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Ben Goldberg: Clarinet Communion

Read "Ben Goldberg: Clarinet Communion" reviewed by Warren Allen

by Warren Allen

The diversity of clarinetist Ben Goldberg's musical interests may only be matched by the intensity of his study. He grew up on The Beatles and classic jazz, started playing Klezmer music at the University of California, Berkeley in the early '80s, and studied with renowned classical clarinet teacher Rosario Mazzeo. In 1984, he became the clarinetist ...

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Circulasione Totale Orchestra: Bandwidth

Read "Bandwidth" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

With a group as sonically dense as Circulasione Totale Orchestra (CTO), a single disc can be daunting enough. With Bandwidth, the 25 year-old free-blowing group delivers nearly three hours of relentless collective interplay; three continuous pieces divided into four segments each across three CDs. It's not for the faint-at-heart; even free improv fans may find it ...

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Samo Salamon Trio feat. Michel Godard & Roberto Dani: Live!

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by Matt Marshall

Samo Salamon Trio feat. Michel Godard & Roberto Dani Live! Samo Records 2009 The tuba has experienced something of a resurgence as a featured jazz instrument in the last couple of years. Far from its New Orleans' roots, where the twizzled piece of metal mainly thumped its beats in the ...

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Reknes

By Bobby Bradford

Label: Tzadik
Released: 2009

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Varistar

By Bobby Bradford

Label: Full Bleed Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Delicious Red; Ohio; Crooked March; Not Forgotten; Practically Sensible; Varistar; Elegy for John Carter.

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Bobby Bradford: Self-Determination in the Great Basin

Read "Bobby Bradford: Self-Determination in the Great Basin" reviewed by Clifford Allen

by Clifford Allen

Born in Cleveland, Mississippi in 1934 and raised between Dallas and Los Angeles, trumpeter Bobby Bradford began playing with Ornette Coleman in Los Angeles in the 1950s, and replaced Don Cherry in an unrecorded Coleman quartet during the early 1960s. However, the most significant partnership in Bradford's musical life was with the clarinetist and composer John ...

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Bobby Bradford: With John Stevens and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble

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by Clifford Allen

Bobby Bradford With John Stevens and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble Nessa Records 2009 In the instances that European and American improvisers have commingled and produced concerts and recordings, especially in the halcyon days of European free improvisation (the 1970s), a significant number of these situations resulted from expatriation. And it's ...

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Bobby Bradford, Tom Heasley, Ken Rosser: Varistar

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by Bruce Lindsay

Recorded in Los Angeles in 1999, but mixed and released ten years later by tubaist Tom Heasley and Kronos Quartet engineer Scott Fraser, Varistar is a moody and atmospheric work from three experienced improvisers. Its predominantly slow and introspective feel of its seven improvised pieces create, at times, an almost claustrophobic intensity. The ...

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Harris Eisenstadt: From Mbalax to Canada Day

Read "Harris Eisenstadt: From Mbalax to Canada Day" reviewed by Clifford Allen

by Clifford Allen

Over the past decade, drummer, bandleader and composer Harris Eisenstadt has been a force in improvised music, active in both Los Angeles and New York (where he now resides). It's a testament to his creativity and energy that his ensembles have run the gamut from free-bop in the vein of post-Blue Note small groups, to orchestral ...


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