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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Sounds from Slocum, Hill and Oveido

by Bob Osborne
March 24, 2022

Featured on this week's show are new albums from Matt Slocum, Marquis Hill, Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo, Fishblot, Amos Gillespie, Avishai Cohen, and Jorge Garcia. There is also a track from improvisation “super-group" John Dikeman, Pat Thomas, John Edwards, and Steve Noble. Also included are archive choices from Stan Sulzmann and Tony Hymas, Joanne Brackeen and Mary ...

Article: Live Review

Week Of Surprise 2021

by Martin Longley
February 27, 2022

Week Of Surprise Stadtgarten/Christuskirche Cologne, Germany October 11-16, 2021 In the usual times, Week Of Surprise would be Night Of Surprise, with all of its sonic wonderment compressed into a kaleidoscopically overlapping sequence, where chance encounters were actively encouraged. In virus times, a more sober incarnation came into ...

Album

Nights on Saturn (communication)

By Pat Thomas

Label: Astral Spirits
Released: 2021
Track listing: Nights on Saturn (communication).

Album

Japanese Flower

By Pat Thomas

Label: Umlaut Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Dahlia; Tomato.

Article: Album Review

Phillips, Butcher, Solberg: We Met - And Then

Read "We Met - And Then" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
September 30, 2021

Sometimes three is a crowd, but when the company is as empathetic and welcoming as the fertile established partnership of British saxophonist John Butcher and Swedish percussionist Ståle Liavik Solberg, then the addition of veteran American bassist Barre Phillips serves as more of a benediction. Butcher and Solberg only came together in 2015, but ...

Article: Album Review

اسم [Ism]: Japanese Flower

Read "Japanese Flower" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 23, 2021

The trio اسم [Ism] is comprised of pianist Pat Thomas, bassist Joel Grip and drummer Antonin Gerbal. Japanese Flower by the trio is the second release from a 2018 recording session from Knuttal House in Tokyo, Japan. It is the trio's third release and it follows Metaphor (2019) and إنتقام الطبيعة اسبب تعقدها = Nature In ...

Article: Album Review

Rachel Musson: Dreamsing

Read "Dreamsing" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
August 4, 2021

If the solo album is a rite of passage for a woodwind player, then adventurous British saxophonist Rachel Musson passes with flying colors. Musson has found a mentor in 577 Records label boss Federico Ughi, a collaborator during his sojourn in London in the early 2000s. Consequently, the imprint has issued a stream of strong releases ...

Article: Live Review

Moers Festival 2021

by Martin Longley
June 22, 2021

Moers Festival Eventhalle/Rodelberg Moers, Germany May 21-24 2021 Just a few days before the start of this 50th anniversary festival, the local governmental authorities suddenly switched their virus regulations, allowing a crowd of 500 to attend each evening's outdoor park gig on the Rodelberg stage. During the daytimes, ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

The Pandemic Sessions: Solos, Pt. 1

by Mark Corroto
May 1, 2021

Part 1 | Part 2 The entire world was in lockdown during the COVID-19 crisis and of course, that includes musicians. Unable to tour and record with their various ensembles, many prepared solo projects (some recorded before the virus struck) for your listening pleasure. Most of the music is very personal, as if the ...

Article: Festivals Talking

Moers Festival Interviews: Pat Thomas

by Martin Longley
April 28, 2021

In 2020, the Moers Festival in Germany presented one of the first full post-lockdown events, with its performers physically in place, and its four-day programme resolutely running in the accustomed Eventhalle venue. There was a stage at each end of this cavernous space, with the French-German Arte television crew filming for broadcast on its channel, as ...