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Jon Mueller: What's Lost Is Something Important. What's Found Is Something Not Revealed
by Mark Corroto
From the “it must be music, because this ain't no painting" department comes a new solo release from percussionist Jon Mueller. The one-time member of Pele, Collections of Colonies of Bees, and Raccoons and collaborator with Bhob Rainey and Jack Wright recorded this thirty-two and a half minutes of sound. It comes with instructions ...
Ravi Coltrane: In Flux
by Mark Corroto
You have to admire saxophonist Ravi Coltrane. He has never utilized his famous name for a payday. As the son of the late John Coltrane, he could have sold out to either the giant stepping fans or taken up with the interstellar avant-garde path. He choose a quieter and more subtle route. In Flux ...
More Great Music From Clean Feed
by Mark Corroto
The Clean Feed record label is as eclectic a label as it is an authentic jazz voice. Based in Lisbon Portugal, yes you heard me Lisbon, Clean Feed presents American, European, and world jazz voices separately and, many times, in collaboration. Below is a taste of their latest offerings. Bernardo Sassetti Indigo ...
Ben Wolfe: My Kinda Beautiful
by Mark Corroto
What do you have when you make a soundtrack recording that has no film? Is it a concerto? Maybe. But in these days of digital downloads and ADD (or is it DHTV?) we sometimes forget about the concept of an entire album of music. Remember that Ellington made them, and so did Coltrane. Bassist Ben Wolfe ...
Bill Frisell: Richter 858
by Mark Corroto
Commissioned to create music for a book project on the German painter Gerhard Richter, guitarist Bill Frisell opened his book of guitar techniques to enhance the painter's art. Given instructions and eight Richter images, Frisell composed pieces for the 858 Strings Trio of Jenny Scheinman, Eyvind Kang, and Hank Roberts, a unit which can ...
Drechsler/Steger/Tanschek Trio: The Monk In All Of Us
by Mark Corroto
Remember when you first encountered Thelonious Monk's music? His compositions came at you from such a new perspective that you might have rejected them flat out. Or perhaps, interest piqued, you listened to more, succumbing to Monk's logic. Yes, now you are a member of Monk's world. One with crazy dances and headgear, a ...
Radar: Easy Listening
by Mark Corroto
The tempo you might expect from new music made in Japan is certainly not what you get from the trio known as Radar. In fact, their fresh approach to music making transcends geography and genre. The trio of horn (mostly soprano saxophone), bass, and piano plays hesitating tunes, paced by experimentation and plenty of ...
Paal Nilssen-Love/H: Schlinger
by Mark Corroto
Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love is certainly a star on the rise. On the US and European scenes, he is much in demand. You can find him in bands fronted by Ken Vandermark (FME, School Days, and in a duo), Mats Gustafsson (The Thing and also a duo), Raoul Björkenheim's Scorch Trio, Frode Gjerstad's trio, Håvard Wiik's ...
Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Sirius Calling
by Mark Corroto
If you want a very accessible introduction to the music of Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sirius Calling is a great place to start. If you are a long time follower, it won't disappoint. The fourteen songs presented here are short in length, half clocking in at less then four minutes. Enough music to fill the 65 ...
Sonny Simmons: Jewels
by Mark Corroto
Note to self (that's you): find the long out-of-print CD Ancient Ritual (Qwest, 1992) by the Sonny Simmons trio. That disc marked his first great comeback, this disc his second. Well, sort of. Not that Sonny Simmons went anywhere. It is just that gaps in his recording career wipe him from our collective radar. ...
