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Yosef Gutman Levitt's Joy in Collaboration

by Geno Thackara
March 18, 2025

Maybe Yosef Gutman Levitt just never needs to sleep. Amidst the demands of life and family, the worldly bassist somehow consistently manages to produce three or four albums a year, largely of original material, and each distinct enough that it never seems to be coasting on a formula. It also helps to have a globe-spanning cast ...

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John Lee Hooker And Elmore James: Deep Blues

by Doug Collette
February 22, 2025

Perfectly complementary in the earthy simplicity of the music, archive titles by John Lee Hooker and Elmore James offer an antidote to the antiseptic ephemera that is contemporary pop. The Standard School Broadcast of the former's presents an unusual concert recording originally presented on an educational radio series, while erudite essayist Bill Dahl curated the latter's ...

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Two Contrasting Albums on Another Timbre?

by John Eyles
February 21, 2025

On the surface, the latest batch of releases from the Another Timbre label looks pretty much as expected, with each sleeve having the label's usual front cover format of a monochrome photograph of a landscape or work of art beneath which is printed the composer's name beneath which the album title beneath which the performers' names. ...

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Mark Turner and Jason Palmer: Not Even The Sky Is The Limit

by Pat Youngspiel
February 13, 2025

The independent non-profit label Giant Step Arts continues to cultivate its narrow but highly selective roster of top-tier players with new live recordings by label-regulars Mark Turner and Jason Palmer. Each has been a part of the other's quartet for several years at this point, endowing their respective projects with the unifying contours of their idiosyncratically ...

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Two Recent Recordings On Ezz-thetics

by John Eyles
February 13, 2025

In the Hat Hut site which systematically lists all the Ezz-thetics releases to date, the two albums below are completely surrounded by albums of music by now-deceased jazz icons who recorded it decades ago--Paul Bley in 1962, John Coltrane in 1962 too, Albert Ayler in 1964, Cecil Taylor in 1980 and Steve Lacy in 1984. So ...

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Jazz, Gnu and New: ECM Reissues To Excite Vinyl Fans

by Joshua Weiner
February 10, 2025

ECM's “Luminessence" series pays tribute to the impressive legacy of Manfred Eicher's label, founded in Germany in 1969. Several of its most historic and beloved releases are being reissued on audiophile vinyl cut from the original analog tapes (or, in the case of more recent albums, from high-resolution digital masters) and presented in heavy gatefold sleeves ...

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Two First Visits From ezz-thetics

by John Eyles
January 12, 2025

So far, ezz-thetics' label First Visit (motto: First Visit archive offers previously unreleased recordings of historic and musical importance) has lived up to expectations with historic recordings from Cecil Taylor (two albums), Anthony Braxton, Albert Ayler (two) and Steve Lacy making the juices of classic jazz fans flow. Interspersed with such treasures have been ...

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A Bouquet of Basho: The Musical Legacy of a Legend

by Jakob Baekgaard
January 11, 2025

It is hard to underestimate the importance of a documentary when it comes to the goal of preserving the legacy of a musician. Unlike a book, a documentary tells the story of an artist in a way that is much more condensed and adds a visual and aural aspect that the written page misses.

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Kresten Osgood: Presence in the Room

by Jakob Baekgaard
December 23, 2024

It is hard to underestimate the influence of drummer Kresten Osgood on Danish jazz. As a co-founder of the prominent ILK Music label and the man behind several festivals and musical events, he has been a vital part of creating a vibrant modern jazz scene and community that has also welcomed visits from the many jazz ...

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Satoko Fujii: Renaissance Figure Extraordinaire

by Doug Collette
December 16, 2024

Satoko Fujii is that rare artist whose technical and intuitive talents are as readily apparent in collaboration with others as when she is working on her own. To that end, she seems bent on deeply exploring the seemingly innumerable combinations of musicians and instruments, in as wide a variety of settings available to her on both ...