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Article: Extended Analysis

Jan Bang / Erik Honore: Uncommon Deities

Read "Jan Bang / Erik Honore: Uncommon Deities" reviewed by John Kelman


Jan Bang / Erik Honoré Uncommon Deities SamadhiSound 2012 As the 2012 Punkt Festival debuts its eighth annual edition at its home base of Kristiansand, Norway--but this time, in the brand new, state of the art Kilden Performing Arts Centre--it has gradually evolved into something more than just a festival. The ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

Freeform in the U.K.

Read "Freeform in the U.K." reviewed by Sammy Stein


Freeform and improvised jazz is having a hard time at the moment. Venues have to make tough choices between pleasing what is a smaller cohort of customers and bringing new, maybe transient, but paying clients who are attracted by big names, standards and music they know. Customers have less cash in these difficult economic times, so ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Various Artists: Fukushima!

Read "Various Artists: Fukushima!" reviewed by John Eyles


Various Artists Fukushima! Presqu'ile Records 2012 Okay, please sit up and pay close attention. This is an album that you really should not ignore. Fukushima! is a double CD consisting of ten tracks by renowned improvising musicians from across the globe--almost two hours of music altogether.

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Article: Album Review

Keith Rowe / John Tilbury: E.E.Tension and Circumstance

Read "E.E.Tension and Circumstance" reviewed by Mark Corroto


If it weren't for the sound of one hand clapping, we would have no resonance at all.That snarky summation might best describe this hour-long duo performance by former AMM ensemble band mates Keith Rowe and John Tilbury. Like the zen koan “one hand clapping," this music evokes an almost instantaneous meditation.Recorded just ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Keith Rowe and John Tilbury: E.E. Tension and Circumstance

Read "Keith Rowe and John Tilbury: E.E. Tension and Circumstance" reviewed by John Eyles


Keith Rowe & John Tilbury E.E. Tension and Circumstance Potlatch2011 It happens every year. Just as the old year is drawing to a close, after the best-of-the-year lists have been compiled and published, a release arrives just too late to make those lists but deserving to feature ...

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Article: Live Review

Punkt 2011: Kristiansand, Norway, September 1-3, 2011

Read "Punkt 2011: Kristiansand, Norway, September 1-3, 2011" reviewed by John Kelman


Punkt Festival 2011 The Agder Theatre Kristiansand, Norway September 1-3, 2011It was almost not meant to be. Plagued by a combination of airline snafus and the residual effects of Hurricane Irene--which had hit the northeast coast of the United States a few days earlier, creating (amidst other much more serious results) a ...

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Article: Album Review

Joëlle Léandre: Live at the Ulrichsberg Kaleidophon

Read "Live at the Ulrichsberg Kaleidophon" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Few modern era instrumentalists sojourn into uncharted regions of the musical cosmos with the ingenuity of bassist extraordinaire Joëlle Léandre. Supported by her vast discography as a leader and co-conspirator, Léandre's serious intentions are differentiated by a sincere vision and jubilant demeanor. These attributes repeatedly surface on her recordings. This release is a two-CD gala that ...

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Article: Album Review

Joelle Leandre Tentet & Trio: Can You Hear Me?

Read "Can You Hear Me?" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


It is quite rare to find recordings of composed works by French double-bassist Joëlle Léandre. Léandre has gained a justified reputation as an innovative virtuoso of the double-bass, a masterful free improviser, and as an imaginative collaborator, mostly in small, intimate outfits. This double-disc set, with its first half featuring Léandre's composed work for a tentet, ...

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News: Festival

David Sylvian Announced as Artist in Residence for Punkt 2011

David Sylvian Announced as Artist in Residence for Punkt 2011

David Sylvian has been confirmed as Artist in Residence for the Punkt Festival in Kristiansand, Norway (September 1-3). Sylvian will be creating an audiovisual installation entitled “Uncommon Deities," and will curate an evening of concerts, including the debut live performance of his 1988 release Plight and Premonition. In addition to Sylvian, this concert will feature John ...

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News: Festival

London Welcomes a New Improv Festival: As Alike As Trees

On the weekend of March 5th and 6th, London will host a new addition to its ever-growing roster of festivals of improvised music—the intriguingly titled As Alike As Trees. Organised by saxophonist David O'Connor and violinist Jennifer Alum, both regulars at Eddie Prévost's Friday evening workshop sessions, the festival features many musicians from the workshop alongside ...


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