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Guitarist Mike Baggetta is one of his generation’s most original jazz improvisors and composers. It has been said that his performances are "totally compelling" (Jazz Journal - UK), "his melodic sense is truly beautiful" (Jazzreview.com) and that "each piece he performs creates new worlds of possibilities" (The Hartford Courant). Mike Baggetta recently received an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award for his compositional talent, and has also released the second album of his works for the Mike Baggetta Quartet, Source Material, on the Fresh Sound New Talent label. This is a follow-up to the first album by the quartet, Small Spaces, also on the Fresh Sound New Talent label

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New releases from Bartosz Hadala, Luke Norris and Manteca

by Bob Osborne
February 6, 2020

There are three featured albums this week... Bartosz Hadala moved from New York City to Toronto in 2010 and began writing music for his next album. In time, new compositions took shape, and Hadala started to assemble his first electric band. It had been a decades-long dream to pay tribute to his idol, Chick ...

Album

Wobegon

By Aaron Irwin

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Wobegon; Birthday Song; Say Hello; Strange Pastoral; Norman; Sunday and All (after William Carlos Williams); High Hat; The Forgiveness of Donald Rusk Currey; And Love's The Burning Boy (After Elizabeth Bishop); Brown Dog.

Article: Year in Review

Mark F. Turner's Best Releases of 2016

by Mark F. Turner
December 31, 2016

Another year of outstanding releases which not only unveiled new artists but also fresh material from those I've admired over many years. While the roots of jazz were formed during the music diaspora from Africa to America its branches are continually grafting and evolving--artistically, culturally, and geographically as musicians and composers find creative ways to express ...

Album

Spectre

By Mike Baggetta

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Second Prelude; Spectre I; The Only Blues; Passage; Spectre II; Nasty; Leavin' On Your Mind; Spectre III; War Orphans.

Article: Album Review

Mike Baggetta: Spectre

Read "Spectre" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
July 24, 2016

Mike Baggetta has produced a number of quality recordings over the years yet Spectre may be his most compelling project to date. The guitarist delves into some “live" sound processing which include an array of delicate textures, sampling and loops undoubtedly influenced by ECM recording artist David Torn who mastered this release. Though ...

Album

Source Material

By Mike Baggetta

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Tonic; Nathan; Liberty; Momentum; The Sky & The Sea; The Winter Moon; A Trust Issue; Projections; Camp.

Album

Bridges

By Kris Tiner

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Track listing: 01. Bobo (Tiner); 02. Maslow (Tiner); 03. Osho (Tiner); 04. Bridges (Baggetta); 05. Aurobindo (Tiner); 06. Govinda (Tiner); 07. The Truth (Baggetta); 08. Inayat Khan (Tiner); 09. Just Like a Woman (Dylan).

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Momentum

October 24, 2011

Album: Source Material
By Mike Baggetta
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2011
Duration: 06:36

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Article: Album Review

Mike Baggetta Quartet: Source Material

Read "Source Material" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
October 7, 2011

Guitarist Mike Baggetta creates a remarkable collage of images that are framed by his composition, writing with abundant skill and bringing an immediate presence to music carried to fulfillment by his band. He has some of the best musicians here, who interact with fluidity and add texture and ambience on the road to resolution.Baggetta ...