series of diverse albums issued on his own Prescott Recordings imprint. Hammond's releases have featured a variety of instrumental lineups, ranging from lyrical solo recitals to frenetic collective improvisations. His most recent endeavor is Cathedrals (Prescott ...

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Article: We Travel the Spaceways

Art Strike!

Read "Art Strike!" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

"Would you support an art strike?" That's the question I've been asking musicians for the past few months. “Will you agree to stop writing and performing music for one year?" In 1990 the London artists Stewart Home and Mark Pawson proposed that all artists cease to “make, exhibit, distribute, sell, or discuss their work" for three ...

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Article: Album Review

Marc Riordan Quartet: Binoculars

Read "Binoculars" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Question: when is a pianist-led recording also a drummer's record? That query, as it relates to pianist Marc Riordan's Binoculars, is not poised as a Zen koan, because there is an answer.The correct response: when the pianist is a drummer.Riordan, an up-and-coming percussionist in the Chicago music scene, can be heard in ...

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Incline

By Aram Shelton

Label:
Released: 2012
Track listing: 1. Village - 5:57; 2. Tower - 2:16; 3. Plane - 4:29; 4. Orbit 3:24; 5. Test - 5:53; 6. Grade - 5:04; 7. Rig - 1:58; 8. Soles - 6:33; 9. Slope - 8:07.

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Everything For Somebody

By Aram Shelton

Label: Singlespeed Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: Anticipation; Everything For Somebody; Joints And Tendons:; Barely Talking: Deadfall; Fleeting.

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Article: Album Review

Fred Lonberg-Holm's Fast Citizens: Gather

Read "Gather" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza

When a band gathers some very imaginative musicians into its fold, it can only lead to one thing: an amazing listening experience. Fast Citizens has proved that over the years from the time saxophonist Keefe Jackson formed the band in 2003 and released Ready Everyday (Delmark Records, 2006), through to to Two Cities (Delmark Records, 2009), ...

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Article: Album Review

Aram Shelton: Everything for Somebody

Read "Everything for Somebody" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Currently based in Oakland, California, alto saxophonist Aram Shelton initially rose to prominence as a member of the fertile Chicago jazz scene, where he resided from 1999-2005. His tenure in the Windy City resulted in a number of lasting relationships; one of the most notable is his Quartet with tenor saxophonist Keefe Jackson, bassist Anton Hatwich ...

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Article: Album Review

Aram Shelton: Everything For Somebody

Read "Everything For Somebody" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Alto saxophonist Aram Shelton cannot break his Chicago habit. We're not talking that monkey woman Joe Williams used to sing about, back in the day. Shelton, who left Chicago a few years back for the Bay area of California, returns to the windy city often, both physically and for its sound.His second quartet recording, ...

Article: Album Review

Aram Shelton Quartet: Everything for Somebody

Read "Everything for Somebody" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Nativo della Florida, ormai da lungo tempo il trentaseienne Aram Shelton vive tra Chicago, da dove provengono gli altri membri del suo attuale quartetto, e Oakland, dove ha sede la sua etichetta Singlespeed Music con la quale ha pubblicato quest'ultimo album. L'impatto col quale rivela un'ampia cultura jazzistica, legata gioco forza - benché di fatto il ...

Article: Album Review

Aram Shelton - Kjell Nordeson: Incline

Read "Incline" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Si fa presto a dire interplay. Ma poi, quando ti capita di imbatterti in un disco come questo, capisci che suonare con gli altri, ascoltarsi e ascoltare, aprire cuore e orecchie, può anche non bastare. La scintilla, la perfetta comunione di intenti, è qualcosa che va al di là. La meccanica (azione-reazione) non c'entra, e nemmeno ...


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