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Article: Under the Radar

A Different Drummer, Part 1: Mark Lomax II and Mauricio Takara

by Karl Ackermann
February 25, 2021

The drum is an instrument of power and presence. It is the heartbeat of music but with uncertain origins. In Africa, China, and Turkey, archeologists have found evidence to suggest that any of those regions may have been the forebearers of the beat, of the definitive expression of freedom. Data concludes that instrumental music is at ...

Article: Album Review

Luís Vicente / John Dikeman / William Parker / Hamid Drake: Goes Without Saying, But It's Got To Be Said

Read "Goes Without Saying, But It's Got To Be Said" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
February 6, 2021

It has been more than half a century since the oracles Albert Ayler and John Coltrane proclaimed their message of freedom to the people of earth. Please excuse the grandiosity of the above statement, but after those two giants passed, a shift in consciousness began to take hold. In the biography of William Parker Universal Tonality: ...

Article: Album Review

William Parker: Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World

Read "Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala
January 25, 2021

L'attività musicale di William Parker è stata copiosamente documentata da circa centocinquanta dischi, che spaziano in un caleidocopio di gruppi fondati dallo stesso contrabbassista, formazioni cooperative, omaggi, collaborazioni. Ma nessun singolo lavoro, fino a questo momento, aveva focalizzato l'attenzione su un ventaglio di ispirazioni così ampio e completo come si fa ora nei dieci CD del ...

Article: Book Review

Universal Tonality - The Life and Music of William Parker

by Giuseppe Segala
January 25, 2021

Universal Tonality -The Life and Music of William Parker Cisco Bradley 408 pagine Duke University Press 2021 Ricordiamo bene l'esibizione della Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, il 31 maggio 1998, al Teatro Nuovo di Verona, menzionata nelle prime righe dell'introduzione di Universal Tonality--The Life and Music of William Parker, ...

Article: Year in Review

Ian Patterson's Best Releases Of 2020

by Ian Patterson
January 1, 2021

A year like no other produced a terrific amount of great music, much of inspired by--or in spite of—the surreal circumstances. Here, in no particular order, are some of my favorite releases of the year. A huge thank you to all the musicians, record labels, studios, agents, promotors and virtual technicians who helped keep us relatively ...

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A Tribute to Alvin Fielder - Live at Vision Festival XXIV

By Kidd Jordan

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Tribute to Alvin Fielder.

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Resonance & Rapsodies

By Roberto Ottaviano

Label: Dodicilune
Released: 2020
Track listing:
CD 1
Promise; Revelation; Homo Sum; Dedalus; Omumua; Resonance; Ad astra.
CD2
Adelante; Ergonomic; Ijo Ki Mba Jo; Monkonious; Villaraspa; To the Masters; China Syndrome; Violeta; Mad for Misha.

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The Catch Of A Ghost

By Peter Brötzmann

Label: I Dischi Di Angelica
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Catch Of A Ghost; Almost With The Sun; Sound That Shimmers; Dip And Dive.

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Every Dog Has His Day But It Doesn't Matter Because Fat Cat Is Getting Fatter

By Mat Walerian

Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2020
Track listing: CD 1: The Forest Council; Thelonious Forever; Magic World Pt. 1 – Study; Magic World Pt. 2 – Work; Magic World Pt. 3 – Life; CD 2: Sir Denis; Business With William; Lesson II.

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