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Article: Live Review

Evan Parker/ Paul Dunmall Quartet Live at the Vortex, London

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by John Sharpe

Evan Parker/ Paul Dunmall Quartet The Vortex London February 26, 2009 If anything was guaranteed to banish the late winter blues, a two-tenor face-off looked to be just the ticket. Saxophone master Evan Parker's regular gig at London's Vortex Jazz Bar on the last Thursday of each month ...

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Article: Music and the Creative Spirit

Marilyn Crispell: Uncompromising Power and Grace

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by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.

Her notes crash like waves at sea on a stormy winter's night; they gently float and slowly fall like early morning mist; yet it's the silence--the silence between the notes--which provides the haunting poetic beauty that is the music of pianist Marilyn Crispell.Lloyd Peterson: Is there a decrease in listeners for creative music today?

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Article: Album Review

Anthony Braxton / Kyle Brenders: Toronto (duets) 2007

Read "Toronto (duets) 2007" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Want more Anthony Braxton Ghost Trance Music (GTM)? Yes please. Following recent releases of 12+1tet's 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (Firehouse 12, 2007), Nine Compositions (DVD) 2003 (Rastascan, 2008) and Quartet (GTM) 2006 (Important, 2008), this two-disc outing of GTM is paired down to simply (is anything ever simple with Braxton?) saxophone duets. Fans of Braxton and ...

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Article: Live Review

Tony Bianco and Paul Dunmall at the Vortex in London

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by John Sharpe

Tony Bianco/Paul Dunmall Duo Vortex Jazz Bar London, England January 25, 2009 It was billed as a trio, but in retrospect it was hard to see how a bassist could fit in with the powerhouse duo of U.S. expat drummer Tony Bianco and English reed explorer Paul Dunmall. As ...

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Article: Music and the Creative Spirit

Paal Nilssen-Love: Transforming the Boundaries of Creative Music

Read "Paal Nilssen-Love: Transforming the Boundaries of Creative Music" reviewed by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.

He learned to play the drums before he could walk, battled cancer before the age of thirty, and is a driving force behind several of today's most innovative and progressive bands (Atomic, The Thing, Ken Vandermark, Frode Gjerstad and the Peter Brotzmann Tentet) just to name a few. He has taken the drums to new creative ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Raging Free Jazz Drummer Weasel Walter Upcoming Live Tour Dates in U.S. and Europe

Raging Free Jazz Drummer Weasel Walter Upcoming Live Tour Dates in U.S. and Europe

Hyperactive free jazz drummer Weasel Walter will be spreading his intense style of spontaneous musical interaction in many venues across the U.S. and Europe this spring in the company of many notable improvisers like Evan Parker, Peter Evans, Mary Halvorson and Marco Eneidi. His upcoming release out March 15, 2009 is a trio record with West ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Anthony Braxton: The Complete Arista Recordings

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by Clifford Allen

Anthony BraxtonThe Complete Arista RecordingsMosaic2008 Few artists in the realm of improvised music can claim as important or varied a series of recordings as reedman-composer Anthony Braxton did during his contract to Arista Records in the 1970s. With the financial backing provided by what was then an upstart ...

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The Brewery Tap

By Evan Parker

Label: Tzadik
Released: 2008

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Boustrophedon

By Evan Parker

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Overture; Furrow 1; Furrow 2; Furrow 3; Furrow 4; Furrow 5; Furrow 6; Finale.

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Article: Live Review

Mopomoso featuring Evan Parker Trio at The Vortex in London

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by Marcus O'Dair

Evan Parker TrioThe Vortex Jazz clubLondon, EnglandNovember 16, 2008 Fair enough, it's billed as “Mopomoso featuring Evan Parker Trio." But still, a five-hour bill culminating in less than twenty minutes from the man himself would try the stamina of all but the most committed free improv devotees. Thankfully, with ...


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