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Cosmic Leaders
Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp—Cosmic Lieder (AUM Fidelity, 2011) **** ROVA Saxophone Quartet—Planetary (SoLyd Records, 2010) **** By Stanley Zappa The play on words was unavoidable as both recordings touch on the galactic and vibrate with a dignity that “we" have come to expect only from the “masters" as recorded on the Deutche Grammaphon label. Both ...
Maikotron Unit - Ex Voto (Jazz from Rant, 2011) ****
By Paul Acquaro From Quebec, the Maikotron Unit refers to themselves as 'mythic' in some of their press material. Now, the 'mythic' may refer to the elusive maikotron, a reed instrument with a range that dips below that of the bass saxophone, or perhaps it is related to the scope or origin of their mission, which ...
Elton Dean's Ninesense Suite (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011) ****
This is a little bit of a strange album, with two bands performing with a year difference, and each playing one long improvisation of respectively fourty and thirty minutes. This first track was recorded exactly twenty years ago in Germany, and features a British-German band consisting of Elton Dean on sax and saxello, Alan Skidmore on ...
Splice - Lab (Loop Records 2011) ****
By Joe Higham It seems that jazz and more open ended forms of music are alive and well in the UK, or at least that's the impression I get form a recent glut of albums I've been listening to. Here's another excellent release from the Loop Collective label featuring this fine group known as 'Splice.' If ...
Joe McPhee's Survival Unit III - Synchronicity (Harmonic Convergence, 2011) ****a1/2
By Paul Acquaro Joe McPhee's Survival Unit III's “Synchronicity" is a tough, dark and moving affair. His experience working the timbers and tones of the avant-garde with his saxophone and clarinet is on great display. The recording was made of a concert date at The Hideout in Chicago in 2007, the sound is excellent and the ...
Gerald Cleaver: Drummer by Nature
Great drummers tell stories: they are not only the time-keepers or the rhythmic base of the band. Great drummers make the music. Jack DeJohnette is in that category. So is Hamid Drake, so is Eddie Prévost, so is Tom Rainey. And so is Gerald Cleaver. It is extremely difficult to describe music, so I will refrain ...
BB&C - The Veil (Cryptogrammophone, 2011) *****
By Paul Acquaro I recall a coffee table book, probably from the late 90s, that was dedicated to photographs of industrial spaces. The stark black and white photography, with subtle shades of grays and grittiness, revealed a certain beauty in these man made landscapes. Stretching from Jersey City to Berlin and beyond, these images were at ...
Slumgum - Quardboard Flavored Fiber (Accretions, 2011) ***
By Joe Higham I heard Slumgum on Jason Crane's Jazz Session a few weeks ago and was immediately struck by what seemed an interesting group and so when the CD arrived on our review list I immediately jumped at the chance to write about them. However as you see with the 3 stars it was rather ...
Alon Nechushtan -- Words Beyond (Buckyball Records, 2011) ****
By Paul Acquaro I seem to like a piano trio that is well marinated in rhythm. No matter how lush—both hands on the keyboard and the sustain pedal pressed—or how spare, if served with that extra dash of flavor, I'm hooked. Alon Nechushtan's 'Words Beyond' hits the spot. From the opening moments of the jaunty 'Muppet ...
Outside and Inside
By Stanley Zappa There are those who support groups assiduously avoiding triads and all things symmetric and there are those who don't. The further the group strays, the more support I try to give. Birgit Uhler, Tim Perkis, Gino Robair—Pögiff (Bug Insicion, 2009) ***½ Potsa Lotsa—The Complete Works Of Eric Dolphy (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011) **½ Pögiff by ...
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