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Eric Revis: Slipknots Through a Looking Glass
by Troy Dostert
Bassist Eric Revis typically has so many ideas in play that it's virtually impossible for him to limit himself to one ensemble at a time. This is one of the reasons why he's used a variety of groups over the years to deliver his music. His trio with pianist Kris Davis and drummer Andrew Cyrille released ...
Michelangelo Scandroglio e Simone Quatrana a Empoli Jazz 2020
by Neri Pollastri
Michelangelo Scandroglio Quintetto e Simone Quatrana Piano Solo Empoli Jazz 2020 Empoli Giardino del Torrione di S. Brigida 6.8.2020 Empoli Jazz ha pervicacemente resistito alle misure restrittive post-pandemia e--pur con posti ridotti e minori date--non ha abdicato alla sua edizione 2020, che presentava in chiusura un doppio concerto, che aveva ...
Paul Lytton / Nate Wooley: Known/Unknown
by Mark Corroto
The duo of Paul Lytton and Nate Wooley invites the listener to accompany them down the proverbial rabbit hole, entering a land similar to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Like Alice's trip through the looking glass, reality (conventional music making) is subverted to produce a disorienting situation. Known/Unknown is the third release from the duo, ...
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Ken Vandermark
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For the past 20 years, Ken Vandermark has been exploring and working to expand the possibilities of improvised and composed music in North America and Europe. Since moving to Chicago from Boston in 1989, he's performed and recorded in a variety of contexts, and with many internationally renowned musicians. Past groups of significance include the NRG Ensemble, the DKV Trio, AALY, FME, the Vandermark Quartet, Spaceways Inc., School Days, Cinghiale, Witches & Devils, Steam, and Caffeine. Currently, the majority of his work as a composer and improviser has been directed toward the Vandermark 5, Powerhouse Sound, the Frame Quartet, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Sonore, and separate duos with the percussionists Tim Daisy and Paal Nilssen-Love, the Territory Band, CINC, and Free Fall
New Music from Gil, Vandermark, and Yamamoto
by Bob Osborne
This show brings together an eclectic mix of releases from 2019.The featured album is from exciting Spanish guitarist Arnua Gil whose debut bridges the divide between rock and jazz with ease.There is also music from Ken Vandermark's first large ensemble recording in more than four years. The band is called Entr'acte and ...
Steve Swell / Robert Boston / Michael Vatcher: Brain In A Dish
by John Sharpe
It is hard to think of a more complete trombone player on the scene than Steve Swell. While a go-to sideman for the likes of William Parker, Ken Vandermark, Jason Kao Hwang and Tim Daisy, he has also amassed a significant body of work over the years in his own right. Although his output has featured ...
F4 Fake
Label: Trost Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Aäton (For Orson Wells); Meccano Number 7 (for Julio Cortazar); Agora (For Zelia Barbosa).
Momentum 4: Consequent Duos 2015>2019 (Box Set)
Label: Audiographic Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: CD1 Paul Lytton: ESS 1A; ESS 1B; ESS 1C; ESS 1D; ESS 1E; ESS 1F. CD2 Ikue Mori: Stone 1A; Stone 1B. CD 3 Kris Davis: Stone 2A; Stone 2B; Stone 2C. CD 4 William Parker: Stone 3A; Stone 3B; Eventual (Written for Sunny Murray). CD 5 Hamid Drake: ESS 2A; ESS 2B; ESS 2C; ESS 2D; ESS 2E; ESS 2F.
Troy Dostert's Best Releases of 2019
by Troy Dostert
Is it jazz? Perhaps not in the narrowest sense, but each of the releases below arguably retains enough of a foothold in the tradition to justify that description. Maybe we've finally reached the point where the question no longer matters. In any case, what these artists have in common is a commitment to venturing outward in ...
Mats Aleklint/Per-Ake Holmlander/Paal Nilssen-Love: Fish & Steel
by Karl Ackermann
PNL Records was started in 2007 by Norwegian jazz drummer Paal Nilssen-Love to release his recordings as a solo artist, with his big band Large Unit, and in collaborations with other artists. Fish & Steel is the self-titled debut from the trio of trombonist Mats Åleklint, tuba player Per-Äke Holmlander, and Nilssen-Love. All three are part ...
