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Anna Kaluza / Jan Roder: Am Frankfurter Tor

Read "Am Frankfurter Tor" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 30, 2022

The remarkable debut Am Frankfurter Tor by the duo of alto saxophonist Anna Kaluza and double bassist Jan Roder is both an introduction (sort of) and confirmation (absolutely) of two complete musicians. It is a sort of introduction because listeners are more likely to be familiar with the recorded output of Roder in ensembles such as ...

Article: Album Review

Broede Schirmer Unit: Berlin, Germany

Read "Berlin, Germany" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
February 17, 2022

Listeners continually on the search for new instrumental configurations in jazz would be well-advised to check out the Broede Schirmer Unit. On the one hand, these four Berlin-based musicians walk in well-trodden territory, with a commitment to working within both composed and free musical forms; bassist Jan Roder and drummer Bernd Oezsevim have extensive experience in ...

Album

Secrets

By Thomas Borgmann

Label: Jazzwerkstatt
Released: 2021
Track listing: Secrets Of A Bird's Mind; Birds And A Cow; Malatune; Cowbirds.

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Being The Up And Down

By Silke Eberhard

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: U11; Strudel; Van A Nach B; Laika’s Descent; Hymne; Zeitlupenbossa; Damenschrank; Stray Around; Yuki Neko.

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Berlin, Germany

By Matthias Broede

Label: FMR Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Prominent Promenade on Planufer; Two im Monbijou; Viktoria Goes Parking; Sommerfrische Humboldt; Please Cross at Kaisersteg!; West Ending.

Article: Year in Review

Troy Dostert's Best Releases of 2021

by Troy Dostert
December 7, 2021

2021 brought yet another year of outstanding jazz and creative improvisation, offering much-needed fortitude and renewal. It's always hard to winnow a best-of list from such a wealth of great music, but these titles managed to distinguish themselves amidst the crowded field of contenders. Talented saxophonists certainly predominated, as half the list highlights some of today's ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Claudia Quintet, Shay Hazan & John Coltrane

by Maurice Hogue
September 29, 2021

This episode is packed with music from some terrific new releases: Israeli bassist Shay Hazan & Quintet, The Claudia Quintet, new trio Ember, Strange Attractors from Toronto, the powerful Irreversible Entanglements, Wood Organization from Denmark, saxophonist Rodney Chapman, Jonah Rosenberg's Fabulous Trio, and Chicago drummer Charles Rumback. The closer comes from South African's very talented Malcolm ...

Article: Album Review

Silke Everhard Trio: Being The Up And Down

Read "Being The Up And Down" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 8, 2021

Sometimes one must pass through the flames to get free. That thought has shadowed the career of Silke Eberhard. The saxophonist has been consumed with the firebrands Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, and Ornette Coleman for years now. She has recorded Dolphy's complete oeuvre with her band Potsa Lotsa, both in small and large configurations. Covered Mingus ...

Article: Album Review

Ruf Der Heimat: Secrets

by John Sharpe
February 6, 2021

Originally an outfit exploring perspectives on free jazz from either side of the Berlin Wall, Ruf Der Heimat continues to thrive on Secrets, only its fourth release over the near three decades since its 1992 birth. Leader and reedman Thomas Borgmann remains at the helm beside his longtime accomplice drummer Willi Kellers but, in the meantime, ...

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Some More Jazz

By Thomas Borgmann

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Other Morning in the Park; Broadway Birdy Part I; Broadway Birdy Part II; Catham Bellbird.