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BB and C - The Veil (Cryptogramophone, 2011)
BB and C is a cooperative group consisting of alto saxophonist Tim Berne, drummer Jim Black and guitarist Nels Cline. This music is taken from a from a live recording at made at The Stone in New York City. This was a very exciting and continuously engaging album to listen to, moving between avant-garde squalls of ...
Chris Byars - Lucky Strickes Again (Steeplechase, 2011)
Coming into the jazz world at the intersection of swing and bop, saxophonist Lucky Thompson was a well regarded performer in the 1950's and 60's before leaving the music business in the 1970's. One of his most well regarded albums was the Lucky Strikesalbum released on OJC in 1964. Inspired by Thompson's approach to music and ...
Matthew Shipp and Sabir Mateen - Sama Live in Moscow (Solyd, 2011)
If two men were ever born to perform together, pianist Matthew Shipp and saxophonist Sabir Mateen are those two. In this extraordinary duo performance, they expand on last year's excellent studio performance, SaMa, with a live performance which takes their improvised communication even closer to the edge. Mateen's tenor is strong and supple, honed to a ...
David S. Ware - Planetary Unknown (Aum Fidelity, 2011)
There are few musicians quite as dedicated to their craft as saxophonist David S. Ware. Coming up on the loft scene, apprenticing with Cecil Taylor, driving a cab during the lean years, and surviving a kidney transplant, all of the ups and downs of his life go into the passion of his music. On this album, ...
The New Gary Burton Quartet - Common Ground (Mack Avenue, 2011)
Vibraphonist Gary Burton has led or co-led a number of bands throughout his lengthy career, but he is particularly enthusiastic about this new group featuring guitar prodigy Julian Lange, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Antonio Sanchez. The group achieves a light and nimble sound throughout the record focusing on melody and group interaction. This spry, dexterous ...
Harris Eisenstadt - Canada Day II (Songlines, 2011)
Percussionist and composer Harris Eisenstadt is one of the leading lights of the new jazz scene, leading and participating in several bands including this one that includes Nate Wooley on trumpet, Matt Bauder on tenor saxophone, Chris Dingman on vibraphone and Eivind Opsvik on bass. They get a nimble quintet sound with some very nice tunes ...
Demetria Taylor - Bad Girl (Delmark, 2011)
If there was ever anyone born with the blues in their blood, it would certainly be singer Demetria Taylor, daughter of blues legend Eddie Taylor and part of a large musical family in the blues nurturing city of Chicago. Ms. Taylor has a strong voice, and likes to takes blues standards and transform them to a ...
Art Pepper - Blues for the Fisherman Sampler (Widow's Taste, 2011)
This is a one disc sampler of a planned four compact disc set of alto saxophonist Art Pepper's run at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London during 1980. There were a couple of LP's released of this material on Mole Records, but due to contractual obligations, Pepper could not be noted as the leader of the ...
Nicole Mitchell - Awakening (Delmark Records, 2011)
Renowned Chicago flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell has embarked on some very ambitious projects in the past, but this quartet recording pares back her group to a small set of colleagues, Jeff Parker on guitar, Harrison Bankhead on bass and Avreeayl Ra on drums. It's a group of some of Chicago's most talented improvisers, and the ...
Craig Taborn - Avenging Angel (ECM, 2011)
Pianist Craig Taborn has taken his time in becoming a band leader. He has led some interesting electric units, and has apprenticed with seemingly everyone of note from James Carter to Roscoe Mitchell and beyond. This album find him stripped of all of his electronic effects, focusing on solo acoustic piano in an intimate and detailed ...
