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Calling Ra, Mr. Sun Ra your rocket ship is ready

by Mark Corroto
December 9, 2016

How prophetic is it that we now live in the second century of Sun Ra's earthly existence? Born (maybe) in Alabama 1914, Herman Poole Blount became the pianist, arranger, band leader, poet, and can we say prophet(?) we know as Sun Ra. He was both a man of his times and a messenger from the space. ...

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NendoDango Records: Reinventing Tradition

by Jakob Baekgaard
December 6, 2016

Argentinian jazz is in a very good state. Young musicians are gathering in collectives, trying to spread the word. They primarily use platforms such as bandcamp to release their music digitally, although physical formats are also occasionally available. Kuai Music is one of the major new players on the field, but new labels arrive all the ...

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Psalms and Poetry: Den Danske Salmeduo and Nicolai Munch-Hansen

by Jakob Baekgaard
December 2, 2016

Sometimes, the answer to the quest for an original sound is so obvious that it is overlooked. While many European jazz musicians have tried to imitate the sound of the American jazz scene and the pulse of New York, fewer have tried to reach back into their own musical heritage. Two new Danish jazz releases find ...

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Underpool 3 - Underpool 4

by Angelo Leonardi
November 29, 2016

Questi due dischi sono prodotti dall'etichetta indipendente di Barcellona Underpool, nata nel 2013 e specializzata nel valorizzare i giovani musicisti catalani. Alcuni di essi iniziano ad essere noti, come il trombettista Pol Omedes, il pianista Marco Mezquida o il contrabbassista Martin Leiton mentre altri sono al loro debutto. AA.VV. Underpool 3

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Le Rex: Wild Man / Ingrid Laubrock: Ubatuba

by Stefano Merighi
November 25, 2016

Due organici praticamente identici (fiati + batteria) con un ruolo importante riservato alla tuba. Sembrano lontani i tempi in cui questo strumento aveva ritrovato agilità e stupore, sotto le dita di Howard Johnson o Bob Stewart. Ora i fremiti bassi e rugosi dell'ottone glorioso sono esaltati nei ritmi delle musiche di Henry Threadgill ...

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Three saxophonists' very different paths since "Propagations"

by John Eyles
November 23, 2016

Back in 2007, Marc Baron on alto, Bertrand Denzler on tenor and Jean-Luc Guionnet also on alto were three-quarters of the unnamed saxophone quartet that recorded the ground-breaking album Propagations (Potlatch, 2007), alongside Stéphane Rives on soprano. Together, the four reinvented the rule book for a saxophone quartet in the new millennium, ignoring the conventional vocabulary ...

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Christmas Roundup 2016: Aguankó, Jeff Collins, & Vinnie Zummo

by Mark Sullivan
November 21, 2016

It's that time of year again. While some people genuinely love holiday records, others are just looking for some alternative to have available for self-defense against the onslaught of traditional holiday pop music. Regardless of what camp you're in, here are two new releases, plus three that are new to me: Latin jazz, mainstream jazz, bossa ...

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Leonard Cohen and His Legacy

by Nenad Georgievski
November 19, 2016

In recent years, nobody has raged against the dying of the light more spectacularly and thrillingly as singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen. For 50 years he had been telling stories of love, faith, death, despair, solitude, war, politics, and exaltation. Before embarked on a successful and eventful career in the show business he had a successful ...

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Blues Spotlight: Robert Finley / Donald Jay Johnson And Gas Blues Band / The King Brothers

by James Nadal
November 19, 2016

The blues is an essential element in American music, and continues to thrive, with new releases and artists coming out on a regular basis. The three artists spotlighted here are all experienced musicians, and have a genuine affinity for the blues, as it is their inherent music. While one makes his stunning recording debut, the other ...

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I racconti dal profondo di Pacorig e De Rossi

by Neri Pollastri
November 15, 2016

Antichi compagni di numerose avventure, un paio d'anni fa coautori del bel CD Kepos, Giorgio Pacorig e Zeno De Rossi escono adesso per Artesuono con un lavoro in duo, Sleep Talking, che nasce principalmente dal desiderio di suonare assieme e, da parte di Pacorig, di dedicarsi finalmente al solo pianoforte dopo anni nei quali aveva usato ...