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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Past, Present, And, Future Sounds

by Bob Osborne
May 15, 2025

The most fascinating and enduring aspect of jazz, and other improvised music, is its' capacity to surprise the listener. This week a diverse collection of pieces that deliver different and ground breaking new sounds. At the centre Ingrid Laubrock's unique new album which is meets this specification and more. And to close a classic album from ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Strata-East, James Brandon Lewis & Phil Haynes

by Maurice Hogue
May 6, 2025

Back in the '70s and '80s, flicking through the LPs at a favourite record store and finding the latest Strata East releases made the trip worthwhile. Established by trumpeter Charles Tolliver and pianist Stanley Cowell, the label that was dedicated to spiritual jazz and social consciousness was releasing music by some of the most important artists ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Gerald Clayton plus music from Roxana Amed, Phil Haynes as well as Nnenna Freelon

by Hobart Taylor
April 9, 2025

A new Blue Note release from Pianist Gerald Clayton, a soulfully deep ballad from Nneena Freelon, rediscovering Strata East artist Shamek Farrah and celebrating the compositional acumen of Ingrid Laubrock. Playlist Ingrid Laubrock Composer Fay Victor Mariel Roberts “Koan 43" from Purposing The Air (Pyroclastic) 0:00 Trilogy “Luna" from The Slow Road (Cellar) 3:15 ...

Article: Album Review

Ben Monder: Planetarium

Read "Planetarium" reviewed by Vic Albani

by Vic Albani
March 5, 2025

Ben Monder chi? In Italia è piuttosto difficile incontrare qualcuno che conosca bene il lavoro di questo sessantatreenne signore newyorchese. Inquadriamolo: chitarrista di spicco nell'area newyorkese da oltre un trentennio, Ben ha lavorato con importanti nomi della musica moderna come (tra i tanti) Marc Johnson, Lee Konitz, Andrew Cyrille, George Garzone, Paul Motian, Maria ...

Article: Album Review

Matt Pavolka: Disciplinary Architecture

Read "Disciplinary Architecture" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
February 19, 2025

Pur essendo da oltre vent'anni una presenza importante della scena newyorchese il bassista, trombonista, compositore Matt Pavolka ha pubblicato solo tre album a proprio nome: l'esordio di Something People Can Use (Toneofapitch, 2008), l'ottimo The Horns Band (FSNT,2014) e, a dieci anni di distanza, questo Disciplinary Architecture per la prestigiosa Sunnyside. Se nell'album ...

Article: Live Review

The Bad Plus at Bop Stop

by John Chacona
February 14, 2025

The Bad PlusBOP STOP at the Music SettlementCleveland, OHFebruary 7, 2025 Teachers of jazz--the good ones, at least--emphasize the importance of finding an individual sound. That goes for ensembles, too, and at their Friday appearance at Cleveland's Bop Stop, The Bad Plus demonstrated how, even with a radical overhauling of personnel ...

Album

Waves

By Ross McHenry

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Waves; In Landscape; Love and Obscurity; July 1985; Odysseus in Brooklyn; North of The River; 1989.

Album

Complex Emotions

By Reid Anderson

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Grid/Ocean; French Horns; Casa Ben; Carrier; Cupcakes One; Tyrone’s Flamingo; Deep Water Sharks; Li Po.

Album

Waves

By Ross McHenry

Label: Earshift Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Waves; In Landscape; Love and Obscurity; July 1985; Odysseus in Brooklyn; North of The River; 1989.

Album

Enjoy!

By Travis Sullivan

Label: KOCH Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Hyperballad; Alarm Call; Human Behavior; Show Me Forgiveness; Army Of Me; Hunter; Who Is It; Cocoon; Enjoy; Overture To "Dancer In The Dark".