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Jen Shyu: Jade Tongue

Read "Jade Tongue" reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzie

by Wilbur MacKenzie
May 19, 2009

Jen Shyu's approach to musicianship is what many would call consummate. Having begun musical studies at a very early age, she has become a highly accomplished pianist, vocalist, dancer and composer. She began to explore improvisation during her studies at Stanford University and has since become a regular collaborator with saxophonist Steve Coleman. This association is ...

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Positive Catastrophe: Garabatos Volume One

Read "Garabatos Volume One" reviewed by Martin Longley

by Martin Longley
May 16, 2009

This large New York City ensemble is co-led by cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum and the less well-known percussionist Abraham Gomez-Delgado, both of whom divide its original material between themselves. Despite potential difficulties in convening their 10-piece lineup, the band has been gigging steadily around the city, refining its carefully controlled form of anarchy. ...

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Miles Okazaki: Generations

Read "Generations" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
April 12, 2009

Myriad ideas collide and interact on Miles Okazaki's follow-up to Mirror: his latest offering, Generations. These ideas span not only musical forms and concepts but also cultures--from Indian to European and American. The music also leaps across various artistic disciplines--philosophical, mathematical and visual--to render one central ostensible idea: that all sound is an experience shaped by ...