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One Shot: Dark Shot
by John Kelman
Following up a career-defining release is always a challenge. France's One Shot-- initially conceived as a one-off by some then-members of art-rock group Magma--has clearly developed a life of its own. Ewaz Vader (Le Triton, 2006), the group's third following One Shot (Self Published, 1999) and Vendredi 13 (Soleil 06, 2001), consolidated and made definitive the ...
Barney Wilen and His Amazing Free Rock Band: Dear Prof. Leary
by John Kelman
Any album combining '60s hits like “Ode to Billie Joe" and “Respect" with Ornette Coleman's “Lonely Woman" deserves more than a passing glance. The late French saxophonist Barney Wilen was already thirty-one when he recorded Dear Prof. Leary with His Amazing Free Rock Band in 1968 for the German MPS label. Best-known by then (and, likely, ...
John Tchicai and Cadentia Nova Danica: Afrodisiaca
by John Kelman
A minor classic so unknown that, until this 2008 reissue, it wasn't even listed at All Music Guide, Danish-born of Congolese-descent saxophonist John Tchicai's 1969 MPS release Afrodisiaca is a sprawling, multi-disciplinary work that rivals better known works like John Coltrane's Ascension (Impulse!, 1965). No less a personal journey, Afrodisiaca stands, nearly forty years later, as ...
Jasper van't Hof's Pork Pie: Transitory
by John Kelman
The second batch in Promising Music's series of remastered reissues from the MPS catalog kicks off with Transitory, an album that might have received greater recognition for its leader and his group had there been better distribution on the other side of the Atlantic. Keyboardist Jasper van't Hof has remained a relatively small piece of the ...
Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2008: Days 9-11
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-5 | Days 6-8 | Days 9-11Cassandra Wilson/Christian Scott Sextet James Carter Quintet/Jean Vanasse and Miroslav Vitous Mory Kanté Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Quebec, Canada July 4-6, 2008 With the demise of one of Montreal's most famous clubs, Le Spectrum, ...
Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2008: Days 6-8
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-5 | Days 6-8 | Days 9-11McCoy Tyner Trio with Ravi Coltrane/Bran Van 3000 Catherine Russell/Steely Dan Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra/McCoy Tyner Big Band Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Quebec, Canada July 1-3, 2008 Now nearing its thirty-year anniversary, the Festival International de Jazz ...
Ottawa Jazz Festival 2008: Days 10-11, June 29-30, 2008
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8 | Days 10-11 Brad Mehldau Trio / Richard Galliano Tangaria Quartet TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 29-30, 2008 As the 2008 TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival entered the home ...
Ottawa Jazz Festival 2008: Days 7-8, June 26-27, 2008
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8 | Days 10-11 Return to Forever / Charlie Haden Quartet West TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 26-27, 2008 It was certainly the most eagerly anticipated show of the 2008 TD Canada ...
Ottawa Jazz Festival 2008: Days 4-6, June 23-25, 2008
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8 | Days 10- 11 Renaud Garcia-Fons / Corkestra / Lee Konitz Mimi Fox / Amir Amiri / Berne, Anker, Speed TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 23-25, 2008
King Crimson: Live at the Pier, New York, August 2, 1982
by John Kelman
Live at the Pier, New York, August 2, 1982 is the 37th entry in a series of King Crimson Collectors Club releases from DGM Mail Order which, along with the download-only DGMLive, has been documenting King Crimson's five touring incarnations from 1969 through 2003 with archival live releases (a new line-up is preparing for a brief ...
