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Drip, Drip, Drip: A Celebration of Drip Audio

by John Eyles
Violinist Jesse Zubot's record label Drip Audio released its first CD, Zubotta, in March 2005. As it reaches its sixth anniversary, the latest releases on the Vancouver-based label show it continuing to display the strengths that have made it unpredictable and distinctive throughout its existence. Alongside releases featuring Jesse Zubot and his violinist brother Joshua, standout ...
Motif: Facienda

by John Kelman
Motif Facienda Jazzland Records 2010 Just because there's nearly a three-year gap between recordings, it doesn't mean an artist hasn't been busy. Norwegian free bop-meister Motif was last heard from in 2008, on the tradition-twisting Apo Calypso (Jazzland), closing yet another gap from the previous Expansion (AIM, 2005). Released in ...
Nordic Connect: Spirals

by Troy Collins
Scandinavian jazz has enjoyed quite a renaissance over the past few decades, ranging from the cool Norwegian austerity of Jan Garbarek and Terje Rypdal's seminal 1970's recordings to the fiery Swedish expressionism of Magnus Broo and Mats Gustafsson's recent avant-garde excursions. Spirals, the sophomore effort of Nordic Connect, embraces both aesthetic dualities, serving as a pertinent ...
Needs!
Label: Dancing Wayang
Released: 2010
Track listing: Needs!--to The Ex; Sources of Such--to Sten Sandell; Ethiopian Swing--to Lello Jarvis; Language of Y(our)s--to Clay Ketter; The Written and Spoken Such--to Leif Elggren; Can Yours Bark?--to The Thang; Forever Strictly Forbidden--to Sten Hansson; Surrounded by Short Reflexes--to Raymond Strid; It's Amore--to John, Mariam & Andreas; Freak Pipeline--to John Corbett.
Eyal Hareuveni's Best Releases of 2010 and More

by Eyal Hareuveni
Best new releases (in no particular order): Eple Trio, In The Clearing/In The Cavern (NORCD)Harris Eisenstadt, Woodblock Prints (No Business)Savina Yannatou/Barry Guy, <em>Attikos</em> (Maya)<br /><br />{{Agustí Fernández/Barry Guy/Ramón López, Morning Glory (Maya)Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and& Kim Myhr, Stems And Cages (MNJ)Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Eirik Hegdal ...
dOeK Festival #9: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 4, 2010

by John Kelman
dOeK Festival #9BimhuisAmsterdam, The NetherlandsDecember 4, 2010 While the majority of the 200 international delegates who attended Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2010, in Amsterdam, struggled with flight delays due to an early and tremendously severe arrival of winter and, for some, the impact of an air traffic controller strike in ...
Mats Gustafsson: Needs!
by John Eyles
For anyone who has recently seen Mats Gustafsson live in concert, either with The Thing or in his own right, Needs! is likely be a surprise. In addition to his baritone and slide saxophones, here Gustafsson employs live electronics and bug treatments." Photographs of him in action indicate that these involve miking the bell of his ...
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet + 1
en el Festival de Jazz de Barcelona

by Enrique Turpin
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet42 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaLuz de Gas7 de noviembre, 2010Fue el domingo un día atípico en Barcelona. La ciudad andaba envuelta en humos de incensarios y cortejos vaticanos de extraño semblante. Los Once de Peter Brötzmann parecía que venían a cumplir una misión; no sólo ...
Joe McPhee / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Blue Chicago Blues

by Mark Corroto
The pairing of saxophonist Joe McPhee and bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten seemed inevitable. Both the US-born McPhee and Norwegian Håker Flaten have worked in the same circle of players for years. The Ken Vandermark (Chicago) and Mats Gustafsson (Swedish) connections have made their services valued in varying bands.This meeting, in Chicago 2007, is a ...