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Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway: Just Friends
by Dan Bilawsky
Clarinetist Eddie Daniels and pianist Roger Kellaway are more than just friends; they're musical soulmates, connected in pulse and impulse, focused on the same syncretic sum of sounds and styles, and bound by a telepathic rapport. Both men are virtuosos of the highest order, but that's beside the point. The real measure of their artistic collaborations ...
Mario Pavone Dialect Trio: Chrome
by Dan McClenaghan
Piano trios seeking a level of parity of instrumental input are common. Those who achieve a high level of piano/bass/drums democracy develop a group sound born of a melding of musical personalities. With strong personalities all around--as on the Mario Pavone Dialect Trio--a beautiful tumult is born. Chrome is bassist Pavone's second Dialect Trio ...
Magda Mayas - Jim Denley: Tempe Jetz
by Glenn Astarita
Magda Mayas (Germany) performs on a 1970s manufactured clavinet with reedman Jim Denley (Australia), augmented by their use of field recordings, as they pay homage to a “marginalized corner" of Sydney, Australia on this experimental and irrefutably adventurous improv fest. Yet I wouldn't be so bold to suggest that this is easy listening but for the ...
Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte with Iggy Pop: Loneliness Road
by Andrea Murgia
Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte. E Iggy Pop. Se state pensando che stiamo in qualche modo dando i numeri, pardon i nomi, siete totalmente fuori strada. Che ci fanno alcuni tra i più vispi e duttili musicisti della New York Area con il papà del proto-punk? Semplice: un bel disco. Di Saft, ...
Bill Brovold, Jamie Saft: Serenity Knolls
by Andrea Murgia
Noto ai più come fenomenale organista e pianista della scena newyorchese più sperimentale nei progetti di John Zorn e Joe Morris, Jamie Saft è in realtà anche un chitarrista (e slidista) che non ti aspetti. Cresciuto a pane, Bob Dylan e Paul Bley, Saft non è nuovo a puntate lontano dagli ottantotto tasti, basti pensare a ...
Charlie Ballantine: Where Is My Mind?
by Mark Sullivan
Indianapolis-based guitarist/composer Charlie Ballantine continues on the eclectic path forged on Providence (Self Produced, 2016) on Where Is My Mind?, his third self-produced outing as a leader. Ballantine is again joined by alto saxophonist/flutist Amanda Gardier, with a new rhythm section of bassist Jessie Whittman and drummer Jay Tibbitts. In the absence of a keyboard there ...
John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension: Live at Ronnie Scott's
by Geno Thackara
Music has taken him and his guitar to some of the most exotic far reaches of the world, but Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club will always have a special place in John McLaughlin's heart. His mid-1960s time in the famous London venue's house band was a key early step in his musical life, and he idly wonders ...
Various Artists: The Last Sense To Leave Us – A Tribute To Pauline Oliveros
by Karl Ackermann
As a composer, accordionist, electronics innovator, and wordless vocalist, the late Pauline Oliveros was a pioneer in experimental electronic music and composition dating back to the 1960s. She influenced composers John Cage and Terry Riley, performed with saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, percussionist Susie Ibarra, producer and musician DJ Spooky, and she has composed for rockers Sonic Youth. ...
Matt Wilson: Honey And Salt
by Mark Sullivan
Drummer/composer Matt Wilson has a long-standing interest in Carl Sandburg's poetry: his debut as a leader, Wave Follows Wave (Palmetto, 1996), was named for a Sandburg poem; Humidity (Palmetto, 2003) included a Sandburg setting of “Wall Shadows"; and An Attitude for Gratitude (Palmetto, 2012) featured the Sandburg-inspired “Bubbles." But this project (begun in 2002 with the ...
Saint Etienne: Home Counties
by Nenad Georgievski
With the brief radio announcement intro in the shape of “The Reunion" and the follow-up song “Something New" begins a quite delightful album by the British indie pop band Saint Etienne. On the following tracks, the band slowly pulls listeners into an imaginary travelogue, casting its net over our listening minds. This ninth offering, named Home ...
