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Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror

Read "Mirror" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Charles Lloyd è musicista che non deve dimostrare nulla a nessuno. Sta attraversando le vicende della musica afroamericana da più di cinquant'anni tra momenti di grande forza creativa e fasi più rilassate e convenzionali. E vanta diversi meriti tra cui quello di aver portato per primo in tournè in Europa un giovanissimo Keith Jarrett e di ...

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Article: Album Review

Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory: Far Side

Read "Far Side" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Roscoe Mitchell's Far Side, with its theatrical quality, could easily function as a soundtrack to a modernist play. The beginning of the first and longest piece, “Far Side/Cards/Far Side," is reminiscent of the works of 20th century composers like Alfred Schnitke and Arvo Pärt, in the ominous sea of notes pouring out of the dual pianos ...

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Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory: Far Side

Read "Far Side" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

It's been over a decade since reed and woodwind multi-instrumentalist Roscoe Mitchell--a veteran of Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), which he helped establish in the mid-1960s, in addition to co-founding the groundbreaking Art Ensemble of Chicago, around the same time--released Nine to Get Ready (ECM, 1999), with his Note Factory group. Far ...

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Article: Album Review

Stephan Micus: Bold as Light

Read "Bold as Light" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

At a time when, at least for First World residents, there seems no respite from the relentless, rapid pace of life, artists like Stephan Micus provide welcome clarity; proof that there are alternatives. Difficult though it may seem, when immersed in all the push-and-pull of day-to-day distractions, there is another way; it's just not necessarily an ...

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Article: Live Review

Michael Formanek CD Release Show at Jazz Standard

Read "Michael Formanek CD Release Show at Jazz Standard" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell

by Sean Patrick Fitzell

Michael FormanekJazz StandardNew York, NY October 27, 2010 Bassist Michael Formanek celebrated the release of The Rub and Spare Change with two sets at the venerable Jazz Standard, October 27, 2010. It was noteworthy as his debut for ECM Records and first new CD in about a dozen years.

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Article: Album Review

Trygve Seim / Andreas Utnem: Purcor: Songs for Saxophone and Piano

Read "Purcor: Songs for Saxophone and Piano" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Since emerging on the label with his own large ensemble and as part of the collaborative, more improv-heavy group The Source, saxophonist Trygve Seim has been a leading voice in the second wave of Norwegian artists who look to legacy ECM musicians like Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen and Terje Rypdal as touchstones, but possess unmistakable voices ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica on Tour

Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica on Tour

Gidon Kremer / Kremerata Baltica Hymns and Prayers Cesar Franck—Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 14 Kancheli—Silent Prayer Tickmayer—Eight Hymns in memoriam Andrei Tarkovsky A beautifully-recorded album from master violinist Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata, Baltica, spanning a wide range of music, all of it performed with conviction. Hungarian composer ...

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News: Performance / Tour

"Dans Les Arbres" North American Tour this Winter

"Dans Les Arbres" North American Tour this Winter

Charles / Grydeland / Wallumrød / Zach Dans les arbres Xavier Charles: clarinet, harmonica Ivar Grydeland: acoustic guitar, banjo, scruti box Christian Wallumrød: piano Ingar Zach: percussion, bass drum Guitarist Ivar Grydeland and percussionist Ingar Zach, prime movers and catalysts for free improvised music in Norway, got in touch with ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror

Read "Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

Charles Lloyd QuartetMirrorECM Records2010 Saxophonist Charles Lloyd's current artistic output is often depicted as a heartwarming comeback after years of silence. It is certainly true that his recent string of albums for ECM has brought him commercial and critical success even greater than the plaudits that attended his ...

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Article: Album Review

Dans les arbres: Dans les arbres

Read "Dans les arbres" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

When French clarinetist Xavier Charles, pianist Christian Wallumrød, guitarist Ivar Grydeland and percussionist Ingar Zach appeared at Norway's Punkt Festival in 2007, they'd yet to take the name Dans les arbres, which would also become the title of this freely improvising unit's 2008 ECM debut. It's taken two years for the album to find Stateside release--anomalous ...


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