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Stephen Gauci / Michael Bisio / Whit Dickey: Live At Scholes Street Studio

Read "Live At Scholes Street Studio" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
October 29, 2023

Tenor saxophonist Stephen Gauci sends another vital missive from the Brooklyn coal face, titled like several of its predecessors Live At Scholes Street Studio. Gauci has the knack of surrounding himself with top notch company and this is no exception. Joining him are two of the more seasoned avant jazz practitioners on the New York scene, ...

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Matthew Shipp & Mark Helias: The New Syntax

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by John Sharpe
October 14, 2023

Pianist Matthew Shipp particularly favors the duo format. Among a discography of more than 300 entries are winning combinations with partners as varied as trumpeter Nate Wooley, violist Mat Maneri, and saxophonists Darius Jones, Rob Brown and Evan Parker. But he retains a special fondness for the bass/piano twosome, accounting for multiple meetings with longtime comrade ...

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Kirk Knuffke / Joe McPhee Quartet + 1: Keep The Dream Up

Read "Keep The Dream Up" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 19, 2023

Synergy might be the best way to describe the result of this assemblage of musicians. Cornetist Kirk Knuffke and saxophonist Joe McPhee combine their various ensembles to create an effect much greater than the sum of their separate parts. Knuffke has worked extensively with bassist Michael Bisio in duo and trio formats, plus in the bassist's ...

Article: Interview

Catching Up With Matthew Shipp

by Mark Corroto
June 11, 2023

As Matthew Shipp enters his sixth decade he has nothing left to prove to the jazz cognoscenti. He has for 40-plus years worked at crafting an instantly recognizable language at the piano. When he moved to Manhattan's Lower East Side in the '80s, he immersed himself in the same do-it -yourself culture that produced the post-punk ...

Song of the Day

Wise One

June 22, 2023

Album: Inside Voice / Outside Voice
By Michael Bisio
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 08:28

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Kirk Knuffke / Michael Bisio: For You I Don't Want To Go

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by John Sharpe
February 25, 2023

At the root of successful enduring partnerships lies trust. Without it you need detailed instructions to make things work. Cornetist Kirk Knuffke and bassist Michael Bisio enjoy trust in spades. It allows them to dispense with signposts and cues, relying instead on the inspiration which comes from experience, skill and a shared purpose. Their collaborations include ...

Article: Year in Review

John Sharpe's Best Jazz Albums Of 2022

by John Sharpe
December 31, 2022

From the 200 or so discs that I heard in 2022, here are eleven new issues (in roughly the order I came across them), which gave me the most pleasure. As ever I find it particularly invidious to pick and choose between honest artistic endeavours. So perhaps it's better to view these selections as a chance ...

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The Flow of Everything

By Michael Bisio

Label: Fundacja Słuchaj
Released: 2022
Track listing: Flow; Bow For Everyone; Everything; Of Now; Of Everything; Go-Flow; Flow Of Everything; Pockets; Panel.

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Inimitable

By Michael Bisio

Label: Mung Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Quintessence; New One; Henry's Theme; Small Things Interrupted; Renew One; Wise One; Hear Now; Before Dawn Rising; I Fall in Love Too Easily.

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