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Article: Album Review

Pe'z: 1.2.MAX

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by Ian Patterson

As the title of Pe'z's 1. 2. MAX reflects, the adrenalin kicks in quickly and doesn't let up. This five-piece band from Japan, which has been together for ten years, purveys a brand of high energy, groove-based anarcho-jazz which takes jazz- funk, ska and the irreverence of punk as its references. In terms of energy and ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension: To The One

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by Ian Patterson

John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension To The One Abstract Logix 2010 It's seems like a while since John McLaughlin recorded in such a stripped down context with a working band. Recordings such as Industrial Zen(Verve, 2006) and Floating Point (Abstract Logix, 2008) found the ...

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Jazz Kamikaze: Supersonic Revolutions

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by Ian Patterson

Jazz Kamikaze Supersonic Revolutions Seven Seas Music 2010 JazzKamikaze fairly exploded onto the music scene in 2005 by winning the Young Nordic Jazz Comets. Its first album, Mission 1 (Stunt Records/Sundance Music, 2006), featured high energy hard bop-meets-rock for the new millennium, and pianist Morten ...

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Claudio Fasoli Emerald Quartet: Venice Inside

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by Ian Patterson

On Venice Inside, saxophonist Claudio Fasoli pays homage to the city of his birth. The song titles reveal that Fasoli's inspiration comes from the storied past, the stunning architecture and the unique atmosphere of the churches, plazas, cobbled streets, bridges, waterways and islands which make up the soul of this one-of-a-kind city. In times past, when ...

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Article: Interview

Yuri Goloubev: Of Chocolate Cake & Other Simple Metaphors

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by Ian Patterson

After a highly successful career in one of the world's greatest classical ensembles, the Moscow Soloists, Russian double-bassist Yuri Goloubev decided to turn his back entirely on this world to heed another calling: jazz.Responding to his lifelong passion, Goloubev established himself in Milan, Italy, where in the past five years he has ...

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Article: Live Review

Bangkok Jazz Festival: Days 4-6

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by Ian Patterson

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6Bangkok Jazz Festival Central Plaza, Bangkok March 9-14, 2010 The fourth day of the Bangkok Jazz Festival featured only one act on the main stage, so there was a chance to catch some of the music on the second stage. Apart from the university student ...

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Bangkok Jazz Festival: Days 1-3

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by Ian Patterson

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6Bangkok Jazz Festiva, Days 1-3 Central Plaza Bangkok 9-14 March, 2010 Rescheduled, relocated, revamped and resized; the annual Bangkok Jazz Festival has had something of a face-lift since its last full edition in 2008. However the surgery could be described as largely cosmetic because, in spite of ...

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Article: Interview

Youn Sun Nah: Seoul to Soul

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by Ian Patterson

Since she moved to Paris in 1995, Korean jazz singer Youn Sun Nah has won over French and Korean audiences alike with her rather special voice; dramatic, sensuous and bluesy, it is a tantalizing cross between Bjork and Melody Gardot. Hers is a jazz soul.For years, she led the Youn Sun Nah 5Tet and ...

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Flux: Peninsulator

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by Ian Patterson

Any band setting out to make a debut recording these days has a potentially inexhaustible number of influences from which to draw upon. Consequently, it is increasingly difficult to sound unlike anybody else. Flux, whose members attend Copenhagen's Rhythmic Music Conservatory, has produced a recording with echoes of progressive rock, classical chamber music and post-modern jazz ...

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Article: Album Review

Nels Cline / G.E.Stinson: Elevating Device

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by Ian Patterson

It is entirely appropriate that Sounds Are Active's fiftieth release since its inception in 1999 should be Elevating Device by Nels Cline and G.E. Stinson , two of the freer spirits of contemporary music. This recording, like much of the music from this label, provides challenging listening with music of a spirit unrestrained by convention and ...


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