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Album

Uncompahgre

Label: Relative Pitch Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Saguache; Basalt; Blue River; La Junta; Ouray; Gypsum; Rocky Ford; Leadville; Granby; De Beque; Paonia; Fairplay; Carbondale; Cortez

Album

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Witness; Lush Life; Ride On, King Jesus; The Satellites Are Spinning; Iago's Credo; Subway; Aria Mustafa; Charade; Storm; The Voice; Questo Amor; A City Called Heaven.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kirk Knuffke, Ingrid Laubrock and Jerry Bergonzi

by Bob Osborne
December 20, 2018

This week we look at the variety that can be found in the World of Jazz as exemplified by the amazing new collaboration with operatic baritone Steven Herring on the new album from Kirk Knuffke, which we contrasted with the ground breaking avant-garde work of featured artist Ingrid Laubrock and with the traditional stylings of another ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Musillami Trio + 2: Life Anthem

Read "Life Anthem" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
June 20, 2018

One day in June 2016, guitarist Michael Musillami woke up with a massive headache. Tests soon revealed that he had a brain hemorrhage and also an unrelated brain tumour. He slowly recovered from his illnesses and is now in good health. Life Anthem is his musical testament to his ordeal, realized in this recording by his ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Musillami: Life Anthem

Read "Life Anthem" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
May 31, 2018

Guitarist Michael Musillami has been making music with his MM Trio since 2002, when he first teamed up with bassist Joe Fonda and drummer George Schuller for Beijing (Playscape, 2003). Subsequent albums, all for the Playscape label Musillami founded and continues to run, have sometimes involved just the trio, while others have brought in guests--standout players ...

Article: Album Review

Kirk Knuffke/Ben Goldberg: Uncompahgre

Read "Uncompahgre" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
May 19, 2018

Two of the most in-demand horn players in the current creative music scene, cornetist Kirk Knuffke and clarinetist Ben Goldberg delight in making music that combines a deep respect for the history of jazz with an unmistakable spirit of adventure and risk. Both are seasoned veterans with nothing to prove, and they can do it all, ...

Article: Album Review

Allegra Levy: Cities Between Us

Read "Cities Between Us" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
January 25, 2018

Continua a muoversi nel solco della tradizione -tra Peggy Lee e Chris Connor-la giovane cantante e autrice newyorchese, diplomata al New England Conservatory. Dopo il debutto del 2014 (Lonely City, SteepleChase) in questo secondo disco Allegra cambia organico e clima espressivo. Tra i nuovi partner spiccano Kirk Knuffke alla cornetta, Jay Anderson al contrabbasso ...

Article: Year in Review

Mark Corroto's Best Releases of 2017

by Mark Corroto
December 14, 2017

And what a year it was. With all hurricanes, raging fires, and end-of-the-world politics, we were fortunate to have the magical salve that is music. Complied here are my favorite releases of this past year. I tried to pare down a long list of 50 to 10, but it was impossible. The music you see below ...

Article: Live Review

Edgefest 2017: Give the Drummers Some, Part 1-2

by Troy Dostert
October 30, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 Edgefest Ann Arbor, MI October 18-19, 2017 When mid-October rolls around, many fans of avant-garde jazz and creative music prepare to converge on Ann Arbor, Michigan for their annual pilgrimage to the Kerrytown Concert House, home of the Edgefest festival. Now in its ...

Article: Album Review

Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble: Monk Dreams, Hallucinations And Nightmares

Read "Monk Dreams, Hallucinations And Nightmares" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 16, 2017

Il “pianeta" Monk è stato talmente esplorato negli ultimi decenni che è difficile attendersi qualcosa d'originalmente significativo. Con quest'album orchestrale --la dimensione meno usata nelle revisitazioni del songbook monkiano -il pianista e compositore Frank Carlberg c'è però riuscito: anche se ogni brano s'ispira a un tema di Thelonious, l'elaborazione è personale e non deve stupire se ...