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Steve Swell: Unlimited Musical Possibilities
by Victor L. Schermer
"Free Jazz" and “Avant-Garde Jazz" are catch phrases often associated with musical pioneers such as Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor but more broadly refer to music that goes outside of the mainstream of melody, harmony, rhythm, and structure. When that happens, opinions and emotions abound. Reactions vary from disgust to excitement and enthusiasm, and it is ...
Your Shipp Has Come In
by Mark Corroto
These two guest appearances demonstrate that pianist Matthew Shipp has become an elder statesman in the jazz world. How that happened can be boiled down to two simple elements. One: he has created a unique sound and language for improvised music and two: Shipp has become a doyen of cutting edge music making and opinion.
The Latest Adventures of Dutch Sound Poet Jaap Blonk
by Eyal Hareuveni
Innovative Dutch vocal artist Jaap Blonk has created his own highly personal sound poetry. His vocal acrobatics are still an essential element of his sound palette but not an exclusive one. Since 2000 Blonk has developed new means and methods to expand and experiment with his vocals, with live sampling of his vocals, addition of electronics, ...
Pascal Niggenkemper Vision7: Lucky Prime
by Vincenzo Roggero
Lucky Prime è il debutto discografico per i Vision 7 di Pascal Niggenkemper ed è album trasversale come pochi. In Lucky Prime avanguardia, free, musica da camera, contemporanea e sperimentale, noise si ritrovano in una sorta di camera di combustione lenta e inesorabile che rischia di esplodere al minimo respiro. Ma a caratterizzare ...
7th Annual Red Hook Jazz Festival Taking Place June 8 & 15 In The Urban Meadow - Red Hook, Brooklyn
The 7th annual Red Hook Jazz Festival will take place once again in Brooklyn's Urban Meadow on two consecutive Sundays, June 8 and 15, 2014 from 1-6 PM. As part of its continuing grassroots tradition, the RHJF is a 100% volunteer-run event that receives no major corporate sponsorship beyond in-kind donations from local businesses, nor any ...
Lucky Prime
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Carnet Plein D’histoires; Dia de los Muertos; Feuertreppe; En Urgence; I
Don’t Know Why, But This Morning; Ke Belle; Lance die Lanze; Sortir de
la Colere.
Pascal Niggenkemper Vision7: Lucky Prime
by Glenn Astarita
Vision 7 led by French-German bassist Pascal Niggenkemper is an ensemble that approaches modern-jazz, free-jazz and improvisation from a holistic perspective, including sensibilities framed on the respective artists personalities. The interconnecting motifs are vastly expressive, including Emile Lesbros' voice overlays, recitations, scat and function as an additional instrument. The band executes a parade of disparate angles, ...
Taking stock, a year half over
by Mark Corroto
This month, at the halfway point in the year of music, we are taking stock, and there have been so many great discs released. Here is my list (in no particular order) of the best albums so far. I predict many of these will make final top ten 2013 lists. Sorry, I couldn't keep my list ...
2013 DC Jazz Festival: Washington, DC, June 5-15, 2013
by Franz A. Matzner
2013 DC Jazz FestivalWashington, DCJune 5-15, 2013Every summer, the DC Jazz Festival shines a spotlight on Washington, D.C.'s expanding music scene, having grown in parallel with the increased number of jazz clubs, venues, and musicians the nation's capital now harbors. The relationship has been mutually reinforcing. The festival created a ...
Upcoming Hurricane
Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Pustelblume; Upcoming hurricane; Arbol de piedra; Aeolus; Fighting the mill; Rahonavis; Mongolfière.
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