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Barry Altschul

Born: January 6, 1943

Barry Altschul is a drummer who gained fame in the late 1960s with the pianists Paul Bley and Chick Corea, playing in the "outside" style of jazz that had been evolving steadily since the innovations of Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane. His first major gig in the late 1960s was with Paul Bley's trio. In 1969 he joined with Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Anthony Braxton to form the group Circle. At the time, he made use of a high-pitched Gretsch kit with add-on drums and percussion instruments, which he integrated seamlessly in a whirlwind of sound. No one sounded quite like him at the time, and his nuclear energy served him well when he teamed up with Sam Rivers and Anthony Braxton throughout the 1970s. Altschul also made a few albums as a leader, but after the mid-1980s he was rarely seen in concert or on record

A.R.C.

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Nefertiti; Ballad for Tillie; A.R.C.; Vedana; Thanatos; Games.

A.R.C.: A.R.C.

by Mike Jurkovic
September 18, 2023

Without the exploding theorems of multi-reedist/composer/alchemist Anthony Braxton, A.R.C., the multifarious rhythm trio of Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Barry Altschul, continue the grand work of the short-lived (but most esteemed) quartet Circle on this 1971 reissue and remaster of the exploratory and free flying A.R.C. Corea, who, after a short solo turn would ...

Dave Holland Circa 1976

by R.J. DeLuke
August 24, 2023

Ah, College. Life, liberty and the pursuit of... well... among other things, the quest for jazz music, trying to expand my horizons regarding an art form that had entered my blood in high school, despite the prevelant sounds of the Beatles, Joe Cocker, Blood Sweat & Tears, Leon Russell, the Allman Brothers and Sly and the ...

Paul Bley Trios: Play Annette Peacock Revisited

by Maurizio Comandini
June 26, 2023

Questi bellissimi quattordici brani sono stati registrati nel 1966 (i primi otto) e nel 1968 (i restanti sei). Tutti sono stati scritti da Annette Peacock e registrati dal trio di Paul Bley, assieme a brani di altri compositori, per poi essere pubblicati nei mesi successivi alla registrazione stessa. Questo eccellente CD della Ezz-Thetics estrae e raggruppa ...

Patrick Brennan Sonic Openings: Tilting Curvaceous

by Karl Ackermann
May 23, 2023

The quintet project Tilting Curvaceous is saxophonist/composer Patrick Brennan's sixth leader/co-leader date since the late 1990s. His duo recording Terraphonia (Creative Sources Recordings, 2019) with guitarist Abdul Moimême demonstrated a strong affinity for free improvisation within unconventional settings and uncommon concepts. Brennan is joined by trumpeter and flugelhorn player Brian Groder. The native New Yorker has ...

Gebhard Ullmann / Steve Swell / Hilliard Greene / Barry Altschul: We're Playing In Here?

by John Sharpe
January 7, 2023

For musicians, one consolatory by-product of lockdown was the chance to reappraise the archives, which led to a subsequent bonanza of deserving material reaching the marketplace. Whether that was the genesis of the limited edition LP We're Playing In Here? is a moot point, but this 2007 studio recording by the Gebhard Ullmann / Steve Swell ...

Ode To O

By Oliver Lake

Label: TUM Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Ode to O; Justice; Me without Bela; Da Bang; The Other Side; Caring; OGJB #3; Bass Bottom; OGJB #4; Apaixonado.

The Wailing Sounds of Ricky Ford: Paul’s Scene

By Ricky Ford

Label: Whaling City Sound
Released: 2022
Track listing: Ricky's Bossa; Fer; The Wonder; That Red Clay; The Essence ofYou; The Stockholm Stomp; Angel Face; Paris Fringe; I Can't Wait to See You; Paul's Scene; Frustration; Mabulala.

We're Playing In Here?

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Planet Hopping On A Thursday Afternoon; La Mariposa; Sketch #4; We're Playing In Here?; Kleine Figuren #1.