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News: Recording

B. Laswell Method of Defiance: New Remix Album

B. Laswell Method of Defiance: New Remix Album

REMIX AND DUB VERSIONS OF TRACKS FROM JAHBULON & INCUNABULA FEAT. REMIXES FROM SCIENTIST, PREFUSE 73, MAD PROFESSOR AND MORE On October 11, Bill Laswell's MOD Technologies presents the brand new Method of Defiancerelease, Dub Arcanium Arcandrum. This new album offers remix and dub style versions of tracks that originally appeared on the 2010 Method Of ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra: MTO Plays Sly

Read "Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra: MTO Plays Sly" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory OrchestraMTO Plays SlyThe Royal Potato Family2011 The Sly Stone songbook is a solid gold thing, and it is strange that it is so rarely revisited. Then again, repertory tributes are generally paid to artists who have passed. Stone is still with us, although, ...

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Article: Live Review

Gent Jazz Festival 2011: Days 5-8

Read "Gent Jazz Festival 2011: Days 5-8" reviewed by Martin Longley

by Martin Longley

Days 1-4 | Days 5-8 Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 14-17, 2011 The festival's second chunk customarily embraced music that was sympathetic to jazz, but moved into the territories of roots, rock, pop, soul, electronica, R&B and African music. All of these forms ...

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News: Recording

MTO Plays SLY: Steven Bernstein's Tribute to Sly & The Family Stone

MTO Plays SLY: Steven Bernstein's Tribute to Sly & The Family Stone

STEVEN BERNSTEIN'S MILLENNIAL TERRITORY ORCHESTRA Pays Tribute To The Music Of SLY & THE FAMILY STONE On Third Studio Album MTO PLAYS SLY With Special Guests ANTONY HEGARTY, BERNIE WORRELL, BILL LASWELL, DEAN BOWMAN, MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, SANDRA ST. VICTOR, SHILPA RAY and VERNON REID Available SEPTEMBER 27 On LP, CD & Mp3 from ROYAL POTATO FAMILY ...

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Article: Interview

Chris Taylor: Never Make Your Move Too Soon

Read "Chris Taylor: Never Make Your Move Too Soon" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

It's taken 30 years, but you can't rush something if it's not there. Chris Taylor's debut recording as leader, Nocturnal (Abstract Logix, 2011), is the result of the direction his composing has led him these last two or three years, but it could be seen in a wider context as the accumulated experience of three decades ...

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Article: Album Review

Chris Taylor: Nocturnal

Read "Nocturnal" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, and for guitarist Chris Taylor--whose financial dire straits forced him to abandon Berklee and return to gigging after three semesters-- this has proven to be an undeniable truth. That was thirty years ago, and Taylor's never looked back, gigging in every imaginable situation, and exploiting his natural bent ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Konstrukt & Their Mighty Fine Guests

Read "Konstrukt & Their Mighty Fine Guests" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Freedom is sweeping the globe. Maybe not in terms of political discourse, business or education, but maybe more importantly, musically. In places like Beirut and Istanbul, the free jazz scene is very much alive. The band konstruKt, made up of guitarist Umut Çağlar, saxophonist Korhan Futaci, drummer Korhan Argüden and percussionist Özün Usta has been garnering ...

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Article: Interview

Trilok Gurtu: Stirring the Big Old Pot

Read "Trilok Gurtu: Stirring the Big Old Pot" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

There is a popular theory of mathematical probability, that if you put a typewriter in front of a monkey, it will, through a process of trial and error, eventually produce a play of William Shakespeare. Swayed by the same sweeping logic, others believe that if you put a trap kit and assorted percussive instruments in front ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

New York's New Music And Arts Series M.A.K.

Read "New York's New Music And Arts Series M.A.K." reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

New York City has a brilliant new arts foundation, and a related music series. Nikka Arts is a music and arts foundation, founded by New York singer and composer Lola Danza and her business partner JB, of aboptv.com. The organization aims to provide a space where musicians and artists can present their creative work, and also ...

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News: Recording

Bill Laswell "Aspiration"

Bill Laswell "Aspiration"

Spiritualism has long been a significant characteristic of Bill Laswell's work, particularly as the moniker applies to jazz. Laswell has not only worked with many of the avatars of Spiritual Jazz over the years, he has often reflected on this music and its largely unheralded influence in his many guises as bassist, producer, re-mixer, musical conceptualist ...


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