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Dikeman / Hong / Lumley / Warelis: Old Adam On Turtle Island
by Mark Corroto
The creative community centered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, can be seen as the modern-day equivalent of a city once known as New Amsterdam--a 17th-century Dutch settlement that would eventually become New York City. Just as modern jazz flourished in mid-20th-century New York, some might argue that today's hotbed of creative music resides in old Amsterdam. Evidence for ...
Edition Redux: Broadcast Transformer
by Mark Corroto
Ken Vandermark has long made it a priority to dedicate nearly all of his compositions to other artists. From painters and photographers to writers, poets and fellow musicians, his influences span a wide artistic spectrum. Film, in particular, has been a significant source of inspiration for this long-time Chicago resident. While Vandermark has composed two commissioned ...
MARANATA: Ugly Euphoria
by Mark Corroto
There is the admonition 'run, don't walk' about Ugly Euphoria by the Norwegian noise duo Maranata. With more than a dozen releases to their name, the electronics of Jon Wesseltoft and Dag Stiberg's saxophones create a total onslaught of sound. The encouragement to run instead of walking is not to avoid this recording but to get ...
Dörner-Schwerdt-Sartorius: Jul Fuel
by Mark Corroto
Jul Fuel unfolds more like a tale of three cities than a singular statement--especially when the tracks are experienced in album order. The release transitions from a solo piano performance to a piano-drum duet, a trio performance, and, finally, a slide trumpet solo. At its core, however, Jul Fuel revolves around German improviser Axel Dörner, even ...
Muriel Grossmann: The Light Of The Mind
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist Muriel Grossmann continues her transcendental journey with her 2024 release, The Light of the Mind. She reunites her quartet from her previous album, Devotion (Third Man Records, 2023), featuring guitarist Radomir Milojkovic, organist Abel Boquera, and drummer Uros Stamenkovic. That earlier album hinted at the direction taken here: a spiritually centered, unmistakably soulful exploration.
Emad Armoush's Rayhan: Distilled Extractions
by Mark Corroto
Jazz and creative music have always resisted assimilation. By that, I mean jazz draws upon--or perhaps more accurately, appropriates--sounds, traditions and styles to create something entirely new. This has been true since New Orleans musicians blended Caribbean, French, African and Sicilian influences while performing on traditional marching band instruments. Over the century-plus since its inception, improvising ...
Luis Lopes: Dark Narcissus
by Mark Corroto
Some argue that one must learn a new language to truly understand the music of Derek Bailey and Cecil Taylor-- Bailey's intricate “alphabet" or Taylor's dense vernacular equations. Interestingly, similar sentiments were once expressed about the now- universally acclaimed work of Thelonious Monk. Without a metaphorical key, some listeners may find themselves unable to unlock the ...
Giancarlo Nino Locatelli: TILIETULUM solo version
by Mark Corroto
The best poems are the ones we write for ourselves. Like poetry, the music a talented artist creates for him or herself is the deepest, most personal expression possible. Like Joe McPhee's Tenor (Hat Hut, 1977) recorded is a farmhouse in Switzerland, Giancarlo Nino Locatelli's Tilietulum recreates the countryside in his solo recording from Area Sismica, ...
Ran Blake / Dave Knife Fabris: Live Amsterdam 2006, First Visit
by Mark Corroto
In 2006, pianist Ran Blake, in his seventh decade, is captured in concert at Amsterdam's Bimhaus with guitarist Dave Fabris. Their collaboration began first as mentor/mentee but had become more like partners after working together for over three decades. Together they can be heard on Blake's releases, two on hatOLOGY Something To Live For (1999) and ...
AALY TRIO: Sustain
by Mark Corroto
The previous recording by the AALY Trio, comprised of saxophonist (and flutist) Mats Gustafsson, double bassist Peter Janson and drummer Kjell Nordeson, was recorded 25 years prior (Double Or Nothing, Okka Disk, 2002). The reunion of this Swedish outfit is cause for celebration. If we rewind the clock a bit, Gustafsson and Janson began ...
