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Article: Interview

John Seman: The Story of Monktail

Read "John Seman: The Story of Monktail" reviewed by Jack Gold-Molina

by Jack Gold-Molina

The director and cofounder of Monktail Creative Music Concern with drummer Mark Ostrowski, bassist/composer John Seman has spent much of his childhood and his entire adult life defining this band and his musical direction. A highly educated player with the kind of street sense that can only be gained through constant performing, recording and touring, he ...

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Article: Interview

Mats Gustafsson: Share The Moment

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by John Sharpe

Reedman Mats Gustafsson resides at the center of a hurricane of activity: relentlessly touring, curating festivals and begetting record labels. He boasts one of most distinctive sounds in free jazz, combining the extremes of scalp prickling howls with adventurous exploration of minimalist tone and timbre. Although he's come a long way since his early days in ...

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Article: Album Review

Mikolaj Trzaska / Olie Brice / Mark Sanders: Riverloam Trio

Read "Riverloam Trio" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Mikolaj Trzaska (pronounced “Miko-why Chass-kuh") is not a name which drops off even the most assiduous jazz fan's lips. But on the evidence of this recording, it will become increasingly familiar outside his native Poland. Already the reedman has featured alongside American multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee on the excellent Magic (Not Two, 2009), with reedman Ken Vandermark's ...

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Article: Live Review

Vision Festival, NYC, Days 6-7: June 16-17, 2012

Read "Vision Festival, NYC, Days 6-7: June 16-17, 2012" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Days 1-2 | Days 3-5 | Days 6-717th Annual Vision FestivalRouletteBrooklyn, NYJune 16-17, 2012 Chapter Index June 16: Steve Swell Quintet / Trio 3 / Jason Kao Hwang Burning Bridge June 17: Ingrid Laubrock's Anti-House / Burnt Sugar Holy Ghost & Fire / Rob Brown/Daniel ...

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Article: Profile

Matthew Shipp: Shipp Shape

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by Chris Rich

Pianist Matthew Shipp is very keenly attuned to the details and nuances of what has to be the most forlorn and anemic environment imaginable for anything a sensible person would call business. Think of it as the sort of business ecosystem that resembles the least habitable places on earth, say a fumarole at the bottom of ...

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Article: Live Review

Vision Festival, Days 3-5: New York City, NY, June 13-15, 2012

Read "Vision Festival, Days 3-5: New York City, NY, June 13-15, 2012" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Days 1-2 | Days 3-5 | Days 6-717th Annual Vision FestivalRouletteBrooklyn, NYJune 11-17, 2012Wednesday night at the Vision Festival was given over to the celebration of a lifetime of achievement by multi-instrumentalist, Joe McPhee, a deserving and popular choice. In presenting him with the envelope (presumably holding a check), ...

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Article: Live Review

Vision Festival, Days 1-2: June 11-12, 2012

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by John Sharpe

Days 1-2 | Days 3-5 | Days 6-717th Annual Vision FestivalRouletteBrooklyn, NYJune 11-17, 2012For the 17th annual Vision Festival, organizer Patricia Nicholson Parker and her team had assembled one of strongest lineups in many years. Alongside many luminaries of the New York free jazz firmament, including accomplished working bands ...

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Article: Live Review

Ljubljana Jazz Festival: Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 20–29, 2012

Read "Ljubljana Jazz  Festival: Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 20–29, 2012" reviewed by Henning Bolte

by Henning Bolte

Ljubljana Jazz FestivalLjubljana, SloveniaJune 20-29, 2012Ljubljana, with its 53rd edition, truly hosts the oldest jazz festival in Europe. Norway's Molde, also a candidate, started one year later, in 1960. The capital of the now-independent Republic of Slovenia, neighbored by Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Italy, Ljubljana is situated one hour from Trieste, two hours ...

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Article: Live From New York

Henry Cole, Joe McPhee & Ravi Coltrane

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by Martin Longley

Henry Cole & The Afrobeat Collective 92Y Tribeca May 30, 2012 The Checkout is a monthly live broadcast for the WBGO radio station, presented by DJ Josh Jackson. The deal down at 92Y Tribeca always involves two formidable combos, often featuring a very familiar act coupled with a surging ...

Article: Album Review

Joe McPhee - Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Brooklyn DNA

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Due anni dopo Blue Chicago Blues (Not Two Records), Joe McPhee e Ingebrigt Haker Flaten riprendono le loro esplorazioni concentrandosi su un altro luogo centrale per il jazz statunitense, Brooklyn. Brooklyn come centro vivo, palpitante della vita sociale e culturale dei neri di New York. Brooklyn come crocevia storico del jazz, popolato di personaggi che tra ...


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