Results for "Discus Music"

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Port Of Saints

Label: Discus Music
Released: 2022

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American drummer/composer Mark Holub--currently residing in Vienna--is the founder of the ultra-hip jazz quintet, Led Bib. Yet he presents somewhat of a U-turn on his debut as a leader, which leans more toward progressive chamber, spiced with nouveau classical overtones and spunky rock grooves, all consummated by engaging improv among the performers. The musicians ...

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Anthropods

By Mark Holub

Label: Discus Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Sea; Forest Capers; Messy To Me; The Bells; One Way; For Charles; Lunges; Pumpkin Patch; Home.

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The 4, the 8, the 10

Label: Discus Music
Released: 2021

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Gated

By Alex Ward

Label: Discus Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Heat Patch; The Celebrated Restriction; Let; Buyout; Hewn; Stilled; Cushioned; Brow; The Bradford Factor; Maybe It’ll Break The Heat.

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Alex Ward: Gated

by Glenn Astarita
November 25, 2021

British multi-instrumentalist Alex Ward plays everything but the kitchen sink on this thrilling solo effort, where he plays guitar, woodwinds, keys, electric bass and uses various software-based mechanisms, including drums. Well-known as a free improviser, the artist fuses electro parts with peppery horns choruses, wily solos on several instruments, jumbling drum patterns and clamorous distortion-laced guitar ...

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Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley: ...Being Astral And All Registers - Power Of Two...

Read "...Being Astral And All Registers - Power Of Two..." reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
March 7, 2021

The late free jazz icon Cecil Taylor was thought to have only recorded two duo albums in his career. One was Embraced (Pablo, 1977) with Mary Lou Williams, the other, Historic Concerts (Soul Note, 1984) with Max Roach. Both were underwhelming mismatches, with Taylor overpowering his partners. In 2020, drummer Tony Oxley found two live Taylor-Oxley ...

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