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Article: Album Review

Jon Irabagon with Mike Pride: I Don't Hear Nothin' But the Blues

Read "I Don't Hear Nothin' But the Blues" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
November 21, 2009

Sometimes you don't need more than a sax and a drum set. Tenor saxophonist Jon Irabagon--winner of the 2008 Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition and a potent and articulate front man of the post-modern be-bop quartet Mostly Others Do The Killing--and versatile drummer Mike Pride--a collaborator of Anthony Braxton and punk outfits such as Millions of Dead ...

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Fire!: You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago

Read "You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 23, 2009

Mats Gustafsson and the word “accessible" are rarely found in the same sentence. For over two decades, this Swedish reed player has been mining the extreme end of free improvisation and cued composition with like-minded players including Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, and The Thing, his ongoing collective with bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. ...

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Gunhild Seim & Time Jungle: Morpho

Read "Morpho" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 2, 2009

Stavanger, Norway-based Gunhild Seim & Time Jungle's sophomore release delivers further evidence of trumpeter Seim's mature compositional skills, also featured on her debut, Time Jungle (Drollehola Records, 2009). Seim matches intensity and adventurous improvisation--typical of improvisers coming from her hometown such as reed player Frode Gjerstad and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love--with nuanced, melodic lines of chamber jazz ...

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Rodrigo Amado: The Abstract Truth

Read "The Abstract Truth" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
September 29, 2009

Saxophonist Rodrigo Amado, bassist Kent Kessler, and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love is an international trio featuring players from Portugal, United States and Norway, respectively. But on its second recording, The Abstract Truth, the assemblage speaks the same language; its mother tongue being hard-hitting, concise improvisation. This disc follows the Teatro (European Echoes, 2006), the trio's ...

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Ken Vandermark: Collected Fiction (Improvised Bass & Reed Duos) & Fire Room: Broken Music

by Marc Medwin
August 3, 2009

Ken VandermarkCollected Fiction (Improvised Bass & Reed Duos)Okkadisk2008 Fire RoomBroken MusicAtavistic2008 Saxophonist Ken Vandermark has made a career of placing himself in diverse company, whether as a leader or as ...

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News: Recording

Rodrigo Amado New Trio CD

July 7, 2009

Three years after Teatro, his first trio recording with North-American double-bass player Kent Kessler and Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, widely acclaimed by international reviewers and considered by many a major chapter in Portuguese jazz history, Rodrigo Amado releases The Abstract Truth, an homage to the art of Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico. A studio recording, The ...

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Article: Live From New York

June 2009

by AAJ Staff
June 7, 2009

Brad MehldauVillage VanguardNew York City May 6, 2009When Brad Mehldau acknowledged the presence of Hank Jones in the audience at the Village Vanguard (May 6th), he recalled being 16 and hearing Jones at Bradley's, an experience that helped set Mehldau on his current path. Although steeped in the intimate jazz ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Peter Brotzmann - Sweet Sweat & The Brain of the Dog in Section

by Ted Gordon
June 6, 2009

Peter Brotzmann / Paal Nilssen-Love Sweetsweat Smalltown Superjazz 2008 Peter Brotzmann / Fred Lonberg-Holm The Brain of the Dog in Secton Atavistic 2009 This is healthy music--the sounds of vim ...

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Article: Album Review

The Thing: Bag It!

by A. Henkin
June 1, 2009

One of the most appealing facets of The Thing-- saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love--is the visceral experience of seeing them play live. Huddled closely on stage, wearing matching Ruby's BBQ of Austin t-shirts, dripping with sweat and manhandling their instruments, the trio is one of the modern wonders of avant-garde ...

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Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Five Bass Hits

by A. Henkin
April 18, 2009

Townhouse OrchestraBelle VilleClean Feed2008 Evan Parker/Ingebrigt Haker FlatenThe Brewery TapSmalltown Superjazzz2008 TrinityBreaking the MoldClean Feed2009 Ingebrigt Haker FlatenThe Year of the Boar