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Mario Pavone: Trio Arc

Read "Trio Arc" reviewed by Nic Jones


This is a meeting of minds. Bassist Mario Pavone first worked with pianist Paul Bley some forty years ago, but there's something about the music they produce in this trio setting with drummer Matt Wilson that renders the issue of time irrelevant. What makes it so is the underlying impression that this is music destined never ...

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Eric Hofbauer & The Infrared Band: Myth Understanding

Read "Myth Understanding" reviewed by Troy Collins


A fixture on the Boston jazz scene for the past decade, guitarist Eric Hofbauer has collaborated with a multitude of artists, from guitarist Garrison Fewell and multi-reedist Charlie Kohlhase to legendary Dutch drummer Han Bennink (in the international collective, The Blueprint Project). As co-founder of Creative Nation Music (with trombonist Chris Allen), Hofbauer has ...

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Anthony Braxton/Joe Morris: Four Improvisations (Duo) 2007

Read "Four Improvisations (Duo) 2007" reviewed by Martin Longley


Braxton band members Mary Halvorson and Taylor Ho Bynum urged their leader to collaborate with guitarist Joe Morris and, following a booking at the Crowe Auditorium, Wesleyan University, the twosome proceeded to immerse themselves completely. Braxton was impressed by the results and decided that only a four-disc box set would suffice. Fortunately, Clean Feed is a ...

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Connie Crothers Quartet: Music Is A Place

Read "Music Is A Place" reviewed by Tom Greenland


With Music Is A Place pianist Connie Crothers has created an enduring work, a crystallization and clarification of her musical aesthetic. Featuring longtime colleagues Richard Tabnik (alto) and Roger Mancuso (drums) along with veteran bassist Ratzo Harris, the disc contains a set of originals that explore the interzone between pre- and free composition, a mix of ...

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Gebhard Ullmann: New Basement Research; Die Blaue Nixe & Leo Records 25th Anniversary: Loft, Koln

Read "Gebhard Ullmann: New Basement Research; Die Blaue Nixe & Leo Records 25th Anniversary: Loft, Koln" reviewed by Robert Iannapollo


Reedman Gebhard Ullmann has always been a bit apart. Never an inside player yet rarely as extreme as some of his German contemporaries, he has doggedly pursued his own muse and released a stream of excellent discs since the '80s. Ullmann divides his time between Berlin and New York and has several groups based in each ...

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Roy Campbell: Songs & Themes & Akhenaten Suite

Read "Roy Campbell: Songs & Themes & Akhenaten Suite" reviewed by Marc Medwin


Spring Heel Jack Songs & Themes Thirsty Ear 2008 Roy Campbell Akhenaten Suite AUM Fidelity 2008 Trumpeter Roy Campbell is presented here in two starkly different contexts ...

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Paul Dunmall: The Golden Lake; High Birds, Vol. 1 & 2; Deep See & Occasional Rain

Read "Paul Dunmall: The Golden Lake; High Birds, Vol. 1 & 2; Deep See & Occasional Rain" reviewed by Marc Medwin


Paul Dunmall/Tony Levin/Miles Levin The Golden Lake DUNS 2007 Paul Dunmall/Rozemarie Heggen/Alan Purves High birds Vol. 1 & 2 DUNS 2007 Paul Dunmall/Tony Orrell/Jim Barr Deep See FMR ...

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Joelle Leandre Triple: Winter in New York (2006); DMG @ The Stone Vol. 1 & Freeway

Read "Joelle Leandre Triple: Winter in New York (2006); DMG @ The Stone Vol. 1 & Freeway" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk


Joelle Leandre & Kevin Norton Winter in New York 2006 Leo Records 2007 Joelle Leandre / Marilyn Crispell / Roy Campbell, Jr. / Mat Maneri The Stone Quartet DMG/ARC 2008 Joelle ...

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Vijay Iyer: Tragicomic & Door

Read "Vijay Iyer: Tragicomic & Door" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes


Vijay Iyer Tragicomic Sunnyside Records 2008 Fieldwork Door Pi 2008 Whether through theatrical productions, poetry collaborations or standard jazz settings, Vijay Iyer uses music to comment on ...

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Wiliam Parker Triple: Corn Meal Dance; The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield: Live in Rome & Alphaville Suite

Read "Wiliam Parker Triple: Corn Meal Dance; The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield: Live in Rome & Alphaville Suite" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk


William Parker / Raining on the Moon Corn Meal Dance Aum Fidelity 2007 William Parker The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield: Live in Rome Rai Trade 2007 William Parker Double Quartet


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