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Moers Festival 2014

by Henning Bolte
June 23, 2014

Moers Festival Moers , GermanyJune, 6-9, 2014 Moers is a small city of about 100,000 inhabitants at the periphery of the former mining and industrial Ruhrpott area in Germany, about 40 km from the Dutch border and near the cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. Moers Festival, a four-day annual event always ...

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The Dickens Campaign: Oh Lovely Appearance

Read "Oh Lovely Appearance" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
May 26, 2014

Le note di copertina ci informano che Oh Lovely Appearance è un omaggio allo studioso, etnomusicologo, produttore discografico Alan Lomax i cui viaggi attraverso gli Stati Uniti negli anni Trenta hanno documentato l'American life con oltre cinquemila ore di registrazioni, i celeberrimi field recordings. Nel disco compaiono alcuni brani tratti dal libro Our Singing Country: Folk ...

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Peter Van Huffel/Michael Bates/Jeff Davis: Boom Crane

Read "Boom Crane" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 8, 2014

Pity the neighbors of the jazz trio Boom Crane. It's not that their garage band approach to music making is off-putting or offensive, it's that the ferocity of their approach is just so demanding. Saxophonist Peter Van Huffel's New York trio of Michael Bates (bass) and Jeff Davis (drums) release this, their inaugural recording, as a ...

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Max Johnson Trio: The Invisible Trio

Read "The Invisible Trio" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
March 8, 2014

The sophomore release of New York-based Max Johnson Trio, after Elevated Vegetation (FMR 2012), finds this highly versatile acoustic trio focusing more on written compositions and less on free improvisation. The trio--Johnson on double bass, prolific Kirk Knuffke on cornet and Ziv Ravitz on the drums--enjoys stretching Johnson's compositions in surprising ways. ...

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Max Johnson Trio: The Invisible Trio

Read "The Invisible Trio" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
March 5, 2014

The musical lineage within the small circle of bassist Max Johnson's trio is unquestionably among the finest in cutting-edge jazz. The leader has played with bassist William Parker, alto legend Anthony Braxton, trombonist Steve Swell and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. In the case of Johnson's current trio, his drummer, Ziv Ravitz, is also a member of the ...

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Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski: Gathering Call

Read "Gathering Call" reviewed by Carlo Wolff

by Carlo Wolff
January 30, 2014

Drummer Matt Wilson is certainly mercurial. Not only can he be found playing in all manner and format, working with everyone from Myra Melford to John Zorn to Elvis Costello, he regularly leads two quartets: Arts & Crafts, and this one, featuring roiling windman Jeff Lederer, cornetist Kirk Knuffke} and bassist Chris Lightcap. Augmented here by ...

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Matt Wilson Quartet: Gathering Call

Read "Gathering Call" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 18, 2014

Other than leading his Arts & Crafts and Quartet ensembles, drummer Matt Wilson may be among the most recorded jazz session drummers of recent times. With guest pianist John Medeski, the ensemble delves into a set consisting of Wilson originals and a mixed bag of pop and jazz tunes, penned by diverse artists such as Beyonce,' ...

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Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski: Gathering Call

Read "Gathering Call" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 9, 2014

Drummer Matt Wilson may define the ideal of unabashed enthusiasm better than anyone else in jazz. His cymbals and drums even seem to be smiling when he sets sticks to them, so it should come as no shock that musical zeal is a key factor in the success of Gathering Call. For his eleventh album as ...

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Chorale

By Kirk Knuffke

Label: Inner Gun
Released: 2013

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Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski: Gathering Call

Read "Gathering Call" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
December 30, 2013

When he is not occupying the drum chair of one of dozens of bands that he is called upon to inject with his contagious effervescence, drummer Matt Wilson can be found leading his two bands, Arts & Crafts and the Matt Wilson Quartet. Both quartets feature stellar bassists, Arts & Crafts--Martin Wind and here, Chris Lightcap. ...