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Gerald Cleaver

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Drummer Gerald Cleaver was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and is a product of the rich music tradition found there and also in his home. Inspired by his father, John Cleaver, also a drummer, he began playing the drums at an early age. He also played violin in elementary school and switched to trumpet during junior high and high school. While in his teens, he gained early working experience with Ali Muhammad Jackson, Lamont Hamilton, Earl Van Riper, and Pancho Hagood and later with Marcus Belgrave, Donald Walden, Rodney Whitaker, A. Spencer Barefield and Wendell Harrison. Cleaver earned a B.A

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Article: Album Review

Eva Novoa: Novoa / Gress / Gray Trio, Vol. 1

Read "Novoa / Gress / Gray Trio, Vol. 1" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


A vivid sense of drama and its intrinsic, minute shadings of light upon dark places animate pianistEva Novoa's work. Barcelona bred and keening with Brooklyn bravura, Novoa swaps the fore and backgrounds with uncompromised glee. Expressionistic, Impressionistic, and forthright, she aligns and upsets the edges to her liking. That, along with the crackling, crosstown chi of ...

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Lightning Dreamers

Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2023
Track listing: Future Shaman; Dream Sleeper; Shape Shifter; Black River; White River.

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fLuXkit Vancouver (i​̶​t​̶​s̶ suite but sacred)

Label: Northern Spy Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Fluxus V5T 1S1; Zubot; Rainbow; Damon and Pythias.

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No Subject

Label: Brother Mister Productions
Released: 2023
Track listing: At The Very Least; I Like It Very Much; Somebody Just Go In, Please; Sometime Tomorrow; Decisions Have Already Been Made; Metal Sounds; Excuse My Absence; I Take That Back; To Be Honest; Word And Respect; See What You Think; No Subject.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lake/Landaeus/Osgood, Lisa Hoppe, & Aruan Ortiz

Read "Lake/Landaeus/Osgood, Lisa Hoppe, & Aruan Ortiz" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


With master saxophonist Oliver Lake not playing these days, hearing some new music from him is a treat. Back in 2017, in Lund, Sweden, he came together with Danish drummer Kresten Osgood and Swedish pianist Mathias Landaeus to create some memorable moments. Though each had worked with the others in the past, this was the first ...

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Article: Album Review

Kristina Barta: Endless Questions and Answers

Read "Endless Questions and Answers" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Czech pianist/composer Kristina Barta's Endless Questions and Answers opens on a rather ominous tone. Drummer Marek Urbánek plays on his toms a shadowy, esoteric rhythm. Tenor Jure Pukl flares in. Barta enters slowly, barely audible with bassist Peter Korman riding shotgun. But soon she controls the barely controllable rush that embodies “Breaking Through Some Border," the ...

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Article: 72 Jazz Thrillers

The Most Exciting Jazz Albums since 1969: 2009-2011

Read "The Most Exciting Jazz Albums since 1969: 2009-2011" reviewed by Robert Middleton


The six jazz thrillers for this week are widely diverse--from a big band outlier, a soaring two-sax front line and an expression of the ideas from an esoteric teacher. What they all have in common are their thrilling cohesiveness, gripping rhythms and compelling melodies. 72 Thrilling Jazz Albums, Part 8: 2009-20011 43 Infernal ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kenneth Jimenez, Jure Pukl, Pyramid Trio & Taiko Saito

Read "Kenneth Jimenez, Jure Pukl, Pyramid Trio & Taiko Saito" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


A pair of excellent quartet releases jump off the page in this edition of One Man's Jazz. Bassist Kenneth Jimenez, with Angelica Sanchez, Hery Paz and Gerald Cleaver, and saxophonist Jure Pukl with Joe Sanders, Peter Evans and Nasheet Waits, create some wonderful contemporary improvisation on their latest projects. NoBusiness Records has a winner in Visitation ...

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Article: Album Review

Nicolas Politzer: Visiones

Read "Visiones" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


At first encounter, as the Cecil Taylor infused “Fandango" kick-starts Argentinian drummer Nicolas Politzer's highly recommended Visiones, a keen perception of falling, or at least cliff-side vertigo, accompanies the rancorous performance. But do not let go. Hang on. There is resolution. Politzer's angular musicality makes for some fiery and spirited discussions with well-travelled bassist ...


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