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Red Garland Centennial, Bigger Band Works, $8 Finds
by David Brown
Join us for another week of the Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out, where ever the music takes us. Each week we explore the elements of jazz form a historical perspective. This week we take a look at some new releases form Artemis, Lesley Moc and Michael Formanek, celebrate the centennial birthday of Red Garland, and ...
Anticipation
Album: The Last Quiet Place
By Ingrid Laubrock
Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 6:35
Ingrid Laubrock: The Last Quiet Place
by Jerome Wilson
Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock always seems to search out new instrumental configurations for her music. This time out, she and her musical and life partner, drummer Tom Rainey, collaborate with a quartet of accomplished string players, guitarist Brandon Seabrook, violinist Mazz Swift, cellist Tomeka Reid, and bassist Michael Formanek. Together they create stimulating music which can be ...
Anticipation
Album: The Last Quiet Place
By Ingrid Laubrock
Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 6:35
Ingrid Laubrock: The Last Quiet Place
by Troy Dostert
When saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock finds herself in her comfort zone, it is typically in small group formations--often just duos or trios--which allow her unparalleled skills as an improviser to shine most brightly. However, listeners are always in for a special treat when she ventures out into less familiar terrain, especially with larger ensembles. On recordings such ...
The Artists Of ECM Records
by Maurice Hogue
I've often tried to make the last show of a year a little different. Doing a special on ECM is an idea I've had for a while, and things finally came together to do it for 2022. I've always figured I had a great number of ECM releases in my collection, and when I started culling ...
Jazz & Wine of Peace 2022, Part 2
by Luciano Rossetti
A collection of photos from part two of Jazz & Wine of Peace in Cormòns Italy from October 19-23, 2022 featuring Hamid Drake and Pasquale Mirra Duo, Mats Gustafsson Fire! Orchestra, Steven Bernstein's Sex Mob, Gabriele Mitelli Three Tsuru Origami, Michael Formanek Thumbscrew and many others. Additional photography by Luca d'Agostino and Fabio Gamba. ...
Sparkle Beings
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: A Fungus Amungus; Generational Bonds; With (Exit); Phantasmic Friend; Preludio a un Preludio; Sparkly Beings; Sleeping Lady and the Giant that Watches Over Her.
The Chicago Plan, Paul Williamson & Patricia Brennan
by Maurice Hogue
No point in looking for a roadmap for this edition of One Man's Jazz because it's all over the place. New releases come from the avant sounds of The Chicago Plan (Gebhard Ullmann, Steve Swell, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Michael Zerang), Norway's Andreas Røysum, vibraphonist Patricia Brennan and South Korean bassist Jeong Lim Yang. International groups presenting ...
Skopje Jazz Festival 2022
by Ziga Koritnik
A collection of photos from the Skopje Jazz Festival 2022 in Skopje, North Macedonia from October 13, 2022 to October 16, 2022 featuring Thumbscrew with Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Tomas Fujiwara, Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra with Fame's Chamber Orchestra Angelica Sanchez, Pasquale Mirra, Josh Abrams, Chad Taylor, Mauricio Takara, Damon Locks, Hamid Drake's Turiya: Honoring ...
