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Article: Live Review

Norwegian Road Trip, Part 2: Kongsberg Jazz, July 9-10, 2010

by John Kelman
July 12, 2010

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Article: Interview

Howard Riley: Five Decades in Music

by Maxim Micheliov
June 16, 2010

Howard Riley gave his performance in Vilnius, Lithuania in September, 2009. It was his first visit to the country in a five-decade career, and one of just a few eastern Europe destinations made at the time, by the British free jazz pianist. The concert was recorded and released in 2010 as the double-disc set, Solo in ...

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Article: Album Review

Stephane Kerecki Trio: Houria

by Bruce Lindsay
June 4, 2010

Houria is an intriguing mix of composition and improvisation, of North African and Western music, of the modern and the classical, and of Europe and North America. Bassist Stephane Kerecki leads this trio of French musicians, augmented by New York-based reeds player Tony Malaby, through twelve original tunes, and an arrangement of Olivier Messiaen's “O Sacrum ...

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Beppe Crovella: What’s Rattlin’ On The Moon? A Personal Vision Of The Music Of Mike Ratledge.

Read "What’s Rattlin’ On The Moon? A Personal Vision Of The Music Of Mike Ratledge." reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
April 26, 2010

The sub-title makes all the difference here. Mike Ratledge was a key member of all the most worthwhile line-ups of Soft Machine, but alone amongst the quartet that consisted of himself, Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper and Robert Wyatt, he didn't go on to develop a solo career once he left the band. This and the passing ...

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douBt: Never Pet a Burning Dog

Read "Never Pet a Burning Dog" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 7, 2010

Sometimes bringing two musicians together for the first time can yield some real magic. That was the case when British keyboardist Alex Maguire joined up with Michel Delville and members of the Belgian guitarist's flagship group, The Wrong Object, for Brewed in Belgium (MoonJune, 2008). Never Pet a Burning Dog largely pares things down to a ...

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Article: Album Review

David S. Ware: Saturnian (Solo Saxophones Volume One)

Read "Saturnian (Solo Saxophones Volume One)" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
March 3, 2010

This entirely solo music was captured for posterity at an AUM Fidelity label showcase in October, 2009; Ware's first live performance after a kidney transplant. Marking a dynamic return, it maps out yet another strand of Ware's artistry just as Threads (Thirsty Ear, 2003) did. Ware may be best known for his quartet work, it's clear ...

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Curiosities 1972

By Elton Dean

Label: Reel Recordings
Released: 2009
Track listing: Guilty; But Insane; African Sunset; African Sunrise; Roots And Wings; Vehim.

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Drop

By Elton Dean

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: 01. Neo Caliban Grides; 02. All White; 03. Slightly All the Time; 04. Drop; 05. M.C.; 06. Out-Bloody-Rageous; 07. As If; 08. Dark Swing; 09. Intropigling; 10. Pigling Bland.

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Article: Extended Analysis

Soft Machine: Live at Henie Onstad Arts Centre 1971

by John Kelman
November 11, 2009

Soft Machine Live at Henie Onstad Arts Centre 1971Reel Recordings2009 It's a curious thing, but live performances can be issued all the time in the jazz world without the suggestion that there are too many of them, while in the rock world the release of too many similar programs will ...

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Al Orkestra: Where Are We Now?

Read "Where Are We Now?" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 14, 2009

Sometimes the best music comes from the most unexpected places. British ex-pat Joe Higham has been living in Belgium for 20 years--first studying, now teaching and gigging with a cadre of undervalued Belgian players. Plenty of artists cite a collection of influences, but this saxophonist/clarinetist and his Al Orkestra concoct a truly wonderful mélange, with touchstones ...