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Quin Kirchner: The Other Side of Time

by Kevin Press
Albums that clock in at anything near 90 minutes are not automatically major works. On the other hand, this new effort from Quin Kirchner and Co. is hard to describe in any other terms. Kirchner's six-piece band has delivered a wide-ranging, powerful disc. Things get rolling with the appropriately titled Ritual." From the start, ...
Triangulum

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: 1. Rhododendron; 2. Triangulum; 3. Ringdown; 4. Reminiscing; 5. Witch Hazel; 6.
Solstice 63; 7. Strange; 8. Inflection Point.
Signaling

Label: Nessa Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: 1. Blues for Julius and Abdul; 2. Signaling; 3. Like So Many Drops of Water; 4.
Interstices; 5. The Ancestors Speak; 6. Topographies; 7. Rediscovery of an Age; 8.
Let It Be Known; 9. Invoking a Spirit.
Highly Rare

Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2017
Track listing: Danny's Intro; The Locator; Above & Beyond; Venus Rising; Icy Lightning; Left Fields; R.F.J. III; Early Bird Once Again.
Troy Dostert's Best Releases of 2017

by Troy Dostert
Looking over the vast quantity of fine music released in 2017, it is reassuring to know that even in these troubled times, the spirit of creativity and endurance that jazz has always embodied continues to hold strong, especially as the music continually finds new forms of expression that move beyond stylistic boundaries. It was a particularly ...
Mark Corroto's Best Releases of 2017

by Mark Corroto
And what a year it was. With all hurricanes, raging fires, and end-of-the-world politics, we were fortunate to have the magical salve that is music. Complied here are my favorite releases of this past year. I tried to pare down a long list of 50 to 10, but it was impossible. The music you see below ...
Hyde Park Jazz Festival 2017

by Mark Corroto
Hyde Park Jazz Festival Chicago, IL September 23-24, 2017 Even though the 11th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival is on the books and the music is no longer audible, the spirit of the weekend endures. What has become an annual rite and celebration of music, culture, and maybe above, all ...
ears&eyes Records: From Chicago to the World

by Jakob Baekgaard
Those who feel that jazz has run out of steam, that there is nothing new to say, should encounter bassist and renaissance man, Matthew Golombisky, who runs the Chicago-based label ears&eyes. The name says it all. Golombisky is interested in what is going on around him. He is not only curious about music, but also passionate ...
Meridian Trio: Triangulum

by Troy Dostert
2017 is proving to be something of a breakout year for alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella. He recently released Signaling, a superb freely-improvised duo recording with cellist Tomeka Reid, and now he's followed it up with this excellent outing from the Meridian Trio, where he is joined by his colleagues Matt Ulery on bass and Jeremy Cunningham ...
Nick Mazzarella and Tomeka Reid: Signaling

by Troy Dostert
On this captivating, fully-improvised duo recording by alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella and cellist Tomeka Reid, we find a superlative example of two leading-edge musicians who continue to draw vital inspiration from their forbears. Reid, a contributing member of the hugely influential Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), has previously paid tribute to some of ...