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Reed Trio - Last Train to the First Station (Kilogram Records 2011) ****a1/2
By Paul Acquaro Ken Vandermark is frightfully prolific. This recent release, 'Last Train to the First Station' by the Reed Trio is just one of the many current albums and groups in which he is a member. The Reed Trio is Vandermark on clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, Mikolaj Trzaska on bass clarinet, alto saxophone, c-melody ...
Nate Wooley - Trumpet/Amplifier (Smeraldina-Rima 2011) *****
By Joe Higham This is one of the strangest records I've listened to in a while, and yet it's also an easy record to give 5 stars to simply because what you hear on this record defies any expectations of what a solo trumpet record, even with an amplifier, would or should sound like. It's this ...
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - Faithful, ECM 2011 ***a1/2
By Paul Acquaro When listening to the Marcin Wasilewski Trio's Faithful, I've begun developing a feeling that there is something that I'm not quite tuned in to. Having not heard this trio's music before but having read some laudatory write-ups online, I must I admit I was anticipating something, though what, I'm still not entirely sure. ...
Aram Shelton's Arrive- There Was... (Clean Feed, 2011) ****a1/2
By Paul Acquaro Aram Shelton's 'This Was...,' recorded with his group Arrive in 2008 is a serious affair that is quite a fun and demanding listen. I was first struck by how cool this group was, cool in the sense of how the vibes, the upright acoustic bass, the commanding sax, and some very hip drumming, ...
The Dreamers - The Gentle Side (Tzadik, 2010) **
By Stanley Zappa More than once Bill Dixon talked about music in terms of problems and solutions. Gerry Mulligan's quartet with Chet Baker was a solution to the problem of there being no piano. At least one semester of ensemble class with Dixon was dedicated to solving the problem of an ensemble with no drummer. Vade ...
Peter Evans Quintet - Ghosts (More is More, 2011) *****
By Joe Higham The quintet : Evans (trumpet), Carlos Homs (piano), Tom Blancarte (bass), Jim Black (drums), Sam Pluta doing live processing. What they do with the music is like going on a roller-coaster as you're tossed up in the air, whizzed around corners, spinning down and around. The quintet mixes bop and electronics in an ...
Colorlist - The Fastest Way to Become the Ocean (2011) ***
By Joe Higham “*** LIMITED EDITION 10" VINYL *** The Chicago based Colorlist is comprised of crossover jazz duo Charles Rumback and Charles Gorczynski. Both multi-instrumentalists, Rumback mans percussion, bells and melodica, while Gorczynski plays saxophone, numerous woodwind instruments, synthesizers and harmonium.“ This is the start of the press release for the latest from Colorlist, however ...
Contemporary Noise Sextet - Ghostwriter's Joke (Electric Eye, 2011) ****a1/2
By Paul Acquaro Hailing from Poland, the Contemporary Noise Sextet is redefining the definition of the word 'noise' for me. To them, it seems 'noise' means well constructed and full sounding. “Ghostwriters Joke" is a seriously good piece of work that while not exactly free jazz, or even straight ahead jazz, is a collection of arrangements ...
Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls vs. the Forces of Evil **** (Naim, 2011)
By Paul Acquaro I hadn't heard Ted Sirotas work before digging into “Vs. the Forces of Evil," but just a glance through the personnel indicated I was in good company and the Latin groove of the opener “Grendel"—reminiscent of Return to Forever ala Light as a Feather—that came on when I clicked play on the iPod, ...
Tim Berne - Insomnia (Clean Feed 2011) ****a1/2
By Joe Higham Tim Berne's international octet recorded INSOMNIA live in the studio, summer 1997, finally it gets to see the light of day now in 2011. If you know Tim Berne you're probably already aware of his compositional style, playing etc and this doesn't stray far from his normal territory. If however you're not so ...
