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Ensemble Super Moderne: Ensemble Super Moderne
by Glenn Astarita
Portugal has become a state-of-the-art hotbed for creative jazz musicians and improvisers, duly represented by driving forces such as the Clean Feed record label. And Ensemble Super Moderne is another exciting Portuguese unit that skirts the outside realm by surging into ultra-progressive modern jazz persuasions. Hence, this self-titled album, housed in an oversized 45RPM sized CD ...
Sam Newsome: The Straight Horn of Africa: A Path to Liberation
by Karl Ackermann
Sam Newsome's The Straight Horn of Africa: A Path to Liberation (subtitled “Art of the Soprano, Vol. 2") is--despite the chronology--the fourth solo outing by the alto/tenor-turned-soprano saxophonist. The self-produced Monk Abstractions (2007) and Blue Soliloquy (2009) were highly regarded entries that preceded The Art of the Soprano, Vol. 1 (2012). The latter album saw Newsome ...
Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks Volume 12
by Doug Collette
Comprised of recordings in Providence RI and Boston MA from June of 1974, fairly early on in the Grateful Dead's use of their now legendary “Wall of Sound," Dick's Picks Vol. 12 documents a point in the iconic band's evolution where the pendulum of improvisation was swinging back toward more open-ended playing after the more structured ...
H2 Big Band: It Could Happen
by Jack Bowers
As Shakespeare wrote, “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Who would dare argue with that? The point is that It Could Happen,the second recording by the H2 Big Band, is performed by a world-class ensemble. It's just not the H2 Big Band, which essentially remained home in Colorado ...
Josh Nelson: Exploring Mars
by Dan McClenaghan
Mars, the forth planet from the sun--that blood red star arcing across the sky--has been investigated by many in the arts. Before NASA landed four rovers on the red planet's surface, science fiction writers took up the task of exploring our planetary neighbor: Edgar Rice Burroughs with his fantastic Barsoom series, beginning with Princess of Mars ...
Michael Pisaro, Cristián Alvear: Melody, Silence
by John Eyles
The irresistible rise of Buffalo-born composer and guitarist Michael Pisaro has been an ongoing phenomenon since the turn of the millennium. Initially, his recordings and scores were released on Edition Wandelweiser, fitting as he is a significant member of the Wandelweiser group. Gradually, like-minded labels such as Another Timbre, Cathnor, Compost & Height and Erstwhile also ...
Friends & Neighbors: Hymn For A Hungry Nation
by Glenn Astarita
This Norwegian band derives its moniker from one of saxophonist Ornette Coleman's slightly overlooked units Friends and Neighbors, culminating in the 1970 release Live At Prince Street on the Flying Dutchman label. But the impetus for the ensemble's doctrine resides in the expressive 60s era where Coleman, and other like-minded pioneers often ravaged conventional sensibilities of ...
Zeitgeber Ensemble: Resalio
by Neri Pollastri
Reselio vede all'opera lo Zeitgeber Ensemble, ampio gruppo (ma i tredici musicisti non suonano mai tutti assieme) diretto dal sassofonista e compositore pugliese Giacomo Eramo che sviluppa il lavoro svolto a partire dal 2005 da un omonimo quintetto, la continuità con il quale è fornita dalla comune presenza di Davide Merlino, Andrea Campagnolo, Simone Prando e ...
Das Rosa Rauschen: 8 Miniaturen (aus dem Zyklus 10 Miniaturen)
by Alberto Bazzurro
È il sassofonista berlinese Felix Wahnschaffe, fresco cinquantenne con una serie di partnership di tutto rispetto (Schlippenbach, Vitous, Lacy, Rivers, Tchicai, Nabatov, Takase...), il principale artefice del quartetto protagonista di questo album (sue tutte e otto le “miniature" del titolo), entro le cui geometrie regna un bell'amalgama, capace per lo più di evitare la trappola dell'ovvietà ...
Mike Osborne: Dawn
by Bruce Lindsay
Alto saxophonist Mike Osborne's career was relatively short--barely 20 years between his first gigs with the pioneering Mike Westbrook Band and his retirement from the music scene because of mental health problems in 1982. His discography is lengthy, but albums as leader are rare. Dawn draws together recordings from three relatively early sessions in Osborne's career--early, ...
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