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Parker, Rutherford, Schneider & Lytton: Waterloo 1985

by Glenn Astarita
June 1, 1999

Waterloo 1985 was recorded live at “Le Festival Jazz ET Musiques Improvisees” in Waterloo, Belgium August 17,1985 and features one lengthy piece titled, “Dark Interior”. This “live date” signifies the British Free-Jazz movement at its best, as Evan Parker (saxophones), Paul Rutherford (trombone), Paul Lytton (perc), and Hans Scnheider (bass) present a case study in improvisation. ...

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Bertrand Denzler Cluster: Y?

by Glenn Astarita
June 1, 1999

Among the crop of new releases from the audacious and very much avant-garde Leo Lab records is something by a band, which calls itself “Bertrand Denzler Cluster”. Y? was recorded live on 2 tracks by Radio DRS at Jazzfestival Schaffhausen, Switzerland, May 4, 1998. Tenor saxophonist Bertrand Denzler along with his Quartet are at times fiercely ...

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Steve Adams & Vinny Golia: Circular Logic-Music For Woodwinds

by Glenn Astarita
June 1, 1999

West Coast based Woodwind specialist’s Vinny Golia and Steve Adams perform a series of duets on Circular Logic-Music For Woodwinds. Adams, a member of the outstanding ROVA Quartet also performs with the Vinny Golia Large Ensemble. Here, the 2 musicians alternate their choice of Woodwind instruments throughout these 14 pieces. The opener, “Phonation” is a collaboration ...

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Tribute To Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Encores, Legends & Paradox

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 1999

Not an easy task taking on the music of Emerson Lake & Palmer yet the Magna Carta record label along with an impressive cast of prog-rock warriors “own the rights” to these superbly produced “tribute” CDs. Previous tributes to Genesis and Yes were enormously successful and now Encores, Legends & Paradox give the ground breaking prog-rock ...

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Fish: Raingods With Zippos

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 1999

Scottish singer-songwriter “Fish” returns with a genuinely captivating effort titled “Raingods With Zippos”. A cult hero of sorts, Fish is known for his work with the band “Marillion” which at times was scrutinized for its seemingly blatant musical resemblance to the renowned prog-rock band, “Genesis”. Since then Fish has released several worthy solo recordings that showcase ...

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Simon Spang-Hanssen & Maneklar: Wondering

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 1999

Wondering, is a new release from the fine Denmark based record label, “Dacapo Records”. Danish jazz is alive and well while making gainful commercial and artistic strides within the International Modern Jazz scene. On Wondering, saxophonist Simon Spang-Hanssen with his group, “Maneklar” parallel Denmark’s beloved “New Jungle Orchestra” with the incorporation of cross-cultural rhythmic elements along ...

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Orange Then Blue: While You Were Out

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 1999

Orange Then Blue takes a “new wave” and thoroughly modern approach to the traditional big band concept. Their new release “Hold The Elevator” (see April ’99 AAJ review) is ambitious, bold and refreshingly new. The 2 CD set While You Were Out was released in 1994 on Gunther Schuller’s GM Recordings label. Over the years OTB ...

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Pachora: Unn

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 1999

A young star, who has certainly risen, saxophonist Chris Speed is a tour-de-force who displays poise, enthusiasm, versatility and possesses gifted technical expertise. On “Unn," Speed is a whirling dervish with clarinet in hand as he directs the overall melodic structures and plays traffic cop; although, the amazing bassist Skuli Sverrisson defies all odds ...

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James Emery Septet: Spectral Domains

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 1999

Solo artist and member of the critically acclaimed “String Trio of New York”, guitar virtuoso James Emery has produced a bonafide winner in Spectral Domains. Emery is one of the world’s finest guitarists and possesses an encyclopedic jazz vocabulary as a technician and composer. The James Emery Septet is an assemblage of modern, cutting edge jazz ...

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Remote Viewing Ensemble: Remote Viewing Ensemble

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 1999

The Remote Viewing Ensemble are a Michigan based experimental or avant-garde group and feature such instrumentation as: Prepared Guitar, Tapes, Cheng, Bone Guitar and Wood Flutes to cite but a few. This band also takes on another identity, which is The Northwoods Improvisors (see AAJ May 99 review). This collective of experimentalist’s dabble in many different ...