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Article: Live Review

Jason Adasiewicz Sun Rooms Trio alla Sala Vanni, Firenze

Read "Jason Adasiewicz Sun Rooms Trio alla Sala Vanni, Firenze" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

"Superjazz," Sala Vanni Firenze 6.12.2013 In conclusione della nuova rassegna Superjazz (le cui precedenti date erano state Colin Stetson, Tim Berne e Mary Halvorson), sul palco del Musicus Concentus è salito un classico trio jazz, con una ritmica di contrabbasso e batteria, ma con la particolarità di avere il ...

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Article: Album Review

Wadada Leo Smith & TUMO: Occupy The World

Read "Occupy The World" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith continues to challenge preconceptions. With Occupy The World, he exposes another facet of his orchestral music; more expansive than his stunning Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform, 2012) and less earthy than Hearts Reflection (Cuneiform, 2011), it's still part of a long lineage of large group works stretching back to Budding Of A Rose ...

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Article: Album Review

Fire! Orchestra: Exit!

Read "Exit!" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Sometimes it's best not to predict. If the idea of expanding Fire!'s core trio of saxophonist/electric pianist Mats Gustafsson, bassist Johan Berthling and drummer Andreas Werlin into Fire! Orchestra's massive, 28-piece behemoth was based on the trio's extant discography-- You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago (Rune Grammofon, 2009), Unreleased (Rune Grammofon, 2011), and In the Mouth ...

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Ingebrigt Håker Flaten: Live at Jazzfest Saalfelden

Read "Live at Jazzfest Saalfelden" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Of the twelve current projects in which bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten works, his Chicago Sextet is the one that, perhaps, most foretells his future as a jazz impresario. Like bassist Dave Holland, who made his reputation with trumpeter Miles Davis and in the band Circle, before championing (almost exclusively) his own bands both large and small, ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Close Encounters Of The Skronky Kind

Read "Close Encounters Of The Skronky Kind" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

Paal Nilssen-Love is one of the hardest-working musicians in the European free jazz and free improvisation scenes. Amongst his near-countless activities, the Norwegian drummer collaborates on a regular basis with Chicago reed multi-instrumentalist Ken Vandermark, in their ongoing duo, in the Double Cement trio and Lean Left quartet, as a member of Peter Brötzmann's Hairy Bones ...

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Article: Album Review

Cortex: Göteborg

Read "Göteborg" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

Norway's Cortex released its highly promising debut, Resection (Bolage), in 2011. The members of this high-octane quartet met during jazz studies in Trondheim, and began working as a band in 2007. Cortex follows the free jazz legacy of Ornette Coleman quartet with trumpeter Don Cherry, spicing it with wise, original compositions and uncompromising performances inspired by ...

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Article: Album Review

Tva For Tommy: Tva For Tommy

Read "Tva For Tommy" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

Behind the odd name Två För Tommy (Two for Tommy in Swedish) stand three of the best Swedish improvisers: reed player Fredrik Ljungkvist, a founding member of the acclaimed Norwegian-Swedish quintet Atomic; vibraphonist Mattias Ståhl, who leads his own bands, Ståhls Blå and Ståhls Trio, and has collaborated with countless other outfits; and double bassist Patric ...

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Article: Album Review

Anders Jormin: Ad Lucem

Read "Ad Lucem" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

It may be frustrating when an artist releases albums infrequently, but when quality trumps quantity all is forgiven. Swedish bassist Anders Jormin's discography as a leader remains small--just eleven records as a leader since his auspicious 1988 Dragon debut, Eight Pieces. Still, with a high profile résumé sporting fellow ECM label mates such as pianist Bobo ...

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Article: Album Review

Side A: A New Margin

Read "A New Margin" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

It is quite rare to hear multi-reedist Ken Vandermark record or perform with a pianist, the reason being that, back in the day (the early 1990s), his brand of new Chicago jazz was presented much like the hardcore punk scene of the previous decade--out of the back of a van. Like Henry Rollins and Black Flag, ...

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Article: Album Review

Ola Kvernberg: Liarbird

Read "Liarbird" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

It may have seemed that recruiting American saxophonist Joshua Redman for the live premiere of Liarbird--a joint commission by the Trondheim and Molde Jazz Festivals in Norway--was the musical equivalent of a ringer in sports. But it wasn't long into Ola Kvernberg's ambitious Molde Jazz 2010 performance, as the violinist launched into the first of many ...


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