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Musician

Frank Gratkowski was born in Hamburg in 1963 and studied at the Cologne University of Music and Dance. He has extended his instrumental skills to include almost the entire spectrum of woodwind instruments, including flutes. He works intensively on tonal extensions and modifications of his instruments in solo projects and small formations using unorthodox playing techniques and microtonal concepts, some of which he has developed himself. As a bandleader and composer, he traverses the broad context of contemporary improvised music. There is no clear distinction between composition and improvisation in his work.

Album

Live at Bau 4

By Gerry Hemingway

Label: Hat Hut Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Slivers; Third Story Variation; Bau 4 Assembly.

Album

Hz of Gold

By Devin Gray

Label: Rataplan Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: In Vivo Longtermism Hz of Gold Doom Loops **Lead Single** Sample the Sample Ubetcha Kurkuma Need to Know High Tide Light Chop Pickers Paradise Total Running Time: 45.05

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Spit!

By Nicola Miller

Label: Watch That Ends The Night Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Spit!; Telecommunications I; Telecommunications II; Telecommunications III; Where’s the Line?; Drummers Are Bad.

Article: Album Review

Nicola Miller’s Living Things: Spit!

by Mike Jurkovic
August 27, 2026

On the street, they would say that maritime Nova Scotia's rogue saxophonist Nicola Miller's rhizome-like way with her quintet, Living Things, or her prog jazz as a concept, is “some crazy sh*#!." But it need be said nicer at a global concern like All About Jazz. For as gentlemen and even gentler ladies, we are sworn ...

Article: Album Review

Gerry Hemingway with Izumi Kimura, Frank Gratkowski and Christian Weber: Live at Bau 4

Read "Live at Bau 4" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
August 1, 2026

Drummer and composer Gerry Hemingway has spent five decades proving that percussion can be as harmonically literate as any horn or keyboard. That reputation was forged during his decade with the Anthony Braxton Quartet and expanded through an expansive discography on labels including Auricle, Tzadik, Clean Feed, and Intakt. Now based in Switzerland, Hemingway continues to ...

Article: Album Review

Gerry Hemingway: Live at Bau 4

Read "Live at Bau 4" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 1, 2026

Touch. It is the word that most often comes to mind when listening to the music of composer and drummer Gerry Hemingway. While rhythm and structure are central to his work, it is touch, the physical act of striking, rubbing, bowing, pressing and releasing that gives his music its distinctive character. Hemingway's performances do more than ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Joe Morris, Barry Guy/Roberto Ottaviano & Bill Connors

by Maurice Hogue
July 27, 2026

Bassist/guitarist Joe Morris was recently honored at the annual Vision Festival for his lifetime contributions, and if anyone has any doubts about that, just listen to his new album Counter Spectacle out on the FSR label. With reed players Rob Brown & Anna Webber & drummer Matthew Rousseau, Morris lets freedom reign. This is a true ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mary Halvorson and Ambrose Akinmusire, Nicola Miller & Satoko Fujii

by Maurice Hogue
July 13, 2026

Consistent poll-winners, Mary Halvorson and Ambrose Akinmusire--have been getting together for several years, sharing musical ideas and thoughts. That time together comes to fruition in the release of their debut as a duo, Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings, which will no doubt also show up on many “best-of" lists. This edition of OMJ has a track from ...

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Gerry Hemingway, OM and Perelman/Sharp/Baptista

by Maurice Hogue
June 29, 2026

It doesn't matter which side of the Atlantic Ocean you consider when talking about master drummer Gerry Hemingway, he is highly respected as one of the most creative drummers ever. Now making his home in Altbüron, Switzerland, Hemingway's focus tends to be on European projects, like his latest Live at Bau 4 with his quartet of ...