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Article: Album Review

Tom Chang: Tongue and Groove

Read "Tongue and Groove" reviewed by Mark Corroto


When did the ultimate compliment for a jazz performance switch from “you swing, cat" to “you rock, dude"? Perhaps it happened after a generation of jazz artists raised on rock-n-roll found their way into improvisation and the latitudes of expression that jazz enable. Case in point is Tongue And Groove by guitarist Tom Chang.

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Article: Extended Analysis

Lena Bloch: Feathery

Read "Lena Bloch: Feathery" reviewed by Dave Wayne


One of the really enjoyable things about listening to jazz is that, after a few years, one is able to discern some aspects of a particular musician's stylistic evolution. If her debut album, Feathery, is any indication, saxophonist Lena Bloch has staked a claim on some of the most distinct real estate in the jazz neighborhood; ...

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Article: Album Review

Jason Roebke Octet: High/Red/Center

Read "High/Red/Center" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


È un momento di fervida creazione per il contrabbassista Jason Roebke, quarantenne stabilito a Chicago da ormai una quindicina di anni, che in quella città condivide il proprio operato con un ventaglio di musicisti molto interessanti, tra cui elenchiamo gli stessi che prendono parte a questo splendido ottetto: il sassofonista alto Greg Ward, il tenorista Keefe ...

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Article: Album Review

Jason Roebke: Combination

Read "Combination" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Chicagoan double bassist Jason Roebke has developed a distinct sound of his own, intensely physical, audacious and highly rhythmical. He leads and plays in bands on both sides of the Atlantic, including the trans-Atlantic The Whammies dedicated to the music of Steve Lacy, and drummer Mike Reed's People, Places and Things. Roebke's ...

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January Ian Torres Big Band

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013

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Article: Live Review

Suoni Per Il Popolo, Montreal, Canada, June 5-22, 2013

Read "Suoni Per Il Popolo, Montreal, Canada, June 5-22, 2013" reviewed by Mike Chamberlain


Suoni per Il PopoloCasa del Popolo/Sala Rossa Montreal, CanadaJune 5-22, 2013The Casa del Popolo and Sala Rossa mini-empire that Mauro Pezzente and Kiva Stimac started on upper St-Laurent Boulevard in September, 1990 boasts a high-level eclectic program throughout the year, but the annual Suoni per Il Popolo festival concentrates special events ...

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Article: Album Review

Roscoe Mitchell: Three Compositions

Read "Three Compositions" reviewed by John Sharpe


On Three Compositions, veteran Chicago saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell's scores are interpreted by an established grouping with an AACM lineage, namesake flautist Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, unlike his previous album of written material, Numbers (Rogue Art, 2011), which featured a varied cast of contemporary players. It makes all the difference. This performance was one of three ...

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New Myth/Old Science

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. New Myth; 02. Think Thank; 03. 2000 West Erie; 04. Shadow Boxer's Delight; 05. Forget B; 06. Grow Lights; 07. Old Science. Composizioni e arrangiamenti di Jason Adasiewicz e Mike Reed basati su composizioni e improvvisazioni di Sun Ra mai pubblicate.

Article: Album Review

Living by Lanterns: New Myth/Old Science

Read "New Myth/Old Science" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


L'ensemble Living by Lanterns riunisce, attorno alle figure leader di Mike Reed e Jason Adasiewicz, un manipolo di rappresentanti della più effervescente scena delle città guida nell'attuale panorama improvvisativo statunitense, vale adire New York e Chicago. Il progetto nasce attorno ad un'idea tanto affascinante quanto rischiosa riferendosi ad un personaggio unico e decisamente poco esportabile come ...

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Article: Album Review

Living By Lanterns: New Myth/Old Science

Read "New Myth/Old Science" reviewed by Troy Collins


First premiered live at the 2011 Chicago Jazz Festival, the material presented on the studio recording New Myth/Old Science was originally commissioned by Experimental Sound Studio. As one of the Windy City's most prominent scene leaders, drummer Mike Reed was given unprecedented access to audition over 700 hours of tape from Sun Ra's El Saturn Audio ...


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