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Stevens / Rutherford / Parker / Guy: One Four and Two Twos

Read "One Four and Two Twos" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
December 7, 2012

This release brings the very welcome return of an August 1978 studio session involving four legends of British improv: drummer John Stevens, trombonist Paul Rutherford, saxophonist Evan Parker and bassist Barry Guy. The first four of its five quartet tracks were originally released on LP in 1980 by View; all five were rereleased on CD in ...

Article: Interview

Lou Cohen: Opening the Door

by Gordon Marshall
November 28, 2012

In his cushy, classy, elegant two-story home just outside of Central Square in Cambridge, MA, Lou Cohen introduces his Symphony 5: from a laptop, jammed together fragments of elegant new music unfold, spaced out so that breath can enter in the interstices... Then the sound of roiling, rolling violins getting impacted: all is mellow and peaceful ...

Article: Interview

John Seman: The Story of Monktail

by Jack Gold-Molina
November 21, 2012

The director and cofounder of Monktail Creative Music Concern with drummer Mark Ostrowski, bassist/composer John Seman has spent much of his childhood and his entire adult life defining this band and his musical direction. A highly educated player with the kind of street sense that can only be gained through constant performing, recording and touring, he ...

Article: Interview

Mats Gustafsson: Share The Moment

by John Sharpe
October 29, 2012

Reedman Mats Gustafsson resides at the center of a hurricane of activity: relentlessly touring, curating festivals and begetting record labels. He boasts one of most distinctive sounds in free jazz, combining the extremes of scalp prickling howls with adventurous exploration of minimalist tone and timbre. Although he's come a long way since his early days in ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Larks' Tongues in Aspic (40th Anniversary Series Box)

by John Kelman
October 22, 2012

The idea of a 15-disc box set to commemorate the release of what was, in 1973, a single vinyl LP clocking in at a mere 46 minutes might seem a tad excessive, but when you're talking King Crimson and the seminal Larks' Tongues in Aspic, it's a whole other story. Beyond being an important addition to ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Two Sides of Fred Frith

by John Eyles
September 14, 2012

From the very start of his musical career, guitarist Fred Frith has been equally at home as an improviser, a songwriter or a combination of the two. His first group, the legendary Henry Cow, always featured a balance between songs that were used as a springboard for improvisation and free improvisations. In contrast, his debut solo ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Jan Bang / Erik Honore: Uncommon Deities

by John Kelman
September 6, 2012

Jan Bang / Erik Honoré Uncommon Deities SamadhiSound 2012 As the 2012 Punkt Festival debuts its eighth annual edition at its home base of Kristiansand, Norway--but this time, in the brand new, state of the art Kilden Performing Arts Centre--it has gradually evolved into something more than just a festival. The ...

Article: Album Review

Noël Akchoté, Jean-Marc Foussat and Roger Turner: Acid Rain

Read "Acid Rain" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
August 17, 2012

This free improvised meeting between prolific French guitarist Noël Akchoté and analog synthesizer wizard Jean-Marc Foussat, and British drummer Roger Turner is unique, and not just because of these experienced improvisers' breadth of the musical language. The trio's collective sound is a multilayered, reflecting on progressive rock in its early experimental days, muscular fusion showoffs and ...

Article: What is Jazz?

Freeform in the U.K.

by Sammy Stein
August 16, 2012

Freeform and improvised jazz is having a hard time at the moment. Venues have to make tough choices between pleasing what is a smaller cohort of customers and bringing new, maybe transient, but paying clients who are attracted by big names, standards and music they know. Customers have less cash in these difficult economic times, so ...

Article: Live Review

Valby Summer Jazz 2012: Copenhagen, Denmark, July 6-15, 2012

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 24, 2012

Valby Summer JazzPrøvehallen in Valby and The Betty Nansen TheatreCopenhagen, DenmarkJuly 6-15, 2012 Good things tend to grow, at least when there's passion and dedication involved, and Valby Summer Jazz, which primarily takes place at the outskirts of Copenhagen in the suburb of Valby, is indeed a labor of love that ...