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Lisa Ullen / Nina de Heney / Okkyung Lee / Mariam Wallentin

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 14, 2013

The duo of acclaimed Swedish improvisers pianist Lisa Ullén and double bassist Nina de Heney, winner of the Swedish radio prize Jazzkatten for 2012 as the musician of the year, has been active now for more than four years and was documented on the remarkable double album Carve (LJ Records, 2009). Ullén and de Heney managed ...

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Insubordinations celebrates Swiss-Portuguese connections

by John Eyles
March 10, 2013

Since its inaugural release in 2006, the Swiss Insubordinations label and net label has issued over sixty albums, dedicated to improvised and/or electroacoustic music, as free-of-charge downloads and as limited editions on CD or CDr. Refreshingly, all Insubordinations releases remain fully downloadable under creative commons license. If that were not enough, Insubordinations is also ...

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The Arrival of the Modern Guitarist: Marcos Pin and Hristo Vitchev

by Hrayr Attarian
March 8, 2013

The first months of 2013 saw the emergence of two fascinating and innovative guitar albums by two very different musicians who, nevertheless, share a strong European sensibility.Marcos Pin Factor E-ResetBarbanzaFree Code Jazz Records2013Galician guitarist and composer Marcos Pin has undertaken a daring project with Barbanza, his ...

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Insubordinations: Mapping the Forefront of Sound

by Florence Wetzel
March 6, 2013

Electroacoustic improvisation is surely one of the most exciting fronts in twenty-first century music. Each time there's a digital innovation, this music innovates as well, which means that the changes are coming fast and thick. It's an explosion, really.For devotees of this music, as well as anyone who is curious about these new sounds, ...

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Ciampi, Tenco e dintorni

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 25, 2013

È indiscutibile che, fra le ormai numerose rassegne che in giro per lo Stivale sono state intitolate a questo o quel cantautore scomparso, quelle dedicate a Luigi Tenco (dal 1974) e a Piero Ciampi (dall'85) sono le più longeve, nonché - verosimilmente - gloriose. Scartabellando fra le recenti uscite discografiche di settore, eccoci dunque di fronte ...

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Particular Recordings: Hammond Dialogues

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 21, 2013

In recent years, Norway has produced a generation of young, innovative musicians, sonic explorers who are redefining the roles of their instruments--guitarists Stian Westerhus, Kim Myhr and Petter Vågan, trumpeter Eivind Lønning and tuba players Martin Taxt and Kristoffer Lo. Organ player Daniel Formo, member of the avant-pop trio Kobert and mainstream jazz ...

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Two Sides of Ben Goldberg

by Troy Collins
February 18, 2013

Developments in the evolving recording industry have inspired an increasing number of musicians to form their own labels. San Francisco-based clarinetist Ben Goldberg, a veteran of the 1990s Downtown New York scene, joined many of his peers in 2009 with Go Home, the inaugural release of his BAG Production Records imprint. Goldberg's prior efforts, issued by ...

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Norwegian Sound Poems: Kristoffer Lo and Bjorn Thevik

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 3, 2013

These two debut solo albums of innovative Norwegian musicians--Kristoffer Lo and Bjørn Thevik feature long and nuanced sound poems, created with minimal means. Kristoffer LoAnomieGigafon2013 Tuba player Lo, a member of the art-rock trio PELbO and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, is using only his tuba, ...

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Workshop improvisers in action: James O’Sullivan, Tom Soloveitzik, Jerry Wigens

by John Eyles
February 1, 2013

Every Friday evening since November 1999, a variable number of musicians--from six to twenty-six--has gathered together in south London for over two hours to improvise together in various combinations from duos upward. Originally convened by AMM drummer Eddie Prévost, and still led by him most weeks, this Workshop has featured hundreds of musicians since 1999 and ...

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Voci e corde dalla Norvegia all’India

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 1, 2013

Il fronte etnico - senza scomodare il termine world music, che vuol dire tutto e niente - continua ad espandersi da anni. Ciò accade, a sintetizzare parecchio, in una duplice direzione: il prestito, la contaminazione, l'ibridazione di input e linguaggi; o la riproposizione in sé e per sé. I sei lavori qui riuniti si prestano in ...