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Nels Cline: Currents, Constellations

Read "Currents, Constellations" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini


Il primo brano di questo ottimo Currents, Constellation del quartetto di Nels Cline, parte con un accordo straniante e inaspettato che funge da establishing shot. Come succede in tanti film e telefilm, la prima inquadratura è studiata proprio per darci subito le coordinate di un preciso punto di vista che ci trascina dentro alla storia che ...

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Article: Album Review

Nels Cline: Currents, Constellations

Read "Currents, Constellations" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Reigning Wilco guitarist and avant sound sculptor Nels Cline begins his second Blue Note release Currents, Constellations with a loud, vibrant crash of guitar crunch that echoes his many alt/rock road trips. But very quickly the responsive and elastic rhythm section of bassist Scott Colley and drummer Tom Rainey charges forth while Cline and soul-mate guitarist ...

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Article: Getting Into Jazz

Runnin' Wild

Read "Runnin' Wild" reviewed by Mark Barnett


Getting Started If you're new to jazz, go to our Getting Into Jazz primer for some hints on how to listen. CD Capsule Two hot jazz legends melt the thermometer, pushing each other to produce the most inspired work of their careers. As the sportscasters say, “They came to play." Background “So ...

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Article: Album Review

GoGo Penguin: A Humdrum Star

Read "A Humdrum Star" reviewed by Ian Patterson


In GoGo Penguin's universe distance is a particularly relative concept. From the beginning of its voyage the trio has orbited musical worlds seemingly light-years apart; jazz, classical, dance, electronica, game soundtracks and minimalism -all fall into GoGo Penguin's gravitational pull to create a singular sonic constellation. With A Humdrum Star (Blue Note Records, 2018), Chris Illingworth, ...

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Article: Album Review

GoGo Penguin: A Humdrum Star

Read "A Humdrum Star" reviewed by Geno Thackara


“Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people." -Carl Sagan GoGo Penguin's snappy-yet-offbeat name is a pretty good indicator of their personality—partly inspired ...

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Article: Album Review

GoGo Penguin: A Humdrum Star

Read "A Humdrum Star" reviewed by Phil Barnes


If 2016's Man Made Object, their first for Blue Note, was an exercise in consolidating past triumphs while signposting potential ways forward, then there can be no doubt that with A Humdrum Star GoGo Penguin have stepped into a version of that future. Ostensibly the title is a self-effacing reference to a Carl Sagan TV series ...

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Man Made Object

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: All Res; Unspeakable Word; Branches Break; Weird Cat; Quiet Mind; Smarra; Initiate; Sbfisysih; Surrender to Mountain; Protest.

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Masters Of War

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Masters Of War.

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Parking Lot Symphony

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Laveau Dirge no. 1; It Ain't No Use; Parking Lot Symphony; Dirty Water; Here Come the Girls; Tripped Out Slim; Familiar; No Good Time; Where It At?; Fanfare; Like a Dog; Laveau Dirge Finale.

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Love In A Time Of Madness

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Always There; What Good Is Love; Let It Fall; Last Night; Remember Our Love; Live Your Fantasy; Ladies Man; To Be with You; You Know I Know; Breakthrough; Closer; I'm Yours.


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