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Bill Evans inedito: Olanda 1969 e Canada 1975

by Angelo Leonardi
July 5, 2021

Escono quasi in contemporanea, tra la fine di giugno e la seconda metà di luglio, due splendide testimonianze dei trii di Bill Evans comprendenti Eddie Gomez e Marty Morell (Hilversum--Amsterdam 1969) e Gomez con Eliot Zigmund (Vancouver 1975), rispettivamente. Sono entrambe registrazioni live di qualità acustica eccellente che testimoniano la magnificenza di quel pianista e il ...

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Michael Robinson's Piano Improvisation Series

by Hrayr Attarian
July 2, 2021

Keyboardist and composer Michael Robinson is well known for performing his genre-defying electronic works on his invention, the Meruvina. He is also an accomplished pianist who has released several solo improvisations, including three in 2021. A mix of originals and radically reimagined standards, each consists of three or four long tracks that fully reflect Robinson's individuality ...

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Two Great Canadian Female Composers

by John Eyles
July 1, 2021

When Another Timbre released its groundbreaking ten-album Canadian Composers Series in 2017 and 2018, the record label made a subtle point by including two albums each from composers Linda Catlin Smith and Cassandra Miller. Smith's album Dirt Road had already been issued by the label in 2016, but Miller's two albums in the series--O Zomer! and ...

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Wadada Leo Smith: Aesthetic Apex

by Doug Collette
June 21, 2021

It would be difficult to find a musician more loyal to his muse than Wadada Leo Smith. From projects with his Golden Quartet/Quintet such as America's National Parks (TUM Records, 2016) to the more expansive ensemble effort Najwa (TUM Records, 2017), then on to the stringent focus of Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM Records, ...

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New Memphis Colorways and Utopia: Way Outside the Box

by Doug Collette
June 19, 2021

Rendering cliches moot is no small achievement. Yet if these two records prove anything, it is that it's possible to accomplish this daunting task in a variety of ways. In the case of Paul Taylor, aka New Memphis Colorways, his truth lies in the restoration of the fundamental notion a single individual can indeed sound like ...

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Stefan Keune, Old & New…

by John Eyles
June 16, 2021

The two releases below both feature renowned German saxophonist Stefan Keune. They were recorded just over a decade apart, in January 2010 and September 2020, with different small groups. Keune plays alto saxophone in the earlier one, tenor saxophone in the later. Such differences mean that the two discs work well together to provide a triangulated ...

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Spoonhunt's First CD Releases

by John Eyles
June 13, 2021

Like the notorious London buses, with musician-run independent record labels, you wait ages for one to arrive and then two come along together. Just as punters were welcoming N.O. Moore's new dx/dy label, along comes the first batch of releases on bassist Dominic Lash's charmingly-named Spoonhunt label. To be fair, Spoonhunt is not totally new. Since ...

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The Pandemic Sessions: Duos, Part 1

by Mark Corroto
June 12, 2021

After the initial shock of the COVID-19 crisis and subsequent lockdown, artists did what artists do. Unable to tour, many musicians created solo projects. Musicians, like other sentient beings though, crave contact, so when some of the most severe restrictions lifted, duos were formed and production returned. These small positive steps (note: some were recorded before ...

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Joel Harrison and Anthony Pirog on AGS Recordings

by Mark Sullivan
June 8, 2021

After more than a decade of advocating new and creative approaches to the guitar, the New York-based Alternative Guitar Summit is branching out with a guitar-centric record label called AGS Recordings. Its pair of inaugural albums come from the label co-founders Joel Harrison (also the founder and director of the Summit) and Anthony Pirog (a frequent ...

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Guitarists in Review: Lofsky, Scott, Rose and Bro

by Jerome Wilson
May 28, 2021

Here are current releases by four accomplished guitarists who display their talents in varied contexts. Lorne Lofsky This Song Is New Modica Music 2021 Lorne Lofsky is a highly respected Canadian guitarist. This is his first recording as a leader in over 25 years, a relaxed but ...