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Article: In the Artist's Own Words

Mark O'Leary: Plucking the Flower

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 29, 2009

Irish guitarist Mark O'Leary emerged on the global improvised music scene in the last few years, pushing his bold vision and broad scope of musicality through constantly-changing collaborations. O'Leary can cross easily between genres, from progressive, synth-laden rock and seventies fusion to free jazz and abstract soundscapes.The guitarist's encyclopedic interests and remarkable prolificacy are ...

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Article: Music and the Creative Spirit

Ken Vandermark: The Passion and Ascension of a Brilliant Mind

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
April 28, 2009

This interview was originally published in 2006. In a world that has difficulty and attitude toward unfamiliar and creative thought, Ken Vandermark is a visionary exploring possibilities with improvisational and compositional forms.A recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant, he has used the funding to support his interest in bringing together some of today's ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Ryan Snow Presents "Basement Music Series" with Peter Evans, Adam Caine, Jack Wright on February 27 & 28

February 26, 2009

An ongoing series at: Snow's Basement 796 Grand St. #1 Brooklyn NY 11211 Friday, February 27th Peter Evans Solo Trumpet Adam Caine Trio (Caine guitar, Tom Blancarte bass, John Wagner drums) Jason Nazary Solo Laptop Saturday, February 28th Jack Wright Trio (Wright sax, Reuben Radding bass, Andrew Drury drums) Ben ...

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Article: Year in Review

Jeff Dayton-Johnson's Best of 2008

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
January 11, 2009

When the world economy entered into a tailspin this year, Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner dubbed the event the “Jazz Effect“ given that it emanated from the United States (she was drawing a parallel, for example, to the 1994 “Tequila Effect" that followed a botched currency devaluation in Mexico). I was so happy that a ...

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Article: Album Review

Sean Noonan: Being Brewed By Noon

Read "Being Brewed By Noon" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
December 5, 2008

Few musicians since Miles Davis have had such a penchant for boxing as drummer Sean Noonan--the CD photos for Being Brewed by Noon show him bedecked in all the trappings of the sport, and he boxes with a pumpkin-headed monster in the video version of “Pumpkinhead Part 2" in the accompanying DVD.This new record ...

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Distich

By Mat Maneri

Label: Nuscope Recordings
Released: 2007
Track listing: Bicinium; Brace; Couplet; Distich; Doublet; Match; Span; Twain; Yoke.

Article: Album Review

Mat Maneri / Denman Maroney: Distich

by Nic Jones
August 10, 2007

Distich is a duo testing the limitations of its instrumentation. Mat Maneri brings his 5-string viola to bear and Denman Maroney his piano, on music that to all intents and purposes is concerned largely with new sonic possibilities. This is especially pertinent in view of what might be called Maroney's extended use of the piano, through ...

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Happening

By Mat Maneri

Label: Leo Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Elenco dei brani: nel CD 1: 01.Happening (one) - 33:20; 02.Happening (two) - 12:28; 03. Happening (three) - 06:09; 04. Happeninh (encore) - 02:10; 04. Happening (sound check) - 01:06; nel CD 2: Happening (four) - 27:26; Happening (five) - 31:48.

Article: Album Review

François Carrier: Happening

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 2, 2006

François Carrier e il suo trio perseguono da anni una rigorosa ricerca nel campo della musica d’improvvisazione di estrazione jazzistica. Il sassofonista canadese, che in passato ha registrato e collaborato con il compianto Dewey Redman, Uri Caine, Gary Peacock e Paul Bley, approda alla Leo Records, che documenta con un doppio CD una lunga esibizione del ...

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Pentagon

By Mat Maneri

Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2005
Track listing: .ava; W.W.P.; Inslut; Irenam; Third Hand--The Fallen; Witches Woo; Wound; Howl in My Head/Motherless Child; An Angel Passes By; Pentagon; War Room; America.