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Article: Live From New York

Mary Halvorson, Weasel Walter, Trans Am, Shinji Masuko, Jessica Pavone, Alex Ward & Tim Dahl

by Martin Longley
November 9, 2011

Mary Halvorson/Weasel Walter The Stone October 9, 2011 This gig was originally intended to reflect the lineup of the 2011 Electric Fruit trio disc on Thirsty Ear, the latest label curator for two weeks at New York City's The Stone. Unfortunately, trumpeter Peter Evans was forced to cancel his ...

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Article: Live From New York

Ches Smith, Tyshawn Sorey & Roy Haynes

by Martin Longley
September 21, 2011

Ches Smith & These Arches The Stone August 30, 2011 John Zorn's Stone was pretty much sold out for this single set by drummer Ches Smith's five-piece band. That's 74 folks crammed into a thankfully air-conditioned zone. The reason that the normally silenced A/C was allowed to thrum is ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Grammy Award-Winning Buckwheat Zydeco to Perform in Arden

August 25, 2011

"Stanley 'Buckwheat' Dural leads one of the best bands in America. A down-home and high-powered celebration, meaty and muscular with a fine-tuned sense of dynamics...propulsive rhythms, incendiary performances."—The New York Times Grammy Award-winning American musical legend Stanley “Buckwheat" Dural Jr.—along with his band, Buckwheat Zydeco—is the preeminent ambassador of Louisiana zydeco music. Buckwheat Zydeco will perform ...

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Article: Album Review

Fire!: unreleased?

Read "unreleased?" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 12, 2011

Moving from the studio to a live performance at Tokyo's SuperDeluxe club in the fall of 2010, Fire! both pares down and expands the sonic purview of its 2009 Rune Grammofon debut, You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago. Pared down in that saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, while still tripling on Fender Rhodes and live electronics, sticks solely ...

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Article: Live From New York

Arrington De Dionyso, Mary Halvorson, Liturgy, Sightings, Peter Brotzmann & Pulverize The Sound

by Martin Longley
July 2, 2011

Arrington De Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa Cake Shop May 25, 2011 When I first witnessed the singer, reedsman, guitarist and performance artist Arrington De Dionyso at The Stone, he was working as a solo act, exploring extended timbres, textured multiphonics, confrontational starkness and isolated honking eruptions. In more recent ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Buckwheat Zydeco to Perform in Sellersville (PA) & Bordentown (NJ)

April 10, 2011

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Article: Album Review

Dan Raphael / Rich Halley / Carson Halley: Children Of The Blue Supermarket

Read "Children Of The Blue Supermarket" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
March 29, 2011

There have been times when jazz and the spoken word appeared inseparable. Brief times, but times when the combination was a powerful artistic and (counter) cultural force. Children Of The Blue Supermarket brings those times back, a reminder of how effective a partnership the jazz musician and the poet can create. Maybe it's the new thing. ...

News: Obituary

Captain Beefheart (1941-2010): An Appreciation

December 20, 2010

By Mark Saleski Captain Beefheart died yesterday at the age of 69. The reclusive musician and visual artist has been missed by his fans for many years, and now we feel that absence even more. For many year, Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) was a part of my life even though I was completely unaware of ...

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Article: Album Review

Jon Irabagon Trio featuring Barry Altschul: Foxy

by Bruce Lindsay
September 19, 2010

Foxy is tenor saxophonist Jon Irabagon's fourth album as leader: a 78-minute, uninterrupted trio performance, exploring the possibilities of the 16-bar form through extended improvisation. Put another way, Foxy is a great big belly-laugh of an album; a stunning physical feat; a constantly shifting musical achievement; an adventure; and a raw and visceral performance. And it's ...

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Article: Album Review

Phillip Johnston: Page Of Madness

Read "Page Of Madness" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 10, 2009

Saxophonist and composer Phillip Johnston has always been a step (or two) out of synch with trends in modern music. And that is a good thing. His eclectic '80s band Microscopic Septet was never given its due. Now, twenty years later, with the reissue of its Seven Men in Neckties: History of the Micros, Vol. 1 ...